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Hybrid Renewable and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Auctions

As prices for clean energy and storage technologies continue to fall and nations race to cut their emissions, integrating higher shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) becomes more urgent and more complex. New opportunities for policymakers, energy planners, and utilities are unlocking a multitude of benefits that come with integrating battery energy storage systems into the grid.
  • USAID
Factsheet

Scaling Up Renewable Energy II (SURE II) Fact Sheet

USAID’s Scaling Up Renewable Energy (SURE) program helps partner countries meet bold international climate commitments by accelerating their transition to more widely accessible, affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy that spurs economic growth, powers health systems, and reduces emissions.
  • USAID
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Mining and the Green Energy Transition: Review of International Development Challenges and Opportunities

This report reviews the challenges and opportunities for donors such as USAID to engage in the mining sector in developing countries as it relates to the green energy transition. Although 29 minerals were identified as playing a current or potential role in green energy technologies, this study reviewed 16 mined in USAID-presence countries that are projected to be particularly important, including 9 that are on the 2018 US Critical Minerals list.
  • USAID
Factsheet

Accelerating Sustainable Energy Deployment in Indonesia

Through SINAR, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supports Indonesia’s goal to expand reliable and equitable energy services to advance sustainable development and inclusive economic growth.
  • USAID
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USAID's 2021 Climate Readiness Plan

USAID’s Climate Readiness Plan outlines actions USAID will implement across the Agency’s operations management functions and programs to adapt to the effects of the changing climate.
  • USAID
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Clean Energy Transformation in Bangladesh

USAID and NREL collaborate in Bangladesh to improve energy access and security and stimulate economic growth through the deployment of advanced energy systems.
  • NREL
Technical Report

Assessment of Opportunities for USAID to Deepen Climate Finance Support for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries

Climate finance in the context of this assessment is defined to include grants, loans, loan guarantees, bonds, equity, and funds for clean energy investments; specialized climate finance facilities, e.g., the Green Environment Facility (GEF) and the Global Climate Fund (GCF); and technical assistance and capacity development programs that create enabling environments to mobilize public and private sector climate finance.
  • Bethany Speer, Kevin Wu
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Indigenous Peoples Sector Specific Guidance

USAID programming should strive to close the development gap in each sector in which USAID works by ensuring that Indigenous Peoples’ rights are respected, their knowledge informs and guides program implementation, and they participate as partners in development.
  • USAID
Factsheet

Policy Analysis Modeling System (PAMS)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Policy Analysis Modeling System (PAMS), an easy-to-use software tool that helps decision-makers assess the costs and benefits of energy efficiency standards and labeling (EESL) programs and identify the most attractive targets for appliance efficiency levels.
  • Andrew Fang, Michael McNeil
Factsheet

International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA)

This fact sheet provides an overview of the International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA) tool, which enables EE4D to gather fragmented energy and performance data for appliances, electronics, and other equipment to evaluate the full impact of energy efficiency standards and labeling programs.
  • Andrew Fang, Michael McNeil