Resources

This report presents the results of an analysis of the current and future status of the national woodfuel energy market in Malawi.

• 06/10/2021

This document summarizes the achievements across USAID-supported energy programs in Southeast Asia from 2015-2021.

• 05/28/2021

Distributed energy resources (DER)—including smart transmission grids, energy storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure—offer new opportunities for electricity cost savings, service reliability and quality improvements, as well as reduced pollution and greenhouse gas emissions

• 01/15/2021

USAID’s Energy Efficiency for Development program is a global initiative that provides technical resources and expert advice to USAID partner countries.

• 11/17/2020

By reducing the amount of inputs needed to provide a desired energy service, energy efficiency minimizes the financial costs of energy and alleviates other negative effects.

• 11/17/2020

Energy efficiency policies support important goals in developing countries.

• 11/17/2020

Utility-scale (front-of-the-meter), battery energy storage systems (BESS) are beginning to transform electricity generation, transmission, and distribution systems in the United States and Western Europe.

• 11/13/2020

Conventional anaerobic digestion to produce biogas is a proven, well known technology in the renewable energy and waste management sectors. 

• 10/16/2020

Parametric insurance reduces financial risks to large, utility-scale hydro, wind, and solar power investments from extreme weather or climate events.

• 10/13/2020

This table lists standard indicators for USAID’s Office of Global Climate Change (GCC).

• 09/21/2020

This handbook lists the FY 2020 USAID and Department of State standard indicators for climate change and development. 

• 09/21/2020

Hydro, wind, and solar power are variable renewable energy (VRE) resources with normal daily and/or seasonal fluctuations that are taken into in financial planning for these investments.

• 09/15/2020

As part of its support to various municipalities and organizations in South Africa in mainstreaming low emissions development, the South Africa Low Emissions Development (SA-LED) Program supported Blue Karoo Trust, a fish farm specializing in breeding catfish as an alternative to pilchards to sell commercially.

• 08/17/2020

In South Africa, comprehensive baseline data on energy consumption is the key to accessing grant funding from the national government’s Energy Efficient and Demand Side Management (EEDSM) program.

• 08/17/2020

Wastewater treatment plants consume electricity for the operation of equipment and produce methane gas, a greenhouse gas, from the process of anaerobic digestion, used to break down solid waste.

• 08/14/2020