A 250,000 US dollars ESMAP grant helped support the reengagement of the World Bank in the Yemeni power sector through the 50 million IDA-funded Yemen Emergency Electricity Access Project. ESMAP-funded...
Mongolia’s central vaccine storage facility in Ulaanbaatar did not have the capacity or capability to accommodate incoming Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, some of which required storage at very cold temperatures...
An ESMAP-funded grant facility that began in 2017, implemented by the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), put in place market incentives that established eight new manufacturer-distributor partnerships...
Decarbonizing transport is critical to achieving the worlds climate change goals, as well as being a key component of a sustainable, livable, and energy-efficient city. The transport sector currently accounts...
A 2.1 million dollars grant through ESMAPs Small Island Developing States (SIDS) DOCK Support Program is playing a key role in helping Tuvalu achieve energy security through clean energy. The grant enables...
ESMAP’s grants of more than 3 million dollars have been instrumental in supporting electrification efforts in Myanmar as part of the World Bank-funded National Electrification Project since 2014. The project...
Improving energy efficiency in Turkey is crucial for reducing expensive energy imports and meeting climate change targets. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a very important role in the Turkish...
ESMAP helped to identify and implement a successful market model for Bangladesh’s improved cookstoves program by building on successful models within the country, partnering with the local development-finance...
By assisting the Government of Ethiopia in incorporating gender-focused solutions, bolstering markets for off-grid products, and scaling up private sector participation in the country’s vast renewable...
After the Arab Spring, the Government of Egypt was facing growing fiscal pressures. Energy was underpriced, fossil fuels subsidies had increased dramatically, and the government had built up arrears to...
The positive impact of electricity and the development opportunities that come with it can be life changing. The introduction of electricity into homes and communities makes them safer and healthier, and...
The Noor-Ouarzazate complex is one of the largest concentrating solar power (CSP) facilities in the world—so large, in fact, that it is visible from space. Its goal is to provide power to over one million...
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is one of the fastest growing economies in East Asia and the Pacific. It has improved access to electricity and has become an important energy exporter. Lao PDR...
Modern, high-quality off-grid lighting and energy products can transform lives. Over the past decade, a concerted global push has created thriving markets for these products, demonstrating that off-grid...
China has emerged as a global clean energy leader. China’s rapid economic rise over the past two decades did not come without a price: heavily dependent on coal to fuel its economy, China became the planet’s...
Over 2 million people are estimated to live in informal settlements in Kenya’s urban areas. Unlike in poor rural areas, people in urban poor communities often have access to electricity. The problem is...
The Indian state of Maharashtra has more than doubled its electricity transmission capacity over the past decade, and currently meets a daily state demand of over 15,700 megawatt (MW) with a system availability...
More than 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are not connected to an electricity grid and must rely on expensive and hazardous fossil fuel-based sources of energy to meet their lighting needs. In...
When Mexico’s trust fund for electricity energy savings introduced the luz sustentable (sustainable light) program in mid-2011, its primary aims were to promote a more efficient use of electricity, develop...
The city of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey is one of the fastest growing urban areas in the world. An important trade link serving as Turkey’s gateway to the Middle East, the city has seen its population...