More aggressive efforts to increase the efficiency of energy use are now an urgent imperative for Vietnam. Energy demand tripled over the last decade, and it is likely to triple again over the next decade...
In rural Bangladesh, Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) is dangerously high for poor households dependent on biomass cooking fuels. Based on earlier World Bank research, controlled, scientifically monitored experiments...
Although the Ivorian rural electrification program is considered a model program in the western region of Africa, more remains to be done to satisfy demand. This workshop reports on the Rural Energy for...
Renewable energy resources have attracted renewed interest in both the developed and developing world in the last five years. The main drivers for this interest and activity have been: the expected strong...
This report presents the oil and gas project proposal in different countries: 1) Africa - Gas training seminars; 2) Bulgaria - Energy conservation in the steel industry; 3) China - Natural gas development...
Development of international electricity trade will be a direct consequence of the ongoing and worldwide power sector restructuring efforts. Vertical unbundling liberates the distribution function from...
The purpose of Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme's (ESMAP's) study on energy conservation in the Philippine is to assist the government of the Philippines to formulate a long-term. This study...
The purpose of this study was to assist the Government of Colombia (GOC) in designing an integrated strategy to improve energy use in the residential, commercial and public sectors, which would be consistent...
This program was part of a broader effort to accelerate the substitution of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) for wood in order to safeguard the scarce wood resources of the country and to prevent the decline...
This paper discusses crucial issues and options facing Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) as the Programme approaches the second year of its 1992-93 work program. The paper begins with...
This technical assistance project is a comprehensive set of activities that address previously identified issues and problems in the rural power sub-sector. The project aims to strengthen the institutional...
This study is an integral part of a major research project on urban household energy strategy in Botswana. This report is therefore based on the references of the specific study on commercial firewood...
In each of the three counties included in the rural energy assessment, Hengnan (Hunan province), Xuishui (Jianxi province) and Kezuo (Liaoning province), estimates of the sustainable supply of household...
This report presents the overall economic findings together with the results of same 19 energy audit reports and associated prefeasibility studies identifying potentially profitable investment projects...
This report presents the overall economic findings together with the results of same 19 energy audit reports and associated prefeasibility studies identifying potentially profitable investment projects...
Deforestation and high fuel costs are two central problems in the household energy sector of many developing countries. Reliance on charcoal for cooking requires large amounts of fuel wood and can be costly...