Renewable energy

Investments in renewable energy reached USD 286 in 2015, again breaking the previous year’s record. The renewable energy capacity under construction now exceeds conventional capacity. The pioneers of this transition, learn us interesting lessons for the shift to circularity.

Lao PDR: The circular economy brings net carbon neutrality within reach by 2040 A metabolic analysis and broad stakeholder engagement process brought 17 interventions to... read more
2019 Gap Report: Circular economy strategies would tip balance in battle against dangerous climate change The world can maximise chances of avoiding dangerous climate change by moving... read more
Policy levers for a low-carbon circular economy The Paris Agreement calls for bold action to mitigate climate change. This... read more
Video launch by CarbonBay: The story of Nuetech Solar in Bangalore The story of Nuetech Solar, an Indian solar water heater manufacturer, has... read more
Microfinance to accelerate the adoption of efficient cookstoves and solar lanterns in Kenya Demand for small-scale renewable energy products among low-income consumers around the world is... read more
Climate finance and fossil fuel subsidies Globally, countries spent USD 523 billion on fossil fuel consumption subsidies in... read more
Gold Standard carbon credits from a waste biomass boiler in Bulgaria Wood processing industry can be a large source of renewable biomass, which can be... read more
Exploring opportunities to expand the World Bank Pilot Auction Facility The Pilot Auction facility (PAF) is an innovative model that seeks to... read more
Baseline emissions of rural off-grid-electrification in Sub-Saharan African countries Two-thirds of the population in sub-Saharan Africa lives in scarcely populated rural... read more
SimGas: modular biogas systems for East Africa SimGas designs, produces and installs biogas systems for households in Africa and... read more
Towards an energizing partnership – China’s role as catalyst of renewable energy development in Africa On 8 November 2009, at the fourth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)... read more
Accelerating the adoption of solar water heaters in India with CarbonBay With about 300 clear sunny days in a year, India is gifted... read more
Methane reduction from the palm oil industry The palm oil industry is concentrated in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. A recent... read more
Accelerating the adoption of household biodigesters in Nepal The Biogas Support Program (BSP) supports the adoption of biogas applications in Nepalese... read more
Decision Support Tool to quantify the biogas potential of different feedstocks Biodigesters can produce valuable methane from a range of feedstocks. End-I AG... read more
Biogas in Nepal: Pioneering UN-registered carbon offset projects at household level Creating a price incentive for developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was... read more
Life-cycle analysis on the carbon impact of Jatropha biofuels from India The analysis estimated all emissions related to the Jathropha plantations on unused degraded... read more
Emission reduction project due diligences in China Shifting Paradigms has pioneering experience with evaluating, scoring and proposing risk mitigation measures... read more