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- Publication 28 November 2022 Loss and damage at COP27 Negotiations related to loss and damage during COP27 focused on four topics: dedicated finance for loss and damage, operational details for the Santiago Network, governance arrangements for the Warsaw International Mechanism, and inclusion of loss and damage in the ‘global stocktake’. This publication outlines the agreements reached during COP27 on these four issues. The description is based on the text of the various decision drafts, accessed from the UNFCCC website in the week of 21st…
- Event 25 November 2022 Can ESCOs solve the German energy crisis? Germany is close to the centre of the European energy crisis caused by the interruption of Russian gas supplies. Apart from turning down temperatures and switching off public lighting, the real short-term answer is energy efficiency. The ESCOs should be at the centre of that agenda. At our last webinar of 2022, Rüdiger Lohse, head of the German ESCO association EDLHUB, will take the temperature of the German ESCO market in light of the current scramble to make ends meet in the energy market -…
- Webinar & E-Learning 25 November 2022 District Energy - A Case study of Floating Office in Rotterdam (Webinar) - 06.10.2022 Floating Office Rotterdam is the largest floating office in the world. Off-grid and carbon-neutral, it floats if water levels rise due to climate change. The heat pump with surface water heat exchange is one of the innovations that showcases the building’s mission for climate change. The heat/cold generation is supplied by 2 heat pumps which are placed in the floating building’s pontoon. The pontoon consists of 15 similar prefab concrete floating boxes, with a heat-generating network of tubes…
- Publication 23 November 2022 Tracking Adaptation Progress at the Global Level: Key Issues and Priorities In recent years, and particularly since the 2015 Paris Agreement and the adoption of the global adaptation goal of “enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change”, the recognition of the global dimensions of adaptation has increased. This chapter explores the emerging global perspective on adaptation and the efforts to review the effectiveness of adaptation action as well as the overall progress in achieving the global adaptation goal. It…
- Publication 23 November 2022 Getting on the ground: Exploring the determinants of utility-scale solar PV in Rwanda Solar PV is gaining ground in low and middle-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where a change from donor to more market-driven investments has been observed. This article contributes to energy transition research in low-income countries, taking Rwanda as a case study and focusing on the factors that determined the implementation of what was the largest on-grid solar project, upon completion in 2014. The multi-level perspective (MLP) is used to structure our analysis of the…
- Publication 23 November 2022 System building in the Kenyan electrification regime: The case of private solar mini-grid development Given the growing interest in the ability of the private sector to contribute to the goal of providing universal access to energy in developing countries, this study sets out to investigate the practices and business approaches of private actors in the emerging niche of private mini-grid development in Kenya. The paper’s analytical focus is on how niche actors are influencing and creating change in the incumbent electrification regime of grid extension to strengthen and expand the niche for…
- Publication 23 November 2022 Electrification of Sub-Saharan Africa through PV/hybrid mini-grids: Reducing the gap between current business models and on-site experience The absence of publicly available up-to-date costs breakdown data on photovoltaic (PV)/hybrid mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a barrier that needs to be resolved in order to overcome challenges in rural electrification planning, regulation, life-cycle operation, financing, and funding. The primary aim of this research is to provide better understanding of the cost structures of PV/hybrid mini-grid projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. The review on existing literature reveals significant…
- Publication 23 November 2022 Toward Technology-Sensitive Catching-Up Policies: Insights from Renewable Energy in China The voluminous literature on industrial catching-up in Southeast Asian countries has regularly argued that successful catching-up largely depended on a committed state, which orchestrated industry development with a relatively uniform set of policies, including R&D support, subsidies, trade restrictions, and local content requirements. In contrast, recent contributions from the technology lifecycle literature have argued that policies should be tailored to differing technological…