Documentos e informes

Energy Markets in Latin America: Emerging Disruptions and the Next Frontier (Vol. 1 of 2) : Flagship Report (Inglés)

Efficient energy services are essential for economic growth, competitiveness, and human development. Globally, energy markets are undergoing a transformation: fossil fuel prices are responding to new and...

Energy Markets in Latin America: Emerging Disruptions and the Next Frontier (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (Inglés)

Efficient energy services are essential for economic growth, competitiveness, and human development. Globally, energy markets are undergoing a transformation: fossil fuel prices are responding to new and...

Lighting Brazilian cities : business models for energy efficient public street lighting (Inglés)

Cities are among the world´s largest consumersof electric energy, accountable for two-thirdsof total electricity consumption and for over 70 percent of global greenhouse gases emissions. Publicstreet lighting...

Lighting Brazilian cities : business models for energy efficient public street lighting : Iluminando Cidades Brasileiras : Modelos de Negócio para Eficiência Energética em Iluminação Pública (Portugués)

Cities are among the world´s largest consumersof electric energy, accountable for two-thirdsof total electricity consumption and for over 70 percent of global greenhouse gases emissions. Publicstreet lighting...

Unlocking the potential for private sector participation in district heating (Inglés)

The report analyzes barriers to and opportunities for private sector participation in district heating (DH) in the Western Balkan countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, and Serbia, as well...

Handshake : IFC's quarterly journal on public-private partnerships (13) (Inglés)

The latest issue of Handshake, focused on public-private partnerships in the power sector, brings diverse expert voices together to discuss how to increase access to energy in developing countries. Features...

Feed-in tariffs or auctions? : Procuring renewable energy supply in South Africa (Inglés)

Feed in tariffs have been the most widely used support mechanism to encourage the growth of grid-connected renewable energy. But could competitive tenders or auctions offer lower prices while still providing...

Electricity auctions : an overview of efficient practices (Inglés)

This report assesses the potential of electricity contract auctions as a procurement option for the World Bank's client countries. It focuses on the role of auctions of electricity contracts designed to...

Ethiopia - Accelerated Electricity Access (Rural) Expansion : P097271 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 09 (Inglés)

Ethiopia - Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project, Phase II - GPOBA : P105651 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 04 (Inglés)

Electricity auctions : an overview of efficient practices (Inglés)

Latin America has been leading the effort to introduce electricity auctions as an instrument to promote competition in electricity procurement. Dozens of auctions have been carried out to date, with noteworthy...

Output-based aid in Ethiopia : dealing with the 'last mile' paradox in rural electrification (Inglés)

Providing electricity to poor households in rural areas in Ethiopia is critical to improving the health and living conditions of the population, reducing poverty, and stimulating growth. A project supported...

Current and forthcoming issues in the South African electricity sector (Inglés)

One of the contentious issues in electricity reform is whether there are significant gains from restructuring systems that are moderately well run. South Africa's electricity system is a case in point...

Centralized purchasing arrangements : international practices and lessons learned on variations to the single buyer model (Inglés)

By examining the broad range of variations in design and implementation of energy trading models around the world, our evaluation showed that sometimes the pure Single Buyer is actually the only alternative...

Implementing power rationing in a sensible way : lessons learned and international best practices (Inglés)

The objective of this report is to present practical measures that can be implemented to help countries minimize the economic and social consequences when confronted with power shortages. By reviewing...

Pass through of power purchase costs : Regulatory challenges and international practices (Inglés)

An important, but often ignored, regulatory issue in developing and developed countries is the pass through of power purchase costs for distribution companies. It is important because power purchase costs...