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Committed emissions and the risk of stranded assets from power plants in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has the least carbon-intensive electricity sector of any region in the world, as hydropower remains the largest source of electricity. But are existing plans cons...
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The Challenges of Achieving Universal Electrification
This study takes stock of national off-grid electrification strategies, focusing mainly on two technical options: mini-grids and individual solar systems. It provides recommendations regarding the amb...
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Reaching Brazil's Nationally Determined Contributions: An Assessment of the Key Transitions in Final Demand an...
Brazil has achieved significant advances in climate mitigation by reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the last decade. Additionally, Brazil commits to furthering its actions through the Nat...
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The link between water and energy services in Palestine
Discover in this video the testimonies of the people of Tubas area and representatives of the local water utility, stating their difficulty of access to affordable water in this arid region of norther...
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Energy Transition - 2019-2022 Strategy
The Energy Transition (ET) is now underway in developing and developed countries alike. Driven mainly by technological advances, it presents an economic, social and environmental opportunity to achiev...
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Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: Uptake, Reliability, and Complementary Factors for Economic Impact
Access to reliable electricity is the backbone of any modern economy. It is even more important with the digital revolution. If African nations want to see their economies transform, the issue of elec...
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AFD and the energy transition in Vietnam
In line with Vietnam’s revised Power Development Plan, electricity production in 2030 will be four times the level of 2014. This revised plan emphasises the development of renewable energies (ENR), wh...
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AFD and the Energy in Cambodia
In terms of energy, Cambodia faces major challenges: more than 20 years after the end of the social unrest that ravaged the country, it has yet to rebuild, develop and diversify its energy production,...
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Pascal Grangerau : AFD celebrates 10 years in Nigeria
Pascal Grangereau is the country director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Nigeria. In this video, Pascal Grangereau presents the highlights of 10 years of AFD activities in Nigeria. AFD has...
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Southern Africa: Energy transition
Southern Africa has access to a wealth of primary renewable energy sources, with enough geothermal, hydro, wind and solar resources to provide gigawatts of power. However, the adoption of low-carbon t...
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AFD and solar energy
Levier essentiel de la transition énergétique et de la lutte contre le changement climatique, les énergies renouvelables – l’énergie solaire en particulier – sont aussi de formidables vecteurs de déve...
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Sahel Alliance: Moussa
Access to the electricity network for the populations of northern Burkina Faso (SONABEL) In Burkina Faso, a majority of the population doesn’t have access to electricity. For Moussa and his family,...
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AFD and access to energy for all
Over a billion people live without access to electricity. Almost a third of humanity depends on biomass energy on a daily basis. Access to quality energy services while safeguarding the environment is...
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The Challenges of Energy Transition in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Agence française de développement (AFD), Global Development Network (GDN), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), École française d’Extrême-O...
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Evaluation Summary - Ashegoda Wind Farm
In Ethiopia, for the “Wind power” sector, the project to support the construction of the Ashegoda Wind farm was subject to an evaluation in February 2018. The Ethiopian government sought to diversi...
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Evaluation of French development aid in Vietnam (2005-2015)
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), the Directorate General of the Treasury (DG Trésor) and the French Development Agency (AFD) have requested an evaluation of French development aid to...
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Evaluation Summary - Sere Wind Farm Project – Eskom
In South Africa, for the “Wind power” sector, Eskom’s Sere Wind Farm project was subject to an evaluation in December 2017. Climate change has launched a quest for sustainable development, which Es...
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An Input-Output Analysis: What Would a Low-Carbon Economy for Brazil Mean?
Mixing economic growth with low-carbon objectives entails multidimensional challenges among which a shift in employment and a rapid transformation of infrastructure are involved. The aim of this paper...
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South Africa: from cow manure to green energy
In South Africa, a brand-new action has come into being: cow manure is being used. Sean Thomas, a South African entrepreneur, has set up a plant that produces biogas energy. In brief, rather than leav...
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Burkina Faso, new hub of renewable energies
Located in the South-West of Ouagadougou, Zagtouli, the biggest solar plant in West Africa – and the first in Burkina Faso - has been build. In a country where 19 million inhabitants have no access to...
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Networks of stranded assets: A case for a balance sheet approach
Moving to a low-carbon economic system will require several industrial sectors to undertake a deep technological transformation of their production processes, leading some of their physical capital as...
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