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This Open-Access-Book covers different aspects of the low-carbon energy transformation in a unique manner, with a particular focus on two regions, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The first part of the book provides useful insights on changes and reforms in the energy sector of Bangladesh, while the second part illustrates the low-carbon energy transformation in South Asia and the third part covers lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa. In all of these regions, the energy sector is undergoing major changes, driven by the four D’s: Decarbonization, decentralization, digitization, and democratization. Major overhauls are taking place at all levels: The country level, where energy mixes are rapidly changing, the corporate level, where large state-owned and private companies are challenged and new actors are emerging, and the local level, where technical and regulatory change has made citizen engagement and community power an option to replace or at least complement centralized supply structures. About the Editors Sebastian Groh, Associate Professor at BRAC University's Business School (BBS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh; founder and managing director of a startup. Lukas Barner and Georg Heinemann, Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy (WIP) at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany. Christian von Hirschhausen, Professor of Infrastructure Economics and Board Member of the Microenergy Systems Research Group (MES) at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany; Research Director at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).

Energy policy. --- Power resources. --- Africa—Politics and government. --- Economics. --- Renewable energy sources. --- International economic relations. --- Energy System Transformation. --- Natural Resource and Energy Economics. --- African Politics. --- Political Economy of Energy. --- Renewable Energy. --- International Political Economy’. --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Economic sanctions --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Energy --- Energy resources --- Power supply --- Natural resources --- Energy harvesting --- Energy industries --- Energy and state --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Government policy --- Energy Access --- Decarbonization --- Integration of Renewables --- Sub-Sahara Africa --- Bangladesh --- Decentralization --- Electricity Access --- Energy Transformation --- South Asia --- Africa --- Politics and government.

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The volume presents innovative approaches to improving energy access in underprivileged communities. A core theme is the use of previously underutilized or unrecognized resources that can be found through synergies in supply and value innovation, novel financing methods, and the use of leapfrog technologies. The contributors illustrate how decentralized approaches and small-scale localized solutions can promote climate change mitigation and adaptation, and increase the resiliency of vulnerable communities. This book gathers selected articles from the 2014 Microenergy Systems Conference at UC Berkeley that focus on technical, financial, human, institutional, and natural resource capital. The contributions reflect the latest concepts, theories, methods and techniques, offering a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and governmental institutions engaged in the field of energy access for developing countries.

Energy. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Environmental Economics. --- Sustainable Development. --- Development Economics. --- Finance/Investment/Banking. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Sustainable development. --- Environmental economics. --- Energies renouvelables --- Développement durable --- Economie de l'environnement --- Economic assistance -- Developing countries. --- Energy development. --- Poverty -- Developing countries. --- Power resources -- Developing countries. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Poverty --- Power resources --- Energy resources development --- Energy source development --- Power resources development --- Renewable energy resources. --- Climate change. --- Finance. --- Alternate energy sources. --- Green energy industries. --- Development economics. --- Finance, general. --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Currency question --- Economic development --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental quality --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Global environmental change