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In cold-climate regions of developing countries, access to a reliable and affordable heat supply is critical to the well-being of the rural and peri-urban poor, who enjoy only limited access to district heating, natural gas, and electricity networks. Most of them have long relied on solid fuel-fired, traditional heating stoves or simple low-pressure boilers (LPBs), which are fuel-inefficient, leaky, and highly polluting both indoors and outside. Having access to high-efficiency, low-emissions (HELE) heating stoves offers under-served households a cost-effective, intermediate solution until fuel-switching to gas or electricity is possible. Recent World Bank- supported winter heating pilot programs in the Central Asian countries of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan brought to market a small number of advanced, solid fuel-fired space heating and cooking stoves. This technical report aims to document the Central Asia pilot experience with HELE heating technologies and their potential use as a cost-effective, intermediate solution for millions of underserved households for improving health and reducing household air pollution, energy poverty, and climate impacts.

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The Handbook for practitioners and decision makers seeks to raise awareness among utility managers, decision makers, and other stakeholders of the importance and benefits of developing robust operation and maintenance (OandM) strategies for existing and greenfield hydropower plants. This handbook also aims at providing guidance for owners in preparing and implementing a long-term OandM strategy, defined as an informed set of high-level information (including a diagnosis) and decisions towards effective and safe OandM of hydropower facilities, including (i) objectives to be reached, (ii) activities and organizational decisions to reach these objectives and (iii) adequate resources (human, financial...). Through eight steps, this handbook proposes a framework and processes to establish an OandM strategy adapted to local contexts. It also presents the basic principles of OandM for hydropower and provides examples of the consequences of inadequate OandM policies, programs, and procedures. The handbook was developed along and benefited from the lessons learned of six case-studies in Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Liberia, Uganda, and Uruguay/Argentina and which are depicted in the companion report Operation and Maintenance Strategies for Hydropower: Six Case Studies. They gather examples and lessons learned from the implementation of OandM strategies, while sharing views on remaining challenges and future directions.

Energy --- Energy Finance --- Energy Policies and Economics --- Hydro Power --- Hydropower

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As the world's fastest-growing local energy technology, distributed photovoltaics (DPV) has upended the traditional paradigm of one-way power flow from the grid to consumers. Solar electricity systems located close to grid consumers known here as DPV empower consumers to produce electricity for themselves and for the grid. Thanks mainly to falling PV costs, DPV has become a viable way to meet energy needs for a widening array of consumers. Worldwide, installed capacity of DPV exploded from just a few megawatts (MW) in 2000 to 250 gigawatts (GW) in 2019; and it is forecast to exceed 500 GW by 2025. Poorly managed, DPV scale-up can then erode utility finances and interfere with grid operation. Yet, as explained in this report, well-managed DPV can benefit not only DPV owners but also contribute to reliable grid operation and a financially sound electricity sector. DPV offers multiple types of benefits relevant for low- and middle-income countries, especially when it can reduce electricity costs and widespread dependence on diesel generators. This report is an overview of DPV in different country contexts, and it is aimed at energy ministries and other decision-makers. Chapter 1 introduces key concepts and the recent status of the DPV market. It also highlights key potential value propositions of DPV for different stakeholders, including consumers, utilities, governments, and society as a whole. Chapter 2 presents nine specific ways in which distributed photovoltaics (PV) is or could be used to solve problems faced in low and middle-income country contexts.

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The recent advances in battery technology and reductions in battery costs have brought battery energy storage systems (BESS) to the point of becoming increasingly cost-effective projects to serve a range of power sector interventions, especially when combined with PV and where diesel is the alternative, or where subsidies or incentives are used. Quantifying the economic impact of BESS requires a high level of temporal granularity in the analysis, because the time-steps required for a reliable assessment of costs and benefits are much shorter than the usual annual time steps of many power sector investment projects. In short, there is as yet still limited experience in the economic and financial analysis of BESS investment projects particularly, in developing countries, and one cannot yet set out with clarity what constitutes best international practice. This report sets out the principles and practices of BESS economic analysis as required for the World Bank's appraisal of investment projects that cover the range of BESS projects likely to be encountered by the Bank over the next few years.

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India is the world's third largest consumer of energy. It is widely acknowledged that the role of energy efficiency (EE) in reducing India's carbon dioxide emissions and improving energy security is critical. Achieving the overarching goal of increasing EE in South Asia would be enabled by a well-planned, professionally executed public communication strategy and outreach program with clear audience segmentation. As the first step towards implementing a strategic communication program, the World Bank commissioned an analysis of EE-related. communications in India targeted towards various stakeholders and energy consumers. This communication analysis, including mapping of key stakeholders in the Indian EE communications landscape, is part of the World Bank's implemented program titled 'Scaling up the demand side energy efficiency business line in South Asia', and will inform a communications strategy that aims to increase awareness and foster an enabling policy and business environment for EE in India. The study aims to understand the attitudes of the policymakers and nodal agencies, EE implementers, and consumers (industries and general public from various energy consuming sectors) about EE, and gauge the various stakeholders' informational needs and preferred channels of information on EE issues. In order to influence more energy efficient behaviors in India, there is a need to examine what has worked in motivating new behaviors, and what has not worked and why. The research also aims to map various categories of stakeholders in the EE landscape in India, which have an impact on identifying, developing, designing, and implementing EE improvement activities in all major energy consuming sectors, namely, Industry, Transport, Agriculture, Commercial, and Residential.

Energy --- Energy Consumption --- Energy Demand --- Energy Efficiency --- Energy Policies & Economics