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Helping Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Turn on the Lights in Poor Countries

By Alex Doukas on July 12, 2013
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A social entrepreneur invests the little working capital she has to bring solar electricity to a community that –like…

4 Lessons in Renewable Energy Planning: The Philippine Experience

By Sarah Martin and Athena Ballesteros on June 25, 2013
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Rabayah Akhter, an intern with WRI’s Electricity Governance Initiative, also contributed to this post.

How Civil Society Groups Improved Electricity in Thailand

By Sorina Seeley and Bharath Jairaj on June 19, 2013
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Worldwide, one out of every five people lacks access to modern electricity.

More Transparency Needed to End Kyrgyzstan Energy Crisis

By Sarah Martin and Davida Wood on April 24, 2013
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Worldwide, one out of every five people lacks access to modern electricity.

Using Partnerships and Governance to Solve the Energy "Trilemma"

By Davida Wood on October 15, 2012
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This post was co-written with Sarah Martin, an intern with WRI’s Electricity Governance Initiative.

India’s Blackouts Highlight Need for Electricity Governance Reform

By Bharath Jairaj on August 13, 2012
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India recently experienced one of the world’s worst blackouts, with…

Rio+20 in the Rear View: Why We Need to Connect the Grassroots to the Grasstops

By Davida Wood on July 17, 2012
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Sarah Martin and Gayatri Gadag also contributed to this blog post.

Kyrgyzstan Makes Progress on Electricity Sector Reform

By Davida Wood on December 21, 2011
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This post was written with Sarah Lupberger, Project Coordinator with WRI’s Electricity Governance In

Between Populism and Price Increases: Who Will Pay for the Cost of Renewable Energy?

By Davida Wood, with Shantanu Dixit (Prayas, India), Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen (Palang Thai, Thailand), Asclepias Indriyanto (Indonesian Institute for Energy Economics, Indonesia), Bharath Jairaj, Antonio La Vina (Ateneo School of Government, Philippines), and Fabby Tumiwa (Institute for Essential Services Reform, Indonesia) on June 21, 2011

As feed-in tariffs gain traction as a policy mechanism of choice, we must keep in mind the bigger picture of the financial health of developing country electricity sectors.

IPCC Study: Renewable Energy Could Provide Majority of World’s Energy by 2050

By Lutz Weischer on May 23, 2011

Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a comprehensive study on renewable energy, entitled Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. The report finds that by 2050, nearly 80 percent of the world’s energy supply could be provided by renewable energy sources. WRI Analyst Lutz Weischer, who works on renewable energy policies, sat down to talk about the report’s implications.

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