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What's Blocking the Sun? Solar Photovoltaics for the U.S. Commercial Market

Working Paper: May, 2010

This working paper provides a snapshot of the current investment environment for solar photovoltaic (PV) in the United States and describes the current installation trends, policy landscape, and economics.

WRI Comments on the World Bank Energy Strategy

By Emily Chessin on April 30, 2010

Read WRI’s formal comments to the World Bank Group on its Energy Strategy Review.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) and Underground Capacity

By Sarah Forbes on April 28, 2010

How much land area does CCS require? It depends on the site.

NEWS RELEASE: Development Banks Must Embrace a Sustainable Future

April 23, 2010

Despite the increase in sustainable energy initiatives by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), a limited number of loans financed by the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) consistently support sustainable energy investments in developing countries.

The World Bank, MDBs, and Low Carbon Development

By Jonathan Lash and David Runnalls on April 23, 2010

Multilateral Development Banks can play a leading role in promoting more sustainable energy options.

Investing in Sustainable Energy Futures: Multilateral Development Banks' Investments in Energy Policy

April, 2010

This report reviews loans provided by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to developing countries for electricity policy from 2006–2008. It examines those policies, regulations, and institutional capacities in the electricity sector that will direct both public and private investment in sustainable energy options.

Electricity Plays Key Role in Kyrgyzstan Uprising

By Davida Wood on April 19, 2010

WRI’s Davida Wood answers questions on the current situation in Kyrgyzstan and its link to electricity governance.

Surveying Risk, Building Opportunity: Financial Impacts of Energy, Water and Climate Risks on Real Estate in Asia

Shally Venugopal, Dana Krechowicz, Charanjit Singh (HSBC), and Roshan Padamadan (HSBC), with Deepa Shinde

April, 2010

This report presents a framework to assess risks associated with energy security, water scarcity, and climate change for the real estate sector in Southeast Asia. It also discusses financial opportunities in the region’s growing green building market.

Over Heating: Financial Risks from Water Constraints on Power Generation in Asia

Amanda Sauer, Piet Klop, Sumeet Agrawal (HSBC)

April, 2010

This report presents a framework for investors and analysts to assess the risk of impacts from water-related issues, including growing water scarcity and declining water quality, on thermal and hydroelectric power generation plants.

Thermal Power and Hydropower Plant Locations and Water Stress Level

April 14, 2010

WRI mapped water scarcity data with plant locations for the largest publicly listed power generation companies in Southeast Asia.

Testimony Before The U.S.-China Economic Security & Review Commission: Green Energy Policy In China

April 8, 2010

Q&A on China's Carbon Intensity Target

By Zou Ji on March 10, 2010

This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org.

China recently confirmed an ambitious goal t

The World Bank Eskom Support Program

By Smita Nakhooda on March 8, 2010

South Africa’s plans for a new coal power plant bring up difficult decisions for the World Bank.

Adding Environmental Risk to the Financial Equation

By Dana Krechowicz on February 1, 2010

Despite projections, many financial analysts ignore the risks and opportunities associated with environmental trends. ENVEST seeks to change this.

WRI’s Jonathan Lash to Brief Journalists on Environmental “Stories to Watch” for 2010

January 4, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: For the seventh straight year, Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute, will hold a briefing for journalists to preview key environmental issues to watch this year.

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