Clean Energy Ministerial

The cornerstone of the Clean Energy Ministerial’s work is 11 action-driven, transformative clean energy initiatives led by like-minded governments. The initiatives focus on empowering energy decision makers with the up-to-date information and tools they need to improve the policy environment for clean energy around the world. The initiatives’ low-cost, high-impact technical work also facilitates international coordination that amplifies each government’s clean energy deployment efforts.

The initiatives work to achieve three key goals: increase energy efficiency, expand clean energy supply, and enhance clean energy access. Progress in these areas can help nations reduce carbon emissions, improve energy security, and sustain economic growth.

The initiatives are grouped into three categories: initiatives that are working to improve energy efficiency; initiatives that are working to expand clean energy supplies; and crosscutting initiatives that are working to address key issues in clean energy policy, leadership, and access.

Energy Efficiency

Three initiatives are working to increase energy efficiency:

• The Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI), which works to accelerate the global scale-up of electric drive vehicles

• The Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP), which works to target energy savings in commercial buildings and industry

• The Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative, which works to transform the global market for energy-efficient appliances and equipment

Clean Energy Supply

Four initiatives are working to expand clean energy supply:

• The Bioenergy Working Group, which works to bolster the deployment of bioenergy
• The Carbon Capture, Use and Storage Action Group (CCUS), which works to overcome barriers to carbon capture, use, and storage
• The Multilateral Solar and Wind Working Group, which works to lower the incremental costs of providing solar and wind energy to all regions of the world
• The Sustainable Development of Hydropower Initiative, which works to promote the development of sustainable, cost-effective hydropower

Crosscutting

Four crosscutting initiatives complement and enhance these activities:

• The Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) women’s initiative, which strives to close the gender gap in clean energy, recognizing that the talents and ideas of all members of society are needed to bring about the technological breakthroughs of the future
• The Clean Energy Solutions Center, an online forum that shares clean energy policy best practices, data, and analysis tools across countries, and serves as a first-stop clearinghouse for clean energy resources
• The International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN), which works to accelerate the development and deployment of smarter electricity grids worldwide, which in turn enable expanded integration of efficient and clean supply technologies
• The Solar and LED Energy Access Program (SLED), which works to transform the global market for affordable, clean, and high-quality off-grid lighting for the approximately 1.6 billion people who lack access to grid-supplied electricity