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Governments can play an important role in clean energy investments. Government facilities and military operations are often significant “offtakers” of energy, thus there is an opportunity for the public sector to invest in clean energy through energy efficiency upgrades, renewable energy generation, and microgrids. The government can also support clean energy investment through national development banksgreen banksguarantees, and incentives. Public sector institutions also play an important role in establishing an enabling environment for clean energy investments. In more regulated markets, the utility may be a state owned utility, and thus the utility could also be viewed as an arm of government.

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30 Years of Policies for Wind Energy Lessons from 12 Wind Energy Markets

This report aims to provide an insight into the strengths of diverse policy design decisions across important existing markets. It…

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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Date:

1 December 2012

Policy Data

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A Comparison of Energy Efficiency Programmes for Existing Homes in Eleven Countries

This report presents a high‐level comparison of current public energy efficiency programs for existing homes in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France,…

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Regulatory Assistance Project

Date:

1 February 2010

Tools and Websites

Training Materials

A Guidebook to Fossil-fuel Subsidy Reform for Policy-makers in Southeast Asia

This subsidy reform tool by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Global Subsidies Initiative helps policymakers and influencers…

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Global Subsidies Initiative

International Institute for Sustainable Development`

Date:

1 May 2013

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Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Deployment Subsidies: Biomass Power in the United Kingdom and Germany

This paper focuses on deployment subsidies for biomass power in Germany and the United Kingdom. Its primary goal is to…

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The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Global Subsidies Initiative

Date:

1 March 2012

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Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Deployment Subsidies: Onshore Wind Power in Germany and China

This paper focuses on deployment subsidies for onshore wind power in one emerging economy (China) and one Western European economy…

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The International Institute for Sustainable Development

Global Subsidies Initiative

Date:

1 March 2012

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Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Deployment Subsidies: Solar PV in Germany and Spain

This paper focuses on deployment subsidies for solar photovoltaics (PV) in Germany and Spain. Its primary goal is to inform…

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International Institute for Sustainable Development

Global Subsidies Initiative

Date:

1 March 2012

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Business Models For Renewable Energy in the Built Environment

This report aims to provide insight to policymakers, building owners, and other market actors regarding the ways in which new…

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International Energy Agency

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands

Date:

1 November 2011

Policy Data

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Catalyzing Climate Finance: A Guidebook on Policy and Financing Options to Support Green, Low-Emission, and Climate-Resilient Development

This guidebook argues that a failure to provide fair access to climate finance to all developing countries would have severe…

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United Nations

Date:

1 May 2011

Policy Data

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China Energy Efficiency Financing Landscape Report

China has largely met its energy efficiency goals by financing and implementing energy efficiency measures in state-owned institutions. To meet…

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Institute for Industrial Productivity

Date:

1 October 2012

Policy Data

Publication

Clean Energy Ministerial 6 (CEM6): Finance for Energy Access

The public-private roundtable summarized on this web page describes how over one billion people globally lack access to electricity, and…

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Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)

Date:

27 May 2015

Training Materials

Closing the Energy Efficiency Financing Gap: World Bank Experience with Financing Approaches and Implementation Models

This material was presented at the Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency C2E2 in Copenhagen in November 2015, which analyzed…

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The World Bank

Date:

1 November 2015

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Customer Incentives for Energy Efficiency Through Program Offerings

This brief summarizes the approaches used by energy efficiency program administrators when assessing incentives to be used in energy efficiency…

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

ICF International

Date:

1 February 2010

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Demand Response: Managing Electric Power Peak Load Shortages with Market Mechanisms

This paper focuses on demand response programs as a tool for managing peak load shortages. It emphasizes opportunities within China.…

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Regulatory Assistance Project

Date:

1 March 2015

Policy Data

Publication

Diesel Pricing in India: Entangled in Policy Maze

This paper examines the inflationary effect of increasing diesel prices that is caused by subsidy reduction on the Indian economy.…

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National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Date:

1 August 2012

Publication

Discussion Paper on the European Commission’s Energy Union: A Union Based on Demand

This paper sets out a positive perspective and structured view of how the EU’s energy policy should be developed and…

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European Copper Institute; Leonardo ENERGY

Date:

1 March 2015

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Distributed Solar Incentive Programs: Recent Experience and Best Practices for Design and Implementation

This report examines best practices for designing and implementing solar incentive programs by reviewing these programs from entities across the…

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Date:

1 December 2012

Training Materials

Energy Access in Central America

This webinar showcased work underway in Central America that addresses energy access using low carbon solutions and off-grid renewable technologies.…

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Clean Energy Solutions Center

United Nations Foundation’s Energy Access Practitioner Network

Date:

17 June 2014

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Energy Efficiency Financing Program Implementation Primer

This primer provides an overview of key considerations for state and local policymakers, utility energy efficiency program administrators and program…

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State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network

Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator

Date:

1 January 2014