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Small and Medium Enterprises

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are comprised of up to 250 persons. Small and medium-sized businesses may face unique challenges in terms of developing and investing in clean energy projects, given more limited capacity and the ability to procure specialists as well as unique barriers to accessing capital. Small and medium enterprises may be good candidates for crowd or social funding, given smaller investment sizes.

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Advancing Gender in the Environment: Making The Case For Women in the Energy Sector

This brief reviews the role of women in the formal energy sector. It presents evidence that women’s equal participation in…

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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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Charge Without a Cause? Assessing Electric Utility Demand Charges on Small Consumers, Electricity Rate Design Review Paper No. 1

The goal of this document is to unpack the key elements of demand charges and explore their effect on fairness,…

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Solar Energy Industries Association

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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)

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27 May 2015

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Energy Efficiency and Energy Savings: A View from the Building Sector

This report explores how real estate and construction executives approach energy efficiency regulation in their business. For the report, the…

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Global Buildings Performance Network

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1 October 2012

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Falling Short: An Evaluation of the Indian Renewable Certificate Market

Driven by the need to meet mandates under the 2008 Renewable Purchase Obligation, India launched a Renewable Energy Certificate market.…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Indian School of Business

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1 December 2012

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Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment Report

Published annually since 2005, this report examines how investment flows into renewables are evolving around the world and the reasons…

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United Nations

Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Date:

1 June 2014

Training Materials

Innovative Business Models for Energy Efficiency Financing

This webinar-based training session examined innovative business models for providing energy efficiency financing. During this webinar, panelists presented new approaches…

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United Nations Foundation's Energy Access Practitioner Network

Clean Energy Solutions Center

Date:

28 May 2014

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Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations: Arab-Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) Region

This report presents the outcomes of a two-day roundtable in which energy efficiency experts from 10 economies in the Arab-SEMED…

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International Energy Agency‌ (IEA)

Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE)

League of Arab States

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Date:

1 January 2014

Policy Data

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Risk Management for Mini-Grids: A New Approach to Guide Mini-Grid Deployment

This report addresses the gap in communication and language that exists between mini-grid developers and investors about mini-grid risks and…

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Alliance for Rural Electrification

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1 January 2015

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Scaling Success: Lessons from Adaptation Pilots in the Rainfed Regions of India

This report is intended to help policymakers, practitioners and funding agencies identify emerging adaptation good practices and the conditions necessary…

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World Resources Institute (WRI)

Date:

1 August 2015

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Tools and Websites

The REC Mechanism: Viability of Solar Projects in India

This report reviews India’s solar renewable energy certificate (REC) market by identifying the events that lead to its creation and…

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Bridge to India

Date:

1 March 2013

Policy Data

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The State of Sustainability Initiatives Review 2014: Standards and the Green Economy

This report describes how (1) voluntary sustainability standards have grown rapidly in number and importance in global commodity markets over…

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International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Date:

1 January 2014

Training Materials

Training Manual for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Energy Business Financing

The training manual is a modular guide intended to help energy entrepreneurs acquire the supplementary knowledge needed to expand their…

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United States Agency for International Development

GVEP International

Date:

1 January 2010

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Photovoltaic Grid Parity Monitor (GPM)

This regularly published report analyses PV competitiveness with retail and wholesale energy markets for residential segment (PV systems of 3…

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Creara

Date:

27 February 2015