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Strategic choices for renewable energy investment: Conceptual framework and opportunities for further research

Wüstenhagen, Rolf; Menichetti, Emanuela - In: Energy Policy 40 (2012) C, pp. 1-10

This paper introduces the special issue on Strategic Choices for Renewable Energy Investment, which is a collection of best papers presented at an international research conference held in St. Gallen (Switzerland) in February 2010. Substantial private investment is needed if public policy...

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Powering Africa: Meeting the financing and reform challenges

Eberhard, Anton; Shkaratan, Maria - In: Energy Policy 42 (2012) C, pp. 9-18

Sub-Saharan Africa faces chronic power problems, including insufficient generation capacity, low connectivity, poor reliability, and high costs, all of which constrain development. The investment requirements to meet Africa's power needs are noted and strategies to address the funding gap are...

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Financing low carbon energy access in Africa

Gujba, Haruna; Thorne, Steve; Mulugetta, Yacob; Rai, Kavita - In: Energy Policy 47 (2012) S1, pp. 71-78

energy services while also building low-emission and climate-resilient economies. However, access to finance from different …

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Financing off-grid sustainable energy access for the poor

Glemarec, Yannick - In: Energy Policy 47 (2012) S1, pp. 87-93

This paper examines the role of public instruments in promoting private finance to achieve off-grid sustainable energy … basis under the right conditions, and raises the prospect that private finance could also drive decentralized energy access …, household biogas units or solar home systems – that have managed to scale-up through leveraging private finance. However, the …

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Facilitating the financing of bioenergy projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Hofmann, Michael; Khatun, Kaysara - In: Energy Policy 52 (2013) C, pp. 373-384

The purpose of this paper is to identify and develop potential solutions on how to facilitate the financing of bioenergy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. We focus on four main areas that have been identified from empirical research in achieving this objective; these are: (i) financing, (ii)...

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