This paper considers the design and performance of auction mechanisms used to deploy renewable energy in three emerging economies: Brazil, China, and India. The analysis focuses on the countries' experience in various dimensions, including price reductions, bidding dynamics, coordination with...

This report demonstrates that a "climate-smart" energy strategy is possible for countries in the East Asia region, with support from the international community. In the past three decades, the East Asia region has experienced the fastest economic growth in the world, accompanied by rapid...

Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Part 1 Overview; Chapter 1 The Role of the Government: Act Now on Domestic Policy and Financing; Global and Regional Context: Governments Are Taking Action, but Mobilizing Substantial Financing Is the Major Hurdle;...

This report examines East Asia's energy future over the next two decades through two energy scenarios. It outlines the strategic direction of East Asia's energy sector to meet its growing energy demand in an environmentally sustainable manner, and presents a pathway of policy frameworks and...

Overwhelming evidence indicates that climate change, caused in large part by human activities, is already adversely impacting all people, with the very real prospect of worse to come. Nevertheless, a global treaty to curb carbon emissions remains elusive. In East Asia, all middle-income...

Regional energy challenges -- Energy scenarios -- Baseline: unacceptable environmental damages and growing energy insecurity -- Sustainable future: improved environment and enhanced security -- Path to energy sustainability: transformative policy tools and financing mechanisms -- World bank's...

This paper considers the design and performance of auction mechanisms used to deploy renewable energy in three emerging economies: Brazil, China, and India. The analysis focuses on the countries' experience in various dimensions, including price reductions, bidding dynamics, coordination with...