Off-Balance-Sheet Equity: The Engine for Energy Efficiency Capital Mobilization

Energy service company-based models could accelerate capital mobilization toward energy-efficiency projects. The International Energy Agency estimates that $24.5 trillion of energy-efficiency (EE) investments will be needed through 2040. Debt- and self-financed projects are expected to contribute only a third of this capital due to multiple barriers. On the one hand, self-financed projects require ....... Click here for more information and download the report

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Keynote presentation by Dr Florian Ermacora, DG ENER at the 2020 Joint Annual Conference of China’s Power Market Industry

On 17 September 2020, Dr Florian Ermacora, DG ENER Head of Wholesale Markets, Electricity & Gas Unit, Directorate for Internal Energy Market, European Commission delivered a keynote presentation, “Electricity Market Design for Europe” to close to 300 participants at the Joint Annual Conference of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) Automation of Electric Power Systems Professional Committee and Power Market Professional Committee & Power

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Supporting the construction of renewable generation in the EU and China – Policy Considerations NEW

As the largest developing country in the world, with a population of nearly 1.4 billion, China consumes more energy than any other country. It is now determined to develop a green economy, pushing for sustainable economic growth within the red-line environmental limits. Yet economic growth is not possible without a fundamental transformation of the energy sector. The "four revolutions and one cooperation" called for by President Xi Jinping aim to transform both energy consumption and energy supply, develop new clean technologies and strengthen

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Electricity Markets and Systems in EU and China: Towards Better Integration of Clean Energy Sources NEW

Electricity marketisation reform in the EU has been through a long process, starting with the first energy package in the 1990s, and followed by a second and third version. The fourth energy package issued in 2015 set targets for an energy transformation by 2030. These four energy packages are seen as milestones along the path towards EU power market reform. They have ensured that the reforms were carried out in an orderly way, including: unbundling of monopoly and competitive businesses and the promotion of competition; establishment of indepe

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