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Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Carbon Finance
- Carbon Finance: Catalyzing Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Energy Finance, UNEP-SEFI Side Event, Bonn Renewable Energy Conference, Veronique Bishop, World Bank Carbon Finance Business
- A Guide to Bundling Small-scale CDM Projects, Developed for the EU Synergy CDM Pool Project by IT Power UK, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), and IT Power India
- Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation: New Instruments for Financing Renewable Energy Technologies, Thematic Background Paper, Axel Michaelowa, Matthias Krey and Sonja Butzengeiger, Perspectives Climate Change and Hamburg Institute of Inter
- Opportunities and Strategies for Carbon Finance: GG-CAP, World Bank Group, Robert Youngman, Natsource LLC
- Kyoto and Beyond: Opportunities and Strategies for Carbon Finance, Andrei Marcu, Intl Emissions Trading Assn, Julie Smith-Galvin, Enel North America, Rob Youngman, Natsource, Varadan Atur, World Bank, Veronique Bishop, World Bank
- Small-Scale Clean Development Mechanism Project Handbook
- Training, Carbon Finance and Risk Management, Prototype Carbon Fund
- Carbon Finance: Catalyzing Sustainable Energy, Using the Market to Solve Environmental Challenges, Net Impact Conference, Veronique Bishop, Carbon Finance Business, The World Bank

Financing Mechanisms
General - Financing Renewable Energy: Instruments, Strategies, Practice Approaches (KfW)
- ERPA Monetization: Structuring and Executing Transactions, UNEP Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative, Bonn Renewable Energy Conference, Bruce Usher, CEO, EcoSecurities Group Limited
- Mobilising Finance for Renewable Energies: Thematic Background Paper, Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy and Eric Usher, UN Environment Programme
- Renewable Energy Finance & Investment Network (REFIN), 2004 Version
SHS Risk Sharing Financing Mechanism pilot tested in Palawan
Grid-Connected Mini-Grid - The Environmental Business Program, Sustainable SME Financing, Hany Assaad Hany Assaad, International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group
- Establishing Energy Enterprises: The need for "Patient Capital" Mike Allen, E&Co, Village Power, Washington DC Village Power, December 2000.
- Rural Electrification, Micro-finance and Micro and Small Business (MSB) Development: Lessons for the Nicaragua Off-grid Rural Electrification Project, ESMAP, M. Motta and K. Reiche, November, 2001.
Stand Alone

Legal Documents and Operational Manuals

Bidding Documents

Market Studies and Market Development

Policy & Regulatory Studies
General - Conference Issue Paper, Renewables 2004, International Conference for Renewable Energies
- Electricity, Renewables and Climate Change: Searching for a Cost-Effective Policy, Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future
- Global Renewable Energy Markets and Policies, Eric Martinot, University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs
- National Policy Instruments, Policy Lessons for the Advancement and Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies around the World, Thematic Background Paper, Janet L. Sawin, Worldwatch Institute
- Vietnam, Renewable Energy Action Plan, ESMAP
- Overview Renewable Energy Action Plan (REAP): Consultative Workshop on Draft Vietnam Renewable Energy Action Plan, World Bank, Susan Bogach
- Policy, Institutional & Financial Aspects: Consultative Workshop on Draft Vietnam Renewable Energy Action Plan, World Bank, Susan Bogach
- Renewable Energy Policies and Market Developments, A.L. van Dijk, L.W.M. Beurskens, M.G. Boots, M.B.T. Kaal, T.J. de Lange, E.J.W. van Sambeek, M.A. Uyterlinde
- REN21 Renewable Energy Policy Network, 2005, “Renewables 2005 Global Status Report,” Washington, DC: WorldWatch Institute
- The Case for Renewable Energies: Thematic Background Paper, José Goldemberg, Instituto de Electronica e Energia Universidade de São Paulo
- Energy-policy Framework Conditions for Electricity Markets and Renewable Energies: 21 Country Analyses, TERNA Wind Energy Programme, GTZ
Regulator's Handbook on Renewable Energy Programs & Tariffs, The Center for Resource Solutions, March 2006
Grid-Connected - Renewable Energy in China, Grid Connected Wind Power in China, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Getting it Right: Governance, Regulatory Structure and Private Power in a Developing Universe, Steven Ferrey, Professor of Law, Suffolk University and Boston University Law School
- Grid-Based Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Policies, Lessons and Strategies from the GEF, World Renewable Energy Policy and Strategy Forum, Eric Martinot, Global Environment Facility
- Grid-Connected Renewable Electricity: Consultative Workshop on Draft Vietnam Renewable Energy Action Plan, Hanoi, Vietnam, Anil Cabraal, World Bank
- Policy Options to Promote Renewable Energy in China, Draft
- Power Sector Reform and the Poor in Central America, Draft, World Bank
- Removing Subsidies: Leveling the Playing Field for Renewable Energy Technologies, Thematic Background Paper, ICRE, Bonn
- Renewable Energy Policies and Barriers, Fred Beck, Renewable Energy Policy Project and Eric Martinot, Global Environment Facility, Encyclopedia of Energy, Cutler J. Cleveland, ed., Academic Press/Elsevier Science
- Revising the Legislation on Renewable Energy Sources in the Electricity Sector
- White Paper on Renewable Energy, South Africa Department of Minerals and Energy
- Legal and Regulatory Framework for Wind Power in Russia, Final Report, Executive Summary, ZAO Lidesm, Princeton Energy Resource International, LLC, CMT Consulting, LLC, and Morse Associates, Inc.
- Legal and Regulatory Framework for Windpower in Russia, Global Environment Facility and International Finance Corporation (GEF/IFC), Wind Power Tariffs, ZAO Lidesm, Princeton Energy Resource International, LLC, CMT Consulting, LLC, and Morse Associates, I
- Legal and Regulatory Framework for Wind Power in Russia, Legislation for Oblast Financial Incentives for Wind Power Plants, ZAO Lidesm, Princeton Energy Resource International, LLC, CMT Consulting, LLC, and Morse Associates, Inc.
- Plan of Action for the Large-Scale and Sustainable Implementation of Renewable Energy in Mexico, Dr. Jorge M. Huacuz V., Insitiuto de Investigacionies Electricas
- ESMAP: México TA for Long-Term Program for Renewable Energy Development Executive Summary, Draft
- Policies for Wind Energy Integration into the Nicaragua National Grid System, CNE/ESMAP
- Comparison of Feed in Tariff, Quota and Auction Mechanisms to Support Wind Power Development, Lucy Butler and Karsten Neuhoff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
- Evaluating Impacts of Air Pollution in China on Public Health: Implications for Future Air Pollution and Energy Policies, Xiaoping Wang and Denise L. Mauzerall, Princeton University
- Report on the Sri Lanka Standardized Contract and Tariff for the Acquisition of Electric Energy and Capacity fromSmall Power Producers
- Published Small Power Purchase Tariff for Sri Lanka
- Independent Evaluation of the ILZRO/RAPS Diesel/PV Hybrid System in Padre Cocha, the Amazon Region of Peru (CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY)
- The Renewable Energy Policy Manual, U.S. Export Council for Renewable Energy, A. John Armstrong, Esq. & Dr. Jan Hamrin
Mini-Grid - Community-based Grids: Consultative Workshop on Draft Vietnam Renewable Energy Action Plan, World Bank, Jon Exel
- Creating Equal Opportunities for On-Grid and Off-Grid Electrification in Rural Energy Funds, Village Power 2000: Empowering People and Transforming Markets, World Bank/NREL Conference, Wolfgang Mostert
- Philippines, Private Participation in Rural Electrification, Castalia Strategic Advisors, ESMAP, and Global Partnership on Output-based Aid
- Philippines Rural Electrification Regulatory Framework: Final Draft Report, Alex Sundakov, Castalia Strategic Advisors
- Small is Pitiful: Micro-hydroelectricity and the Politics of Rural Electricity Provision in Thailand, Chris Greacen, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
- Independent Evaluation of the ILZRO/RAPS Diesel/PV Hybrid System in Padre Cocha, the Amazon Region of Peru (CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY)
Stand Alone

Presentations
Financing Regulation Carbon Finance Case Studies - Overview Renewable Energy Action Plan (REAP): Consultative Workshop on Draft Vietnam Renewable Energy Action Plan, World Bank, Susan Bogach
- Policy, Institutional & Financial Aspects: Consultative Workshop on Draft Vietnam Renewable Energy Action Plan, World Bank, Susan Bogach
- Challenges and Opportunities for Wind Energy Development in Russia, Global Windpower Conference, Daniel F. Ancona III, Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC
- ESMAP Mexico: TA for Long-term Program for Renewable Energy Development
- Philippines, Private Participation in Rural Electrification, Castalia Strategic Advisors, ESMAP, and Global Partnership on Output-based Aid
- Community-based Grids: Consultative Workshop on Draft Vietnam Renewable Energy Action Plan, World Bank, Jon Exel
- Project “EDISON:” Market Assessment Study on PV System, PSRC Research International
- Rural Electrification and Poverty Reduction: Case of Bangladesh, Abul Barkat, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping: A Permanent Solution to the Small Farmers' Problem, Lt. Co. T.S. Surendra (Retd)
- Solar Industry Sri Lanka, Jon Exel, Wrap-up meeting with SIA, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- PV Power for the Poor in Latin America
- Diffusion of Energy Services in Rural Areas in Senegal, Concepts and Operational Principles, Christophe de Gouvello Stephan Garnier, World Bank, AFTEG
- Towards Smarter Subsidies: Essential for Scaling Up Rural and Renewable Energy
- Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project, Chrisantha Ratnayake, Douglas Barnes, Chandrasekar Govindarajalu, Raihan Elahi, M. Iqbal, Anna Goodman, S. Vijay Iyer (TM)
- Progress of the China/GEF/WB Renewable Energy Development Project

Productive Uses and Development Impact
Productives Uses - Energy and Gender (accessable by WB staff only) New
- GEF-FAO Workshop on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy: Experience, Strategies, and Project Development Summary, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
- GEF-FAO Workshop on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy: Experience, Strategies, and Project Development Synthesis Report, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
- Survey of Productive Uses of Electricity in Rural Areas, Africa Energy Unit and World Bank, Robert E. Fishbein
- Energy for the Poor, Underpinning the Millennium Development Goals, Department for International Development
- Millennium Development Goals: Status 2004, United Nations
- Meeting the Challenge for Rural Energy and Development, World Bank
- Enabling Equitable Access to Rural Electrification: Current Thinking and Major Activities in Energy, Poverty and Gender, Elizabeth Cecelski
- Productive Uses of Energy for Rural Development, R. Anil Cabraal, Douglas F. Barnes, and Sachin G. Agarwal, Annual Rev. Environ. Resour. 2005. 30:117-44.
- Bioenergy-Based Productive Use Platforms for Rural Economic Development, Jerome Weingart, Community Power Corp, October 2003.
Development Impact - Final Report, The Development Impact of Solar Home System in the Province of Lampung, Yayasan Dian Desa
- Key to Reaching Millenium Development Goals, Art Lilly, Community Power Corporation
- Zambia: Energy and ICT access project, Cross-sectoral links with health and education, World Bank
- An Innovative Fruit and Vegetable Market Information System in Sri Lanka: The Govi Gnana (Farmer Knowledge) Service, Harsha de Silva
- Energy for Development: The Potential Role of Renewable Energy in Meeting the Millennium Development Goals, prepared for the REN21 Network by the Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, 2005.
Manuals

Project Appraisal Documents
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