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Grid Planning and Market Structures

Power grids and power markets require detailed planning to operate effectively and efficiency. This page provides resources to help support policymakers, regulators and engineers with the planning of power grids and power markets.

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State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next

The U.S. clean energy sector received massive legislative wins in recent years, particularly with the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure…

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World Resources Institute

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7 February 2024

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2023 System Strength Report: A report for the National Electricity Market

The purpose of this publication is to report on the system strength nodes and system strength standards (minimum and efficient…

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Australian Energy Market Operator

Date:

1 December 2023

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Insights on Planning for Power System Regulators

This study aims to guide power system planning processes and regulatory actions, and particular consideration is given to ramping up…

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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

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Accelerating Off-grid Renewable Energy: Key Findings and Recommendations from IOREC 2016

This document brings report the key messages that emerged from the Third International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC 2016), including…

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IRENA

Date:

1 January 2017

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Addressing Climate Vulnerability for Power System Resilience and Energy Security: A Focus on Hydropower Resources

This paper is intended to inform energy planners and investors about (1) how climate change can affect power generation resources,…

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USAID

Date:

1 May 2017

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Adapting Market Design to High Shares of Variable Renewable Energy

The report analyses challenges and solutions, and it provides recommendations on how to adapt electricity market design to high shares…

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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Date:

1 January 2017

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Energizing Finance: Scaling and Refining Finance in Countries with Large Energy Access Gaps

This report attempts to systematically analyze what finance countries are actually committing to energy access and what is known about…

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Sustainable Energy For All

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Levers of Change: How Global Trends Impact Gender Equality and Social Inclusioin in Access To Sustainable Energy

This scoping report reviews six key global trends that can drive—or hamper—women’s participation in the global energy access movement, both…

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Sustainable Energy For All

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Markets for Low Carbon, Low Cost Electricity Systems: Working Paper

This paper is part of Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) Energy Finance’s work-stream on market design and incorporates work already published…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Date:

1 September 2017

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Planning for the Renewable Future

Variability of solar and wind energy—two key sources for renewable power generation—present new challenges. Findings from the Addressing Variable Renewable…

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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

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Renewables Readiness Assessment: Panama

Panama’s National Energy Plan 2015-2050 suggests that 70% of the country’s energy supply could be renewable after 35 years. Solar…

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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

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State of Electricity Access Report: 2017

This report begins examines the role of electricity access in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and it…

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The World Bank

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The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions

This book steps into the new world of broad-scale and locally relevant policy experimentation. Chapters focus on the political economy…

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Oxford University Press

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Plug & Play: Facilitating Grid Connection of Low Emissions Technologies

The Plug and Play project aimed to identify and drive the implementation of institutional and policy solutions to make grid…

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Climate Works Australia

Date:

1 February 2017

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Improving the Financing Environment for Renewable Energy Projects through Local Administrative Capacity Building

A workshop titled, “Improving the Financing Environment for Renewable Energy Projects through Local Administrative Capacity Building” was held 4 October…

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Joanneum Research

Date:

1 December 2017

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Renewables Readiness Assessment: The Philippines

This Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) was undertaken in co-operation with the Philippine government. This assessment identifies barriers and proposes key…

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International Renewable Energy Agency

Date:

1 March 2017

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The Productivity of International Financial Institutions’ Energy Interventions

The report presents an approach to help international financial institutions deliver on their mandates to increase economic productivity and meet…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Date:

1 March 2017

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The Importance of Integrating Gender Equality Principles in National Energy Policies and Frameworks

This assessment was conducted to identify and understand the degree to which gender considerations have been addressed in energy policies,…

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IUCN Global Gender Office

Date:

1 September 2017