Solar Capital Cost 11 Times Higher In Developing Countries: IEA Report Updated On Mon, Dec 4th, 2023 by Saurenergy A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that the cost of capital, required to make investment in solar energy in developing economies to be high. The report attributed this to the challenges such as, cost of capital in developing economies, less developed capital markets, fewer projects, and a lack of transparency around […] Read more
Developing Countries Yet To Explore Critical Minerals: IRENA Report Updated On Thu, Jul 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on critical minerals claims that several developing countries hosting critical mineral reserves are yet to explore them fully. The agency mentioned its latest findings on critical minerals in its report titled ‘Geopolitics of the Energy Transition’. The report said that developing countries with higher reserves […] Read more
Columbia Center Report on Renewables Investment To Developing Countries Updated On Wed, Dec 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy Two new reports on the factors that encourage and obstruct investment in renewable energy in developing nations were just released by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI). In the first report, “Scaling Investment in Renewable Energy Generation to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and 13 (Climate Action) and the Paris […] Read more
At G20 Summit Session PM Modi Puts Focus Squarely On Funding Updated On Mon, Nov 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy Addressing an issue that the developed world has increasingly shied away from, and considered a major responsibility of the historicalcally high emitters among them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put the focus squarely back on funding in his speech at the G20 session on Climate Change and Environment. Coming just ahead of the COP 26 summit […] Read more
Norway Allocates $1.2 bn for RE Projects in Developing Nations Updated On Fri, Jul 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Norwegian government has announced the allocation of $1.16 billion over five years for a new fund that will invest in renewable energy in developing countries with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking about the new fund, Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein said, “It is part of the solution to some of […] Read more
Cheap Finance Can Make Renewables Cost-Competitive Faster in Developing Countries Updated On Mon, Feb 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy A new report pinpoints how concessional finance can make wind, solar, and batteries cost-competitive faster in developing countries, accelerating the shift from fossil-fuelled power. Cut-rate financing has the potential to substantially speed the transition from fossil-fuelled power generation to renewable energy in developing countries, according to a new report produced by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and commissioned […] Read more
