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This report by Ember analyzes the rising effective costs of coal power in India due to declining Plant Load Factors (PLFs). It argues that underutilisation is driving up both fixed and variable costs, making new coal capacity economically inferior to Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE).

This report by Ember argues that India should avoid overbuilding coal capacity and instead focus on improving the flexibility of existing coal plants and expanding energy storage to integrate renewable energy.

A report by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) examines how nominee companies—middlemen that hold shares in name only—are used to obscure the identity of actual investors in Australian fossil fuel assets. The analysis finds that these structures hide the ownership of assets responsible for approximately 18% of Australia's national fossil fuel CO2 emissions.

This report examines how resource-rich developing countries can utilize fiscal strategies, legal frameworks, and infrastructure to capture greater domestic value from critical minerals through local processing, refining, and manufacturing.

This policy brief explores how South-South cooperation (SSC) can complement North-South mechanisms to facilitate a just transition from fossil fuel dependence while addressing development needs in developing countries.

A declaration by Indonesian youth, read at the Pesta Energi Bersih Berkeadilan in Yogyakarta, demanding a just energy transition that prioritizes human rights and local ecosystems over corporate profit and resource exploitation.

This policy brief by the Africa Policy Research Institute examines how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can be leveraged to combat youth unemployment by promoting greentech and Indigenous environmental practices. It argues that shifting from importing green goods to local manufacturing and trading within Africa can create millions of sustainable jobs, particularly in renewable energy, while integrating traditional knowledge to ensure inclusive development.

This guide by RMI outlines how state regulators in the United States can implement recently passed legislation to deploy advanced transmission technologies (ATTs), such as grid enhancing technologies (GETs) and advanced conductors, to lower electricity costs and improve grid reliability.

This report by RMI outlines a phased policy framework designed to support the adoption of zero-emission trucks (ZETs) at India's 12 Major Ports to align with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways' Harit Sagar guidelines.

This report by RMI analyzes India's potential to become a cost-competitive exporter of green hydrogen and its derivatives, focusing on market demand in the EU and East Asia and the strategic enablers required to translate production capacity into bankable export projects.

This policy brief presents insights from informal bilateral discussions conducted by Ember and the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) with transmission system operators (TSOs) from six Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The document examines CEE TSO perspectives on the European Commission's upcoming European Grids Package, highlighting a tension between the shared ambition to modernise grids and concerns regarding EU-level governance, funding complexity, and the perceived dominance of Western European interests in policy shaping.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines how European companies manage the trade-offs between sustainability, competitiveness, and geopolitical risk within critical raw material (CRM) supply chains, highlighting the gap between policy goals and practical implementation.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the global trend of 'green industrial policies' and the risks they pose to emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). It argues that current policies in major economies often prioritize domestic benefits and geopolitical security over global fairness, potentially creating a 'two-speed' transition that hinders global climate goals. The document proposes several pathways to ensure a more inclusive transition, including scaled-up climate finance, technology transfer, and the adaptation of trade rules.

A case study on a distribution grid automation pilot project in the Tallo Nallu load centre of Nepal, implemented by the Nepal Energy Foundation to improve power reliability and fault detection in rural distribution systems.

This guide outlines the use of public and private equity to catalyze climate investment. It highlights how concessional equity absorbs risk to attract commercial capital for high-risk projects, the fiscal implications for public entities, and the varying timelines for structuring fund-level, project-level, and sovereign equity investments.

This guide defines grants as non-repayable transfers used for climate projects with low commercial potential, detailing three main types: development grants, technical assistance, and project preparation facilities. It identifies a wide range of providers from philanthropic organizations to multilateral banks and outlines the operational timelines and overhead costs associated with grant deployment, citing examples from Ethiopia and Rwanda.

This report by Ember argues that Türkiye can reach its 2035 target of 120 GW of installed wind and solar capacity by upgrading its electricity grid, removing bureaucratic barriers, and diversifying solar applications, such as rooftop, floating, and storage-integrated projects, rather than continuing to subsidize domestic coal.

The document details a new purchase guarantee for domestic coal power plants in Turkey, providing a fixed price of 75 USD/MWh for 60% of their electricity production until 2030. This incentive is estimated to cost 8.7 billion USD and operates alongside an existing capacity mechanism that covers fixed and variable costs regardless of actual production.

This report section outlines the requirements for Turkey to reach its 2035 renewable energy targets, emphasizing the need for grid modernization and the removal of bureaucratic barriers for diverse solar projects over the continued subsidization of domestic coal.

A report by Ember analyzing electricity generation costs in Türkiye, finding that solar energy is now the cheapest source of electricity in the country, with costs significantly lower than those of domestic coal power plants.