Energy in Demand News, May 10-11, 2026

It is encouraging that the OECD has published a Data Explainer that details the need for governments to step up policies promoting more efficient energy use. It focuses on 13 energy efficiency policies, including minimum energy performance standards (MEPS), public financing mechanisms for buildings and industry (e.g. green mortgages, vendor credits), fuel economy standards and … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, May 10-11, 2026 →

Reflections on the second general assembly of the European Energy Efficiency Financing Coalition

The European Energy Efficiency Financing Coalition, launched in 2024, recently held its second annual general assembly meeting. The Coalition works to mobilise private financing for energy efficiency, improve access to finance for enterprises and citizens, de-risk projects and portfolios, and stimulate demand for energy efficiency solutions. Its membership includes financial institutions, industry stakeholders and Member States. It … Continue reading Reflections on the second general assembly of the European Energy Efficiency Financing Coalition →

Energy in Demand News, April 26-27, 2026

“The vase is broken, the damage is done – it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. This will have permanent consequences for the global energy markets for years to come.” Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency expressed his concerns about the current state of the world in an … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, April 26-27, 2026 →

Investment in renewables supports Ukraine’s economy and energy future

Nigina Mirbabaeva writes on the EBRD website about new financial support solar and storage in Ukraine by the EBRD and the EU. EBRD and EU strengthen Ukraine’s energy security with new solar energy generation capacity The EBRD provides a US$ 45 million loan to Energy RTB 2 for a solar and storage project The … Continue reading Investment in renewables supports Ukraine’s economy and energy future →

Can social leasing protect households from Europe’s energy crises?

Stanislas Jourdan and Sebastian Mang from the New Economics Foundation write on the Euractiv website about the benefits from social leasing. Low-income households are the most exposed to energy price shocks and the least able to access technologies that would protect them. The authors argue that a social lease turns the financing equation around. … Continue reading Can social leasing protect households from Europe’s energy crises? →

Is there a more innovative way to finance solar power?

Emily Chung writes on the CBC News website about how Canadian solar firms JCM Power and Stardust Solar are tapping into Africa's solar potential in Malawi. What is fascinating is that the Malawian government pays JCM in Malawian kwachas, which is quite a volatile currency. JCM Power's solution was to invest the kwachas into community … Continue reading Is there a more innovative way to finance solar power? →

European Commission announces comprehensive support package for energy efficiency financing

The Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission published the following press release on March 10th. The Commission reaffirms its commitment to boost energy efficiency financing The Commission unveiled today a comprehensive support package for energy efficiency financing aimed at rolling out innovative solutions for financing and technical support for energy efficiency and building … Continue reading European Commission announces comprehensive support package for energy efficiency financing →

The climate policies that actually work: evidence from 1,700 global measures

In an article on The Conversation website, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín, 'Ramon-y-Cajal' Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona; Christoph Knill, Full Professor of Empirical Theories of Politics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Markus Hinterleitner, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Political Institutions, Université de Lausanne; and Yves Steinebach, Professor, University of Oslo analyse which climate policies have had the … Continue reading The climate policies that actually work: evidence from 1,700 global measures →

Energy in Demand News, March 8-9, 2026

The war in the Middle East could end up having a devastating impact on our global energy system. Daniel Yergin, the well-known energy analyst who is author of the 1991 ‘The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power’ asks in the Financial Times this week whether the nightmare scenario for global energy is … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 8-9, 2026 →

How models of open governance are being applied to climate finance

A new WRI report written by Molly Caldwell and Natalia Alayza takes stock of the current landscape of climate finance governance and examines how to improve transparency, participation and accountability across finance sources to ensure that funds are truly aligned with achieving the world’s climate goals Open Climate Finance Governance: Where Do We Stand, and … Continue reading How models of open governance are being applied to climate finance →