News and Events
Lao Delegates Get Firsthand Look at State-of-the-Art Electric Vehicle Technologies—and So Much More
A Weeklong Visit to NREL’s Colorado Campuses Yields Rewarding Results for Long-Standing USAID Partnership
Partner Event: Applying Hydrogen Knowledge-May 29, 2024
The multi-part Hydrogen and Analytical Tools Workshop Series, presented by the Clean Energy Solutions Center, will examine the potential benefits and tradeoffs of hydrogen development and the key factors to consider when making strategy, policy, and investment decisions about the future of hydrogen and its derivatives.
New Fundamental Resources on Wind Energy, EVs, and Storage Now Available
Presentations on the fundamentals of wind energy, electric vehicles, and energy storage are now available in the Quick Reads and Trainings sections of the Grid Integration, EV, and Storage toolkits.
EV Fleet Resources Now Available
A new page that provides details and resources on electric vehicle fleets is now available in the Electric Vehicle Toolkit.
New Fact Sheet: Hydrogen 101: Frequently Asked Questions About Hydrogen for Decarbonization
Hydrogen is emerging across the world as a potential low-carbon energy carrier that can provide an alternative to fossil fuels. With the increasing deployment of renewable energy, the role of low-carbon power generation in hydrogen production through electrolysis is expected to increase. Hydrogen can also play a role in reducing carbon emissions in several sectors such as chemicals, iron, steel, and long-haul transport like heavy-duty trucks and shipping. As a result of these possi- bilities, many countries have included hydrogen as a central part of their energy strategies.
Energy Storage Guidebook
The USAID-NREL team has made a new Energy Storage Guidebook available on Greening the Grid. Housed within the Energy Storage toolkit, the guidebook provides decision makers with information needed to make informed policy, regulatory, and investment decisions regarding grid-connected energy storage.
Brief: Increasing Access to Grid- Tied Distributed Photovoltaics for Low-Income Populations: Considerations for Developing Countries
This brief informs decision makers in developing countries as they explore ways to promote equitable access to solar energy in their communities.
Event: USAID Caribbean Energy Sector Cybersecurity Forum
Cyberattacks pose an increasing threat to the Caribbean energy sector.
Opportunities for Hybrid Wind and Solar PV Plants in India
The share of variable renewable energy (VRE) on India's grid has surpassed 100 GW, and the government has ambitious plans reach 450 GW by 2030. One strategy to increase wind and solar PV deployment is through the co-location of wind and solar PV plants to form a single hybrid power plant. Hybrid plants have the potential to reduce transmission infrastructure costs and variability in the output power profile compared to a standalone plant with a single technology, and this resource analysis aims to take a first step towards quantifying the potential savings from hybridizing wind and solar PV plants in India and the size of this opportunity.
Rooftop Solar PV Quality and Safety in Developing Countries — Key Issues and Potential Solutions
To scale solar PV deployment in developing countries, the technology must be safe and reliable, meeting both customer and utility expectations. This fact sheet provides a look into common solar PV safety and quality issues, ways to tackle these issues, and a potential solution.
Webinar: Decarbonization in South Asia – Perspectives on the Electricity Grid, Industry, and Transportation
As South Asia is experiencing a significant growth in emissions due to increasing economic development, the region is poised to play a major role in decarbonization and designing a low-carbon future.
Electric Vehicle Pilot Projects
A new resource on the EV Toolkit page summarizes several Greening the Grid projects that help accelerate electric vehicle adoption and deployment.
Energy Storage in South Asia: Understanding the Role of Grid Connected Energy Storage in South Asia’s Power Sector Transformation
Energy storage can provide many grid benefits, including flexibility. This study provides a first-of-its-kind assessment of cost-effective opportunities for grid-scale energy storage deployment in South Asia.
Policy and Regulatory Environment for Utility-Scale Energy Storage: India
Energy storage has the potential to address many challenges in India's evolving power sector. This report was developed for policymakers to identify regulation, policy, and program priories that will enable storage deployment in India.
Power System Planning: Advancements in Capacity Expansion Modeling
An electricity capacity expansion model (CEM) is a tool used in long-term planning studies for the power sector. This fact sheet summarizes key advancements in the CEM process resulting from low-cost clean energy, storage, and other new technologies.
Framework for Readiness Assessments of Utility-Scale Energy Storage
Energy storage can help address many of the challenges of the changing power sector by increasing system flexibility and strength. This report outlines a framework for policymakers to manage utility-scale energy storage.
USAID Energy Storage Decision Guide for Policymakers
This report is intended to give decision makers an initial layer of information needed to make informed policy, regulatory, and investment decisions regarding grid-connected energy storage.
USAID Grid-Scale Energy Storage Technology Primer
This report provides an overview on how various types of storage can be used to improve grid reliability and flexibility.
Building Blocks of Electric Vehicle Deployment: A Guide for Developing Countries
This report lays out a framework for policymakers, regulators, and other decision-makers in developing countries for EV deployment through seven “building blocks” that address technical, institutional, or economic topics.
The Yucatan Peninsula Energy Assessment: Pathways for a Clean and Sustainable Power System
This report discusses power system challenges in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico along with policy and program solutions that could support the transition to a more sustainable power sector.
Electrifying Transit: A Guidebook for Implementing Battery Electric Buses
The use of battery electric bus (BEBs) fleets is becoming more attractive to cities seeking to reduce emissions and traffic congestion. While BEB fleets may provide benefits such as lower fuel and maintenance costs, improved performance, lower emissions, and energy security, many challenges need to be overcome to support BEB deployment.
Webinar: South Asia Energy Series - Scaling Grid Connected Distributed Solar In South Asia
Buildout of distributed photovolatics (DPV) is a positive and increasing trend in Southeast Asia, but many technical and policy challenges remain to ensure DPV is deployed safely and reliably. This webinar will cover these challenges at Mar 23, 2021 10:00 AM in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi.
Webinar: Transmission Planning for 100% Clean Electricity
This webinar, hosted by the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), will discuss national transmission planning to support grid decarbonization. It will occur Feb 23, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time.
Designing Control Rooms to Support High Penetrations of Variable Renewable Energy - G-PST Pillar 2
This webinar will focus on key lessons in supporting control room upgrades as countries increase the share of renewables in their grid. It will take place on Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:00 am Mountain Standard Time (Denver, GMT-07:00).
Webinar: Building the Clean Power Future: Accelerating the Work of Power Sector Professionals in Southeast Asia
This webinar, on February 19th, 2021, at 10:00 AM Manila Time (GMT +8), will cover opportunities to quickly scale up Southeast Asia's capacity to achieve the clean power transition.
Key Considerations for Adoption of Technical Codes and Standards for Battery Energy Storage Systems in Thailand
This report, written to support the Thailand Office of Energy Regulatory Commission, covers global best practices for battery energy storage systems and several key case studies.
Webinar: COVID-19 Energy Sector Impacts and Recovery in Southeast Asia
This webinar, on January 27, 2021, at 10am ICT, will cover energy sector impacts of COVID-19 in Southeast Asia.
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Business Model and Tariff Design Support to the Lao PDR
This presentation covers an overview of Electric Vehicle (EV) and EV Supply Equipment (EVSE) deployment objectives in the Lao PDR.
Quantifying Rooftop Solar Benefits: a State-Level Value of Solar Analysis for India
This report, released in January 2021, provides a value of solar analysis for two states in India: Gujarat and Jharkhand, and provides details related to the methodology and key findings.
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment: An Overview of Technical Standards to Support Lao PDR Electric Vehicle Market Development
This presentation is an overview of the technical standards governing electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) and was presented to support the development of the Lao PDR electric vehicle market on September 18, 2020.
