Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Priority Lines of Action:

• Assess the potential for renewable energy and energy efficiency to meet energy needs identified during country programming and strategy development. Review existing RE/EE analyses and mapping exercises, conduct additional studies, and advise governments on the best ways to develop their RE/EE potential.
• Minimize regulatory, institutional, and financial barriers to RE/EE, and establish incentives for pursuing RE/EE. Identify and promote regulatory reforms and policy instruments to improve the policy framework for expanding investment in RE/EE.
• Mainstream RE/EE in the IDB pipeline and develop new RE/EE projects. Identify the RE/EE potential of the IDB pipeline and search for new investment opportunities with IDB clients, utilizing a range of financing mechanisms.
• Scale Up new RE/EE technologies. Support the development of new RE/EE technologies by making technologies available at a commercial scale and applying innovation loans for research and development.