Between 2005 and 2009 I was the technical editor of an ESMAP Knowledge
Exchange Series that involved the publication of four page summaries of current
energy issues. When I recently reviewed
these notes after four years, I was struck by both the quality of these four
page notes and the continuing relevance of the issues covered. Also, most of the authors of these notes have
20 to 30 years of experience of working on energy in developing countries
issues. Because they are no longer very prominent on the ESMAP website, buried beneath more recent work, I have decided
to resurrect them in this blog
I am sorry for the long delay between posts. Both an illness and work somehow got in the
way of working on this blog. I have
decided to revive it, but will not post as often as before. But continue to check back as there will be
more to come.
Retroactively I have grouped these Knowledge Exchange Notes into four groups. The first is on grid and offgrid rural
electrification programs. The second is
on electricity generated mainly for the electricity grid. The third group is biomass energy both for
cooking and transport. Finally, there
are two notes on how rising energy prices impact the poor.
