The 2018 SADC Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report builds on the initial status report for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) issued by REN21 in 2015.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) covers a large and diverse region comprising 56 member states. The present report covers 17 of the 56 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) countries – grouped because of their specific needs to establish a data baseline and to track progress made in renewable energy and energy efficiency development.

The East African Community (EAC) is the second largest single regional market in Africa and economically one of the fastest growing regions in sub-Saharan Africa.

Despite comprising over 300 million inhabitants and representing 4.9% of the world’s GDP, 17 UNECE countries in South and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia had only 0.5% or USD 0.9 billion of global renewable energy investment in 2014.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is one of the oldest regional economic communities on the African continent. It has developed into a progressive regional institution providing guidance to 15 member states, covering a wide range of economic, social and geographic characteristics.

The objective of this report is to gather opinions about the feasibility of a 100% renewable energy future, and the macro-economic impacts it would entail. In so doing, the report reflects on the debates of 2013, and tracks their evolution to the present time.

Renewable Energy Tenders and Community [Em]power[ment]: Latin America and the Caribbean, looks at the interface between the tendering process and the role that communities can play in renewable energy uptake in the Latin American and the Caribbean region.

The study is a follow-up to the PwC study into Tax barriers for Smart Charging (2017), commissioned by stichting ElaadNL. This study has been broadened with an overview of other institutional bottlenecks that impede the development of Smart Charging.

The transition to electric vehicles is widely recognized as necessary for air quality and climate change mitigation, and governments at all levels have supported the early stages of the conversion with incentives, regulations, and supporting policy.

Improving efficiency of the logistics sector is of high importance for the country’s economy as it boosts economic growth, grows exports through global supply chains and generates employment.