This report looks at the nature of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) and the resulting challenges associated with the integration of VRE technologies into a power system. It provides an overview of the measures available to limit and manage these challenges. This report highlights the importance of increased flexibility when integrating high levels of VRE, and focuses on two sets of options to provide such flexibility: natural gas-fired power generation technologies and energy storage.
The use of public-private partnerships to design, build and deliver infrastructure worldwide has grown significantly in the past decade.
The Public-Private Partnership Legal Resource Center (PPPLRC) provides sample legal materials which can assist in the planning, design and legal structuring of any infrastructure project.
The Project Readiness Assessment (PRA) is a standardized tool managed and financed by the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF).
This technical note provides an overview for authorities who wish to conduct flood hazard and risk assessments and who must develop a step-by-step plan for carrying out the assessment that is appropriate and feasible in the local context.
This report discusses findings from four case studies of the pre-investment stage in infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The purpose of the Guidelines is to establish the types of socioeconomic evaluations that will be applicable to the investment programs and projects considered by the dependencies and entities of the Federal Public Administration.
The purpose of the Guideline is to establish the types of socioeconomic evaluations that are applicable to the mass urban transport investment projects.
The report provides policy and regulatory options for increasing effective use of existing fixed and mobile infrastructure as well as alternative infrastructure networks such as power grids and railroads.
This toolkit is a resource designed to assist practitioners working on the next generation of PSP contracts for smaller water projects.
This publication illustartes the EIB's framework for assessing, managing and monitoring environmental and social impacts and risks associated with its operations.
The 3PA consists of three pillars each of which represents a key dimension of quality project assessment providing a clear framework within which project proposals can be evaluated.
This report analyses the school design requirements in force in LAC countries.
This publication illustrates key Disaster Risk Management concepts and reviews DRM in the school systems of six LAC countries.
The primary objective of this Technical Note is to provide guidance to utility companies either for improving the operations-phase implementation of a current environmental management system or for developing a system.
The efficient movement of goods and people provides Central Asia with the tools for sustainable economic growth, according to the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020.
This report discusses whether public-private partnerships (PPPs) are better than conventional public provision and can ensure proper maintenance, timely expansion, and less congestion.
This paper investigates the interaction between corruption and governance at the sector level.
This document informs EIB s stakeholders - shareholders, borrowers, promoters, partners and civil society organisations - as well as the wider public.