Enabling energy transitions: A policy guide
A one-stop guide on energy transitions, presenting an overview of policy choices and best practices to support informed decision-making on renewables anywhere.
Introduction
Countries around the world are scaling up their renewable energy ambitions in response to rising climate risks, domestic environmental concerns, fossil-fuel market volatility, and the need for affordable energy. Experience shows that success depends not only on technological readiness, but also on the quality, coherence, and adaptability of energy transition policies.
This guide offers an overview of five policy areas: strategic planning, financing, maximising renewables, industrial resilience, and ensuring an inclusive transition. Each section features policy descriptions, case studies, and further reading for more detailed policy design. A core premise of the guide is that energy transitions do not happen in isolation. They evolve within wider social, economic and environmental systems - a systems perspective is thus key to effective renewable energy policy design.
Overview of the guide
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Introduction
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Part I: Strategic plans and getting started
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Energy transition targets and strategies
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Part II: Financing and pricing the transition
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Finance
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Renewable energy procurement mechanisms
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Part III: Integrating high shares of renewables
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Grid planning and access
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Distributed generation and self-consumption
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Power market and flexibility design
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Part IV: Building resilient production, industry and value chains
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Industrial policies, localisation and selected trade-related measures
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Renewable energy for industry decarbonisation
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Revolutionising industrial operations for net zero
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Part V: Advancing people-centred and inclusive transition
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Communities, permitting and planning
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Labour and skills development
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Energy access and rural electrification
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References
For further information
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Laura El-Katiri
Policy and Network Lead
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Ranisha Basnet
Head of Policy and Network Programme
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Ahmet Özgür Çınar
Policy and Network Manager