General Information on Energy

Contains documents and links on Energy

Energy Services for the Millennium Development Goals

UNDP, UN Millennium Project, the World Bank, and ESMAP, 116 pages publishe in 2005. A joint publication of the UNDP, UN Millennium Project, the World Bank, and the joint UNDP-World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP). This report underscores the importance of energy services for the MDG agenda, stressing three types of services in particular: modern fuels for ...

Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply

The purpose of this report is to determine whether the land resources of the United States are capable of producing a sustainable supply of biomass sufficient to displace 30 percent or more of the country’s present petroleum consumption – the goal set by the Advisory Committee in their vision for biomass technologies. Accomplishing this goal would require approximately 1 billion dry tons of biomass feedstock per year. Published by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in April 2005.

Energy in the United Nations: An Overview of UN-Energy Activities

This second UN-Energy report compiles United Nations their activities across the energy spectrum. It provides among members, and member energy programmes. Published by UN energy 2006.

The World Bank Group Energy Program

The World Bank Group’s energy work helps developing countries achieve the following objectives: * Improve access to clean, modern and affordable energy services for their poor. * Achieve sustainability in the environmental, financial, and fiscal aspects of their energy sectors. The World Bank supports these objectives through targeted interventions and assistance across the full spectrum of public and private provision of energy services.