Jos Bruggink Energy aid in times of climate change : designing climate compatible development strategies March 2012, 39 p. (ECN-E–12-006)
Bianca van der Kroon, Roy Brouwer and Pieter van Beukering The energy ladder: Theoretical myth or empirical truth? (Full Paper)
Rahul Barua, Bianca van der Kroon, Thea Renner, Cristian Rentamal, Aschalew Tigabu, and Pieter van Beukering Sustainable Assessment Framework for Energising Development projects (Full Paper)
Lessons learned policy brief series
Collated and authored by Lena Golze Desmond
Solar PV (Policy Brief)
Biogas digesters (Policy Brief)
Sustainable energy enterprises (Policy Brief)
Biomass technologies (Policy Brief)
Enabling environments (Policy Brief)
Master's research and policy briefs
Students from various Master's programs join the project each year. Programs we have worked with in the past include: Environment and Resource Management (IVM, VU University Amsterdam), European Joint Masters in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy (various locations), Sustainable Energy Technology (TU Delft), Sustainable Development (Utrecht University) and Environmental Politics (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
2015
Athanasios Kampakis Divesting from fossil fuels in central Asia: Factors affecting renewable energy transition in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (Full Paper)
Bouke Bootsma Energy access markets in low income countries: Is Western investment more than just a drop in the ocean? A case study on the Energising Development program (Full Paper)
Brendan Baker Investigations into the potential effectiveness of private firm-based international cooperative initiatives (Full Paper)
Costantina Zardi Success factors for renewable energy communities: A theoretical and meta-analytic review of scientific literature (Full Paper)
Diego Da Silva Costa Lima Solar power versus electricity theft in Brazilian favelas: Sunshine into low-income communities (Full Paper)
Remco van Holsteijn Clean energy mini-grids for Africa’s poor, rural communities: The role of development practitioners in attracting financing (Full Paper)
Tobias Frankema Positioning EnDev in the emerging architecture for climate finance (Full Paper)
Justin Hoop Development of productive uses of energy in electrification interventions (Full Paper)
2014
Vince Oonk Sustainably financing Improved Water Mill Electrification projects in rural Nepal (Full Paper)
Fanny Verkuijlen Assessing the potential of rural households to contribute to small hydroelectricity projects: The case of IWM-E in Nepal (Full Paper)
Juliette van Hessen An Assessment of Small-Scale Biodigester Programmes in the Developing World: The SNV and Hivos Approach (Full Paper)
2012
Joost Meijer The Crux of Sustainable Energy Provision: An explorative study of cluster strategies in rural Tanzania (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Elena Popova Sustainable ICS Dissemination and Biomass Supply in Rural Rwanda (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Koen van Kuijk Solar PV potential in rural Zimbabwe: analyzing natural and economic potential (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Mas Yoris de Vaal Comparing Emerging Environmental Commodity Markets in Asia: A Multi Criteria Analysis and evaluation from a CDM project developers’ perspective (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Natasha Risseeuw Household Energy in Mozambique: A study on the socioeconomic and cultural determinants of stove and fuel transitions (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Tom Padding The distribution of Renewable Energy Technology through livestock markets in Kenya's pastoralist areas: a contingent valuation study (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Jean-Paul Lefeu Empowering Sustainable Electrification Analysis of the SAF tested on EnDev I micro-hydro power initiatives in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Maarten Kleijn Improved cooking in Mozambique. A case study in peri-urban Maputo (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
Paul van de Logt The climate – development nexus in the Dutch renewable energy programme PREP: A practitioners’ view on synergies (Full Paper) (Policy Brief)
2011
Jan Brandts Can REDD+ contribute to private sector development in sustainable fuelwood and charcoal production in Rwanda? (Full paper) (Policy Brief) (Article)
Lena Golze Desmond Can the Technological Innovation System (TIS) Approach explain the adoption and diffusion of solar PV in Rwanda? (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
Selen Kesrelioglu How do Solar Portable Lighting (SPL) products affect the amount of time spent on educational activities in Rwanda? (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
Yossi Mossel From Self Sustaining to Self Propelling - A study of Business Models in Developing Markets (Full paper)(Policy Brief)
Thea Renner Between profitability and poverty eradication: assessing the sustainability of rural electrification initiatives. An evaluation of the solar-powered electrification project ERSEN in Senegal (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
Cristian Retamal Seeking the sustained operation of rural eletrification projects for poverty reduction: A sustainability assessment of the EnDev hydropower initiative in Mozambique (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
2010
Maarten van Asperen Solar lighting for the off-grid BoP in Kenya: An analysis of business models and challenges to growth (Full paper)(Policy Brief)
James Falzon An enabling environment for fostering sustainable cooking energy enterprises in Rwanda (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
Gintare Jonusauskaite Perceived benefits and challenges of biogas adoption among households in Kenya (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
Matthijs van Poederooijen Low Carbon Development Paths in Ghana (Full paper)(Policy Brief)
Alexander Rangelov Business model innovation - key to overcoming challenges for biogas enterprises in Kenya (Full paper)(Policy Brief)
Niels Sprong Greening Kenyan Energy Generation (Full paper)(Policy Brief)
2009
Teun Rodenburg Costs of biogas and geothermal power in Indonesia: an assessment of historic, current and future costs and opportunities for further development. A case study for one CASINDO region (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
Hernán Aravena Solar Home Systems for the Poor: a Reality or a Utopia (Full paper)(Policy Brief)
Manfred Middelkamp Renewable Energy Innovations in Developing Countries: The Case of Solar PV in Indonesia (Full paper)(Policy Brief)
Sofie Middelhoff Research Design: Monitoring Renewable Energy Projects (Full paper) (Policy Brief)
