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  • Hebei to Increase Access to Biogas in Rural Areas with Help from World Bank
    WASHINGTON, March 13, 2015— About 96,100 rural households in China’s Hebei Province will gain access to clean, easy-to-use biogas for cooking, with help from a $71.5 million loan approved by the World...
    Date: March 13, 2015 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • New Partnership to Help Bring Clean Cooking to 100 Million Households by 2020
    NEW YORK CITY, November 21, 2014 - A major new partnership between the World Bank Group and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves will work to spur a transition to clean cooking for 100 million...
    Date: November 21, 2014 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • Biogas: China’s Solution for Energy, Health and Environment
    Gongcheng, China – Farmer Ou Yuqun, 57, is a member of the Yao ethnic group in Gongcheng, located in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southwest China. All her three children are grown up. Last year she...
    Date: July 23, 2014 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • World Bank Helps Belarus with Modernization of Energy Sector
    WASHINGTON, March 31, 2014 - The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a loan in the amount of US$90 million to the Republic of Belarus for the Biomass District Heating Project....
    Date: March 31, 2014 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • World Bank Financing for Renewable Energy Hits Record High
    Over the six-year period since 2007, the Bank Group has provided a total of $12.5 billion for renewable energy projects and programs, accounting for just over one-quarter of all energy financing over the...
    Date: October 16, 2012 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Peruvian Power Plant Turns Garbage into Electricity
    A power plant outside Peru’s sprawling capital of Lima is transforming the city’s garbage into clean electricity. The plant, owned by Petramas, a private locally-owned company, captures methane—a greenhouse...
    Date: January 10, 2012 Type: Feature Story Language: English