ECA INSIGHT >> Scaling up off-utility water provision Over half of the global population currently lacks access to a safe, affordable, and reliable water supply. An estimated 676 million people depend on alternative off-utility supplies, as piped connections are...
ECA INSIGHT >> Making CBAM work for the EU’s near neighbours In February, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted in favour of the block introducing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), passing another milestone on the path to the world’s...
ECA INSIGHT >> Another regulatory puzzle: Treatment of working capital and construction work-in-progress Following our 2021 Insight on inflation of the Regulatory Asset Base (RAB) and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), in this Insight we shed light on the...
ECA INSIGHT >> Can markets work at net zero? With progress towards net zero, many believe that we are in a post market world for electricity delivery. With the marginal plant regularly being one with zero variable cost (wind, solar, etc.) setting the market...
ECA INSIGHT >> A whole system approach is critical for energy networks and regulators to support decarbonisation efforts Energy network infrastructure plays a major role in supporting energy system decarbonisation, and potential solutions across several energy...
ECA INSIGHT >> Paving a roadmap for hydrogen in low- & middle-income countries ECA, in collaboration with E4tech UK, recently completed a multi-part study[1] for the Energy Community Secretariat (ECS) on the potential for hydrogen utilisation among its...