At the Clean Energy Ministerial, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced grant support to four pilot projects in Brazil, Colombia, India, and Morocco through the “Demand-Driven Electricity Networks Initiative (3DEN)”, a project financed the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITE).
- In line with 3DEN’s objectives, the project will support these four countries in accelerating progress on power system modernisation and effective utilization of distributed energy resources through policy, regulation, technology and investment guidance.
- The selected projects will provide an opportunity to gain on-the-ground insights, test new approaches and disseminate learnings that will feed into the 3DEN Initiative.
- Following up on the 2019 Climate Action Summit, the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition – together with the International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – launched an initiative to step up global climate action and uptake of clean energy models, known as Digital Demand-Driven Electricity Networks Initiative (3DEN), at the Pre-COP 26 in Milan, September 2021.
- 3DEN aims to support countries to accelerate progress on power system modernization and effective utilization of distributed energy resources through policy, regulation, technology and investment guidance.
