Futures Study on Clean Energy Technology
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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: Futures Study on Clean Energy Technology
Assignment Countries:
- Not Country Related
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
Futures study: What is the next frontier for cleanenergy technologies? What does this mean for CIF?
Background
Since its establishment in2008, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has played a catalytic role inadvancing clean energy technologies. Rapid technological innovation, evolvingfinancing models, and shifting geopolitical dynamics now require CIF toanticipate the next frontier of the clean energy, technology and infrastructurethat will underpin an economic future driven by intensive electrification.
Positioned within CIF’sStrategic Directions is a mandate to support the scaling of finance and thedeployment of advanced technologies that enable energy system transformation. Thisstudy will present a written assessment of the frontiers in advanced cleantechnologies needed to scale clean energy solutions in response to acceleratingelectrification demand driven by the digitalization of the global economy. Thestudy will, in consultation with MDBs and relevant stakeholders, identifystrategic opportunities for the Climate Investment Funds to continue leading theacceleration of technology and innovation to remain at the forefront of theenergy transition
Broad objectives
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Identify emerging/ future energy relatedtechnologies, and related geopolitical considerations
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Assess the next frontiers for advanced cleanenergy technologies [e.g. advanced geothermal, nuclear, storage, smart grids,…] with a particular emphasis on the implications of the digitization of theglobal economy
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Consider the geopolitical factors (e.g. globaland national interests) that may shape both supply and demand of advanced cleantechnologies and financing?
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Position these considerations within CIF’sStrategic Directions mandate and make recommendations to inform CIF’s supportfor frontier advanced clean energy solutions
Expected Use
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Inform the Trust Fund Committee in the contextof CIF’s Strategic Directions
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Inform future CIF program design
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Support donor engagement and strategicpositioning
Scope of Work
Horizon scanning
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Identify trends and potential disruptionsacross:
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Energy technologies and systems
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Policy/ Geopolitics
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Markets and finance
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Energy/ Development nexus
Implications for CIF Strategic Positioning
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Use insight to inform:
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CIF support for frontier advanced clean energysolutions
Some methodological possibilities:
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Horizon scanning/ foresight methods
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Literature review
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System mapping and pathway analysis (supplychains, geopolitics, political economy, etc.)
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Consultation/ workshops/ surveys with keystakeholders including: TFC members, MDBs, broader countries (donors andpartners beyond TFC), energy experts, banking/ investment leaders, …
Deliverables
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Inception report with analytical framework andstudy methodology
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Report (Horizon scanning, Insight, Recommendations)
Timeline
(Bearing in mind that procurement under acompetitive tender process is likely to take approx. 7 weeks)
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Potentially 6 months would provide anopportunity to present initial findings in June and final report in Septemberfor presentation at TFC meetings in October 2026
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April/ May - Procurement
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May - Inception report and framing workshop (CIFand potentially MDBs)
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June – Initial horizon scanning analysis and workshopthat includes initial insights
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July/ Aug – Deeper work (document analysis andinterviews) on advanced clean energy technologies futures and geo-politicalconsiderations, consolidation of insights and recommendations.
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Aug/ Sep – Review by CIF, MDBs, and other keystakeholders including Joint TFC
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Oct – Presentation to TFC (build in costing forpotential travel to TFC meeting)
Consultant selectioncriteria
The consulting firm should have extensive experience in designingand delivering futures oriented strategic studies in the context of energy technologiesand climate finance. Theconsulting firm shall appoint a team leader for the evaluation. The team leaderwill be accountable for all major deliverables as well as project processes andcommunications. They should have extensive experience (minimum 15 years) withrelated work and proven experience with supervising data collection, analysis,report writing, and stakeholder engagement. They must have excellent research,writing, analytical, and presentation skills.
They should have a sufficient number of days allocated to the projectto make a substantive contribution to the work and not just provide overalldirection.
Additional ProposalInstructions
Expressions of Interest should be completed in the onlinetemplate and should not exceed 8 pages (excluding Annexes). Annexes may includeCVs of core proposed staff with a page limit of 3 pages per CV.
FUNDING SOURCE
The World Bank Group intends to finance the as
About This Opportunity
This is a consulting contract in the governance and public administration sector. Located in Regional, Asia, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums. Proposals must be submitted before April 30, 2026.
Published through WB eGP - World Bank e-Government Procurement, a multilateral development bank that follows standardized international procurement guidelines. Projects funded by multilateral institutions are generally open to international bidders from eligible member countries for consulting in the governance and public administration sector. Consulting assignments are typically evaluated with a strong emphasis on the technical proposal, including the methodology and qualifications of key experts. Shortlisted firms may be invited to submit financial proposals in a second stage. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.