The energy to deal with corruption

Vast amounts of money are being mobilized worldwide in the name of the transition to renewable sources of energy, and while development banks and similar organizations funding PV projects have stringent measures in place, there are plenty of opportunities for corruption to sneak in. pv magazine investigates how corruption can hurt the solar industry.

Issue 03-2019

Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index measures public sector corruption in 180 countries, ranking each on a scale of 0 to 100. The report’s 2018 edition calculated an average global score of 43/100; and shows a worrying overlap between low scoring countries and locations offering the best solar irradiance.

Graphic: Transparency International

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