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Empowering people – the role of local energy communities in clean energy transitions

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This commentary emphasizes the importance of putting people at the crux of all clean energy transitions. Not only are they instrumental in changing their ways of and patterns of energy consumption, people also stand to gain from the benefits of an improved energy order.

ACEF 2023: Signed, sealed, delivered

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One thousand plus participants from 65 countries around the world, including more than a hundred sixty representatives from ADB developing member countries, private and government entities, international organizations, and non-government organizations came together and put their stake in the energy…

Thailand Times: Thailand in the Race for EV Mass Adoption

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Thailand aims to cut emissions from the energy and transport sectors by 7%-20% against a business-as-usual scenario as part of its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20%-25% by 2030 compared to 2005. 
To achieve these goals, Thailand’s mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is…

Energy Access and Transition Trust Fund Approved

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The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) Energy Access and Transition Trust Fund has been approved under the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific (IF-CAP) Financing Partnership Facility. 
 
The Trust Fund will finance innovative distributed…

First Stakeholder Engagement Meeting for the PH’s Accelerating Coal Transition Investment Plan held in ADB

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On 4 August, ADB along with the Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE), World Bank, and International Finance Corporation gathered more than 120 participants to the first Stakeholders Engagement Meeting for the Philippines’ Climate Investment Fund Accelerating Coal Transition (CIF-ACT) …

CEFPF Application Goes Online

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Applications to the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility (CEFPF) can now be submitted online. The system will serve as the entry point for direct charges, technical assistance, grant, and concessional funding applications to the Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization Innovation Fund,…

Accelerating the Net Zero Transition in Asia and the Pacific: Low-Carbon Hydrogen for Industrial Decarbonization

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This work investigates the status and potential of green and blue hydrogen in some major industrial sectors, including oil refining, chemical production, iron and steel production, and high-temperature heat applications. The focus is put on the Asia and the Pacific (APAC) region, which accounts for…

Fighting Climate Change with New E-Buses

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The VinFast Electric Mobility Green Loan Project is ticking a lot of boxes and reaping co-benefits as it tries to reduce traffic congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions in Viet Nam.

Asia’s clean energy investment needs and the role of blended finance

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Expanding the scale of blended finance in clean energy will require innovative efforts from the international community to reform traditional development finance approaches.

Six Technologies Powering the Clean Energy Transition

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ACEF 2023 may have come and gone. This feature is a summary of sorts that focuses on the main technologies that may bring the region’s clean energy transition to fruition. These technologies include: smart grids, batteries, electric vehicles, green hydrogen, green buildings, and electric cooking.…