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Private sector loan for renewable energy and electric vehicle charging system signed between ADB and Energy Absolute

Press Releases
On 11 February, ADB and the Energy Absolute Public Company Limited signed a $47.62 million green loan that will finance the Nakornsawan Solar and Hanuman Wind power plants and deploy fast and standard chargers at charging stations across Thailand.The country intends to be the regional…

Project to improve energy access in Nepal approved

Press Releases
The ADB Board approved on 29 June the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Power Transmission and Distributions Systems Strengthening Project that will finance the reinforcement and modernization of the power transmission system in Kathmandu Valley, Bharatpur metropolitan area of…

Pakistan: Access to Clean Energy Investment Program

Projects
ADB supports Pakistan’s goal of enhanced energy security through this Program. It's major components are: (i) expanding energy access through the construction of micro-hydro plants and solar power facilities  (ii) opening opportunities for women  (iii) strengthening institutional…

Electric Networks of Armenia Closed Joint-Stock Company Investment Program Phase 2 Project signed

Press Releases
On 13 September, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Electric Networks of Armenia Closed Joint-Stock Company (ENA) signed a $35 million deal to improve electricity distribution networks to ensure reliable electricity supply in Armenia, particularly in the provinces. The Leading Asia’s Private…

Global Hydrogen Review 2021

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The Global Hydrogen Review is a new annual publication by the International Energy Agency to track progress in hydrogen production and demand, as well as in other critical areas such as policy, regulation, investments, innovation, and infrastructure development. The report examines what…

World Energy Outlook 2021

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The IEA’s new World Energy Outlook makes it clear that the clean energy progress led by solar, and wind is still far too slow to put global emissions into sustained decline towards net zero. And with coal coming back strongly this year and marking the second-largest increase in carbon…

Cross-Border Electricity Trading for Tajikistan: A Roadmap

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This roadmap focuses on assessing the feasibility and extent of electricity trade with Tajikistan’s neighbors and to lay out policy requirements for implementation based on the Tajik context.

The Role of Low-Carbon Fuels in the Clean Energy Transitions of the Power Sector

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This report asserts that a secure and decarbonized power sector requires other flexible resources on a much larger scale than what currently exists today. These include low carbon dispatchable power plants, energy storage, demand response, and transmission expansion. The availability and cost of…

Tracking Clean Energy Progress

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The International Energy Agency is tracking clean energy progress according to the technologies that are currently available. It assesses the gaps between the pronouncements based on the announced pledges scenario (APS) and the net zero emission scenario (NZE) and what needs to be done to get to…

Carbon Capture and Utilization Prefeasibility on Food Grade CO2 in the Refinery Sector in India

Reports and Publications
This report briefly describes the main technology and process options available to refinery companies for capturing CO2 from the various process flue gases.
The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) cluster will prepare energy system development scenarios and technology road maps and…