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First wind power and battery energy storage loan in Thailand signed

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The Southern Thailand Wind Power and Battery Energy Storage Project were signed on 18 May 2020 marking the first ever such installation to be constructed in the country. The $7.7 million-equivalent Ioan to the Lomligor Company Limited under ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD)…

Two energy projects approved for Central and West DMCs

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The Board approved on 28 September the $200 million policy-based loan that will strengthen the power sector in Uzbekistan. The Power Sector Reform Program will improve the financial sustainability of the sector, will help create an environment conducive to sustained investments,…

ADB Supports China Gas to Ensure Uninterrupted Gas Supplies to Combat COVID-19 in Hubei Province

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BEIJING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (31 March 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and China Gas Holdings Ltd. (CGH) today signed a $20 million private sector loan agreement to support natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) deliveries to households, hospitals, industry, and services…

Cambodia grid reinforcement project approved

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The ADB Board on 11 September approved a loan to improve the transmission and distribution network in Cambodia. The concessional loan in the amount of $127.8 million from ADB’s ordinary capital resources is being supplemented by grants where $4.7 million will be coming from the Strategic Climate…

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

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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

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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

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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…

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.