VRM’s Au Minh Tuan shares lessons learned from the implementation of a mini-hydropower project in Viet Nam that brings power to remote rural communities.
The three mini-hydropower projects installed by the project in the country’s northern and central region was able to add and additional capacity…
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ADB is partnering with SOLshare, a start-up in Bangladesh that seeks to leverage the vast installed base of solar home systems and upgrade them through so-called ‘swarm electrification’.
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Nearly 40% of households (500,000) in Nusa Tenggara Timur province have no electricity despite Indonesia achieving a national electrification rate of 98%. These include 60,000 households on the remote island of Sumba, which count among the country’s poorest and rely on polluting kerosene and…
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ADB, through the Energy for All Initiative, supported the development of ROMELCO’s 30-kW solar diesel hybrid power generation facility that provides round-the-clock electricity to 244 households, a health center, a school, and local industries in Cobrador Island, a remote island in Romblon province.
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A pilot project under an Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance was inaugurated today, bringing 24-hour solar power to this small rural island in Antique Province, Philippines.
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ADB, through the Energy for All Initiative, supported the development of ROMELCO’s 30-kW solar diesel hybrid power that provides round-the-clock electricity to 244 households, a health center, a school, and local industries in Cobrador Island, a remote island in Romblon province. In addition to…
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The Malalison Island Solar Photovoltaic Hybrid Pilot Project is a private sector joint venture with Antique Electric Cooperative, the electric distribution franchise holder, and One Renewable Energy Enterprise, Inc. For more information: https://www.adb.org/news/pilot-project-brings-24-hour-solar-…
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Solar power is helping Asia get electricity to people, particularly in rural and remote areas, but it has fallen behind in its use as a clean energy cooking source.
The Asia and the Pacific region is making steady progress in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for access to electricity…
The Asia and the Pacific region is making steady progress in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for access to electricity…
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The islanders will enjoy reliable and continuous 24/7 electric services, allowing them greater income-generating opportunities, such as better food and lodgings to attract more tourism and refrigeration for fishers to preserve their catch and await better market prices. Lower power prices will…
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The Malalison Island Solar Photovoltaic Hybrid Pilot Project is a private sector joint venture with Antique Electric Cooperative, the electric distribution franchise holder, and One Renewable Energy Enterprise, Inc.