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Hydrogen energy could be key to carbon neutrality in the People’s Republic of China

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Renewable hydrogen is an essential direction for the development of green and low-carbon energy in the future as the People’s Republic of China seeks to lower greenhouse gas emissions.Hydrogen energy is clean and storable with no tailpipe emission except water vapor after combustion. It produces…

Five outstanding women entrepreneurs from Myanmar

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A group of remarkable women from Chaung U, Myanmar, redefined adversity as just an inconvenience, with opportunities lurking around the corner. In the process of developing their successful cookstoves businesses, they became role models for other women and demonstrated that perseverance is key for…

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

Press Releases
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…

Why Is Energy Access Not Enough for Choosing Clean Cooking Fuels? Sustainable Development Goals and Beyond

Working Papers
The transition to sustainable energy requires an assessment of drivers of the use of clean and dirty fuels for cooking. Literature highlights the importance of access to modern fuel for switching from dirty fuels. Though access to cleaner fuels such as electricity promotes clean fuel use, it does…

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…

Energy Prices and the Economic Feasibility of Using Hydrogen Energy for Road Transport in the People’s Republic of China

Working Papers
Based on quantitative models that assessed the feasibility of producing hydrogen energy from renewable energy and using it in the road transport sector in the People’s Republic of China, ADBI authors find that the high capital expenditure of fuel cell vehicles, rather than the fuel cost of hydrogen…

Incentivizing a sustainable clean cooking market

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Lessons from a Results-Based Financing pilot in Indonesia.
Access to clean cooking solutions remains one of the most daunting development challenges. Based on the latest Global Tracking Framework, the annual access growth rate of 0.46 percentage points did not keep pace with population growth. In…

A study on the prospect of hydropower to hydrogen in Nepal

Working Papers
This working paper explores the prospect of deploying hydrogen to address shortage of electricity and fuel supply in Nepal. It serves as a baseline for opportunities in countries with abundant renewable resources and facing energy-related challenges.

Increasing Access to Clean Cooking in the Philippines: Challenges and Prospects

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This publication analyzes the use of clean and efficient cooking technologies in the Philippines and identifies opportunities and challenges to fast-track their uptake.In Asia and the Pacific, 1.8 billion people still rely on traditional cooking methods using fires and solid fuels. The wider uptake…

Latest IPCC Report Stresses Urgent Need for Sustainable Cooling

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The latest IPCC report presents one of the most detailed assessments of the threat to humans and ecosystems caused by climate change. It emphasized among other the dire need to scale up progress on delivering sustainable cooling for all to protect people from global warming. The report…