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How Indonesia Can Reduce Its Carbon Footprint through Enhanced Oil Recovery

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IntroductionEnhanced oil recovery through the injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) can be a win–win solution for Indonesia. This technology can help slow or halt the decline in oil production while addressing the urgent need to curb rapidly rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Indonesia is one of the…

How to Meet Climate Targets with Carbon Capture and Storage

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Energy SG’s own Kee-Yung Nam shares his insights on harnessing the potential of carbon capture and storage in creating major dents in carbon emissions, particularly in hard-to-decarbonize sectors.

Economic integration and energy efficiency for energy security in ASEAN

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The security of energy supply is crucial for rapid growth in Southeast Asia, but it is being increasingly challenged by the region’s fast-growing energy demand. This high demand can be explained by improvements in energy access as well as population and economic growth. The Association of Southeast…

Helping Sri Lanka to go green

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Learn how the Wind Power Generation Project in Mannar Island in Sri Lanka paved the way for the first 100-MW wind park on the island’s south coast

How Central Asia Can Achieve Greater Energy Security

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Policy recommendations to improve energy security in CAREC countries include the simultaneous increase in all four dimensions of energy security (energy resource availability, accessibility barriers, environmental acceptability, investment cost affordability), establishing a unified legal energy…

Solar power from the rooftops in Sri Lanka

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See how ADB is supporting Sri Lanka’s bid to increase the use of solar power and other renewable energy sources in providing electricity to the whole country and meet its commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change. The government’s Battle for Solar Energy program envisions 1000 megawatts…

Mobilizing Private Capital and Know-How to Turn Waste into Energy

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OverviewRelevant and practical integrated waste management approaches are crucial for countering public health impacts of uncollected waste and environmental impacts of open dumping and burning. Medium to large cities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) considers this as a pressing need…

Easing Pakistan’s chronic energy crisis through improved tariff subsidy

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This Policy Brief recommends for the tariff differential subsidy in Pakistan to either be eliminated or reduced and its targeting features improved. Pakistan’s energy sector has been beset with power outages, lack of capital investments, and inefficient electricity networks. The reforms proposed…

Innovative and breakthrough projects recognized at the Energy Sector Group Awards

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At the Strategy Session of the Energy Sector Group on 27 January, projects and project teams that have designed and processed innovative projects in 2020 were given recognition. Notable knowledge work and other initiatives were also given due regard.
What characterizes the awards in 2020 is that…

Integrated Energy Planning Needs Good Data

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Know the seven principles in ensuring the quality of data used in geospatial modeling crucial for integrated energy planning. Geospatial modeling has been an integral tool in integrated energy planning particularly in determining gaps in energy access.