This handbook features best practices for integrating waste to energy and related technologies into the operations of various industries. It discusses current technologies, presents a conceptual example of municipal solid waste planning, and provides commentary on waste-to-energy initiatives.

The publication provides a detailed overview of STEEP and explains how to navigate the tool’s various interfaces when conducting energy use assessments of proposed or existing water supply and wastewater treatment systems. Since 2017, STEEP has been under continuous development based on pilot assessments carried out in various projects financed by the Asian Development Bank. STEEP is available online and can be downloaded for free.

Energy SG stepping up to support ADB response to COVID-19As the whole ADB organization positions itself to urgently provide the necessary support to its DMCs in fighting the spread of the new coronavirus, the Energy Sector Group has also geared up its experts and shifted some of its work accordingly.

This ADB Brief explains the rationale for a green recovery in Southeast Asia, what constitutes green recovery, and how it can meet multiple objectives in preventing future pandemics, pull the economy back on track, address the adverse impacts of climate change and bring the region towards sustainable and resilient growth. It emphasizes pursuing green opportunities in agriculture, clean energy oceans, urban development, transport, and circular economy practices.

This report focuses on six interlinked transformative entry points that can help the Asia and Pacific region deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 under the Global Decade of Action.

While COVID-19 has resulted in severe global health and economic crises, it also presents an opportunity for a green, sustainable, and resilient recovery enabled by sustainable energy. The guidance note looks into how the energy sector is responding across the region and what more can be done. It also highlights how ADB’s support to the energy sector is helping its developing member countries recover from the pandemic and achieve sustainable development.

The world may not be able to meet its targets in ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 if efforts are not scaled up significantly, according to the new Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report released on 28 May 2020 by the International Energy Agency (IEA) the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO).

This catalogue serves the purpose of connecting stakeholders from the energy and health sectors with solutions providers, to help meet the energy needs of healthcare facilities in response to COVID-19 and beyond. The solutions provided represent a sample of a larger group of solution providers who can contribute to addressing this challenge.​ ​The vast majority of healthcare facilities in low income countries – in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – do not have access to reliable electricity. Yet, they are expected to be at the frontline of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.