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 international progress on hydrogen is needed to help address climate change – and compares real-world developments with the stated ambitions of government and industry and with key actions under the Global Action Agenda launched at the Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting in 2019.

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 not necessarily lead to a complete transition to the use of modern fuels. Households continue using traditional fuels in addition to modern fuels. We explain the choice of dirty cooking fuels even when access to electricity is provided.

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.

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 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-power-impro…

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 providing pre-development technical assistance, ADB endowed the project with a USD100,000 grant to demonstrate the technological viability of a solar-diesel mini-grid in the Philippines.

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.

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.

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 firewood for lighting and cooking.Off-grid systems have become part of the solution in providing last-mile electricity on the island.