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.

The Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division has released an assessment tool that provides a recovery framework interfacing various objectives in climate, low-carbon growth, and resilience.​​​​​​​This tool will help ADB developing member countries seize the opportunity presented by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to shift their development trajectories towards a low-carbon growth path that will have addressed climate change mitigation and adaptation goals.​​​​​​​​​In particular, the tool provides different sets of actions, approaches, and interventions on how a country will

This technology roadmap uses scenario analysis to explore three possible futures for ammonia production. In the Stated Policies Scenario, the industry follows current trends, making incremental improvements but falling well short of a sustainable trajectory. In the Sustainable Development Scenario, the sector adopts the technologies and policies required to put it on a pathway aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

ADB supports Simpa Networks with a USD 2M equity investment and USD 6M loan (Clean Technology Fund) that expands the company’s off-grid, pay-as-you-go (PayGo) solar energy services to more underserved households in rural India. Simpa provides SHS products made affordable with a leasing model and a pathway to ownership.

This is the first report of the Program that was jointly developed by PSOD and PAEN under One ADB since it was approved in April 2019. The Pacific Renewable Energy Program (Program) provides an umbrella facility of up to $100,000,000 of financing support, including loans, guarantees, and letters of credit, to overcome the constraints to private sector investment in renewable energy projects in island countries.

ADB initiated this technical assistance (TA) to scale-up off-grid solutions and to strengthen the government’s capacity to design and implement energy access projects. The TA aims to provide clean energy to 0.4 million households and public facilities by 2022 through the installation of 10 MW small-scale renewable energy systems.

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 of cleaner cooking solutions is vital for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 7 objective of universal access to modern, affordable, reliable, and sustainable modern energy. It is also important for the environment and human health.

This guidebook runs the reader through the design, preparation, and installation of a renewable energy-based hybrid solar photovoltaic mini-grid system, with a specific application in island settings. Lessons from the hybrid mini-grid pilot project implemented in Cobrador, Romblon Islands in the Philippines have been collated in this case study including approaches, tools and the business model that optimize renewable energy resources for off-grid electrification.

Solar irrigation provides an opportunity to irrigate a larger amount of land due to reliability, affordability, and accessibility.