This ADBI Working Paper assesses the benefits of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) and asserts its advantages over horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs). It further recommends its adoption in Asia and the Pacific region because it operates with slower wind speeds than the required minimum speed of HAWTs. With very fast winds, VAWTs are cheaper and easier to build, install, operate, repair and maintain than HAWTs. VAWTs do not require a large area of land and can be installed near each other, in between HAWTs and in urban areas.

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.

This is the game plan that the Maldives has set out to transform its energy system from one that is highly dependent on fossil fuels to one that is sustainable, secure, and that which harnesses the resources that the country has so much of – the sun, wind and the ocean.

This report highlights the importance of sector coupling as a key source of flexibility that cities can explore to stabilize power grid operations when integrating high shares of variable renewable energy sources. It presents a range of sector coupling opportunities available for use in cities.

Renewables 2021 forecasts the deployment of renewable energy technologies in electricity, transport, and heat to 2026 while also exploring key challenges to the industry and identifying barriers to faster growth. This year’s report frames current policy and market dynamics while placing the recent rise in energy and commodities prices in context. Renewables 2021 also explores trends to watch including storage, producing hydrogen from renewable electricity, stimulus packages, aviation biofuels and residential heating.

This report jointly developed by the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations analyses the role of renewable energy in agri-food systems and the opportunity they offer to advance energy and food security objectives as well as contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

Lessons from a Results-Based Financing pilot in Indonesia.

Through a a case study approach, this white paper highlights the different ways in which communities actively participate in energy decision making around the world and harness renewable energy’s potential to deliver economic, social, and environmental benefits for a just transition. The paper also provides a checklist and additional resources that energy communities could consider when developing a renewable energy initiative.

This publication assesses innovative financing instruments that promote sustainable infrastructure projects while also building back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This ADBI Working Paper provides policy recommendations for promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency financing using green bonds in ASEAN countries. To promote renewable energy and energy efficiency, policymakers should consider limiting eligibility criteria in policies supporting green bonds supporting policies, such as green bond grants, to only domestic projects and/or limiting refinancing using green bonds.