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.

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.