Sustainable energy access planning (SEAP) develops a socially inclusive energy supply system that gives importance to the energy demand of both poor and non-poor households, the need to make cleaner energy services affordable, the costs of both supply-side and demand-side access options, and the sustainability of technology and resource options.

This brochure summarizes the findings from a technical assistance (TA) project to define a strategy for a Northeast Asia Power System Interconnection (NAPSI) using Mongolia’s abundant renewable energy resources. The TA spanned 5 years and involved a highly consultative process among a wide range of stakeholders to develop this strategy and frame the associated technical analysis. The study’s approach and main findings are summarized here, and more details can be found in the technical reports available here.

This is a decades-long review of the ADB Clean Energy Program that determines how far the bank has gone toward achieving its targets vis-à-vis baseline data from 2005 to 2007. It also explores what must be done further based on the new approach under ADB’s Strategy 2030 and the global goals in mitigating climate change and promoting sustainable development. 

The TA Consultants’ Report is an output of the regional technical assistance looking at the feasibility of CCUS. This report explored the possibility of capturing 0.5 million ton of CO2 from a cement kiln and converting it into urea. The study is based on data submitted from a real-life cement plant of M/s Dalmia Cement, India.

The case studies look at different types of energy projects—solar, micro hydro and biogas—as well as innovative approaches in implementing and financing projects.

On 20 August, the Independent Evaluation Department received Management Response to its evaluation of the Energy Policy and Program 2009-2019. The sector-wide evaluation report was discussed by the Board’s Development Effectiveness Committee on 27 August and has since been made public online.

This primer presents spaces for just transition in sectors and areas that will be disrupted by the transformation of the energy sector as the world shifts to clean low-carbon order.

Microgrids are poised to play a big role in the electricity ecosystem of the future—with decarbonization, digitalization, decentralization, and non-wires solutions being key attributes. The handbook will assist those working in the energy sector to evaluate a microgrid system's potential to enhance power supply quality and connectivity. It will also contribute to a better understanding of on-grid microgrids in urban and industrial settings, prevailing business models, and emerging trends that could shape the future of this sector.

This handbook serves as a guide to deploying battery energy storage technologies, specifically for distributed energy resources and flexibility resources.Battery energy storage technology is the most promising, rapidly developed technology as it provides higher efficiency and ease of control. With energy transition through decarbonization and decentralization, energy storage plays a significant role to enhance grid efficiency by alleviating volatility from demand and supply. Energy storage also contributes to the grid integration of renewable energy and promotion of microgrid.

Based on quantitative models that assessed the feasibility of producing hydrogen energy from renewable energy and using it in the road transport sector in the People’s Republic of China, ADBI authors find that the high capital expenditure of fuel cell vehicles, rather than the fuel cost of hydrogen, is the main barrier to achieving competitiveness against alternative power trains.