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Data-driven Strategies for Sustainable Deployment of Solar Pumps

18 June 2019
Solar pumps present an opportunity to extend access to irrigation in Asia. The presentation highlighted The Council's multi-pronged research on identifying gaps and solutions to facilitate solar-powered irrigation in a sustainable manner. This ranges from end-users' outlook about solar pumps,…

Assessing the Impact of Renewable Energy Based Microgrids on Local Development and the SDGs: Insights from the Philippines

18 June 2019
The Cobrador Island Solar – Diesel Hybrid Project is one of ADB’s outstanding projects and led to increased service hours (24 hours per day), affordability (50% tariff reduction), and environmental soundness (RE share up to 90%). This presentation analyzed the impact on local development and the…

Street Lighting Project in Tacloban City: Financed via loan through ESCO

18 June 2019
Energy efficiency (EE) finance, due to its small volumes, technical complexity and multiple stakeholders involved, needs public support. The ASEAN Center of Energy initiated a JAIF funded project to support the exchange among ASEAN member states on innovative energy efficiency finance mechanisms.…

From France to the Philippines: Pioneering Tidal Stream Energy

18 June 2019
The San Bernardino Ocean Power Project is a transformative initiative carried out by H&WB (Filipino project developer) and SABELLA (French technology developer) to develop the Philippines’ and the ASEAN’s first commercial power plant deploying tidal in-stream turbines. The first phase sees a…

Welcome Remarks: The Power of People through Partnership

18 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Bambang Susantono introduced the theme of ACEF 2019: Partnering for Impact, by focusing on the role of all stakeholders in partnering to deliver a truly sustainable energy future that can enable better development outcomes for Asia and the Pacific.

Urban Energy Planning for Smarter utilities

18 June 2019
In this scene-setting presentation, ADB's Stephane Bessadi emphasized the need to transform the urban utility model. He cited examples of energy use and production in cities and water systems, as well as wastewater energy use. He also gave examples of ADB support to utilities to promote renewable…

Future-Proof Strategy for Electric Cooperatives to Integrate More Renewables into their Supply Portfolio

18 June 2019
The Philippines has close to 150 cooperatives and private distribution utilities, which are responsible for power supply for households and industry on their franchise area. Many of these cooperatives have over contracted themselves with traditional inflexible coal baseload capacity, on top of…

ADB Private Sector Financial Institutions (Russian Version)

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Azizov provides an introduction to ADB's Private Sector Financial Institutions as a single-window solution for ADB's Financial Institution clients. He also gave some insight into ADB's value addition, ADB's project approval workflow, and case studies that illustrate the…

ADB Private Sector Financial Institutions (English Version)

17 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Azizov provides an introduction to ADB's Private Sector Financial Institutions as a single-window solution for ADB's Financial Institution clients. He also gave some insight into ADB's value addition, ADB's project approval workflow, and case studies that illustrate the…

Solar, Storage & Smart Grids : Global Outlook in Asia

17 June 2019
This presentation gave an overview of Asia's global solar PV market share in 2018, as well as trends in solar farm costs and lithium-ion battery prices. It also suggested some next steps in unleashing solar energy such as the introduction of smart grids as new business models and promoting higher…