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Challenges and Opportunities of Floating Solar PV in Asia Pacific

20 June 2019
The installed capacity of floating solar is expected to grow exponentially over the next two decades. The Asia Pacific region, due to its often-complex geography and topography, and pressures on land use is set to dominate the floating solar market globally. The benefits of floating solar have been…

The Use of EFlows Assessments in Basin-Planning and Design of Hydropower Operating Rules

20 June 2019
Environmental Flows (EFlows) are a vital way of mitigating the effects of human developments on rivers and estuaries, and thus for managing water resources for long-term sustainability. Modern EFlows assessment methods, based on ecosystem-modeling approaches, address the complexity of river…

Powering Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Projects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East

20 June 2019
The presentation highlighted the key trends and nuances in the financing of renewable energy projects across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East region. The presentation will provide details on various structures (park and non-park based), procurement strategy and other enablers to promote the…

Liability Risks to Clean Energy Projects

20 June 2019
Liability risk is a key climate risk affecting financial stability. Litigation trends reveal that liability risk arises in three broad ways: (i) rights-based action, (ii) compensation claims, and (iii) increased regulatory action. Within Asia, litigants use their legal rights to object to…

Crossing the Valley of Death: Key Factors to Attract Impact and Venture Capital in Early Stage Clean Energy Businesses

20 June 2019
Using real-life examples in the solar and energy efficiency space in South East Asia, this presentation highlighted key factors which make business attractive to impact and venture capital investors.

Developing Partnerships for Sustainable Cleantech Financing in Southeast Asia

20 June 2019
The ‘missing middle’ or ‘valley of death’ is a common cause of cleantech startup stall, needing to access debt and equity in the $20,000 to $500,000 range while typically lacking mature internal capacity, skills, financial literacy and access to traditional investment. This presentation will…

Strengthening Co-Benefits of Health, Climate Change and Air Quality Improvement in Energy Investments in Asian Cities

20 June 2019
Asia and the Pacific have the highest number of air pollution deaths in the world. The health effects were estimated to cost US$ 1.7 trillion in 2016, equivalent to 10% of the regions. Air pollution creates a massive economic burden for governments causing a loss of productive labor, thereby…

ADB’s Private Sector Renewables in Asia

19 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Michael Barrow gave an overview of ADB's Pacific Renewable Energy Project. The project encourages private sector investment in renewable energy. It also mitigates short-term liquidity risk, through donor-backed standby letter of credit, and supports long-term investment,…

Stories of Impact

19 June 2019
In this presentation, ADB's Woochong Um highlighted ADB's commitment to reduce the bank's carbon emissions from its operations. In particular, he highlighted that ADB procured certified emission reductions (CERs) from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project registered by the UNFCCC to offset…

The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries

18 June 2019
Developing long-term low emissions development strategies (LT-LEDS) provides an opportunity for Asia-Pacific countries highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to simultaneously achieve other development objectives, including energy and food security, economic resilience and resilience to…