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Renewable Energy Implementation Toolkit Development and Demonstration in South Asia: Sri Lanka

18 June 2019
The Global Environmental Institute (GEI) has developed a Renewable Energy Implementation (REI) toolkit that evaluates, implements and scales-up renewable energy (RE) projects at national and regional levels. The toolkit includes GIS analysis, technology application MCA screening and financial…

Water Ownership in the Age of Changing Climate Patterns

18 June 2019
Water, electricity, and food are significant vulnerabilities worsened by climate change. Providing for survival now requires independent ownership over these vital resources. Moving beyond infrastructure-centric solutions that worsen existing water extraction rates is thus critical. Zero Mass Water…

Creating Water and Sustaining Life through Carbon Neutral Technology: Creating Fresh Water from Sea Water

18 June 2019
By 2030, global demand for freshwater will exceed supply by 40%. But right now, in any 24-hour period, 844,000 people are without water and as a result, 21,000 children die every day. Solar Water Plc is the provider of a breakthrough, innovative technology that generates freshwater from seawater,…

DHouse: A Sustainable Innovation of Passive Traditional Systems of Bahay Kubo, Designed for Urban Resilience

18 June 2019
DHouse is an existing modern shelter built in a flood-prone city designed to address anticipated problems that affect the ecology of the built environment and urban development. It highlights practical applications through natural ventilation, daylighting, illumination control, indoor thermal…

Subsidy Swaps: Stories from India

17 June 2019
This presentation gave an overview of India's energy subsidies inventory and trends between 2014 and 2017. It also showcased a concept for a kerosene to solar swap, emphasizing how much India can save by switching.

Avenues for Subsidy Swap in India – Insights from the ACCESS Surveys

17 June 2019
The Access to Clean Cooking Energy and Electricity - Survey of States is a survey carried out in 2015 covering more than 9000 rural households in the six most energy-poor states in India: Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. This presentation discussed some…

Subsidy Reforms and the Clean Energy Revolution

17 June 2019
This presentation gave an overview of fossil fuel subsidy in India's power sector, and why such a subsidy was necessary to provide the mass population access to affordable electricity. It also discussed the financial, regulatory, and technical barriers in increasing renewable energy share in India…

ASEAN Feed in Tariff and Subsidy Reform

17 June 2019
This presentation discussed renewable energy policies and incentives in the ASEAN, zeroing in on Feed-in-Tariff in the region. It also discussed key points for FiT implementation, and the benefits of doing a subsidy reform.

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…

Solar PV Manufacturing in the People's Republic of China and Potential for Overseas Relocation

17 June 2019
This presentation discussed the development of solar PV manufacturing in the People's Republic of China as well as an assessment of the PRC's industry policy for solar PV manufacturing. It also considered the potential of developing solar PVs in developing countries, as well as the potential for…