Community-based PV mini-grid Management in Indonesia: What We Have Learned So Far? Read more about Community-based PV mini-grid Management in Indonesia: What We Have Learned So Far? This presentation drew lessons learned from Indonesia’s experience of several ministers in electrifying remote and secluded communities through Photovoltaic technology. The Indonesian PV off-grid has gained a remarkable achievement in slightly over 600 villages, connecting around 75,000 houses, created employment opportunities and offsetting 2,610 tons CO2 per year through kerosene avoidance. From a technical aspect, this program went through at least three generations of the battery system.
Avenues for Subsidy Swap in India – Insights from the ACCESS Surveys Read more about Avenues for Subsidy Swap in India – Insights from the ACCESS Surveys 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 insights from the survey concerning the progress of household electrification, the reliability of electricity supply, and opportunities for a subsidy swap from kerosene to solar.
Ethan Wampler Keywords robotics solar project management strategy Read more about Ethan Wampler Ethan is an Associate in the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) where he directly supports RMI’s Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Amory Lovins, and the OCS team with analysis, research, collaboration, and travel. Ethan is currently engaged in a number of RMI efforts to promote OCS collaboration with RMI’s broader programs. He’s worked as an engineer in robotics and solar, and he also spent a year traveling the US as a grassroots environmental organizer.
From Black Baseload to Smart Renewables: Making Kerosene and Coal the Next Kodak Read more about From Black Baseload to Smart Renewables: Making Kerosene and Coal the Next Kodak Katerina Kimmorley, co-founder of a solar business in India, argues that innovation must happen in the distribution mechanism to reach the poorest communities. Her presentation discusses in detail how solar products became accessible to India's slum communities through Pollinate Energy's social business model.
The ADB Solar Rooftop Project: Boosting Solar Energy Growth in the Philippines Read more about The ADB Solar Rooftop Project: Boosting Solar Energy Growth in the Philippines As the threat of global warming and climate change looms, the need to shift to environment-friendly renewable energy (RE) sources has become more pressing. Solar energy is fast becoming a viable option because it is viewed as the most accessible, inexhaustible, and cleaner option among all the other available RE sources.
The Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Project in India: Addressing Energy Poverty One House at a Time Read more about The Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Project in India: Addressing Energy Poverty One House at a Time Many rural villages in India are energy poor, with 289 million people lacking access to electricity while 80 million remain underserved. To quickly fill the access gap, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated an equity investment that allowed customers to buy energy credits in “small packages”. Read about ADB’s other energy projects in Knowledge and Power: Lessons from ADB Energy Projects.
Rajasthan Concentrating Solar Power: A Multi-stakeholder Partnership That Maximizes Solar Power to Fuel India’s Economy Read more about Rajasthan Concentrating Solar Power: A Multi-stakeholder Partnership That Maximizes Solar Power to Fuel India’s Economy A multi-stakeholder partnership among the Government of India, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and private companies helped secured the country’s energy supply while reducing its dependence on fossil fuels. Read about ADB’s other energy projects in Knowledge and Power: Lessons from ADB Energy Projects.
Packaging Public-Private Partnerships in Waste-to-Energy Projects: ADB’s Experience Read more about Packaging Public-Private Partnerships in Waste-to-Energy Projects: ADB’s Experience The Private Sector Operations Department of Asian Development Bank continues to be active in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) sector in many Asian countries. While the Public-Private Partnership/Build–Operate–Transfer structure is possible for WTE, the challenge is to increase the number of commercial banks that are keen to finance this type of project.