The IEA has helped produce a roadmap for the nation to take advantage of its hydropower capabilities and believes it could be a provider for the rest of Central Asia if it can do so

They will focus on the areas of renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency as well as other technologies that will facilitate the transition to low carbon energy

The 200MW solar photovoltaic power plant is forecast to generate about 440GWh and help avoid nearly 385,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year

The aid will help rehabilitate Tonga’s power lines to withstand extreme weather

A green financing platform has been launched to improve air quality in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region. The China National Investment and Guaranty Corporation’s (I&G) scheme is supported by an Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan of €458 million (£402m). Around one million premature deaths are believed to be caused by poor air quality each year across […]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued green bonds to support climate change mitigation and renewable energy in India. It has already raised three billion Indian Rupees (£35.7m) from issuing the bonds, which will be channelled into the ReNew Clean Energy Project, a wind and solar power project across six Indian states. The bonds were distributed among […]

The headquarters of the bank that promotes social and economic progress in the Asia-Pacific region is now being powered fully by renewable energy sources. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), headquartered in the Phillipines, is now meeting all of its electricity needs generated by geothermal plants and an onsite solar power plant (pictured). It signed an […]

Electricity consumption in Asia Pacific will double by 2035, with the region using more than half of the world’s energy supplies, according to a report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). That represents an increase in energy demand of 2.1% each year between 2010 to 2035, bringing total demand to around 7,600 million tonnes […]

A Pakistani province is set to have 2GW of solar power projects within the next two years following a new agreement signed recently. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Punjab agreed to co-operate in boosting renewable energy (pictured), with the ADB also pledging to help build coal, biomass, biogas and hydro energy […]

More households in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will soon have access to electricity, thanks to loans worth $66.7 million (£43m). The country signed two loans with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which will help boost electricity access rates in Port Moresby to 74% and extend the city’s power grid to around 3,000 low-income homes. Xianbin […]