The Lao Institute for Renewable Energy (LIRE) is looking for volunteers to work with them in the areas of renewable energy, CDM, marketing and communication, among others. LIRE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the sustainable development of self-sufficient renewable energy sector in Lao PDR. The institute offers agronomical, technological and socio-economic research services, and [...]
DELHI, INDIA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is co-hosting the Asia regional rollout of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All today, part of the UN’s global initiative for achieving universal access to modern energy by 2030. Today’s event brings together leading organizations, including The Energy and Resources Institute, UN-Energy, UNIDO, and the [...]
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has developed a programme that aims to assist poor households and micro-entrepreneurs to obtain access to sustainable, low-cost clean energy supplies through microfinance loans. This programme, called CleanStart for short, will support 18 Financial Service Providers (FSPs) across six countries in Asia [...]
SNV, the convener of the domestic biogas working group of the Energy for All Partnership, together with HIVOS and Indonesia Domestic Biogas Program organized a three-day international workshop entitled “Domestic biogas programs in Asia: transformation towards commercial sectors and development of effective financing facilities” on 22-24 November 2011 in Bandung, Indonesia. More than 60 participants [...]
Mr. Xianbin Yao, Director General of ADB’s Regional Sustainable Development Department (RSDD) and Mr. Jiwan Acharya, Climate Change Specialist (Energy) participated in the high-level conference, “Energy for All – Financing Access for the Poor”, in Oslo on 10-11 October 2011. The conference was attended by various stakeholders including the UN Secretary General, heads of government, [...]
The high-level segment of the Energy for All: financing access for the poor conference hosted by the Government of Norway in cooperation with the International Energy Agency (IEA) took place in Oslo on 10 October 2011. It convened a broad range of stakeholders including the UN Secretary-General, heads of government, government ministers, and representatives of [...]
The 5th issue of the domestic biogas newsletter has already been released by SNV, the convener of the domestic biogas working group of the Energy for All partnership. The highlight of the newsletter is the report on the production rate of biogas plants installed by SNV in 2010 and first half of 2011. Over 36,000 [...]
SNV, the convener of the domestic biogas working group of the Energy for All partnership is in need of a national consultant for the identification of innovative biogas project opportunities in China. The national consultant will work under a contract with SNV and in close cooperation with a team leader or an advisor made available by [...]
The SNV and Hivos/Indonesia Domestic Biogas Programme in cooperation with ADB’s Energy for All partnership are organizing an International Workshop on Domestic Biogas on 22-24 November 2011 in Bandung, Indonesia. The international workshop entitled ”Domestic biogas programmes in Asia; transformation towards commercial sectors and development of effective financing facilities” is expected to come up with an outline of [...]
The Asian Institute of Technology in co-operation with SNV Netherland Development Organization will conduct an international training course on “Design and Management of Domestic Biogas Systems” on 31 October to 4 November 2011 in AIT Conference Center, Asian Institute of Technology. The training course is focusing on the design, economics and dissemination of domestic biogas [...]
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