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 [...]
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 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, the convener of the Pacific working group of the Energy for All partnership is announcing a new programme cycle to fund up to three high quality projects that improve energy access for the poor. The programme which is being supported by the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is [...]
The Climate Finance Innovation Facility (CFIF) supports finance-industry engagement in the new climate sectors such as renewable energy (RE), energy efficiency (EE) and sustainable forestry. The Facility provides developing country financial institutions with technical assistance and funding for the development of climate focused financial products and services. A broad range of activities are eligible for [...]
The Sustainable Renewable Energy Company (SREC) is an Australian specialist renewable energy project developer, focusing on commercial (30kW and above) and industrial (1MW and above) scale photovoltaic (PV) developments in Australia and South East Asia. Current activities on Energy for All: We are a solar development company with large scale projects in Australia and the [...]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), through the Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF), is providing a technical assistance (TA) grant to two private equity fund managers who are investing in the clean energy and climate change sectors in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). The grant involves support of up to $1 million each, or up to $2 [...]
The website to all activities related to the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All is now online. The site is managed by UN Foundation and will regularly up-date on news, activities and events: http://www.sustainableenergyforall.org/ As a partner, ADB and the Partnership are supporting UNF and the Global Campaign in its efforts of raising awareness to fight [...]
On June 21st, the first Energy for All Investors forum took place at ADB Headquarters in Manila. After the Welcome Remarks EFAIF 21June2011(Deputy Director General, Private Sector Operations Department of ADB), and introduction of the investor forum approach, presentations were divided into three sessions. Session 1 featured project models that are replicable and regional in [...]
There are different ways to get involved with the Energy For All Partnership and get the communication going:
