wind power

The Wind Power working group

Wind has the potential to solve many problems found in poorer regions in Asia. The electricity it can generate, even on a small scale, is enough to pump water, provide lighting, charge batteries, or accomplish any other number of critical services.

The Wind Power working group focuses on small-scale wind power to help develop and deploy projects that can improve access to this promising and underutilized form of energy.

Planned Activities

• Technical evaluation and feasibility studies
• Technology transfer and manufacturing optimization
• Financing and implementation arrangements
• Capacity building
• Project implementation

The Working Group will expand its scope to larger-scale wind in a later phase.

Recent News

INCEPTION WORKSHOP, 12 March 2010

The second meeting of the Energy for All Partnership working group on wind power took place on 12 March 2010 at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. This was also the inception workshop for the ADB regional technical assistance on the Effective Deployment of Small Wind Systems in Asian Rural Areas. Please browse the documents below.

• Needs Assessment of Small Wind Power Utilization in Asian Rural Areas, by Jiwan Acharya and Aiming Zhou
• Small Wind Power Systems: A US Perspective and Lessons Learned, by Dennis Lin
• The Market and Applications of Chinese Small Wind Turbines, by Shen Dechang
• Green Financing Program Korea Eximbank, by Jongbae Yang
• Large vs. Small: Differentiated Approaches to Scaling Up Wind Power and Increasing Access to Energy for the Poor, by Debjani Bhatia
• Proposal for Distributed Small Wind Turbine Systems Deployed in Poor Rural Areas of China, by Haofeng Fei
• Philippines Small Wind Projects in Off-grid Areas, by Fortunato Sibayan
• Wind Power Development in the Kyrgyz Republic, by Kanat Djusupov
• Small Wind Energy in Mongolia, by Ch.Batbayar and D.Purevbayar
• Proposal for Electrifying Poor Rural Communities through Small Wind in Nepal, by Narayan Prasad Adhikari
• Implementation Guidelines and Best Practices: Optimal Approach of PV-Small Wind-Hybrid Systems in the Rural Context, by Paul Hattle
• Centralized Off-Grid Wind Power Supply System, by Li Feng
• Financing Off-grid Electrification from Private Sector Financing Perspective, by Shuji Hashizume
• Update on the Energy for All Partnership, by Jiwan Acharya

INCEPTION MEETING, 7 December 2009

The inception meeting of the Wind Power working group was held in Seoul, Korea, on 7 December 2009. This meeting was hosted by Mr. Soo Yang Han, Standing Advisor and former CEO of POSCO Engineering & Construction (E&C), and chairman of the working group.  Representatives from industry, governments, development partners, non-government organizations, financial institutions, advisory firms, and a research and development institute attended as participants and observers.

The working group agreed to focus on small-scale wind at the outset and align its activities with ADB’s Regional Technical Assistance on Effective Deployment of Distributed Small Wind Power Systems in Asian Rural Areas, which is expected to begin implementation in early 2010. Please read the documents of the inception meeting for more information:

• Opening and closing remarks by Mr. Soo Yang Han
• Energy For All Partnership by Mr. Jiwan Acharya
• Energy For All Partnership by Mr. Samir Thapa
• Opportunities and challenges to scaling up wind power in Philippines by Fortuno S. Sibayan
• Wind Energy R&D at KIER
• Effective deployment of distributed small wind power systems in Asian rural areas by Kangbin Zheng