Alternative and renewable energy industries

A comprehensive overview of the climate crisis and need for a renewable energy transition, and the current blocks to progress.

How do Middle East energy transitions fit into international energy markets?

The world is at a pivotal crossroad in energy choices.

Almost everyone agrees on the need to transition the global economy to net zero.

This volume shows the pervasiveness over a millennium and a half of the little-studied phenomenon of multi-tier intertextuality, whether as 'linear' window reference - where author C simultaneously imitates or alludes to a text by author A and its imitation by author B - or as multi-directional imitative clusters.

Presents the emerging principle of Common Concern of Humankind as legal response and to serious collective action crises.

The heart of the contemporary argument on climate change and energy transition focuses on how energy supply should be decarbonized to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

A fully up-to-date, comprehensive wind energy engineering resourceThis thoroughly updated reference offers complete details on effectively harnessing wind energy as a viable and economical power source.

In recent decades the global wind energy industry has undergone explosive growth, and there is still vast potential for wind to supply more of the world's energy.

The oil and gas industry is old and is notoriously resistant to change.

In the vein of "e;An Inconvenient Truth,"e; a sobering assessment of our nation's energy policies and a stirring call for change.

In the vein of "e;An Inconvenient Truth,"e; a sobering assessment of our nation's energy policies and a stirring call for change.

Ahorrar dinero en la factura de la electricidad, mejorar el medio ambiente y ser autosuficientes hasta el punto de olvidar por completo a las compañías eléctricas puede parecer algo inalcanzable.

Cuanto más sabemos sobre las consecuencias catastróficas del cambio climático, más combustibles fósiles quemamos.

What is the greatest challenge facing humanity this century?

When industry giants such as GE, Toyota, and Sharp and investment firms such as Goldman Sachs are making multibillion-dollar investments in clean technology, the message is clear.

Energía, institucionalidad y desarrollo en América Latina recoge una serie de ensayos que revisan lo que ha implicado el sector energético para la región y adelantan propuestas de política pública de cara al futuro.

En un mundo volátil y desafiante, la transición global hacia un sistema energético que minimice las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero constituye una de las principales herramientas para acotar el calentamiento global −cuyo avance constituye un serio riesgo a los ecosistemas, a la vida humana y a las actividades económicas que le dan sustento−.

This publication explores the significant potential of solar district heating to accelerate the integration of renewable energy into heating systems in the People's Republic of China.

The Asian Development Bank has implemented a regional technical assistance to develop small hybrid renewable energy systems that will provide reliable, adequate, and affordable energy for inclusive growth in Asian rural areas, and enable access to electricity and energy efficiency in remote rural locations and small isolated islands.

Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy is one of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

The Asian Development Bank has implemented a regional technical assistance to develop small hybrid renewable energy systems that will provide reliable, adequate, and affordable energy for inclusive growth in Asian rural areas, and enable access to electricity and energy efficiency in remote rural locations and small isolated islands.

Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity.

This guidebook documents the experiences and lessons learned from developing 12 pilot mini-grid systems for off-grid energy access in Myanmar.

This compendium showcases new and innovative low carbon technologies that have potential to be deployed in Asia and the Pacific.

This report examines the opportunities for developing equitable and efficient means to manage water resources in the Dudh Koshi river system in Nepal.

Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity.

A reliable energy system is the backbone of a modern economy and essential for well-being.

Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity.

Despite significant economic growth in Asia in recent decades, millions of people in rural Asia still lack access to electricity.

Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) is a pivotal step in the development phase because it determines the bankability of wind projects.

This book examines clean energy financing and approaches in hydropower and demand-side energy efficiency projects.

This publication provides guidance on how governments and utilities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) can develop sustainable power development plans based on current international best practices.

A decade after it took form, the Clean Energy Program of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was assessed according to the indicators set out in the 2009 Energy Policy.

Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) is a pivotal step in the development phase because it determines the bankability of wind projects.

This guidebook documents the experiences and lessons learned from developing 12 pilot mini-grid systems for off-grid energy access in Myanmar.

Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy is one of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

This report proposes a renewable energy subsidy mechanism for Indonesia to close the gap between the costs of renewable and conventional power generation.

Maldives has no proven fossil fuel reserves, but it has abundant renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and ocean (tidal, wave, and ocean thermal), and has the potential to produce green hydrogen fuel using renewable energy.

Public banks are dynamic, contested institutions with the potential to decarbonize the environment, definancialise the economy, and democratise global development.

A Supplementary Dictionary of Renewable Energy and Sustainability consists of 600 A to Z entries relating to these subjects, including the terms associated with fossil- and nuclear-fuelled energy systems; renewable energy sources such as solar thermal, bioenergy, tidal power and wind power; and energy costings.

Drawing on the Asian Development Bank's experience installing the rooftop solar photovoltaic system at its headquarters, the Handbook for Rooftop Solar Development in Asia hopes to demystify the process of developing solar photovoltaic projects in urban areas.

Drawing on the Asian Development Bank's experience installing the rooftop solar photovoltaic system at its headquarters, the Handbook for Rooftop Solar Development in Asia hopes to demystify the process of developing solar photovoltaic projects in urban areas.

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