Asian Development Bank

Knowledge and Power Asian Development Bank

With Asia set to surpass the rest of the world's energy consumption before 2035, project implementers and stakeholders need to understand the development and needs of the region's energy sector to meet its challenges. This publication offers a snapshot of the region's energy sources and how they are used, and presents recent developments and challenges that emphasize the urgency and necessity of sustainable energy initiatives. It features 15 recent noteworthy projects as case stories (contexts, solutions, results, and lessons) that were implemented in Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Philippines, and Uzbekistan in the areas of energy efficiency, solar energy, geothermal, waste-to-energy, advanced coal technology, and electricity interconnection.