Clean Energy

Clean Energy
Updated: 28 October 2009

ADB's Clean Energy Program

Clean energy has become one of ADB's highest priorities, with over one fourth, or 27%, of the total approved loans in 2008 supporting projects with clean energy components.

ADB's Clean Energy Program is multi-pronged. It seeks to increase regional energy efficiency in energy, transport and urban sectors; to adopt renewable energy sources; and to improve access to energy for the poor and remote regions - avoiding the use of traditional biomass. The clean energy program seeks to meet energy security needs, facilitate a transition to a low-carbon economy, universal access to energy, and achieve ADB’s vision of a region free of poverty.

With high levels of confidence for clean energy investments, ADB's newly approved Energy Policy targets the annual lending for related programs to $2 billion by 2013.

See the list of ADB's Clean Energy Projects.

Learn more about access to energy through the Energy for All Initiative.

Read about the evolution of ADB's clean energy program [ PDF: 119kb | 2 pages ].