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Asia Solar Energy Forum Third Meeting
Background
The Asia Solar Energy Initiative (ASEI) was launched by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda on 3 May 2010 during ADB's 43rd Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
It aims to create a virtuous cycle of solar energy investments in the region, toward achieving grid parity, so that ADB's developing member countries optimally benefit from this clean and inexhaustible energy resource.
ASEI aims to assist the implementation of 3,000 MW of solar power in Asia and the Pacific over the next 3 years through solar project identification and development, provision of innovative financing,and knowledge management such as through the Asia Solar Energy Forum (ASEF).
ADB together with its partners, the International Energy Agency (IEA), Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEP) and United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO), introduced the Asia Solar Energy Forum (ASEF) as part of a broader initiative to accelerate the development of solar energy in Asia and the Pacific, by providing a platform to share and process knowledge on technology, standards, experiences, policies, incentives, risk mitigation strategies, long-term financing, and approaches to exploit economies of scale.
Objectives
The Third Meeting of the ASEF will focus on developing bankable projects for the Asia-Pacific region offering insights from existing projects and those under development, existing and favorable policy and regulatory environments, and working financing solutions. A field visit to one of the world's largest solar PV plants is also being offered to willing Regular Members of the ASEF.
Target Participants
Over 300 delegates are expected to attend the Third Meeting of the ASEF. Participation is by invitation only. Invitees are being requested to confirm their attendance to the Third Meeting and consider becoming members of the ASEF knowledge society before the meeting convenes in May 2011. For membership application forms and a copy of the ASEF Charter, please contact the ASEF Interim Secretariat.
