Energypreneurs

ADB is revising its energy policy and Dr. Yongping Zhai, Chief of Energy, is leading the Energy Policy update for ADB. In this episode, Dr. Zhai and I discussed the energy policy and its challenges: how to get the right policy mix that will be practical enough to deliver ADB's planned climate outcome.

No new coal. Yes. But what is the best option for all ADB members?

What about gas? Stranded asset risks? Please join in to explore more.

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In this episode, I go through the ADB's draft Energy Policy for public consultation. If you are interested to understand the proposed policy and want to engage in this consultation process, this may be a good start. I discuss the changing energy landscape, ADB's support for climate change, and activities and investments that the energy policy will prioritize to align ADB operations with the Paris agreement.

In this policy document you will find, how ADB pans to move away from investing in fossil fuels, promote energy efficiency, electric vehicles, improve cities and people's lives, using renewable energy, battery storage and new technologies

Here is a link to the policy document for public consultation:

1. Timeline and background for the review https://www.adb.org/who-we-are/about/energy-policy-review
2. Draft Policy: https://www.adb.org/documents/draft-energy-policy-supporting-low-carbon-transition-asia-and-pacific

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Today we hear from Alexander Ablaza, the man behind many energy efficiency initiatives across Asia, for more than two decades in development agencies and the private sector. His new passion how to scale up markets through ESCOs and help countries meet their Paris Commitment

In this episode, Alex shared his journey on the energy efficiency sector and building non-profit organizations like the Asia Pacific ESCO Industry Alliance- with 10 countries as its member including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. Moreover, he explained what ESCO is and how they are helping the energy sector. We also talked about the energy efficiency law in the Philippines, how it may finally jump-start an entirely new revolution.

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Jerin Hossain is a mother, entrepreneur, and CEO of a textile company in Bangladesh. Her casual use of social media and engagement with others by sharing her passion to give voice to animals and plants has made her the person with the highest LinkedIn followers in Bangladesh.

In today's episode, she shares her insights into her success with another social media guru, Reah Sy, who manages some of the corporate social media accounts for the Asian Development Bank.

In this conversation, we could glean some of Jerin's strategies and key to this success that may be useful for many wannabe social media influencers on Linkedin

To find out the key to Jerin's success and her daily routine for social media, please listen in.

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Doreen Cooper is an award-winning speaker, international trainer, book author, and content creator.

In this episode, we explore more about personal branding and leveraging social media.

According to Doreen, personal branding is the identity that you highlight base on your personality, experiences, skills, and values. She also shared some steps on how to start building your personal brand and understanding the gap between "where you are now" and "what you want to be".

We also talked about the importance of social media presence especially during this pandemic, being mindful of what you post, and why you should find the right platform for you, not just for the sake of using it.

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Varun Kumar Duggal is working on performance modeling and the techno-economic assessment of lithium-ion battery systems.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of stationary energy storage systems in the grid and the complexity of battery degradation.

We explore the impact of electric vehicles on the grid, the vehicle-to-grid opportunities, options to maximize battery lives, and the timing for solid-state batteries.

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Monalisa Dimalanta is the former Chairman of the National Renewable Energy Board of the Philippines.

In this episode, we talked about the history of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Philippines. We also explored the Philippines' renewable act, which can be argued as one of the best renewable acts there is, and reviewing the regulatory framework.

Monalisa also shared the country's RE development both on-grid and off-grid. She gave clarity as well as to why rooftop solar was not included in the feed-in tariff of the country.

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Yuki Yu, Researcher & Founder of Energy Iceberg, an information and intelligence in English about the Chinese renewable, and new energy market. Her company focuses specifically on wind or solar, and some of the emerging technology areas like hydrogen and battery energy storage.

We discuss China's renewable energy vision, and why China's battery storage capacity will need to increase multifold from 2,500 MWh now.

We engage in hydrogen and the future of feed-in tariff, and tariff and much more.

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Yuki YuFounder & Independent Researcher Chinese Clean Power Policy & Market Insights https://energyiceberg.com/

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ADB Ventures is investing in bold technology startups solving today's biggest unsolved problems.

Sherwin Pu, the head of ADB's new impact-technology investment platform, talks about its business model to deploy venture capital investments and technical assistance to support early-stage technology businesses. We learn today the intent behind ADB Ventures, what it aims to do to become $1 billion in funds in years to come. We discuss the Ventures Labs that ADB has been working on with other partners in the region. If you are ready for applying for technical support from ADB for your high tech startup ideas, please listen to this conversation and then apply to ADB Ventures

ADB Ventures: https://ventures.adb.org https://www.adb.org/documents/establishment-adb-ventures-financing-partnership-facility

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Tim Washington, the co-founder of, JET Charge and Chargefox, two successful EV charging start-ups in Australia, speaks candidly about the private sector-led electric vehicle future of Australia.

Tim is also the Chair of the Australian EV Council, and as an early adopter of EV, has been driving a model Tesla Model S with free lifetime charging from Tesla in Melbourne.

We come with an innovative concept of subscription for a range of anxiety insurance and discuss why EV manufacturing in Australia needs immediate government support. Automotive today is not about just building vehicles but the entire software and hardware ecosystem around including autonomous driving.

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