Find below the most interesting news from the last month from South East Asia and the Pacific:

Clean Diesel Opportunities in Pacific Island Countries
ReEx Capital Oceania prepared a report on the promotion of clean diesel efficiencyUsing less energy/electricity to perform the same function. Programs designed to use electricity more efficiently - doing the same with less. technologies and fuel switchingAn example for combined-cycle units is to combine steam turbines and a gas turbine in separate thermodynamic cycles by using heat recovery to capture the energy in the gas turbine exhaust gases for steam production to supply a steam turbine. The total efficiency of the unit is more efficient in ... to biofuelsLiquid fuels and blending components produced from biomass (plant) feedstocks, used primarily for transportation.
Bio fuels are liquid fuels that are produced of plant material or herbal remains. (CNO), including: Catalyst and other efficiency improvements technologies, including wasteheat-to-energyThe ability to perform work, mainly kinetic, potential, thermal energy, but also in forms of gravitational, sound, elastic and electromagnetic energy. and biofuels. >> please click here for the report

World Challenge 2009 – your vote counts!
World Challenge 09 is a global competition aimed at finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level. World Challenge 09 is about championing and rewarding projects and business which really make a difference. The finalists of World Challenge 2009 will be profiled on BBC World News in six 30 minute programmes. You can vote for your favourite project/business on the website. Voting is open until midnight (GMT) on 13th November 2009. >> vote now

Implementing CDMDefined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, the CDM is intended to meet two objectives: (1) to assist parties not included in Annex I in achieving sustainable development and in contributing to the ultimate objective of the convention; and (2) to assist parties included in Annex I in achieving ... Projects: A Guidebook to Host Country Legal Issues
This publication was authored by leading lawyers from Baker & McKenzie’s Global Environmental Markets Practice over the last 18 months. It primarily targets project developers and climateClimate is typically defined as the average weather (or more rigorously a statistical description of the average in terms of the mean and variability) over a period of time, usually 30 years. These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate ... policymakers in developing countries, but it is of equal interest to carbon investors. The Guidebook explains through case studies how domestic laws and regulatory frameworks in CDM Host Countries interact with the international rules on carbon trading, and how they can be enhanced to facilitate the implementation and financing of CDM projects. >> download the Guidebook here

ADB approves renewable energyRenewable energy is power generated from infinite sources, such as wind or solar power. Conventional energy is generated from finite sources, such as natural gas or fossil oil. grant for Pacific region
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a technical assistance grant to help design and deliver renewable energy products to the Pacific region. The Bank approved a USD 3 million grant for the development of small pilot projects in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. >> read more

World Bank to provide USD 202 million loan to Vietnam for clean energy projects
The World Bank (WB) will provide USD 202 million for Vietnam to implement a renewable energy development project between now and 2013. An agreement to this effect was signed between the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Giau and the WB’s Director in Vietnam, Victoria Kwakwa in Hanoi on June 16. Under the agreement, the project, capitalised at USD318 million in total, aims to provide more renewable electricityA form of energy having magnetic, radiant and chemical effects. Electric current is created by a flow of electrons. for the national gridA grid is a network of transmission lines, usually to distribute electric power . to ensure Vietnam’s social development and protect the environment. >> read more