Thailand Ministry of Energy Provided Portal Training

Submitted by roseberry00 on Thu, 02/09/2017 - 11:52

On 27 January, more than 20 staff from the Thailand Ministry of Energy attended an introduction and training session on the Portal. The occassion enabled ESCAP to gather valuable feedback on what  users found useful, and what additional information and functionality would improve the platform. This feedback will help guide the Portal's future development.

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Powerplant Info Now Available in "InfraMaps"

Submitted by roseberry00 on Thu, 02/09/2017 - 11:43

ESCAP has recently launched the new "InfraMaps" section of the Portal, providing interactive maps of powerplants within the region. Presented as layers, users can view conventional and renewable power plants by resource type. The powerplant data gathering effort continues, and is expected to be complete in summer 2017, at which time the first maps of grid infrastructure will also be made available.

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Portal Presented to Policymakers at Committee Side Event

Submitted by roseberry00 on Thu, 02/09/2017 - 11:37

On January 19, Asia-Pacific regional policymakers were provided an in-depth look at the Asia Pacific Energy Portal's content and functionality at a side event during the first Committee on Energy. ESCAP staff offered hands-on training on each of the main areas of the portal: data, policy, and the newly launced infrastructure maps. Policymakers were overall very pleased with the platform and made note of it in the Committee outcome document. 

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BHUTAN: Bhutan Water Vision and Bhutan Water Policy

Bhutan has abundant water resources , but this resource will face new, complex and pervasive challenges caused by population growth and socio-economic development. These challenges have to be faced. They must be effectively addressed through defined policies, acts, regulations , public education, stakeholder participation and well designed development programmes with efficient manag ement institutions. The Water Policy sets out the Government's Vision as follows: Water is the most important natural , economic and life-sustaining resource and we must ensure that it is available in abundance to meet the increasing demands. Present and future generations will have assured access to adequate, safe and affordable water to maintain and enhance the quality of their lives and the integrity of natural ecosystems. The Water Vision is based on the principles of environmental conservation, integrated water resources management, sustainable use of water resources, economic efficiency, equity and good governance.

BHUTAN: National Strategy and Action Plan for Low Carbon Development, 2012

The task of the long-term national strategy for low carbon development is to strike the difficult balance of economic growth and sufficient energy at reasonable cost while preserving the local environment and contributing to climate protection. More specifically the strategy shall enable Bhutan to fulfil the commitment to remain carbon neutral. In addition, the strategy will align with the Green Economy theme in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20) taking place in June 2012. The concept of Green Economy focuses on the intersection between environment and economy. The selected intervention areas included in the low carbon strategy and action plan are as follows: Energy intensive industries’ non-energy related emissions ; Crop production; Livestock raising; Municipal solid waste; Road transport; Residential sector; Data improvement ; Sequestration capacity; Carbon footprint.

TUVALU: Tuvalu Infrastructure Strategy and Investment Plan 2012

The Tuvalu Infrastructure Strategy and Investment Plan (TISIP) represents a country led and prioritized investment plan for economic infrastructure for the next 5-10 years. The plan identifies the needs and priorities for investments in economic infrastructure and assesses the financial resources to support implementation. The TISIP aims at improving coordination in planning and financing of infrastructure development and maintenance between national stakeholders and international development partners and to strengthen the capacity of the Government to plan and manage the development of its economic infrastructure.