The 3-hour session will cover experience from ADB operations in supporting various innovative technologies and business models in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia with potential replication in other DMCs.

Representatives from the executing agencies will explain what challenges they encountered, the solutions they applied, and lessons learned. The session will be interactive with the audience through quizzes (with prizes!) after each presentation and a Q&A session with the panelists.

Objectives

  • Raise awareness of current innovative technologies and business models for decarbonization developed in East Asia region with potential replication for other DMCs.
  • Build partnerships and support networking among stakeholders of various DMCs to learn from each other and collaborate.

AGENDA


9:00 - 9:05 a.m.

Introduction and Objectives of the Session

Alfredo Baño Leal, Senior Energy Specialist, EASI, ADB


9:05 – 10:05 a.m.

Presentations: 5 Case Studies for Mongolia

(12 min each followed by a 2 min quiz through Menti App)

The Importance of an Integrated North Asian Super-Grid: Developing Northeast Asia Power System Interconnection (NAPSI)

  • Alfredo Baño Leal, Senior Energy Specialist, EASI, ADB

Utility Scale Battery Energy Storage Project in Mongolia

  • Ulzibayar Zandan, Head of Dispatching Department, National Power Transmission Grid (NPTG)

Modernization of the National Power Grid for Automatic Dispatch and Grid Stability

  • Ganbat Enkhbayar, Head of R&D department, National Dispatching Center (NDC)

Potential for Green Hydrogen Production and Export from Mongolia

  • Neil Young, Elixir Energy Ltd.

Revolutionizing Mongolian Ger Community: An Eco-Friendly Solution to Combat Air Pollution and Climate Change with Energy-Efficient Cooking, Heating, and Insulation Package (CHIP)

  • Batbaatar Mungunkhishig, Country Director, People in Need (PIN) Mongolia


10:05 - 10:30 a.m.

Moderated Q&A session with Panelists through Menti App


10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break


11:00 a.m. - 12:12 p.m.

Presentations: 6 Case Studies for the PRC

(10 min each followed by a 2 min quiz through Menti App)

Moderator: Lei Zhang, PAU Head, EASI

Decarbonizing the Cooling Sector in Ningbo – Issues and Solutions

  • Ma Dingling, Director of Regional Planning Department, Ningbo Development Planning Research Institute/p>

Affordable Rural Distributed Clean Heating – Study from Shanxi Low-carbon and Inclusive Rural Development Project

  • Shu Tan, Consultant, EASI, ADB

Decarbonization through Fund Investments Adopting High-Level Technologies, Including CCUS

  • Ganbat Enkhbayar, Head of R&D department, National Dispatching Center (NDC)

Potential for Green Hydrogen Production and Export from Mongolia

  • Hongyan Liu, General Manager, CECEP Fund Management Co. Ltd.

Innovative Financing Instruments for Decarbonization and Air QualityTargeting SMEs

  • Xiumei Duan, Director General, Department of International Green Finance and Cooperation, China National Investment and Guarantee Corporation

Building a Diversified Energy Development System with Green Power, Biomass Based on the Coal-to-gas Program Promoting Rural Energy Revolution and Supporting Rural Revitalization

  • Fenglin Liu, Director of ADB Program Office, Yutian New Energy Co. Ltd.

Project Success Experience Sharing - Shaanxi Energy Efficiency Improvement and Environmental Promotion ADB Loan Project

  • Yuan Yang, Director of Energy Saving and Environmental Department, Shaanxi Financial Holding Development and Investment Management Co. Ltd.


12:12 - 12:25 p.m.

Moderated Q&A session with Panelists through the Menti App.


12:25 - 12:30 p.m.

Prize giving to best quiz respondents and session closing

Moderators: Alfredo Baño Leal and Zhang Lei, EASI, ADB

SPEAKERS


Alfredo Baño Leal

Alfredo Baño Leal

Senior Energy Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Ulzibayar Zandan

Ulzibayar Zandan

Head of Dispatching Department - Ulaanbaatar Branch, National Power Transmission Grid

Ganbat Enkhbayar

Ganbat Enkhbayar

Head of R&D Department, Natonal Dispatching Center

Neil Young

Neil Young

Managing Director, Elixer Energy Ltd.

Batbaatar Mungunkhishig

Batbaatar Mungunkhishig

Country Director, People in Need Mongolia

Lei Zhang

Lei Zhang

PAU Head, East Asia Sustainable Infrastructure Division, ADB

Hongyang Liu

Hongyang Liu

General Manager, CECEP Fund Management Co. Ltd.

Xiumen Duan

Xiumen Duan

Director General, Department of International Green Finance Cooperation - China National Investment and Guarantee Corporation

Fenglin Liu

Fenglin Liu

Director of ADB Program Office, Yutian New Energy Co. Ltd.

Ma Dingling

Ma Dingling

Director of Regional Planning Department, Ningbo Development Planning Research Institute

Yuan Yang

Yuan Yang

Head, Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Department, Shaanxi Financial Holding Development Investment Management Co., Ltd

About the Organizer


The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. It assists its members and partners by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development.