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| Development Banks Involved in Hydropower Projects |
The involvement of multi-national banking institutions is critical to the completion and modernization of hydroelectric projects, particularly in the developing world. This article details nearly US$16 billion in funding recently awarded for work at more than 50 projects.
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| Germany Looks to Mongolia for Rare Earths for Renewables | October 13, 2011, German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed a resource trade agreement with her Mongolian counterpart in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. Surrounded by a contingent of German industry leaders, the German delegates were eager to secure access to Mongolia’s burgeoning mining economy, specifically its coal, rare earth elements and other commodities, in exchange for German technology and skills to support local mineral processing operations. | |
| WTE Considered for District Heating and Power in Mongolia | City administrators say a waste-to-energy incinerator would solve two problems at once by reducing both the amount of garbage in the city and the need for residents to burn fuel to heat their homes. | |
| Rare Earth Materials for Renewables May Come From Mongolia | Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (otcqb:GTSO) announced today that cores drilling and sample collection have been completed by an independent geologist on the 17,000 acres GTSO is seeking to help develop in Mongolia. Core samples will be sent to the KORES laboratory in South Korea for mineral analysis to confirm concentrations of rare earth elements. | |
| Russia's Republic of Tuva and Mongolia to Develop Solar Yurt | Top Tuva official Sholban Kara-ool announced the project, noting that the solar fibers would be able to charge a mobile phone or flashlight and that energy accumulated over the course of a sunny day could power televisions and electric lights during the night. Kara-ool claimed that the project would have a huge effect on Mongolia's campaign to have "100,000 solar gers" for its herders. | |
| Oil Work in Mongolia May Provide Geothermal Data | In central Mongolia, the company has commissioned Major Drilling Group International to carry out stratigraphic drilling. The aim of the programme is to provide factual constraints on what is observed in the seismic studies, Petro Matad explained, as well as obtain direct measurements of the geothermal gradient in a move the company hailed "an essential step" in its exploration activities across the blocks. | |
| Article: Mongolia's Renewable Energy Possibilities | In 2005, the government passed the Renewable Energy Program, mandating that green energy sources account for 20-25 percent of Mongolia’s needs by 2020. | |
| Mongolia Chosen As Pilot Nation | The International Renewable Energy Organization /IREO/ in cooperation with the United Kingdom based international NGO “Humanitad”, have chosen Mongolia as the very first Flagship Pilot Nation for their newly launched, Exemplar-Zero Initiative—carbon-zero, sustainable development global initiative. | |
| Mongolia Touts Wind Potential | So wind power could be a huge?
Wind power could be a major opportunity for Mongolia and for export to China. | |
| Mongolia Consults with Turkey for Technical Assistance on HPP | Mongolian Environment Minister Luimed Ganskhuk visited Turkish Environment and Forestry Minister Veysel Eroglu Thursday to receive technical assistance for "the Orkhon-Gobi Multipurpose Irrigation Pipeline project". | |
| Mongolia Discusses Wind Exports to China | At a recent cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold outlined plans to ramp up the country’s investments in alternative energy and to export wind power to China — enough to equal 40 million tons of coal. | |
| ADB Inaugural Clean Energy Bond | The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to issue its inaugural Clean Energy Bond to support its clean energy projects, including hydro projects, in Asia and the Pacific, ADB announced. | |
| Korea International Cooperation Agency Assists With PV in Mongolia | "The PV project will take off from Ethiopia and Mongolia by the second half of this year at the earliest and proceed gradually to other countries." | |
| ADB to Fund Small Wind in Mongolia | The country will be one of the sites for small wind pilot projects of mulilateral lender Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Jiwan Acharya, ADB specialist on Regional and Sustainable Development Department said at the recently-concluded Clean Energy Forum, that these small wind projects aim to provide reliable and affordable emission-free electricity to remote areas. | |
| Mongolian Resources Eyed for Clean Tech | Origo partners, an AIM listed private equity firm hassigned a memorandum of understanding with Chinese authorities to form a $75M Origo China Sustainable Development Fund. Origo recently opened an office in capitol city Ulan Bator, Mongolia and will also put money to work in Mongolia's minerals sector. | |
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