Green Power for Bhutan: Clean Energy Crosses Borders to Reach Poor Households
Asian Development Bank | June 2014
Abstract
This brochure reviews the key features of ADB's Bhutan Green Power Development Project, which taps into Bhutan’s enormous hydropower potential through a public–private partnership, the first of its kind in the country.
This brochure reviews the key features of ADB's Bhutan Green Power Development Project, which taps into Bhutan’s enormous hydropower potential through a public–private partnership, the first of its kind in the country. The project marks a new phase for development in Bhutan, and illustrates how cross-border power trade is a win–win solution for all countries involved.
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Asian Development Bank. 2014. Green Power for Bhutan: Clean Energy Crosses Borders to Reach Poor Households. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/692. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Work Environment
Regulatory Environments
Institutional Environment Assessment
Global Environment
Environmentally Sustainable Development
Environmentally Damaging Subsidies
Environmental Strategy
Environmental Sustainability
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