USAID Clean Power Asia Quarterly Report Fiscal Year 2017: January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017

The program focuses on incorporating renewable energy into planning, building an enabling environment for renewable energy policies and frameworks, and catalytic finance. The goal of the USAID Clean Power Asia initiative is to accelerate the regional transition to a high-performing, low-carbon power sector. The program aims to achieve this goal through three interconnected outcomes: high renewable energy scenarios included in energy planning, improved enabling systems for renewable energy deployment, and increased investment and deployment of grid-connected renewable energy projects. The program collaborates with diverse stakeholders, partners, and regional organizations in four Lower Mekong countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Thailand) and shares lessons learned and best practices with additional ASEAN member countries (Philippines and Indonesia). The program's results to date indicate that the regional institutions' ability to promote sustainable and equitable regional growth has increased, with improved management of natural capital and mobilization of public and private sectors for low-emission development strategies. The program has achieved significant progress in several areas, including the mobilization of public and private sector investment for clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and the designation and development of renewable energy zones. The program has also contributed to the establishment of grid-connected renewable energy targets and the improvement of enabling systems for renewable energy deployment. The USAID Clean Power Asia initiative has supported the development of several renewable energy projects, including solar and wind power projects, and has contributed to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through the deployment of clean energy technologies. The program has also promoted the adoption of renewable energy policies and regulations, which has helped to create an enabling environment for the growth of the renewable energy sector. The program's results indicate that the regional institutions' ability to promote sustainable and equitable regional growth has increased, with improved management of natural capital and mobilization of public and private sectors for low-emission development strategies. The program has also contributed to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the designation and development of renewable energy zones.