News • June 29, 2023
Greenpreneur’s Light of Hope in Philippines selected as Winner for Korean Funding
(This article is available in English and Korean.) [in English] Jovie Gil Montajes left a high-paying corporate job in 2018 to become a social entrepreneur. At the time, he was working as a Worldwide Level 3 Solutions Engineer for a private company in Cebu, Philippines. “I am blessed to have a strong support system and […]
News • July 1, 2021
Virtual Event: Scaling-up Water Access in SIDS – Lessons learned from Vanuatu
June 30, 2021 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the Government of Vanuatu, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg co-hosted a virtual event on June 30 to share lessons from the successful implementation of the water access project in Vanuatu, in view of significantly scaling up water access in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) […]
News • March 31, 2020
Preparations underway for installation of solar-powered water pumps in Vanuatu
In March, GGGI, took important steps to install 24 solar-powered water systems on 5 outer islands in Vanuatu. The work is part of the “Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change through Solar Power-driven Access to Water in Rural Areas of Outers Islands, Vanuatu” project being delivered in partnership with the Vanuatu’s Department of Water Resources, with […]
News • March 12, 2018
NTT: Paving the Path to Green Growth and Bringing Renewable Energy to Life
The Provincial Government of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) realizes that NTT is one of those areas where there is little or no electrical grid infrastructure. NTT has an electrification rate of 59%, which is extremely low compared to the national average of 93% as per June 2017. Furthermore, their current energy mix is dominated by […]
News • December 15, 2017
A new world in which solar and storage becomes the cheapest form of energy
Renewable energy became the cheapest form of electricity in 58 emerging economies last year. This year, the 11th Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE 11.0) showed that solar and wind energy generation costs (at $46 to $53 per megawatt-hour of generation) easily beat coal and gas (at $60-68). Solar power was the fastest-growing source of new energy worldwide in 2016, […]
News • December 13, 2017
Can Korea Power Past Coal? A New World in Which “Solar+Batteries” Becomes the Cheapest Form of Energy
Frank Rijsberman is Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) SEOUL, Dec 13 2017 (IPS) – Renewable energy became the cheapest form of electricity in 58 emerging economies last year. This year, the 11th Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE 11.0) showed that solar and wind energy generation costs (at $46 to $53 per megawatt-hour of generation) easily beat coal and gas […]
News • November 23, 2017
GGGI holds its first energy forum in Seoul, Korea
On November 23, under the theme of Green Energy – Energizing A Sustainable World, GGGI and Hanwha Q CELLS, a global solar power company, jointly organized a forum to discuss how fast the world can thrive on 100% renewable energy. Participants from Australia, China, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Norway and the UK gathered in Seoul to take […]