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REEEP Project Profiles 2007/8

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Contents

Ministerial Statements from Programme Donors 2

International Directors Review 7

Overview of REEEP Programmes 10

REEEP in the News 12

Project Profiles: Supported Projects 2007/8 15

Project Profiles: Commissioned Projects 2007/8 51

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MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS FROM PROGRAMME DONORS


Norway regards REEEP as an importantpartnership through which internationaland regional collaboration in the energysector may increase in quantity as well asin quality.

Industrialised countries must do what isin our power to ensure that developingcountries make a technological leap for-ward and avoid falling into the traps ofpolluting technologies.With a three-yearpledge of €3.7 million from 2006 to 2008Norway has become a key financial con-tributor to REEEP.

REEEP objectives are consistent with theaims of the ‘Norwegian action plan for en-vironment in development cooperation’.The plan was launched in 2006 and will beoperational until 2015. It sets out ambitiousgoals for poverty reduction and contribu-tions to sustainable ecological, economicaland social development. In accordance withthe plan, Norway will promote greater useof renewable energy and more energy effi-ciency to address climate change, and alsoimprove access to clean energy.

22 out of 36 new projects announced bythe REEEP partnership in June 2007 areco-funded by Norway. Our funding is pri-marily focused on supporting projects inBrazil, China, and India. There is somefunding of projects in South Africa as well.We are also contributing to a renewableenergy fund in West Africa, targetingGhana, Mali and Senegal.

The threat of climate change may seeminsuperable. However, we have the tools,the technology and to a great extent afavourable international environment to-wards cooperation. Now it is in the in-terest of both developing countries,emerging economies and industrialisedones to act upon this basis and secureour common future.

In our view funding REEEP projects is oneway to contribute to making a difference.

Norway

Climate change is seriously

threatening achievement of the MDGs.

Nevertheless, the world society has

never been better equipped to meet

today’s climate and energy challenges.

Erik SolheimMinister of the Environment andInternational Development

ERIK SOLHEIM



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The partnership has now funded morethan fifty high quality projects globally.

In March this year the UK Governmentpublished its plan for tackling climatechange in the draft Climate Change Bill –the first of its kind in any country. At thesame time, as Gordon Brown said to theUnited Nations, the UK has a special re-sponsibility to help the poorest countriesto adapt to climate change and to helpthem invest in climate-friendly energy pro-duction and energy efficiency to ensurethat all the Millennium Development Goalsare met — not at the cost of economicgrowth, but to achieve it. SupportingREEEP is one of the ways in which the UKis working to meet this global challenge.

The benefits of,and opportunities from,sus-tainable energy are attracting increasing in-terest as it moves to the mainstream: theUK CarbonTrust reports that 10% of all Eu-ropean venture capital investments are nowin clean energy, on a par with the biotechand IT sectors. In the US, green technologyhas become the third largest investment forventure capitalists,and with their fast-pacedgrowth by 2012 India and China are fore-cast to be the most attractive countries forrenewable energy investors.

Operating with a network of eight re-gional secretariats and more than 3,500members, REEEP plays an important roleinternationally. It does this by developingthe policy and financial frameworks thatare essential to get finance flowing intolow carbon infrastructure.

These projects can also help realise the po-tential of the carbon market and the CleanDevelopment Mechanism (CDM). For ex-ample REEEP’s London-Beijing OlympicGames CDM Project will source CertifiedEmission Reductions from a Beijing CDMproject as part of the carbon managementstrategy for the London Games. Anotherproject with IT Power, the Gold StandardFoundation andWWF has held workshopsin the Philippines, China and Brazil to raiseawareness and guide developers to con-sider how the CDM ‘Gold Standard’ couldbe applied to their projects.

Over and above carbon finance there is aneed for substantial additional financing toassist developing countries’ move to a lowcarbon future.The UK has announced it issetting up a new EnvironmentalTransforma-tion Fund worth US$1.6 billion which willhelp meet our international commitment toreducing poverty reduction through invest-ment in clean energy, sustainable forestry,adaptation and environmental protection.REEEP is helping to implement such initia-tives and realise their full potential.

As REEEP enters its fifth year, I look for-ward to continuing Defra’s support andfunding for the partnership.

United Kingdom

Defra is proud of its involvement in

REEEP: a leading global partnership that

has seen continued growth in its

membership, funding support and

project delivery since its launch in 2003.

The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MPSecretary of State

HILARY BENN

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Ireland supports the ultimate objective ofthe United Nations Framework Conventionon Climate Change.To achieve that objec-tive, we believe that global emissions mustbe reduced to at least 50% of the 1990 levelby 2050. In any terms, this is a major globalchallenge and Ireland is fully committed tocontributing to its achievement.

Transition to a low-carbon world is nolonger a choice, it is an imperative — anenormous task but not without significantopportunities for those who act quickly,andwith both commitment and determination.

Ireland welcomes the opportunity thatREEEP offers to participate in a multi-stake-holder, sustainable development initiative,which aims to accelerate the global devel-opment of renewable energy and energy ef-ficiency systems.Our support is channelledthrough a suite of programme supports in-cluding through GEF and the FrameworkConvention on Climate Change.

In line with Ireland’s Overseas DevelopmentAid policy, the contributions from the IrishGovernment enable REEEP to support proj-ects in eastern and southernAfrica, includingEthiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania,Uganda and Zambia.This development com-ponent of the REEEP initiative brings an im-portant balance to its portfolio of activities,one that is hugely important for theseAfrican countries and for Ireland.

In a very direct and effective way, REEEPcontributes to the task of building an ef-fective global response to climate change.It is a vehicle through which participantscan make a real and positive difference,particularly in least developed countries insub-Saharan Africa. Ireland values its par-ticipation in REEEP and we encourage oth-ers to join us in supporting its objectivesand in building on its success to date.

Ireland

Climate change is the

greatest challenge of our time,

which will compromise global

sustainable development.

John GormleyMinister for the Environment, Heritageand Local Government

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Renewables offer a suitable response toaddress some of the main challenges inthe field of environment, energy and sus-tainable development.

Both the 2001 G8 Renewable EnergyTaskForce and the 2002 Johannesburg WorldSummit on Sustainable Development high-lighted the need to change energy pat-terns, in production and consumption,giving a deep speed-up in finding new ef-fective ways for providing sustainable andclean energy services to people all overthe world.

In this framework, further enforced by theactual global policies on climate, renew-able energies assume a key role in secur-ing energy supply, increasing access toenergy services, particularly to poor pop-ulations, and combating climate changes.

Providing sustainable energy is a globalissue, global efforts and tools are to bepromoted. Partnerships for sustainable de-velopment offer a unique comprehensiveframework to bring actors together, toshare responsibilities and to move to-wards common goals.

In line with this, Italy decided both to im-plement a Partnership programme, theMediterranean Renewable Energy Pro-gramme (MEDREP), and to become part-ner of the REEEP Partnership.

MEDREP is a framework to promote thediffusion of renewable energies in theMediterranean through the implementa-tion of projects and mechanisms able tocreate and support the related technolog-ical markets. At the same time, MEDREPcontributes to facilitate the technologicaland know-how transfer from northern tosouthern, thus contributing to creatinglocal skills in managing renewables.

Cooperation with REEEP is adding value toachieve these goals. Within the REEEP-MEDREP cooperation framework, fourprojects concerning mechanisms and regu-latory framework to support renewableenergies are already under implementation.

REEEP and MEDREP, through their valuableexperience coming from the implementa-tion of concrete projects, will continue tocontribute to the international expert andhigh-level dialogues on sustainable devel-opment and climate change.

Italy

Italy is strongly committed in

promoting renewable energies both

at national and international level.

Dr.Corrado CliniDirector General

Department for Environmental Researchand Development

Italian Ministry for the EnvironmentLand and Sea

CORRADO CLINI

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This funding is for projects that con-tinue to support access to sustainableenergy and greenhouse gas mitigation inthe South Pacific region.

Through the provision of funding toREEEP, the New Zealand Government ispleased to support a project to establish amicro credit scheme for solar lighting sys-tems in the Solomon Islands and Kiribatiunder the 6th project call.

We note that intensified effort is requiredto ensure the energy challenges facing theregion are addressed and consider thatthe addition of an Asia-Pacific Secretariatlast year is an important regional resourceto help foster greater sustainable energynetworks in the region and internationally.

REEEP’s bottom-up project based ap-proach to deliver social improvements todeveloping countries and countries intransition is a good fit with New Zealand’sgeneral approach to aid and developmentin the region.

We note that Pacific Energy Ministers metin April of this year and they identifiedclear priorities for the Pacific region tar-geted towards sustainable energy, energyefficiency, and improved policy and regula-tory systems.We look forward to contin-uing to work with REEEP in assisting withachieving these outcomes.

New Zealand also anticipates workingwith REEEP towards improving access toclean and reliable energy services, by mak-ing sustainable energy more affordable inthe Pacific.

New Zealand

As a member since the Renewable

Energy and Energy Efficiency

Partnership’s inception in 2002,

New Zealand is delighted to make

additional funding available to REEEP.

Hon David ParkerMinister Responsible forClimate Change Issues

DAVID PARKER

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR’S REVIEW


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REEEP Programmes are a strategic asset ofthe partnership and represents a potentway to engage and collaborate with ourpartners to develop a global market for re-newable energy and energy efficiency.

REEEP also underwent two evaluationsduring this period and in response to theevaluation recommendations we havetaken a number of actions.We have startedcommissioning projects using a transpar-ent process and are increasingly workingdirectly with governments and financial in-stitutions. We have also launched a fund-ing stream to support replication andscale-up of successful past projects andhave also doubled the duration of projectsand significantly increased the financialgrants to projects.We have narrowed ourgeographic focus to the emerging marketeconomies and the least developed coun-tries. During the selection process for the

6th Programme Cycle, the biggest so far,we received a record number of 310 pro-posals from which 37 projects are beingsupported. We would like to thank ourpartners for this positive response to thestrategic shift of REEEP Programmes.

We would also like to thank our pro-gramme donors who facilitate the deliv-ery of our core aim: the promotion ofrenewable energy and energy efficiencymarket development.We are thankful tothe governments of Norway, the UnitedKingdom, Ireland, Italy and New Zealandfor their continued support and guidanceto REEEP Programmes.

We hope you find the Project Profiles2007/8 useful in better understanding theprojects implemented by our partners andthe importance of these initiatives at thelocal level.We are happy to receive com-ments or questions about engaging with us.

International Director

REEEP is very happy to present

the REEEP Project Profiles 2007/8

reflecting a targeted approach

to increase business, finance,

policy and regulatory impacts.

Dr.Marianne OsterkornInternational Director

MARIANNE OSTERKORN

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REEEP Programmesand Media Coverage

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OVERVIEW OF REEEP PROGRAMMES


REEEP has been able to leverage this en-thusiasm and identify concrete actionsthat move us towards a sustainable energyfuture.The projects described in this bookare only part of a wider portfolio of work.However, they form an important basis onwhich to provide evidence-based policysupport and market transformation.

All of this work is made possible by thededicated staff at the International and Re-gional Secretariats and Focal Points, guid-ance by the Steering Committee andProgramme Board members, REEEP part-ners and the immense support and lead-ership of the donor governments.

Process

One of the major activities of REEEP is tosupport and augment the programmingneeds of its partners in the renewable en-ergy and energy efficiency sectors throughtargeted financial support. REEEP identi-fied priority themes in these sectorsthrough a process of eight regional con-sultative workshops held globally in late2003.This process identified that the twoprinciple focus areas for REEEP would be

• Business and Finance

• Policy and Regulation

These themes remain valid today in opti-mising the impact and usefulness of REEEPresources worldwide.

Since 2004, the specific programme prior-ities within the two themes have been de-veloped and refined through a bottom-upprocess of worldwide regional meetings.

These preparatory meetings identify the re-gional priorities for programming in financ-ing and policy and regulation. Based on anaggregation of all the regions as well as gen-eral public input, the Programme Board, in aconsultative process,develops the global pro-gramme priorities for REEEP. The currentprogramme priorities developed throughsuch a process consist of the following:

• Business and Finance Priorities: car-bon finance for small and end-use ap-plications, business models and riskmitigation instruments for large scaleinvestments, micro-lending, small-busi-ness, pro-poor and gender sensitive fi-nancing mechanisms

• Policy and Regulation Priorities: inte-grated national level policies and regula-tory measures, identification,replicationand scale-up of best practice in policyand regulation

Projects

Since its legal establishment in 2004, REEEPhas supported a total of 84 projects directlysupported by the Governments of theUnited Kingdom, Norway, Ireland, Italy andNew Zealand (many other Governmentmembers support REEEP in other essentialways).These 84 projects were mostly iden-tified through open calls, followed by a rig-orous two-stage selection process.As thenext stage of evolution of the REEEP Pro-gramme, we have started commissioningprojects and also working directly with gov-ernments and development financial insti-tutions to support policy change. Beginningthis year REEEP is also providing additional

Overview of REEEP Programmes

We are very pleased to present the second edition

of REEEP’s programme overview.This publication

highlights the important work being supported by

REEEP and its partners all over the world in the areas

of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.


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support to the scale-up and replication ofsuccessful past projects. In addition, REEEPis in the process of the development andimplementation of a Programme Manage-ment Information System (PMIS) which willautomate existing programme processes,making the programme coordination moreefficient and more open. The first globalmeeting of REEEP Project managers washeld in Beijing this year, which provided agood opportunity to share experience,col-laborate and obtain feedback.These meas-ures ensure good governance and highquality projects with a focus on replicabilityand long-term sustainability.

Creating a balanced portfolio of projectsacross regions, themes and technologieshas not been a simple task. However, byworking together with various REEEPstakeholders we have managed to designan impressive range of project types.Theprogramme portfolio has a balanced re-gional distribution with similar shares forAfrica, Asia-Pacific and Latin America andthe Caribbean. Renewable energy projectsaccount for 57% of the portfolio and en-ergy efficiency projects for 43%.The shareof policy and regulation projects is 51%and the financing projects account for 49%.The portfolio has also leveraged significantresources through co-financing; for eachEuro invested by REEEP donors, over fourEuros are contributed by the project im-plementers and other co-funders.

The number of Government donorscontinues to increase, with the Govern-ment of Australia also supporting REEEPprogrammes.

Cooperation

REEEP has shown leadership by signingmemoranda of understanding with otherpartnerships and organisations such asCLASP, EEP, GNESD, GVEP, ICLEI andMEDREP. Joint programmes with CLASP,GVEP and MEDREP are underway. REEEPalso collaborates with theWorld Bank andIEA.This cooperation is essential in tack-ling the large array of issues in the sus-tainable energy sector, and ensuringstreamlined solutions.

Due to its important role in this area,REEEP efforts in renewable energy wereacknowledged and encouraged in the G8Heiligendamm Plan of Action.

The Future

REEEP is planning to lay more emphasis onworking with key stakeholders such as gov-ernments and financial institutions to sup-port policy, business and financial change.REEEP will also be synthesising the emerg-ing experiences from the programme so farand plan to carry out the first set of impactassessments of completed projects. Finally,the continuing support by its donors, theidentification and support of good qualityprojects, and their dissemination and repli-cation will be important for REEEP pro-grammes in the future.

We hope you find the publication useful inbetter understanding the important workof REEEP, and are happy to receive com-ments, or questions about engaging withthe partnership.

These topics have witnessed

unprecedented levels of interest

from national and local governments,

business development, financial

institutions,banks and the general public

in the last three years.

Morgan BazilianChair of REEEP Programme Board

Media Coverage and

Promotion of REEEP Projects

All REEEP projects are promoted

to a variety of stakeholders

including the media, local and

national governments, financial

institutions and regulatory bodies.

REEEP’s independent and objective status has allowed the partnership to de-velop a strong relationship with the international media.At a regional level,REEEP’s Regional Secretariats work to promote projects to local media (in locallanguage). Projects are also promoted by project developers at conferences andworkshops. Each year the International Secretariat highlights selected projectsfor promotion at international fora via side events at the UN Commission onSustainable Development, the UNFCCC COP/MOP and the annual climatechange event at Wilton Park in the UK.

Primary channels of promotion that REEEP provides to projects include:

Membership

REEEP’s network continues to grow and the current member database exceeds5,200 individuals worldwide.The REEEP community platform allows all projectsto create their own self-managed webpage in order to promote their projectand its outcomes to the entire international membership.

Website and NewsREEEP newsletter

The monthly REEEP e-newsletter highlights selected projects each month. Proj-ect developers are interviewed by writers and a ‘news story’ is produced forthe REEEP website. Projects are promoted to the general public on the REEEPwebsite and to the newsletter subscriber list of 3,000 people via direct mail.Theresult is that projects can be more easily found via Google searches and thatnews on projects is fed directly into the inboxes of governments, businesses,NGOs and the international development community.

The website also has ‘Projects,’ ‘News’ and ‘Events’ sections where projects arehighlighted and links are provided to relevant project documents and reports.

Events

REEEP organises a number of strategic events each year in addition to speakingat more than 75 conferences worldwide. Projects and their outcomes are pre-sented at these events and conferences, raising the awareness of the work thatREEEP and its partners are doing worldwide. For example, REEEP highlightedseveral projects at a special meeting of African and developing country Parlia-mentarians as part of a side event to the Nairobi UNFCCC COP/MOP event.12


LATIN BUSINESS CHRONICLE

Central America:Common GroundBUN-CA and the Renewable Energy andEnergy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) areworking together to stamp the firstcharacters of an energy efficiency motif intothe heart of Central America’s political andcommercial establishment…Policy makershave been taken out into the field to considerthe problems at a grass roots level. Now, thetask is to convince national governments andovercome the practical barriers.

NEW ENERGY FINANCE

KazakhstanTo Pass RenewableEnergy LegislationA key part of the process is the promotionof RES in Kazakhstan and to facilitate thiswe [UNDP] used the Renewable Energyand Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)funding to draft a law tailored to the needsand conditions of this country.

ENERGYWORLD

Biomass co-firing potentialin ChinaESD, with REEEP funding, is determining apath for biomass co-firing to become areality in China. Ironically investment costsare lower than for many other alternatives,however biomass co-firing has still beenneglected…This lack of interest is not dueto a shortage of resources; straw is plentifulacross the country.According to ESD’s study,carried out in conjunction with China’sCenter for Renewable Energy Development(CRED), at least 70,000,000 tonnes ofunused surplus straw is burned each year.

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN +CONSTRUCTION

REEEP Introduces BenchmarkFor Carbon OffsetThe Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency Partnership (REEEP) have joinedforces with the Gold Standard to eliminateconfusion and irregularities from thevoluntary carbon offset market.

BIOFUELS INTERNATIONAL

Mixed blessingsREEEP as an organisation will continue tosupport the development of biofuels toreduce greenhouse gas emissions, but thepartnership will always ensure that projectstake a comprehensive approach, requiringbiofuels production to considersustainability, economic development andland use holistically.

REEEP INTHE NEWS


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Reegle – the information gateway for renewable energyand energy efficiency

REEEP, in conjunction with strategic partners, has developed an informationgateway for renewable energy and energy efficiency. It is a one-stop shop forhigh quality, up-to-date information on clean energy policy, with a core objectiveof supporting the global advancement of energy efficiency and renewables.Thewebsite facilitates fast access to continuously updated information for politi-cians, project developers, companies, municipalities, banks, credit institutions andfor all those interested in this issue.

Reegle specifically covers information relating to jurisdiction & laws, policies &measures, finance & investment, reports & analyses, latest news and stakehold-ers. Reports and news from REEEP’s projects are made available in reegle.

Reegle uses state-of-the-art technology and derives its content from evaluatedand preselected databases and sources, mainly provided by our knowledge part-ners including UNIDO, the World Bank, the World Energy Council and the In-ternational Energy Agency.

The next phase of development will see the introduction of multi-lingual op-tions to further broaden reegle’s global reach.

For more information please visit http://www.reegle.info.

REEEP INTHE NEWS

AFRICAN REVIEW OF BUSINESS

Solar water heatingto ease energy crunchThe market [South Africa] in domesticand commercial SWH systems will growfrom US$10m in 2006 to more thanUS$90m by 2012 based on E+Co’s marketassessment using a list of 23 SWHproviders provided by the internationalclean energy coalition, REEEP.

RENEWABLE ENERGYWORLD

Elemental EnergyTo improve its energy policy and help to itto construct a stronger economy andreduce poverty, Guatemala is one of twenty-four countries from around the worldbenefiting from financial and technical aidfrom the REEEP…Fundacion Solar, a privatedevelopment organization, believes the useof all its natural resources is a key buildingblock to strengthening the Guatemalaneconomy and making it more sustainable.

ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT

CSD-15 outcomes regardingsustainable energy announcedSELCO Power in India presented the casefor establishing linkages between energyservices, income generation andfinance…Anita Utseth, Norway’s StateSecretary, stated that REEEP’s demand-driven, bottom-up approaches are essentialto building trust between developed anddeveloping countries.

INTERNATIONALWATER POWER &DAM CONSTRUCTION

Power struggle in theAmazonWinrock and the Renewable Energy andEnergy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), theglobal partnership that develops innovativepolicy and finance for sustainable energy,have, however, found that earlier attempts tosolve the problem [off-grid rural energyaccess] were too technology-driven and thatthis meant success could not be sustained.

PLATTS RENEWABLE ENERGY REPORT

Is SouthAfrica poised tobecome the next renewableenergy gold mine?SANERI joined with the InternationalEnergy Agency, the Renewable Energy andEnergy Efficiency Partnership and the FossilFuels Foundation, a South African group, inhosting the nation’s first joint collaborativeworkshop on sustainable energytechnologies.

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Project Profiles:Supported Projects 2007/8

LOCATION:

China

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€250,000 including co-funding from theAsian Development Bank (ADB) and theMinistry of Agriculture, China

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Energy and EnvironmentalDevelopment Consulting Ltd.

POLICY & REGULATION

NationalAction Planfor rural biomassrenewable energydevelopmentin China

PURPOSETo develop a National Action Plan for rural biomass based energy in Chinawith supporting documentation

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND OUTPUTS

• Review the major experiences of biomass development in Europe

• Evaluate current policy, institutional, technology and financingmechanisms on rural biomass renewable energy in China

• Identify the barriers and priorities for rural biomass development in China

• Set detailed objectives and targets in the 11th and 12th five-year planson the base of the national strategy

• Design detailed actions on capacity building, institutional building, financingmechanisms, technical renovation, commercialisation, internationalcooperation and awareness improvement, to achieve the targets

• Design and select some pilot engineering projects

• Develop a framework of measures to ensure the smoothimplementation of the Action Plan

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Provision of detailed measures to enable China to achieve its biomassdevelopment target in the medium and long-term as set in the NationalStrategy and achieve greenhouse long-term emission reductions

• Production of measures to remove the barriers to rural biomassdevelopment

• Promotion of public acceptance of the national strategy and improvethe public awareness on rural biomass energy

• FUNDED BY NORWAY •

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LOCATION:

China

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€90,300 including co-funding fromESD-Sinosphere Ltd.

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

• Energy for SustainableDevelopment Ltd.

• Energy Research Institute (ERI) -National Development andReform Commission

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Using financialand market-basedmechanisms toimprove buildingenergy efficiencyin China

PURPOSEThere is significant potential to improve building energy efficiency in Chinaand this project will consider appropriate financial and, in particular,market-based mechanisms to trigger action in this area. Following assessmentof suitable mechanisms, a road-map to increase take-up will be developed


• Investigate existing mechanisms (including building codes andstandards) to improve building energy efficiency in China

• Consider appropriate financial and market mechanisms being developedor used in other parts of the world. This will include taxes, subsidies,soft loans and other incentives, tradable white certificates (TWCs),a clean development mechanism (CDM) programme of activitiesand the voluntary emissions reductions (VER) market

• Assess the suitability of proposed mechanisms for China and investigatekey issues such as which actors should be targeted by measures (e.g.building residents, district heating companies) and links to other policyobjectives such as improved living conditions for residents

• Develop a road-map for improving building energy efficiency in Chinathrough the use of financial and market-based mechanisms, inconsultation with key stakeholders including, for example, the EnergyResearch Institute (ERI), the China Designated National Authority andCDM andVER project developers

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Increased understanding of the role that financial and market-basedinstruments, particularly the regulated and voluntary carbon markets,can play in reducing building energy consumption in China

• A policy framework to create a favourable environment forimplementation of market-based instruments for energy efficiencyin buildings

• Increased awareness and readiness within the industry for the use ofmarket mechanisms for energy efficiency


LOCATION:

Ghana,Mali, Senegal

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€275,000 including co-funding fromGlobal Energy Efficiency and RenewableEnergy Fund (GEEREF) and E+Co

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

E+Co

BUSINESS & FINANCE

E+CoWestAfricaModern Energy Fund

PURPOSETo realise an investment fund to invest $12 million in 76 clean energy SMEsin Ghana, Mali and Senegal.The fund will replicate and scale up E+Co’sexisting activities in an efficient manner


• Provide people with access to energy: 3,191,489

• Offset tonnes of CO2 annually: 2,112,676

• Mobilise third party capital: $120,000,000

Over the total operational period of 10-12 years, the effectswill be roughly four times these numbers:

• Provide people with access to energy: 12,765,956

• Offset tonnes of CO2 annually: 8,450,704

• Mobilise third party capital: $480 million

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Provide access to clean energy to mainly unserved people

• Socio-economic and environmental benefits of replacing fuelwood,kerosene and charcoal with modern cooking fuels

• Catalyse a sustainable financing value chain for clean energy SMEs inthe region

• Include neighbouring African countries in scope of fund, once successfulafter about two years

• Replicate this first-time fund to other E+Co regions especially Mekongand South-America

• Share lessons learned with the wider network of REEEP and otherstakeholders


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LOCATION:

India

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€180,000 including co-funding fromDCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd.

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

DSCL Energy Services CompanyLtd.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Business model forbiomass distributedelectricity generation

PURPOSETo develop a commercial model for biomass distributed electricitygeneration based on an assessment of development needs namelytechnology, financing mechanisms and capacity building at local level forestablishing rural energy supply companies (RESCOs)


• Review distributed generation (DG) programmes based on availableliterature & information

• Conduct a feasibility analysis to assess business attractivenessconsidering market potential and resource availability

• Select appropriate technology, design and implementation of pilot plant

• Conduct further feasibility analysis based on implementation experience

• Develop financing mechanisms for investment in, and commercialexpansion of, such projects in consultation with banks

• Identify agencies and capacity building needs for the development ofRESCOs

• Prepare a business plan

• Hold a bilateral workshop in New Delhi

• Create and manage a web site during the project period

EXPECTED IMPACTS• Expansion of rural energy access and clean energy network

An acceleration of investment in distributed energy systems based onrenewable technology and local resources would supplement the effortson grid expansion in India to meet the target of ‘Energy for all by 2012’

• Positive impact on the environment through the reduction in greenhousegas emission (from the supply of electricity from fossil fuel basedalternatives)

• Poverty alleviation through increased income from the utilisation ofwastes and the generation of direct and indirect employment from thedevelopment of RESCOs

• Social impact as the availability of electricity in theunserved/underserved areas would improve quality of life


LOCATION:

India

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€167,373 including co-funding fromthe India Canada Environmental Facility(ICEF) and the Ministry of New andRenewable Energy (MNRE)

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

The Energy and ResourcesInstitute

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Removal of financialand institutionalbarriers in • FUNDED BY NORWAY

•mainstreamingthe biomass gasifiersystems for thermalapplications in India

PURPOSETo facilitate the large-scale penetration of the gasifier technology in Indiaby the creation of a separate line of credit


• Raise awareness amongst users, banks, manufacturers and local serviceproviders (LSP) about the biomass gasifier technology

• Create a revolving fund to finance manufacturers, users and LSPsthrough alternative financing options - leasing through themanufacturers and LSP and direct financing to the users.The saving onaccount of energy costs will be used to repay the loan amount for useas revolving fund

• Finance 30 biomass gasifier systems of various capacities (10 kg/hr to300 kg/hr) to the Small and Microsized Enterprises (about 2MWthcapacity)

• Develop a minimum of five local nodes/local service providers

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Mainstreaming biomass gasifiers for thermal applications in SMEs

• The problem of energy accessibility for small industry sector could besolved through introduction of locally available biomass resources

• Introduce the scope of livelihood generation for the local serviceprovider for the operation and management of biomass gasifiers andbiomass production and processing


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LOCATION:

Karnataka,Gujarat

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€150,000

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

SELCO Solar Light (P) Ltd.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Creating scalablefinancing models forsustainable energyservices via financialand microfinanceinstitutions

PURPOSETo create a replicable innovative financial mechanism for renewable energyfinancing which will lead to influencing the existing policy on financingenergy services in the region


• Develop 10 clean energy projects with five different innovativefinancing mechanisms involving at least five different financial and/ormicro-finance institutions in renewable financing

• Train representatives from micro-finance institutions on renewablesand innovative financing

• Train and involve the media in promotion of renewable financing andpolicy reformation

• Collate success stories and use these as examples for policy advocacyfor clean energy

• Involve partner micro-finance institutions in policy advocacy

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Involvement of more financial institutions in renewable financing makingthe service accessible for rural underserved populations and influencingpolicy makers to bring appropriate reformation to existing policies

• The policy reformation will encourage mass replication of renewablefinancing in various areas ultimately increasing the reach of renewableservices to the underserved and including them in the ‘bankablecategory’

• The energy service is expected to result in income generation andpromoting sustainable livelihoods

• FUNDED BY NORWAYANDTHE UNITED KINGDOM •

LOCATION:

India

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€1,071,000 including co-funding fromBureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) India,US Environmental ProtectionAgency(EPA) and US Department of State(DoS)

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Collaborative Labeling andAppliance Standards Program(CLASP)

POLICY & REGULATION

Technical support toenergy efficiencystandards andlabeling in India

PURPOSETo provide technical expertise to standards and labeling (S&L) in India, viaBureau of Energy Efficiency, for refrigerators, air conditioners, and consumerelectronics resulting in increased consumer awareness and sales of energyefficiency products


• Support BEE’s S&L programme

• Collect, analyse and disseminate impacts for median product electricity,energy use, CO2 emissions, change in consumer awareness, sales ofenergy efficient models and international benchmarking

• Prepare outreach materials explaining labeling and train NGO partnersto publicly distribute and track dissemination

• Develop endorsement label design (for consumer electronics) throughqualitative market research with consumers and other stakeholders

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Improved capacity of BEE to develop and implement S&L programmes

• Improved capacity of BEE to deliver and assess consumer awarenessand outreach programmes

• Quantification of impacts to support energy efficiency policy decisions

• Improved programme implementation through a credible feedbackmechanism on impacts

• More effective outreach to the public through a network of NGOs

• Greater public awareness of energy information labeling

• Strengthening of the NGOs capacity in delivering energy efficiencymessages to consumers

• Labeling for consumer electronics –a product category with significantimpact on India’s future energy demand

• The anticipated total CO2 emissions saved in India from S&L for theproducts in these are expected to be 400 million tCO2e


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LOCATION:

Global

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€600,000 including co-funding fromNatural Resources Canada (NRCan)

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

CANMET EnergyTechnologyCentre-Varennes

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Standardisedfinancial & legaldocumentationfor RETScreen

PURPOSETo help significantly reduce pre-construction financial and legal transactioncosts for clean energy projects by establishing a standardised financial andlegal document knowledge management system integrated with theRETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Software


• Link existing legal documents for energy efficiency, cogeneration andrenewable energy projects to RETScreen Software

• Include an editor-controlledWiki document management sectionwithin the RETScreenWebsite

• Develop customised initial documents where gaps exist for pilotproject in China, India or Brazil

• Disseminate content to users via RETScreen Software and links toRETScreen from other websites, with a focus on REEEP donor prioritycountries

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Reduction of the estimated $300 billion dollars invested inpre-construction transaction costs for energy efficiency, co-generationand renewable energy projects over the next 30 years

• Reduction of upfront costs, via the standardisation of documentationand by automating expert knowledge within RETScreen softwareFinancial and legal documentation adds substantially to these costs, asmuch as $1 million per project

• Reduction of development costs through an integrated set of freelyavailable forms leading to a greater number of projects implemented,particularly in REEEP donor priority countries


LOCATION:

Global

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€125,000 including co-funding fromThe Gold Standard Foundation

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

The Gold Standard Foundation

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Establish a GoldStandard (GS) localexperts programme

PURPOSETo build local expert capacity in clean energy project finance anddevelopment in Brazil, China, India and South Africa

To realise eight renewable energy and energy efficiency Gold StandardCDM Project Design Documents (GS PDDS) with financial plans


• Recruit experts in target countries (China, Brazil, India, and SouthAfrica)

• Educate and brief the recruited experts, providing a GS Local Expertnetwork whereby South-South learning and harmonisation of effortscan occur

• Provide local expert support (financial and technical) to projectdevelopers using the GS methodology

• Local experts to provide free assistance in the completion of at leasttwo GS PDDs in each country, including a finance plan

• Develop a finance and project development ‘tool kit’ in Portuguese,Hindi, English and Chinese for public use, by Gold Standard staff, incollaboration with local experts

• Organise a final South-South knowledge sharing workshop for the fourlocal experts and the GS staff to share experiences, strengthen theSouth-South network and build a road map for multiplication andupscaling of the project’s achievements

• Develop four local experts in GS methodology and project finance whoare subsequently able to multiply the project’s benefits after the REEEPcomponent of the project is complete

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Provision of local support for utilising the CDM Gold Standard toimplement energy efficiency and renewable energy in China, Brazil, Indiaand South Africa for at least eight projects

• By using the GS methodology and empowering local experts to leadprojects through the financial and technical hurdles associated with thecarbon market, the GS Local Expert Programme ensures that CDMprojects reap benefits for local communities and therefore contributeto the achievement of the millennium development goals

• Targeting countries with a rapid demand for energy services and thepromotion of projects that forward social, environmental and economicgoals.This enhances international efforts to tackle climate change andpromote energy security while at the same time advancing theachievement of the MDGs


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LOCATION:

Brazil, SouthAfrica

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€300,000 including co-funding fromUSAID, the Netherlands and EnergyCollaborative

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

World Resources Institute

POLICY & REGULATION

Improving electricitygovernance in Braziland SouthAfrica

PURPOSETo improve governance of electricity in Brazil and South Africa by buildinggovernment and regulatory capacity to implement legislation thatpromotes renewable energy, energy efficiency and social welfare in linewith sustainable development and public interests


• Convene a coalition of civil society, regulatory commissions, government,legislators and utility representatives in SouthAfrica and Brazil

• Research and analyse using the electricity governance initiative indicatortoolkit (developed with REEEP support) identifying weaknesses in policyand regulatory processes in Brazil and SouthAfrica

• Engage legislators, government and regulators through the assessmentprocess to address these weaknesses

• Build on Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) partners andexperiences in Asia to inform policymakers and regulators in Brazil andSouth Africa about how open and transparent governance can helpbuild political support for renewable energy and energy efficiencyprogrammes

• Identify leverage points to influence regional integration in SouthernAfrica and South America to promote renewable energy, energyefficiency and public interests

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• New opportunities are created for diverse stakeholders includingconsumer groups, environmental groups, regulators, energy ministryofficials and private sector actors to identify common solutions

• Civil society actors have enhanced capacity and credibility, enablingthem to advocate more effectively for public interests

• Regulators and policy makers understand how better governance canhelp build political support for innovations to promote clean energyand energy efficiency

• Improved transparency and public participation in the development ofpolicy and regulation helps manage tradeoffs between environmental,social and financial considerations

• Enhanced accountability for implementation of policy and regulatorymeasures benefits the public interest


LOCATION:

China

DURATION:

• 2007-2009: project set up• August 2008-2012: projectimplementation

BUDGET:

€350,000 including co-funding fromLondon 2012 Partners/Stakeholders, London OrganisingCommittee of the Olympic andParalympic Games (LOCOG)

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

London Organising Committee ofthe Olympic and ParalympicGames (LOCOG)

BUSINESS & FINANCE

London-BeijingOlympic GamesCDM project

PURPOSETo develop and promote a sustainable CDM cooperation programme inChina between the Beijing and London Olympics which both offsets theemissions from the 2012 Games, and creates a self supporting infrastructureto facilitate the development of additional similar activities in China


• Develop a plan for the programme implementation, including discussingwith, and identifying suitable projects (taking into considerationpreliminary assessments of rural biogas, bus efficiency, light bulbreplacement, small scale rural hydro projects), assessing appropriatetechnologies and identifying suitable local implementing agencies

• Implement the planned projects, including training and scaling up theidentified local NGOs, developing a revolving financing facility or otherappropriate structures, developing necessary documentation tosupport the loans and the transfer and sale of the carbon credits,developing the CDM documentation and application to the CDMExecutive Board

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Global promotion of project initiation at the time of the Beijing 2008 –London 2012 Handover in August 2008 – project will phase in from thispoint to 2012 to accrue CERs towards London 2012 offset

• The high profile of the Olympic Games will provide a global platformfor raising awareness of climate change and potentially create asignificant multiplier effect

• Development of scaleable renewable energy project(s) and financingfacility in China; for example investment of £5million equates toapproximately 25,000 rural homes with new biogas digesters, or 5million new energy efficient light bulbs. Approximate target of 1 milliontonnes of greenhouse gases would be avoided


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LOCATION:

Brazil,China, India

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€200,000 including co-funding from theGlobal Energy Efficiency and RenewableEnergy Fund (GEEREF) and Banca Etica

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Fiorello H.LaGuardia Foundation

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Energy-MillenniumDevelopment GoalFinancing Facility(E-MDG-F) –participatorybusiness planning

PURPOSETo lift significant numbers of the poor out of poverty through their ownershipof financially, environmentally and socially sustainable ventures, utilisingrenewables and energy efficiency provided services and infrastructures


• Develop a business plan for the Energy – MDG Facility, includinggovernance and agreements; establishing the facility; defining theoperational structure, selection and grant-making procedures; definingthe monitoring/evaluation system, facility services and technicalassistance; launch

• Produce required legal documents drawing on various sources forgrant funds (Fondazione Cariplo, Fondazione Monte dei Paschi) to scaleup partner venture creation activities and to create new partners;equity investment in the ventures (GEEREF/local sources); and debt(Banca Etica/local sources)

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Expansion of the number of participating entrepreneurs in the modelsdeveloped by the existing MOSAICO partners, into the hundreds ofentrepreneurs per partner, in the first year

• Expansion of partners by at least four in the first year of operation tobegin the three to four year cycle of assessment, venture selection,pilot project and replication through which each partner will, in turn,create hundreds of small ventures


LOCATION:

India

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€145,000 including co-funding fromEconoler and Indian municipalities

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY

Econoler International

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Scaling up a provenmechanism toimplement energyefficiency streetlighting projects inIndia

PURPOSEDissemination of a proven approach to develop, implement and financemunicipal energy efficiency projects, working with private sectorcompanies (ESCOs) and carbon finance to eliminate the barriers for suchprojects in India


• Create a steering committee to implement the concept disseminationactivities in India

• Prepare and disseminate the required standard documents based onthe previous project including a conceptual document for internalapproval in municipalities; technical, legal, financial and other documentsfor City Councils for bidding procedures; Request for Proposals (RFP);and Monitoring andVerification (M&V) plan and payment mechanism

• Seek support from local organisations

• Organise and deliver dissemination and capacity presentations on theconcept in different states and provide all the needed documents (inHindi and English) to interested participants

• Support municipalities in utilising the concept within their process

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Over 100 cities exposed directly to the concept in at least five states

• A minimum of 10 cities entering into the process for energy efficiencyproject implementation

• Five different private sector companies (ESCOs) interested in theconcept and willing to bid (or bidding) on projects

• Interest carbon credit buyers in the approach and enter intopartnerships with potential sellers


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LOCATION:

China

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€374,413 including co-funding fromEnergy Foundation’s China SustainableEnergy Program (CSEP) and NaturalResources Defense Council (NRDC)

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Institute for MarketTransformation

POLICY & REGULATION

Efficiency PowerPlant (EPP)implementation inJiangsu, China

PURPOSETo help the Jiangsu Economic andTrade Commission (ETC) and itsDemand-Side Management (DSM) Center to strengthen implementation ofits DSM/EPP programme


• Prepare DSM implementation manual

• Co-ordinate DSM monitoring and verification protocol

• Develop case studies on EPP design and implementation for twolarge-size, energy-intensive factories, with recommendations forintegrating the ESCO industry

• Conduct research on appropriate DSM fund management mechanismsfor China

• Organise China’s first International DSM Forum

• Organise four training sessions for Chinese experts and utility officialson DSM incentive mechanisms, programme planning & design, projectscreening and selection, implementation, monitoring and verificationand ESCO integration

• Publish technical and scholarly articles in English and Chinese onDSM/EPP implementation in Jiangsu, China

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Help Jiangsu achieve greater electricity and carbon savings, and pave theway for scale-up to full EPP implementation by developing appropriatemanagement and oversight procedures and capacities for ensuring thatDSM funds are used in the most cost-effective manner and that thesavings can be fully monitored and verified

• Help Jiangsu to become the ‘California of China’ – a national model forsuccessful EPP programme planning, implementation, oversight and funding

• Increase capacity to build EPPs in other parts of China through training,pilot projects and development of technical implementation materials

• These DSM and energy efficieny financial incentives could both saveenough energy to meet eight percent of Jiangsu’s projected electricitygrowth, and reduce China’s total coal consumption by 167 milliontonnes by 2015, eliminating 613 million tonnes of carbon emissions, allat a net cost reduction


LOCATION:

P.R.China

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€263,800 including co-fundingfromACPA21 and the PanzhihuaGovernment

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Administrative Center forPanzhihua’sAgenda 21

POLICY & REGULATION

Panzhihua’s pilotaction towardssustainableenergy city

PURPOSETo develop an innovative toolkit with the Panzhihua Sustainable EnergyCity (SEC) Plan and Action Plan, to improve Panzhihua’s capacity of cleanenergy policy and market development and establish an integral systemwith cross-sectoral mechanism


• Investigate and assess Panzhihua clean energy status quo

• Train local stakeholders on renewables and energy efficiency

• Develop guidelines for Panzhihua SEC Planning and Sustainable EnergyProject Manual

• Develop Panzhihua SEC Plan &Action Plan

• Mobilise local stakeholders to develop plans

• Develop two pilot sub-projects within framework of Panzhihua SEC Plan

• Summarise and disseminate experiences

• Establish a public-private partnership based network

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Mainstreaming of sustainable energy plans into city planning system

• Ensure enough energy supply, environment improvement and economicdevelopment by promoting sustainable energy

• Act as a showcase for illustrating that local participation at city level isthe effective and optimal approach to achieving clean energy

• Dissemination of the methodologies and toolkit of energy planning andmanagement to local stakeholders

• Encouragement of city energy planners to follow the approach tointegrate energy issues with other issues, directly contributing toachieving the MDGs

• Facilitation of additional REEEP outcomes relating to REEEP prioritiesthrough its synergistic relations with Sustainable City Programme inPanzhihua


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LOCATION:

China

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€112,200 including co-funding from theBlue Moon Fund

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Tsinghua University

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Business modeldevelopment forbiogas electricpower generationat livestock farmsin China

PURPOSETo develop a business model to design, finance, build, integrate andoperate large-scale biogas facilities at livestock farms in China throughmarket channels


• Conduct a feasibility study on setting up ESCOs for biogas-to-power(BTP) including the survey and identification of candidate companieswho have the capacity and are willing to engage in ESCO and BTPbusinesses

• Conduct a technology comparison

• Select farms with different technologies and analyse their operationalsituation

• Explore the possibility of project financing through CDM

• Develop business plan

• Develop a handbook for BTP

• Build capacity through training to introduce energy service conceptsto animal husbandry sector, as well as financing through CDM regime

• Create an ESCO to demonstrate the business model

EXPECTED IMPACTS• Exploration of a new business model to overcome the barriers of

digester construction in the animal husbandry sector in China, whichinclude a heavy reliance on government funds, unreasonable technologyoptions, poor management capacity and low capacity for gaining moneyfor sustainable development

• More companies which can provide technologies of biogas digestersand biogas-to-power generation can be involved in the business usingenergy service mean


LOCATION:

Brazil

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€135,000 co-funded by IDEAAS

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

The Institute for the DevelopmentofAlternative Energy andSustainability (IDEAAS)

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The Center forLearning onDecentralisedGeneration

PURPOSETo build capacity within utilities and government to scale-up decentralisedgeneration and renewable energy use


• Organise a training and capacity building course

• Develop a methodology that helps decision makers to select the bestoption: decentralised generation or grid extension

• Improve and fine-tune the management and business model developed

• Organise training in the sustainable maintenance of decentralisedgeneration in isolated or remote areas

• Develop a demonstrative center for decentralised generation solutionsand productive use of renewable energy

• Install a demonstrative project where the utilities’ teams can practiceunder field conditions

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Increase local renewable energy knowledge and capability amongst theutilities, government and local organisations, facilitating the promotionof energy access and the productive use of renewable energy, mainly inthe Brazilian Amazonian region and the Southeast Brazilian region,under the rural electrification public policy called ‘Luz paraTodos’Programme


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LOCATION:

Brazil

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€110,000 including co-funding fromIDER, local state government and USAID

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Instituto de DesenvolvimentoSustentável e Energias Renováveis(IDER) Institute for SustainableDevelopment and RenewableEnergy

POLICY & REGULATION

Implementationof a disseminationstrategy for efficientcook stoves inNortheast Brazil

PURPOSETo implement a dissemination strategy for efficient cook stoves includinginstallation, sustainable forest recovery activities and capacity building, that isadopted in Ceará state public policy through state development plans


• Install 200 additional improved cook stoves

• Recover shrubbery forest with native species

• Implement research on best dissemination strategy to determine therelative advantages of subsidising stove manufacturers versus stove users

• Implement best incentives for replanting methods and forestmanagement to generate a sustainable supply of fuel wood

• Capacitate Ceará state government in social, economic and ecologicalissues around efficient stove fabrication and distribution

• Work within Ceará state government to develop a disseminationmodel for efficient cook stoves adapted to their development plans andpublic policy

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Enactment of informed public policy that would encourage thesustainable use of biomass in rural communities

• Improve health through energy efficient cook stove application

• State government agencies trained in best dissemination methods forefficient cook stoves in rural communities

• State government has adopted or is close to adopting this technologyin the state development plans and will be pursuing financing optionsfor further upscaling


LOCATION:

Brazil

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€148,000 including co-funding fromInstituto IDEAL

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Rede nacional de organizações dasociedade civil para asenergies renováveis (RENOVE)

POLICY & REGULATION

Support theimplementation ofBrazil grid-connectedsolar photovoltaicroofs programme

PURPOSETo develop the Brazilian legal and regulatory framework towards theimplementation of a large-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic roofsprogramme


• Review current legislation and regulation

• Meet with stakeholders including representatives of RENOVE, InstitutoIDEAL, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), the National ElectricalEnergy Agency (ANEEL) and financial institutions/development banks

• Conduct a study of technical and economic aspects

• Develop a set of guidelines and recommendations for theimplementation of a successful solar roofs incentive programme

• Prepare and present legislation and regulation drafts

• Conduct comprehensive analysis on the type and quantity of incentivesand subsidies, as well as the consequent impacts on tariffs

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Establishment of a long-term (20 years) solar roofs (in the GWp scale)incentive programme in Brazil

• Grid parity between solar PV and conventional consumer tariffs

• Establishment of professional and large-scale markets in the area of PV inBrazil, with economies of scale that lead to competitive costs

• Increased energy security

• Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

• Establishment of attractive investment environments for PV products andservices

• Improvement of the environmental profile of electricity generation inBrazil


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LOCATION:

India

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€133,652 including co-funding fromBlue Moon Fund andYes Bank Ltd.

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Environment Energy andEnterpriseVentures Private Ltd.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Financing forbundled small-scalerural renewableventures in India

PURPOSETo define and launch a new credit practice inYes Bank Ltd. (YBL) focusedon financing for small-scale renewable ventures in rural India


• Establish practice atYBL focused on financing small-scale renewableventures in rural India

• Develop bundles of small-scale rural renewable ventures for financingthat utilise a combination of conventional and carbon financemechanisms

• Secure conventional and carbon financing for a set of threecommercially attractive pilot subject renewable ventures

• Document best practices and lessons learned for scale-up andreplication

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• The practice inYBL will be an ongoing commercial operation that willcontinue to finance small-scale rural renewable ventures after theproject is over

• Financing a bundle of subject ventures will provide evidence that this ispossible and serve as a model to be implemented in otherYBLbranches as well as other banks in India

• The projects financed will be active generators of energy fromrenewable sources, further proving the viability of such options


LOCATION:

India

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€201,504 including co-funding fromUSAID and the International FinanceCorporation (IFC)

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

TheAlliance to Save Energy

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Replicable financingand institutionalmodel for energyefficiency in Indiancities

PURPOSETo create a replicable financing model to ensure that the planned MunicipalEnergy Efficiency projects in Tamil Nadu state are successfully implementedusing performance contracting and energy service companies (ESCOs)


• Assist Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited(TNUIFSL) with auditing and project implementation, and facilitate theirinteraction with ESCOs

• Guide ESCOs andTNUIFSL during the monitoring and verificationprocess to apply the new International Performance Monitoring andVerification Protocol (IPMVP) and assess/demonstrate its suitabilityfor IndianWatergy projects

• Create a tool kit to enable other cities and states to replicate thefinancing approach

• Develop a succinct case study describing the project

• Organise a workshop to disseminate the model to other states

• Replicate the application of performance contracting to municipalwater supply energy efficiency projects

• Field test IPMVP protocol for water pumping in India for the first time

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• The proposed project will be crucial for ensuring the success of theTamil Nadu Municipal Energy Efficiency Programme, which in turn iscrucial for creating confidence in the use of performance contractingfor municipal energy efficiency in India, and for increasing confidence inIndia’s nascent ESCO industry

• After many years of promotingWatergy in India, its benefits are nowwidely accepted; the barrier has been financing.This improvedconfidence in financing with performance contracting will spur thewidespread adoption forWatergy in cities and towns across India,including the entire state of Tamil Nadu

• Significant greenhouse gas reductions


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LOCATION:

Thailand, Indonesia,Malaysia, thePhilippines,Vietnam,Brazil, SouthAfrica,Ukraine, Egypt,Tunisia,Nigeria,Kenya

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€233,875 including co-funding fromUnited Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization (UNIDO)

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization

POLICY & REGULATION

Development ofinternational energymanagementstandards (EMS) forintegration into theISO 9000 or 14000standards

PURPOSETo support the development of an international ISO Energy ManagementStandard (EMS) that incorporates the principles of industrial systemoptimisation and takes into account developmental perspectives and issuesof industry in developing countries and transition economiesTo raise awareness of EMS as an effective policy tool and mechanism topromote and effect sustained energy efficiency in industry


• Establish an international working group (IWG)

• Review existing and under-development national EMS experiences

• Conduct regional sector studies and market surveys

• Organise an international workshop on EMS in industry

• Draft a consolidated approach to an international EMS for industry forsubmission to the ISO Central Secretariat

• Liaise with ISO Central Secretariat and EMS relevant technicalcommittee/working group

• Enhance knowledge/awareness of successful EMS experiences betweenparticipating national Bureaus of Standards, policy-makers, industrialenergy efficiency experts and key stakeholder groups

EXPECTED IMPACTS• Increased engagement or commitment to engage of policy makers and

national Bureaus of Standards participating in the project to developnational energy management standards or guidelines for increasedindustrial energy efficiency

• Accelerating the development of an international ISO energymanagement standard incorporating the principles of systemoptimisation while helping key developing countries and transitioneconomies to proactively participate in the development of the newISO standard

• FUNDED BYTHE UNITED KINGDOM •

LOCATION:

Sub-SaharanAfrica

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€1,840,000 including co-funding fromthe Global Environment Facility (GEF),the Public-Private InfrastructureAdvisoryFacility (PPIAF), theWorld Bank, theEnergy Sector ManagementAssistanceProgram (ESMAP),Good Energies, andthe Government of Norway

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

TheWorld Bank

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Developmentof marketplacecompetitionfor affordablenon-fossil lighting inSub-SaharanAfrica

PURPOSETo host a Development Marketplace (DM) competition in Sub-SaharanAfrica to develop low cost, non-fossil lighting products and services for lowincome households and small businesses

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND OUTPUTSLightingAfrica DM will be held inApril 2008 in Ghana.Activities include:

• Logistical activities associated with conducting the DM

• Conduct DM competition to select 10-20 qualified teams

• Monitor/evaluate awardee activities

• Identify 10-20 DM winners

• Develop three-five LED lanterns and lighting products for low incomehouseholds in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Develop retail linkages for dissemination and sales of lightingproducts/qualified lanterns in three plus African countries

• Roll out successful products to a broader consumer base

• Generate consumer satisfaction via increased economic development,reduced poverty and improved quality of life

EXPECTED IMPACTS• Improved lighting quality for households

• Improved health impacts from higher quality lanterns

• Increased school retention and improved grades

• Increased income levels and reduced CO2 emissions

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LOCATION:

Argentina

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€80,000

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

National Energy Secretariat,Ministerio de Planificación Federal,Servicios Públicos e Inversión

POLICY & REGULATION

Renewable energyprospective studyand proposal toremove the technical,economic, regulatoryand financial barriersto its developmentinArgentina

PURPOSETo change the existing legal framework to extend the national use of newrenewable sources of energy from wind, solar, small hydro, geothermal,biomass and tidal


• Identify energy policy actions to remove barriers to developrenewable energy

• Improve quality information for natural resources and projects,especially related to biomass residues (from forestry and agriculture)

• Adapt the present legal framework to foster the introduction ofdistributed generation

• Assess the market development capacity and propose a planto build capacity

• Exchange experiences in renewable energy with other countries

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Improvement of the level of knowledge and perception of the differentactors on the evolution of the renewables markets in Argentina

• Extension of the renewable frame of reference

• Provision of a level of analysis from within the identified target set thatcan be duplicated in other countries

• Reflection of the different kinds of entries on the overall subject

• Increased diffusion of financial instruments to develop the renewableenergy market


LOCATION:

Ecuador

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€50,000 including co-funding from theMinistry of Energy, Ecuador

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Ministry of Energy of Ecuador

POLICY & REGULATION

Design,writing andvalidation of theRenewable Energyand Energy EfficiencyLaw in Ecuador

PURPOSETo create a law that promotes and regulates all activities in Ecuador relatedto renewables and energy efficiency


• Verify the current draft of the clean energy law and refine it accordingto the national and international reality

• Promote policy awareness and develop and implement policy

• Develop a legal framework that promotes and regulates clean energy

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Realisation of the national programmes of renewables and energyefficiency

• Capacity building of government officials

• Promotion of the market for energy services in Ecuador includingESCOs and renewable system manufacturers resulting in increased for-eign investment and local employment generation

• Development of additional projects in the public and private sector.Pilot projects will also enforce new initiatives by proving clean energyapplications as a feasible solution

• Reduction in the demand for energy in Ecuador through energy effi-cient consumption practices

• Reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases

• Generation of future tax and finance incentives, soft loans and other fis-cal and financial initiatives


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LOCATION:

SouthAfrica

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€112,184 including co-funding fromCity of CapeTown, City of Tshwane, SolPlaatje Municipality and SEED

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

Sustainable EnergyAfrica

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Vehicle for solarwater heating massimplementation

PURPOSETo assist at least three cities in developing vehicles for the mass rollout ofsolar water heaters and make cities aware of all renewable energy and energyefficiency alternatives available to them


• Choose three leading cities in South Africa to partner

• Finalise choice of model on which the fee-for-service or other massdelivery mechanism will be based

• Identify the key role players in the model (financiers, CDM fundingco-ordinators, solar water heater suppliers and installers, localauthorities, legal experts)

• Provide technical, legal and financial inputs to cities as necessary in theprocess of delivery vehicle establishment

• Facilitate and co-ordinate the process of delivery vehicle establishment,bringing in identified players as needed

• Extend the current manual for renewable energy and energy efficiencyoptions (developed under a past REEEP project) to cover all feasibleoptions, and maintain and extend the existing city support website for afully comprehensive overview

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Set the process in place for the establishment of vehicles for, andimplementation of, SWHs on a mass scale in three cities, leading tosimilar rollout in other cities

• Improved energy security for cities due to peak load reduction, as wellas financial benefits due to reduced peak power needs

• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in cities

• Creation of jobs through the resulting boost to the SWH industry

• Informed decisions regarding the mix of renewable energy options tobe adopted in cities to meet renewable energy targets

• Increased ability to implement a range of renewable energy and energyefficiency projects

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LOCATION:

Mexico

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€200,000 including co-funding fromEPS Capital Corporation and MexicanESCOs

IMPLEMENTINGAGENCY:

EPS Capital Corporation

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Performanceand credit riskguaranteesand financingmechanisms forESCO-structuredenergy efficiencyprojects

PURPOSETo encourage local banks in Mexico to provide long-term financing toESCO-structured energy efficiency projects and accept Nacional Financiera,S.N.C. (NAFIN) guarantees with the project’s cash flows as collateral


• Develop and finance three ESCO-structured projects in Mexicoutilising newly created performance/credit risk guarantees andproject-based financing mechanisms to be provided by NAFIN

• Obtain market feedback based on local bank requirements to financethe three projects for NAFIN to design the final financing mechanismsbased on lessons learned

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Provision of performance and credit risk guarantees from NAFIN andrisk mitigation structures to local banks in Mexico to provide cash flowbased long-term financing to ESCO-structured energy efficiencyprojects

• Acceleration of the implementation of energy efficiency projects andthe growth of the ESCO industry in Mexico, which is comprised mostlyof small and medium sized enterprises

• Creation of replicable mechanisms that can be used to aggregate thefinancing of energy efficiency projects and reduce overall transaction costs


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LOCATION:

Mexico

DURATION::

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€155,300, including co-funding fromUnited Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP) and ComisionNacional de Actividades Espaciales(CONAE)

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY:

Basel Agency for SustainableEnergy

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Engaging thebanking sector in financingrenewable energy

PURPOSETo identify the areas of opportunity for the financial sector to engage andaccelerate its participation in renewable energy projects, particularly at amicro and small-scale level

This is an awareness raising effort to accelerate investments in renewableenergies and promote the sustainable use of energy in the future


• Conduct a market opportunity assessment

• Conduct a review of existing financial products

• Develop a strategy to increase awareness, engagement and capacitybuilding of the financial sector

• Host a consultation meeting with the main stakeholders within theenergy and financial market

• Pilot a project that implements the strategies within the solar waterheater programme that CONAE is currently developing

• Monitor, evaluate and market the results

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Engagement of at least one commercial bank in financing small scalerenewable energy and energy efficiency projects

• Increased interest and awareness of at least three local banks in thesustainable energy business

• Contribution to clarifying the renewable energy market opportunitiesin Mexico aiming to increase the awareness and engagement of thelocal financial sector and consequently accelerate investments

• Replication of the model in other Latin America countries

• Contribution to the design of future government initiatives to increaseinvestment in sustainable energy


LOCATION:

South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€114,850 including co-funding fromthe Sustainable Energy RegulationNetwork (SERN) and the AlternativeEnergy Development Board (AEDB),Pakistan


Restio Energy (Pty) Ltd.


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POLICY & REGULATION

Developing anintegrated ruralenergy utilityroadmap

PURPOSETo build a case for, and facilitate the implementation of rural integratedenergy service utilities (IEU), supplying grid, off-grid and thermal energyneeds in rural communities both efficiently and sustainably


• Review of existing cases of rural energy service delivery

• Develop guidelines and reference materials for governments, regulators,donors and investors/implementors to use in planning and implement-ing rural IEU — documents will be developed for a selected case, withemphasis on replication in other regions

• Develop IEU business plan that provides information for investment de-cisions and growth paths in an identified case

• Develop a financial model for business operations

• Facilitate an IEU investment through the partners in at least one case

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Enabling of a proper review and rigorous analysis of the Integrated EnergyUtility concept as applied to rural regions. If the analysis indicates that thisis an optimum energy service delivery model, then the preparatory workundertaken will directly support scale-up of the selected test case, and willfacilitate replication of the concept in other countries and regions

• Provision of a model framework for large-scale energy service deliveryto under-served areas with impacts on Millenium Development Goals(MDGs) – using both renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies



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LOCATION:

Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania,Zambia

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€120,000 including co-funding fromUNEP


Econoler International

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Financial riskmanagementinstruments forenergy serviceinvestments

PURPOSETo design and implement financial risk management instruments thatsupport financing of small scale projects, especially small scale energyequipment and service delivery


• Promote greater uptake of renewable energy and more efficient use ofenergy to help address climate change, security of supplyconsiderations, as well as improved access to clean energy

• Support the development and use of renewable energy, includingbiomass, wind and solar energy

• Support the development of small power plants in conjunction withsolutions that address water supplies, flood relief and irrigation

• Support measures designed to improve energy efficiency

• Promote multilateral initiatives in the field of renewable energy

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Implementation of plans for small scale energy enterprise andequipment finance to achieve energy access. This work will build on theUNEP’s existing Africa Rural Energy Enterprise Development (AREED)network and experience as well as relationships with nationalgovernment agencies in the target countries

• Gain maximum leverage of donor funds

• Increased capacity for African SMEs to develop and implement energyservices delivering projects in peri-urban and rural communities

• Development and use of renewable energy and energy efficiency, toincrease energy access for the poor to meet the millenniumdevelopment goals

• FUNDED BY IRELAND •

LOCATION:

Uganda

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€377,000 including co-funding fromthe Government of Uganda


Ministry of Energy and MineralDevelopment

POLICY & REGULATION

Promotion of solar water heatingin Uganda

PURPOSETo save electricity especially during peak hours by switching water heating inhouseholds and institutions to solar energy


• Create awareness about the benefits of solar water heaters among cityplanning authorities, the Ministry of Housing, professional bodies ofarchitects and engineering professionals and the general public

• Establish appropriate financing mechanisms for manufacturers, vendorcompanies and consumers

• Develop policies to promote solar water heaters

• Establish standards and guidelines for integrating solar water heaters inbuildings

• Train 20 engineers and technicians to develop local capacity to installand maintain solar water heating systems

• Prepare an investment plan to finance replication and scale-up of solarwater heater use

• Save 1 MW of electricity during peak hours by installing 500 solarwater heaters

• Increase the local solar thermal industry

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Reduction in electricity rationing during the peak hour

• Reduction in energy bills in households and institutions using solarwater heaters

• Reduced government spending on subsidies to buy down electricitytariffs due to expensive diesel generators

• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions from diesel fuelled thermal powerplants

• Reduced cost of solar water heaters

• Development of reliable solar water heating systems

• Availability of trained solar water heater installation engineers

• Increase in the share of renewable energy in the national energy mix

• FUNDED BY IRELAND

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LOCATION:

Morocco and other North Africancountries

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€140,000 with co-funding from ISESITALY–UNEP MAP


Ingegneri@mbiente

POLICY & REGULATION

Policy framework forsustainable energy in the Mediterranean

PURPOSETo enhance the joint working relationship between the European Union andMorocco and other North African countries, to transfer European bestpractices in the use of renewables and energy efficiency as well as financialtools for their integration into the energy planning process


• Produce a survey on the energy market and legislation in Morocco andother relevant North African countries and an economic analysis ofMorocco’s mid and long-term objectives for clean energy

• Publish a handbook for policy makers on the possible replication ofEuropean tools and best practices in selected areas of the country

• Identify selected local stakeholders that will be involved in the finalsteps of the project with the crucial contribution of Centre deDéveloppement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER)

• Organise capacity building programmes for selected local stakeholders,to improve knowledge transfer on the European supportingprogramme, best practices and mid and long-term objectives for cleanenergy, with linkages to the carbon market

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Facilitation of the introduction of programmes supporting renewableenergy and energy efficiency based on market mechanisms into NorthAfrican countries

• Contribution to the engagement of local financial institutions in theclean energy market or a commitment to engage following targetedtraining and support for national and government finance sectors in theMediterranean basin

• Harmonisation of legal frameworks and supporting programmescontributing to regional energy security and to sustainable energydevelopment

• FUNDED BY ITALY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM •

LOCATION:

Tunisia, Morocco

DURATION:

2007-2009

BUDGET:

€120,000 including co-funding fromthe Politecnico di Milano


Politecnico di Milano

POLICY & REGULATION

Development ofrenewable heatingand cooling use inthe tertiary sectorof Mediterraneancountries

PURPOSETo identify the existing barriers for renewable energy development in Tunisianand Moroccan hotels and produce an integrated policy structure for theirdevelopment, highlighting the potential for ESCO project development


• Define the legislative and financial background regarding renewablesand energy in general

• Develop a catalogue of state-of-the-art technologies appropriate forthe region

• Conduct a technical and economical analysis of renewable energyapplications for hotel heating and cooling uses

• Identify the main aspects (obligations and benefits) of renewable energypolicies

• Develop a guideline policy for the hotel sector

• Complete detailed analysis for the implementation of a renewableenergy installation following an ESCO model

• Information dissemination activities such as conferences, publishedarticles and direct mail

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Innovative solutions for renewable energy applications involving bothheating and cooling needs

• Reduction of primary fossil fuel energy consumption and thesubsequent environmental impact of such energy generation with afocus on the significant reduction in the summer electric load

• Adoption of appropriate policies and strategies for renewable energydevelopment at different levels (local, regional, national)

• Definition of positive financial conditions for the development ofrenewable energy projects, in particular regarding the implementationof projects with an ESCO model (based on energy service contract)

• FUNDED BY ITALY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM •

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LOCATION:

Solomon Islands, the Republic of Kiribati

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€40,300 including co-funding fromSOPAC


Pacific Islands Applied GeoscienceCommission (SOPAC)

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Establish Pacificmicro energyservice companies(PMESCOs)

PURPOSETo establish and operate a micro energy service company with a micro creditfacility to increase the use of small solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in remoterural areas in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati To quantify the carbon emission reductions achieved with the replacement ofkerosene lights by small PV lighting systems


• Purchase, sale and installation of the Light Up the World (LUTW) solarLED systems (5 W, 2 lights and a battery) through the Micro EnergyService Companies (MESCOs) in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati

• Identify and train local entrepreneurs in the assembling, installation andmaintenance of 90 small solar PV systems to be supported by a microcredit scheme

• Develop a Project Identification Note (PIN) for carbon emissionreductions (establish 121 tonnes over a ten year period)

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Replacement of the use of kerosene for lighting in 90 rural householdsand therefore reduce dependency on kerosene

• Creation of a micro credit facility for the increased deployment of thesolar energy technology and energy efficient LED lighting in Kiribati andSolomon Islands

• Improvement of recipients’ standard of living through better access tomodern lighting, leading to the creation of income generating activitiesat night and improving children’s education, contributing to povertyalleviation

• Increased participation of Solomon Islands and Kiribati in the carbonmarket mechanisms

• FUNDED BY NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM •

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LOCATION:

Global

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€99,895


Baastel – Econoler (Consortium)

Analytical andsynthesis study ofREEEP programmes

PURPOSETo conduct an analysis of the outputs and outcomes of REEEP’s projectportfolio, including answering evaluation questions, generating lessonslearned and formulating recommendations


• Conduct a three-phased approach to the analysis

• Initial planning and preparation phase including a preliminarydocumentation review of all relevant REEEP materials; a start-upteleconference; a work plan detailing the different stages of the study;and sampling methodologies for surveys and key interviews

• Data collection phase including email or online survey targetingpre-selected individuals and projects; five case-studies of successes,failures and lessons learned; and complementary interviews to reachkey informants

• Data analysis and report writing phase including reviewing statisticalresults in light of contextual elements

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Provision of a detailed analysis on project effectiveness againstpredetermined goals with a view to reviewing the extent to which theprojects have had an effect on the intended beneficiaries

• Provision of a ‘relevance checklist’ against which the continuing projects can be reviewed against REEEP’s defined priorities

• Dissemination of lessons learned, best practices and potential forreplication which in turn allows for fine-tuning of existingmethodologies


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LOCATION:

Global

DURATION:

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€86,000


Ecofys Netherlands BV

BUSINESS & FINANCE

REEEP report onenergy efficiency2008

PURPOSETo report on the global status of energy efficiency including an overview ofenergy efficiency measures, market potential for energy efficiency, annualenergy savings, investments in energy efficiency and energy efficiency policiesand programmes


• Clearly define the parameters of energy efficiency

• Investigate the historical and potential thermal and electrical energyefficiency improvements in industry, domestic and non-domesticbuildings, transport (passenger and freight) and power generation(including transmission and distribution)

• Review impact of energy efficiency policies and programmes includingbest practice examples in various countries

• Focus analysis on OECD countries and the emerging marketeconomies of Brazil, China, India and South Africa

• Scope key initiatives/projects globally, regionally and nationally thatmeet key interests of policy makers, industry, financiers anddevelopment professionals

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Increased interest among policymakers in energy efficiency issues

• Generation of an important global reference document for energyefficiency practitioners and researchers

• FUNDED BY NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM •

LOCATION:

India

DDUURRAATTIIOONN::

2007-2008

BUDGET:

€110,000


PricewaterhouseCoopers PrivateLtd., in partnership with ICICIBank, India (implementing the pilotproject)

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Design and establisha risk mitigationmechanism in India

PURPOSETo design and establish a risk mitigation mechanism to manage the investmentrisks of renewable energy in India


• Develop a risk mitigation framework

• Assess existing risk mitigation options

• Select risk mitigation measures

• Inform dissemination through a national workshop

• Develop a pilot programme for implementing a risk managementmechanism

• Prepare documentation

• Actual investment/disbursement of financial assistance under the project

• Attract small entrepreneurs into the renewable energy business

• Increase the renewable energy market in India after implementation of the project

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Increased private sector participation in renewable energy basedgeneration

• Decreased dependence on conventional energy-based generation,although quantification may be difficult at this stage

• Local employment generation

• Reduction in CO2 emissions resulting in positive impact onenvironment

• The initiative would also result in meeting Millenium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs) as it would address specific issues such as povertyreduction, access to cleaner forms of energy and other basic services,which would be enabled through the provision of renewable energy

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