EGNRET 2005-2006 Projects

1. EGNRET 2005-2006 Projects EGNRET 26 Auckland, New Zealand 3-5 April 2006 Cary Bloyd

2. Current Project to be Completed Dec. 2006 • APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative IV): Adoption of Renewable Energy Standards Phase II– Final Groundwork: TILF USA lead, $285,000 total/$135,000 APEC) cosponsors: Australia, China, Hong Kong China (EWG 01/2005T) • Purpose: This project is to reduce trade barriers within the APEC region for renewable energy technologies and services, by working towards a harmonized set of standards. Specifically, this project will assist APEC economies, through representative technical expert committees from the region, in working together to document and prioritize the comprehensive standards for renewable energy hardware and workforce development in the APEC economies.

3. Activities of Adoption of Renewable Energy Standards Phase II: Final Groundwork (1) 1. Review action plan and priorities from APEC EWG 01/2002T work 2. Determine top 3 priorities areas for review and harmonization, in consultation with APEC EGNRET participants 3. Identify specialists in top 3 priority areas and launch expert technical committees to review standards 4. Create a technical secretariat to lead and support activities for each committee

4. Activities of Adoption of Renewable Energy Standards Phase II: Final Groundwork (2) 5. Technical committees will identify all existing standards in the APEC region under the 3 selected priority areas and will draft harmonization review 6. Expert committees will develop recommendations for harmonization of standards, and will push forward the harmonization process. 7. Prepare plan of action for harmonization of standards

5. New EGNRET Projects Funded in 2005 : Project 1 • APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative V III)  Local Banks Training Program for Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects. (TILF Mexico lead, $100,000 total/$50,000 APEC) cosponsors: China, New Zealand, USA (EWG 01/2006T) • Purpose: Building capacity in local banking institutions to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. It is necessary to make banking institutions aware of the benefits and real risks related to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, in order to promote the establishment of loan guarantee funds, revolving funds, lines of credits and any other financial mechanism that can help make it easier for energy end users and project developers to access financing.

6. Activities of Local Bank Training Project • Design the structure and scope of the project • Present the proposed structure and scope of project to representatives of the energy sector in order to get them interested, include their perspective and get feedback • Develop training course in English • Translation of the training course and teaching material to Spanish • Publication of the training course material • Organize the training course in Mexico • Develop and distribute final report

7. New EGNRET Projects Funded in 2005 : Project 2 • APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative V I) Evaluation of the Role of Village Power Applications in Response to the Tsunami Recovery Effort. (ASF, USA lead, $75,000 total/$50,000 APEC) cosponsors: ) Australia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea, Thailand (EWG 03/2006A) • The objective of this project is to examine the role of village power applications in the tsunami recovery effort. An understanding of how village power applications played roles in this tsunami recovery effort and what obstacles might have been present that prevented more use of them, will significantly benefit APEC member economies, as well as non-member economies • Status: Three tenders have been received, and a contractor will soon be chosen

8. Activities of Tsunami Recovery Project (1) 1. Review village power applications that the tsunami affected economies utilized for urgent response for temporary recovery, and in permanent reconstruction of tsunami affected areas in APEC member economies. 2. Review obstacles that prevented an adoption of village power applications in both temporary recovery and permanent reconstruction. 3. Review the applicability of lessons learned from existing village power programs to the tsunami affected areas.

9. Activities of Tsunami Recovery Project (2) 4. From the lessons learned, make recommendations on the appropriate new and renewable energy technologies that could be utilized in future disaster response activities. 5. Develop a draft final report based on information gained in 1-4 and circulate to EGNRET members and other key stakeholders contacted for comment. 6. Prepare and disseminate a final report based on EGNRET and stakeholders comments

10. New EGNRET Projects Funded in 2005: Project 3 • APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative V III) Information Sharing on Financing Public Sector Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects. (OA USA lead, $75,000 total/$50,000 APEC) cosponsors: China, Mexico, New Zealand (EWG 04/2006) • Objective: This project will strengthen and accelerate the financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, especially in government facilities, by reducing transaction costs to all parties – public and private – through the compilation, review, and dissemination of web-based information on best practices, model language, and key lessons learned from clean energy financing activities throughout the APEC region and beyond. • Status: Two tenders have been received, and a contractor will soon be chosen

11. Activities of Finance Information Sharing Project Task 1: Project scoping and review of existing information Task 2: Needs assessment Task 3: Workshop to review information system design period Task 4: Development and launch of initial Project Finance Information System. The system design will build on the successful model of APEC’s Energy Standards Information System (http://www.apec-esis.org/home.asp)

12. New EGNRET Projects Funded in 2005: Project 4 • APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative V I) Renewable Energy Products Database: Paving the Way for Deployment of Renewable Energy.  (OA Thailand lead, $75,000 total/$50,000 APEC) cosponsors: Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, USA (EWG 02/2006) • This proposal would support development of a web-based database of applied renewable energy products from APEC economies, such as solar refrigerators, wind-driven water pumps, solar lanterns, and solar radios, as well as integrated power production systems. The database would be streamlined by product and would include performance, cost, and compatibility information. • Status: Tenders have been received and a contractor will soon be chosen

13. Activities of Renewable Energy Products Database (1) 1) Identify the existing renewable energy products databases and renewable energy products experts and marketers in APEC economies who will take part in the project. 2) Create a framework for gathering the necessary information based on discussions with experts and marketers identified in Step 1. 3) Distribute the framework developed in Sept 2 to participants identified in Step 1

14. Activities of Renewable Energy Products Database (2) 4) Develop in initial products listing based on information received from project participants. 5) Revise the initial projects listing with additional information gained from directly contacting experts and marketers in APEC member economies to construct a draft database and present to results to the EGNRET representatives. 6) Develop a final database and project report both based on comments received from the EGNRET.