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Renewable Energy and Climate Science: Metrology and Technology Challenges in the Americas

This article discusses the collaboration among American nations to address energy, climate change, and the importance of sustainable energy programs. It highlights the challenges faced and outlines goals to promote renewable energy technologies and low-carbon economic growth while reducing the region's contribution to climate change.

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Renewable Energy and Climate Science: Metrology and Technology Challenges in the Americas

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  1. Renewable Energy and Climate Science: Metrology and Technology Challenges in the Americas Ing. Ruben Contreras Lisperguer MSc. November 15, 2013

  2. Some Background • The Inter-american Metrology System (SIM) resulted from a broad agreement among national metrology organizations from all 34 member nations of the Organization of American States (OAS). The SIM Statute was approved in Heredia, Costa Rica, on September 23, 1998. • At the April 2009 Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the leaders of the Americas underscored that Energy and Climate Change are among the most important issues confronting our fu-ture, and they reaffirmed their commitment to work together toward a low carbon-clean energy future. • The Sustainable Energy Program of the OAS seeks to enable the countries of the region to implement policies, laws, strategies, and actions for the advancement of sustainable energy geared towards meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own energy needs. Among other activities, the program promotes the expanded development and use of renewable energy systems, energy efficiency measures and the reduction of Green House Gas (GHGs) emissions in the Americas through awareness building, capacity development, technical assistance and institutional strengthening; project feasibility and natural resource surveys; and policy and regulatory reform.

  3. The Project

  4. General Challenges • Environmental Degradation • Energy Crisis • Climate Change • Globalization

  5. New Challenges for Metrology CO2 in the LAC region by fossil fuels (scenario business-as-usual) Energy Demand growth LAC Energy Matrix 1970 and 2010

  6. Goals and Objectives…. Energy and Climate Change cannot be faced in isolation. Therefore, the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) through its Energy and Climate Change Mitigation Sections has proposed a collaborative project in partnership with the OAS/DSD and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This collaborative effort is aligned with the shared regional vision among the region and OAS member states, where technological progress will be driven by the need to achieve: • A sustainable low-carbon economy • Scientific discovery, innovation and R&D intensive growth • The well-being and security of citizens of the Americas Meeting these needs demands continued evolution as well as step-changes in measurement science and its application. These will require improvements in the measurement infrastructure, particularly to face energy and climate challenges.

  7. Goals and Objectives…. Goal of the Project:To contribute to advancing deployment of renewable energy technologies and low carbon economic growth in the context of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, and to reduce the region’s potential contribution to climate change, while promoting its overall economic development. Specific objective: Development and deployment of the technology, measurements and associated standards needed in the Americas to provide effective and efficient implementation of renewable energy technologies that sustain a low-carbon economy. "International cooperation and technical partnership between the National Institutes of Metrology in the Americas is vital to advance on this tremendous effort."

  8. Working together, we can prevent this!

  9. Muchas Gracias Thank you Ing. Rubén Contreras Lisperguer MSc. Energy and Climate Change Mitigation Section Department of Sustainable Development +1.202.370.4537 rcontreras@oas.org

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