International Forum Alternative Energy

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International Forum Alternative Energy

Alternative energy development priority for
International Sustainable Energy Development
Center
Sergey Koblov Executive Director
15 February 2008
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1. Main directions of non-conventional energy
development in Russia

• 1. Use of feasible biomass potential (about 70 ml
  toe) in firing, biogas production, liquid fuel
• 2. Geothermal energy development (economic
  potential 114 ml toe) for heating
• 3. Reliability increase in energy supply of
  remote settlements with the small HPU development
  (economic potential - 70 ml toe per year).
• 4. Use of low caloric value heat, economic
  potential above 50 ml toe per year
• 5. Development of wind energy (economic potential
  - 11 ml toe per year
• 6. Development of solar energy (economic
  potential - 3 ml toe per year, technical
  potential - about 10 bln toe per year).
• 7. Use of local fuels mainly peat. Deposits
  about 11 bln toe, feasible potential - 4,5 bln
  toe
• Thus, the renewable energy resources and local
  fuel deposits are enough to
• increase the reliability of energy supply of
  Russian regions and might
• represent a basis for future clean energy

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2. Legislative provisions of alternative energy
development in Russia

• 26 October 2007 The Council of Federation
  approved Federal law on
• amendments to some of legislative acts in
  connection with the reform of the
• unified energy system of Russia. A number of
  statements related to
• renewable energy recourses development were
  incorporated in these laws
• Main statements of the draft law on renewable
  energy were worked out by RAO EES (HydroOGK) and
  became part of the approved law.
• The Law previews in particular
• Compensation (from federal renewables support
  fund) of expenses incurred to connect the
  renewable generators to grids
• Introduction of compensation-premium to market
  tariffs to be paid to the renewable generators
  (renewables power below 25 MWt)
• Introduction of green certificates to prove the
  origin and volume of clean energy and to
  justify the compensation-premium
• Prioritised connection of renewable generators to
  grids.

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3. Main barriers for renewable energy development
in Russia

• financial
• Lack of domestic and foreign investments
• Insufficient long term low interest credits
• High cost of special equipment
• Lack of federal level financial mechanisms.
• information
• Lack of information on applicable technologies
  and investments efficiency in renewables
• Lack of reliable information on potential of
  feasible renewable energy recourses.
• institutional
• Inefficient environmental law enforcement system
• Unwillingness of local administration to finance
  renewable investment projects.

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4. ISEDC main objective and tasks

• November 2, 2007, at 34 session of General
  Conference UNESCO
• approved resolution on establishing in Moscow an
  International Sustainable
• Energy Development Center as an institution under
  auspices of UNESCO
• Objective
• contribution into the global sustainable
  development and elimination of energy poverty
• enhancing cooperation with countries and
  international organisations in the field of
  energy
• dissemination of relevant scientific and
  technological knowledge
• development of bilateral and multilateral
  cooperation in energy and reinforcement of its
  institutional framework
• developing the system of knowledge and
  information exchange.
• Main Tasks
• research and expert activity
• innovative, investment and consulting activities
  in sustainable energy development
• education in energy development
• development of information and marketing
  resources of ISEDC.

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5. UNESCO Energy Bulletin Edition

• Goal providing awareness of the entire complex
  of issues related to the
• global sustainable energy development
• Main subjects
• Elimination of poverty and energy poverty
  reduction
• Climate change mitigation
• Energy saving and energy efficiency
• Alternative and renewable energy
• The science and sustainable energy development
• Development of educational basis and scientific
  information distribution

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6. Alternative energy priority for
International Sustainable Energy Development
Center

• Ministry of Industry and Energy of The Russian
  Federation is elaborating a
• Federal Target Program (FTP) Raising Efficiency
  of Energy Consumption
• in Russian Federation (for 2009-2010 and up to
  2015).
• Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russian
  Federation has assigned
• ISEDC to be
• Coordinator in selection of projects to be
  included into FTP and development of financial
  schemes
• Coordinator for funds attraction of international
  financial organizations including World Bank,
  EBRD, European Investing Bank etc.
• Responsible for projects preparation according
  to the unified criteria and formats in
  cooperation with regional energy efficiency
  centers and agencies.

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7. ISEDC input into the renewables development

• Within technical component
• Measures elaboration for state support and market
  stipulation of renewable energy recourses
  development
• Support of federal and regional programmes of
  renewables development
• Data base development on local and international
  experience of modern technologies application
  for renewables development
• Institutional support of renewables development
  projects.
• Within investment component
• Elaboration of long term financing of renewables
  investment projects
• Try out of financial mechanisms for investment
  projects development and investments attraction
  for pilot renewables projects.

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Thanks for the attention!