Energy and environment: renewable sources and new technologies

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Energy and environment renewable sources and
new technologies

• Marta Szigeti Bonifert
• Executive Director
• The Regional Environmental Center
• for Central and Eastern Europe

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Our Mission

• The REC is an international organisation with a
  mission to assist in solving environmental
  problems
• The REC is legally based on a charter signed by
  the governments of 28 countries and the European
  Commission
• Established in 1990 (USA, EU, Hungary)
• Head office in Hungary
• Offices in 17 countries
• 200 staff (some 30 nationalities)
• Over 300 running projects
• 10 million Euro annual turnover
• Operations beyond Central and
• Eastern Europe

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Board of Directors

• CORRADO CLINIChairman of the Board of
  DirectorsDirector General, Ministry for the
  Environment, Land and Sea / Italy
• SOLEDAD BLANCOEuropean Commission, Director of
  International Affairs / DG Environment
• NADYA BONEVAExecutive Director, Time Ecoprojects
  Foundation / Bulgaria
• ALLAN GROMOVDirector General, Ministry of the
  Environment / Estonia
• JON OPEMSenior Advisor, Ministry of Environment
  / Norway
• ISTVAN POMAZI
• Chief Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Water
  / Hungary
• TOM HARVEY
• Board member, GETF / USA
• YUKIO YANAGISAWAProfessor, University of Tokyo /
  Japan

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Bridging
Bridging Across Borders
NGOs
Government
Government
NGOs
The REC
Local Governments
Business
Local Governments
Business
Citizens
Citizens
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Bridging beyond

• RECs strategic program development approach is
  tailored to the needs of
• Turkey
• Balkan Stability Pact Countries (South Eastern
  Europe, West Balkan countries)
• Countries negotiating their EU Accession
  (Candidate Countries)
• (new) EU Member States
• Other transitional regions e.g. EECCA (East
  Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia) countries

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Partnerships

• EEA Several topic centers of the European
  Environment Agency
• EC - Environmental Experts Group on Structural
  Funds (DG Env.)
• OECD - EAP Task Force, Development Assistance
  Committee
• UNDP - Danube and Black Sea Task Force
• UNEP - Finance Initiative Task Force, Joint work
  on the Carpathians Convention, Partnership for
  Clean Fuels and Vehicles
• CSD Commission on Sustainable Development
• UNECE - Cooperation on the implementation of the
  Aarhus Convention, the Espoo Convention, the
  International Water Convention, the International
  Accidents Convention and related protocols
• MEDREP Mediterranean Renewable Energy Programme
  Initiative
• REEEP Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
  Partnership
• E3G, VIU, CEU, Agroinnova, Bellagio Forum, IUCN,
  EPE, AMCHAM
• TOYOTA, JIBIC, Philips, GE

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Priority on Energy Issues

• WHAT WE DO
• Conduct research, develop networks, strategies
  and plans, support policy and decision-making,
  run secretariats (e.g., REEEP, MEDREP, SILAQ,
  Clean Fuel Partnership), disseminate best
  practices, and facilitate capacity building
  through
• Collecting and analysing information via various
  instruments
• Disseminating the information through workshops,
  conferences and trainings
• Providing consulting (type) services to
  governments and enterprises
• Identifying energy/resource-efficient, cleaner
  and transferable technologies
• Arranging micro financing for eco-investments

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REC ENERGY BUSINESS

• Focus on
• Sustainable energy management renewables and
  energy efficiency
• Integrated resources management
• Environmental economics and finance
• Environmental management for enterprises - incl.
  utilities, cleaner technologies and production

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REC ENERGY BUSINESS Contd

• HOW WE DO IT
• Building on the strength of the REC approach
• The systemic acquisition of environmental
  information
• Its management into reports, databases, planning
  tools, training and capacity building materials
• Providing access to this information for all
  stakeholders
• Facilitating of international, multistakeholder
  and cross-sectoral Type 2 partnerships
  involving governments, business community and
  civil society
• Operating with a small expert core staff and
  cooperating with partners (international network
  of business organizations, consultants and
  companies)

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European strategy for Sustainable, competitive
and secure energy

• Europe has entered into a new energy era
• Global demand for energy is increasing. World
  energy demand and CO2 emissions is expected
  to rise by some 60 by 2030. Global oil
  consumption has increased by 20 since 1994, and
  global oil demand is projected to grow by 1.6
  per year.
• There is an urgent need for investment. In Europe
  alone, to meet expected energy demand and to
  replace ageing infrastructure, investments of
  around one trillion euros will be needed over the
  next 20 years.
• Our import dependency is rising. Unless we can
  make domestic energy more competitive, in the
  next 20 to 30 years around 70 of the Unions
  energy requirements, compared to 50 today, will
  be met by imported products some from regions
  threatened by insecurity.

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Trends Total energy consumption
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Total energy consumption by fuel and energy
intensity
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• The renewables share (primary energy production)
  is projected to rise from less than 6 in 2000 to
  8 in 2010, to over 10 in 2020 and to 12 in
  2030. Nevertheless, under baseline conditions the
  EU target on renewables for 2010 (12) will not
  be achieved. The share of nuclear in total energy
  consumption remains close to 14 up to 2010, from
  where it decreases to 11 by 2030 in total the
  share of indigenous and carbon free energy
  sources (renewables and nuclear) rises from 20
  in 2000 to 23 in 2030.
• Energy related CO2 emissions (including
  international air transport) sank between 1990
  and 2000, from where they have returned by now to
  broadly the 1990 level (base-year of the Kyoto
  protocol). However, over the projection period,
  CO2 emissions increase significantly, exceeding
  the 1990 level by 3 in 2010 and by 5 in 2030.

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Attitudes towards Energy (Special Eurobarometer
edition 2006 January)

• The European Commission aims to respond to
  challenges by following some essential steps
• Tackling rising energy demand by making energy
  efficiency a central plank of the Commissions
  economic and sustainable development policies
• Increasing the share of renewable energy in the
  energy mix
• Making Europes energy supply more sustainable by
  limiting the rise in the EUs dependence on
  import
• Making the use of fossil fuels more clean and
  efficient

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Attitudes towards Energy (Special Eurobarometer
edition 2006 January)

• Increasing the share in the energy mix.15, 25,
  accession countries and candidate countries (29,
  430 interviews)
• EU 25 supports decision to be taken at EU level
  47 (Cyprus 62 and Estonian 29), while support
  for EU energy policy lower in acceding and
  candidate countries
• Clear support for enhancing the use of renewable
  energies (48,5solar panel /Cyprus 76/, 31 wind
  power /Estonians 54/
• Governments should be more actively promote
  efficient use of energy provide more info
  43/cyprus 60 and Malta 57, develop tax
  incentives 40 /Czech 59/
• Improve education and professional training two
  studies (58-60)
• The survey demonstrates the majority of citizens
  do not want to pay more for Renewable Energy, the
  first major difference between EU 15 and EU SK
  76 no

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• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
  Partnership (REEEP) Regional Secretariat for
  Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey

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REEEP

• REEEP is a global Type II partnership launched by
  the UK government at the WSSD in 2002
• Mission - to accelerate a global market for RES
  and EE
• 180 partners, representing 30 governments,
  businesses and NGOs, committed to accelerating
  the uptake of RE and EE
• Funded by governments Austria, Australia,
  Canada, Germany, EU, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,
  New Zealand, Spain, US and UK (main donor)
• REEEP aims to work as an enabler, multiplier and
  catalyst of institutional and economical change

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How does REEEP make impact?

• By focusing equally on the change in demand and
  supplyside of energy systems towards more
  sustainability
• By funding projects which can be replicated
  globally
• By reacting and being driven by regional need and
  demand
• Through a holistic approach to change energy
  systems
• Through a global vision focusing on developing
  and transition countries
• With value-added services (e.g. information
  meta-database at www.reegle.info)

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RS Programme activities in 2006/2007

• In line with suggestions by the regional
  programme board
• Town twinning and twinning of municipality
  networks
• Focus on energy efficiency in buildings
• Journalist training for CEE and Turkey on
  sustainable energy, back to back with the BISE
  event organized by Energie-Cites (completed,
  October 2006)
• Media award contest on the best article
  published or reportage done in local languages
  discussing the benefits of sustainable energy
• Sustainable energy regulation (in cooperation
  with ERRA).

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REEEP projects in CEE

• Removing Barriers to Residential Energy
  Efficiency in Central and Eastern
  Europeimplemented by Alliance to Save Energy in
  Moldova, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia,
  BosniaHerzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro
• e5 Sustainable Energy Accelerator
  (e5-SEA)implemented by European Business Council
  for Sustainable Energy (e5) in Bulgaria, Czech
  Republic
• Market Based Innovative Sources of
  Financeimplemented by the National Energy
  Conservation Agency, Poland

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Removing barriers to residential EE

• Collected case studies regarding the barriers
  opportunities for EE in the residential sector
• Examined the role of Home Owner Associations and
  housing management companies in improving energy
  efficiency
• Culminated with a dissemination workshop
  presenting policy recommendations for the target
  countries
• By the Alliance to Save Energy

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e5 Sustainable Energy Accelerator

• Project development and management facility
  (actively managed database and virtual
  marketplace)
• Provides a comprehensive business advisory
  solution
• Internet portal Level 1 (database), Level 2
  (confidentiality management)
• For SMEs in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, who may
  otherwise be unable to enter the sustainable
  energy marketplace
• By the European Business Council for Sustainable
  Energy (e5)

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Facilitating ESCO Projects in the Healthcare
Sector in Poland

• Will develop a model for implementing an ESCO
  energy performance contract in Polish hospitals
• Prepare and negotiate policy changes
• Pilot project in Piaseczno city hospital in
  Poland
• The model may be replicated across Poland and in
  other CEE countries
• By the National Energy Conservation Agency (NAPE)

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CONFERENCE CENTER

• Although the Regional Environmental Center
  focuses its work on carrying out projects and
  programmes, the REC also sees itself as active
  practitioner of sustainability

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CONFERENCE CENTER ZERO EMMISSION

• Our next goal in this direction is very
  ambitious to turn the conference centre into a
  model of energy efficiency with zero harmful
  emissions.

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ENERGY BALANCE

• The aim of the renewal project is to reduce
  fossil-fuel based energy consumption to zero, and
  thereby eliminate all carbon-dioxide emissions
• minimise energy demand
• use of local energy resources

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ZERO EMMISSION DETAILS

• High efficiency envelope
• minimise heat loss in winter, prevent heat gains
  in summer and maximise the exploitation of
  natural lighting
• Lighting system
• a light shelf will diffuses natural light
  throughout the interior
• Photovoltaic
• The PV system will generate 22,300 kilowatt hours
  of energy annually.
• Heating ventilating and air-conditioning
• A ground source heat pump will be the primary
  source of heating and cooling to take advantage
  of the area's wealth of geothermal resources.
• Architecture
• Energy systems and architecture have been
  designed in a modern and integrated approach

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• THANK YOU!
• E-mailmbonifert_at_rec.org