UNFCCC Asia

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UNFCCCAsia Pacific Regional Workshop on
Transfer of Technology17 January 2000, Cebu,
Philippines

• Johan Wide, GEF Secretariat

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Technology Transfer and Market Development - the
GEF Portfolio

• FY1991-1999
• Climate change activities in over 120 countries
• Energy efficiency and renewables M
  700/5000, more than 80 projects
• Short-term and enabling activities additional
  M 200

• vs. World market
• Solar home systems gt1mill. vs. 250,000
• Solar thermal gt200MW vs. 400MW planned
• Geothermal 500MW vs. 1100 MW
• Wind 350MW vs. 1200 MW in DCs

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GEF CC Technology Clusters
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Recent Policy Initiatives

• Programs Environmentally Sustainable Transport,
  Integrated Ecosystem and Natural Resource
  Management
• Partnerships Capacity Building, Knowledge
  Management, Renewable Energy, RDBs, Private Sector

• Modalities Targeted Research, Contingent
  Financing, Market-Pull
• Business Planning Selective Reviews for PV,
  ESCOs Adaptation

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Climate Change Portfolio - Cluster Examples

• Solar Home Systems China, India, Indonesia, Lao
  PDR, Sri Lanka
• Grid-Connected RE China, Fiji, India, Indonesia,
  Philippines, Sri Lanka
• Precommercial RETs India, Philippines

• Energy Efficient Products China, Thailand
• Energy Efficiency in Industry China, India,
  Malaysia
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings Thailand
• Fuel Switching and Recovery China, India,
  Pakistan

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Sri Lanka Energy Services Delivery

• Private sector developers, cooperatives, and NGOs
  install RE subprojects (target 16MW of wind
  farms, SHS, and village hydro)
• Establish standard power purchase agreement and
  non-negotiable tariff for wind farms and village
  hydro, and equipment standards
• Strengthen capabilities of developers, agencies,
  NGOs, and cooperatives to promote, develop,
  finance and install RE
• Create code of practice for EE in commercial
  buildings strengthen capabilities of firms and
  agencies to incorporate in design operations
• Conduct consumer awareness and marketing programs

• Objective
• Sustainable RET deployment by private sector,
  NGOs and cooperatives stronger DSM environment
• M 6/55

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India Alternate Energy/Renewable Resources

• Objective
• Promote wind power and PV pioneer market
  mechanisms
• M 26/186

• Private developers install wind farms and
  mini-hydro projects (85MW total)
• Strengthen functions and capabilities of national
  RE agency to develop, market and finance RE
  projects
• Establish a solar PV credit line and marketing
  program
• Conduct studies for improving policy environment
  for small-scale IPPs

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Thailand Building Chiller Replacement Program

• Objective
• Widespread penetration of new high efficiency
  non-CFC chillers
• M 2.5/90.5

• Replace 440 chillers with new high-efficiency
  chillers
• National utility to pilot ESCO model for
  replacement of chillers on a fee-for-service
  basis
• Establish zero-interest revolving loan fund for
  end-user chiller investments
• Disseminate information on high-efficiency
  chillers

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Philippines CEPALCO Distributed Generation PV
Power Plant

• Objective
• Demonstrate feasible model of supplemental PV
  capacity for existing hydro-projects
• M 4/8

• Construct 1 MWp PV plant in conjunction with
  existing 7 MW hydroelectric plant with dynamic
  load control, providing firm generating capacity

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China Development of Coal-Bed Methane Resources

• Objective
• Demonstrate technologies to reduce and recover
  methane emissions
• M 10

• Install demonstration recovery technologies at
  three sites and specifically demonstrate vertical
  well-drilling techniques and an integrated
  recovery system using in-seam horizontal
  drainholes
• Create a database and financial/economic
  assessments of CBM resources in five coal-mining
  administrations
• Conduct study trips and arrange an international
  conference to increase knowledge among coal mine
  engineers and policy makers
• Train technicians from coal geology companies,
  research institutes and coal-mining
  administrations in vertical well drilling
  techniques

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Multiple-Country Activities

• Efficient Lighting Initiative (M 15/50)
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (M
  30/240)
• Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Program (M
  21/72)

• Photovoltaic Market Transformation Initiative (M
  30/120)
• Solar Development Corporation (M 10/50)

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Interdependent Components in TT
Technique - Facilitation of hardware
investments financing
Knowledge - Technical assistance, training
(software)
Organization - Enabling, building framework
capacity
Product - Country-drivenness, market
sustainability
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Demand-Driven Market-Pull Cooperative Technology
Procurement

• International Market Applications
• Industrial energy consumption
• Passive heating and cooling
• Manufacture of more energy-efficient equipment
• Transportation
• Commercial buildings
• Heating and cooling

• CTP Sequence
• 1. Definition of common interest/need
• 2. Establishment of buyers' groups
• 3. Performance and price specifications
• 4. Competitive procurement
• 5. Market transformation

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