REEEP A Partnership for Change

REEEP A Partnership for Change

Annual Report 2007/8

REEEP Annual Report 2007/8

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Highlights of REEEP Activities 2007/8

Aims and Objectives

Chairman’s Statement

International Director’s Review

Facilitating Global TransformationREEEP’s Programme • Policy and Regulation Solutions • Business and Finance Solutions

Enhancing Network Cohesionreegle • Databases •Website and Community Platform

Advancing the Global CommunityRegional Representation • International Political Profile • Strategic Alliances •PR Publications • Communication of REEEP’s Message • Capacity Building and Events

Evolving FoundationsPartners • Structure • Governance Support • Programme Management •Programme Management Information System • Implementation and Control •Implementing Evaluation Recommendations

Financial AnalysisFunding and Other Income • Expenditure • Assets and Liabilites • Financial Overview •Financial Estimates 2008/9 • Fundraising • Risk Registry

Future Outlook

AnnexesAnnex A: Ongoing Projects • Annex B: Completed Projects • Annex C: REEEPProgramme Priorities 2007/8 • Annex D: REEEP Regional Secretariatsand Focal Points • Annex E: List of Partners • Annex F: List of Members of REEEPBodies 2007/8 • Annex G: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Highlights Aims and Objectives Chairman’s Statement Director’s Review

Favourable Policy and Regulation Measures

• Completed a total of 19 policy and regulation projects in 22 countries;shared key lessons and outcomes. Expected impacts to be assessed.

• Oversaw the implementation of 15 projects in 19 countries –– in co-operationwith local authorities –– to support policy and regulatory frameworks forsustainable energy and leveraging a total of €2,269,386 financing into thesustainable energy sector.

• Launched the second edition of the REEEP/SERN policy review, containinga sustainable energy policy review of 56 developing and emerging countries.

• Established the Energy Efficiency Coalition, an international energy efficiencynetwork to enhance advocacy and provide a review of global energy efficiencymeasures.

• Increased advocacy for REEEP’s mission through ministerial attendanceat REEEP’s international events.

• Completed one and furthered another city twinning project bringing togetherdeveloped and developing country experience/expertise.

Innovative Business and Finance Approaches

• Completed a total of 13 finance projects in ten countries, demonstratingnew business approach models, financing arrangements and instrumentsto develop sustainable energy markets.

• Oversaw the implementation of 22 projects in 12 countries leveraging a totalof €3,553,142 financing into the sustainable energy sector.

• ReEx Capital Asia (originally the Renewable Energy Exchange) operatedsuccessfully in Singapore with 27 projects already in the pipeline.

• Co-operated with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) to generate informationabout the sustainable commitments of FT500 companies.

• Established new linkages with financial institutions and developed strategiesfor increased co-operation.

• Awarded the management of Voluntary Carbon Offset for the UK Foreignand Commonwealth Office for 2005 and 2006 and in negotiation with othergovernments.

Facilitating Global Transformation

• Implemented a new customer-friendly website and community platformenabling REEEP to significantly improve global communication and the sharingof best practices.

• Organised, co-hosted or endorsed 81 events and presented REEEP and itsobjectives at more than 194 events reaching more than 14,000 people.

• Achieved coverage in 151 articles and communicated the REEEP messageto an estimated audience of more than 10 million people through the utilisationof major global websites within the media mix.

• Participated at the Gleneagles Dialogue meetings in Berlin and Japan andwas invited as an observer to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

• Published the second REEEP Annual Report and Project Profiles bookas well as individual flyers highlighting key strategic areas.

• Showcased REEEP’s exhibition stand at 11 events.

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• Promoted reegle, a powerful information gateway for renewable energy andenergy efficiency, and broadened its offer into event partnership with WIREC.

• Continued the annual REEEP Regional Secretariat meeting and held the secondproject developers annual meeting.

• Implemented a Programme Management Information System to automatethe project cycle, increase transparency and improve efficiency at all levels.

• Updated and expanded all REEEP-maintained databases, including the ActorsCatalogue and the Training and Education Database (TED).

• Actioned recommendations from the Evaluation Report, focusing on improvedinfrastructure and more targeted programme activities.

Building Knowledge in the Network


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REEEP’s vision is to accelerate the globalmarket for sustainable energy by acting asan enabler, multiplier and catalyser ofchanging energy systems. REEEP aims todeliver significant value through facilitating:

• a significant global increase in invest-ments in renewable energy;

• a significant global increase in energyefficiency measures;

• a significant increase in access to sus-tainable energy services for the poor.

The lack of long-term and reliable policiesand regulatory measures to supportrenewables and energy efficiency, and acorresponding lack of finance, are the prin-cipal obstacles to the development of sus-tainable energy markets. The removal ofmarket barriers is urgently needed toachieve the long-term transformation ofthe energy sector, including the creation ofattractive investment environments.

REEEP projects concentrate on the followingthemes:

• Policy and Regulation: robust policiesand favourable, transparent and stableregulatory frameworks to attractinvestors and to guarantee affordableenergy services to consumers.

• Innovative Finance Mechanisms: newforms of financing, risk mitigation andfinance models to make small-sizedrenewable and energy-efficient projectsbankable and economically attractive.

REEEP actions are demand driven andregional.

REEEP relies on partners’ voluntary con-tributions. In particular, they can add valuethrough a willingness to share finance,experiences and knowledge.

REEEP understands that partners’ effortsneed to be backed up by well-functioningand regular communication as well asaccess to information. Empowering the net-work is essential to long-term delivery andpartner engagement.

REEEP partners will contribute to the expansion of the global market

for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Partners agree that

making this step towards sustainable development requires a concerted

global effort to create a level playing field for sustainable energy.

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Energy and climate change have beenincreasingly in the headlines over the last12 months. The UNFCCC negotiationsin Bali saw increased attention paid toissues around the deployment and trans-fer of low carbon technology, much ofthis concerned ultimately with mobilisingprivate sector investment. Regardless ofthe final mechanisms that emerge fromthe UNFCCC process it is clear thatREEEP’s work developing the policy, reg-ulatory and business models that willspur private sector investment in renew-ables and energy efficiency will becomeincreasingly valuable. The challenge forthe coming year will be to ensure thatREEEP makes the most of its experienceand expertise to support this agenda.

There are clear successes now emergingfrom REEEP’s work programme. TheReEx project in Singapore, for example,has created a commercial venture, chan-nelling investment into low carbon tech-nology in the South East Asia region. Akey part of REEEP’s work going forwardin 2008/9 and beyond will be to synthe-sise the outcomes of such projects intolessons that can be applied in the future,so that others in the field can benefitfrom REEEP’s experience.

Our engagement with the work of otherorganisations is also increasingly impor-tant. I am very pleased that theInternational Energy Agency and theWorld Bank are now represented onREEEP’s Board as observers, providingvaluable insight and perspective toour discussions.

Another success for REEEP this year wasits involvement in the WashingtonInternational Renewable EnergyConference (WIREC). REEEP, through itsnetwork of secretariats, facilitatedregional consultations exploring theissues to be addressed at the conferenceand produced a report of these discus-sions that was presented to the confer-ence by South African Minister forMinerals and Energy, Ms Buyelwa Sonjica.The involvement in WIREC underlinedREEEP’s position as a key actor in theglobal drive for clean energy.

REEEP is reliant on the support of itspartner governments to fund its activi-ties. I was very happy, therefore, that theUK was able to announce at theGleneagles Dialogue meeting in Japan inMarch 2008 the continuation of its sup-port for a further three years and a sumof £2.5 million for activities in 2008/9.Along with other contributions from keypartners such as Norway and Australia,this funding will underpin the continuedgrowth of REEEP.

Finally, on a personal note, I have leftDefra to head up the InternationalEmissions Trading Association (IETA), so,I am sad to say, this is my last AnnualReport as Chair. My successor in Defrawill take over the chairmanship, whilst Iam happy to have accepted the Board’sinvitation to continue to serve onREEEP’s Governing Board as a represen-tative of the IETA and the private sector.

The last year has seen issues of

clean technology deployment rise up

the international agenda, presenting

exciting new opportunities for REEEP.

Henry DerwentChair of REEEP Governing BoardDirector, International Climate Change,Defra, UK

Chairman’s Statement

ENHANCED IMPACT

In 2007/8, REEEP again enhanced its role asan energy market transformer and facilita-tor for the uptake of renewable energyand energy efficiency systems. This was ayear of implementation both in terms ofprojects and structural changes.

The Sixth Programme Cycle was finalisedand the 37 selected projects had startedby mid-2007. With €3 million from fivedonors –– the United Kingdom, Norway,New Zealand, Italy and Ireland –– thiswas the largest call since the inception ofREEEP. In addition, funding was receivedfrom Austria,Australia, Canada, Germany,the Netherlands, Spain, the USA andindustry, which allowed the Partnershipto run the global network effectively andexpand the unique role played by REEEPin promoting energy efficiency.

The United Kingdom’s announcement,made at the Gleneagles Dialogue meetingin Japan at the end of March 2008, to com-mit funding to REEEP for the next threeyears, ensured that the UK not onlyremains the major donor of thePartnership but also provides REEEP withthe security to realise and replicate theimpacts of its previous work.

In addition to the UK commitment, REEEPhas received pledges from Australia, Canada,Norway and other countries to expand andcontinue funding REEEP in the future.

With 50 new partners signing up toREEEP in 2007/8, the Partnership nowcomprises a total of 246 partners.Amongthem are 38 governments, three of which

joined in the last year. More than 50 per-cent of the new partners are from devel-oping countries.

ADVANCEDCOMMUNICATION

As a response to the recommendations ofthe Partnership Evaluation in the previousyear, in 2007/8 REEEP implemented majorinfrastructural improvements.A new web-site with an integrated community plat-form was developed and went live by theend of 2007. It is a state-of-the-art infor-mation tool, which allows interested par-ties easy access to high-quality informa-tion and enables collaboration throughoutthe Partnership.

Another major undertaking was the imple-mentation of an online ProgrammeManagement Information System (PMIS),which optimises project selection and mon-itoring. The interlinkage of all IT tools pro-vides continuously updated information.

INTERNATIONALCOLLABORATION

REEEP has built on existing co-operationwith other partnerships, initiatives andinternational organisations. There areongoing joint projects with theCollaborative Labeling and ApplianceStandards Program (CLASP), the GlobalVillage Energy Partnership (GVEP), the


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The restructuring of REEEP’s project

approach towards more targeted action and

increased replication has further enhanced

its potential for delivering impacts on market

Director’s Review

Marianne OsterkornInternational Director

Global Network on Energy forSustainable Development (GNESD), theRenewable Energy Policy Network forthe 21st Century (REN21) and others.

Collaboration with the InternationalEnergy Agency (IEA) has been continued,underlining the important role played byREEEP in bringing renewables and energyefficiency into the mainstream.

FORGINGFUTURE DIRECTION

During the Sixth Programme Cycle in2007/8, a targeted and systematicapproach was applied to increase theimpact of the Partnership. Activities con-centrating on more targeted interven-tions were developed in conjunction withpartner governments and other keystakeholders, including increased replica-tion and scale-up of successful past proj-ects, and the commissioning of specificprojects in the priority areas.

To strengthen REEEP’s bottom-upapproach, a support and co-ordinationfunction was introduced to provide tar-geted help to the Regional Secretariats intheir co-ordination of regional demand.During 2007, all Regional SteeringCommittees developed their regionalpriorities and reported these to theProgramme Board, which met inOctober 2007 in Vienna.The programmepriorities were then approved by theFinance Committee.

Energy efficiency solutions and financemechanisms, especially guarantee facilitiesand business models, remain the centralfocus of REEEP activities.

An overall REEEP strategy covering thenewly implemented developments andvisualising the future direction of thePartnership’s objectives is under discus-sion and will be completed during 2008/9after an intensive consultation process.

DELIVERY: PROJECTS

REEEP’s projects remain the core businessof the Partnership, which supports onlythose that demonstrate a high level ofpotential for replicability and leverage effect.

In 2007/8, a total of 37 projects werenewly selected under the SixthProgramme Cycle, which now allows proj-ect duration of up to two years andincreased grants of €100,000 per project.

Of these projects, 22 focused on businessand finance and 15 on policy and regulation.

By the end of 2007/8, 32 projects hadreached completion, leaving 52 projectscurrently under implementation.

The 84 projects within the REEEP projectportfolio show an even balance betweenpolicy and finance as well as energy effi-ciency and renewables.

Furthermore, REEEP has now started theimpact assessment process for those proj-ects eligible for evaluation. This processwill assess the project contributions tomarket transformation.


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transformation and poverty alleviation.

REEEP also introduced new state-of-the-art

communication tools to deliver advanced

network capacity.

DELIVERY:STRATEGIC TOOLS

REEEP continued to supplement its region-al programme with strategic activities.

The REEEP-funded Sustainable EnergyRegulators Network (SERN) issued thesecond edition of its assessment of exist-ing sustainable energy policies, covering 56countries.

The Renewable Energy and InternationalLaw Project (REIL), which is partly fundedby REEEP, convened its second annual high-ly recognised event at Yale University inco-operation with Bloomberg, and busi-ness lunches were held in London andRome. In addition, REIL worked with poli-cy makers and lawyers to facilitate marketdevelopment.

Utilising its unique role in the energy effi-ciency sector, REEEP formed a new net-work, the Energy Efficiency Coalition(EEC), bringing together various stakehold-ers active in implementing energy efficien-cy systems. The EEC was launched at theUnited Nations Framework Convention onClimate Change Conference of the Parties(UNFCCC/COP) in Bali and currentlycomprises more than 20 members fromthe +5 and OECD countries.

The finance intermediary ReEx CapitalAsia (formerly the Renewable EnergyExchange), a REEEP-supported enter-prise, has become an independent legalentity and started successful operationwith 30 projects in the pipeline. It aims tolink project developers with the financecommunities in order to accelerate theclean energy market.

Within the framework of the REEEPVoluntary Carbon Offset Mechanism(VCOM), REEEP was awarded the manage-ment of voluntary offset for the UnitedKingdom Foreign and CommonwealthOffice in 2005 and 2006, as well as the off-set of the Foreign Office in Mexico. In addi-tion, other governments have announcedtheir interest in REEEP’s VCOM.

As a result, the total managed within theVCOM is around 120,000 tonnes of CO2.

INSIGHT ANDOUTREACH

The Partnership has further enhanced itsefforts to share lessons learned and dis-seminate best practices resulting from itsown activities through the new improvedwebsite and various regular publications.The Annual Report and the secondProject Profiles book gave a comprehen-sive overview of the work of REEEP andits impact. Strategic activities such as theEEC and VCOM were promoted withnewly developed flyers.

Exciting new developments within theinformation gateway, reegle –– a joint proj-ect with REN21 –– have made this renew-able energy and energy efficiency searchengine a widely used tool.With more than30,000 visitors monthly, reegle is alreadyrecognised as a major player in the field ofrenewable energy and energy efficiencyinformation systems.

REEEP has maintained its high-level profilein the political arena through its invitationto the Gleneagles Dialogue meetings in


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REEEP played a major role in preparing for the Washington International RenewableEnergy Conference (WIREC) by convening regional consultations in Africa,

Asia and Latin America, which were well recognised by the conference stakeholdersand which strengthened collaboration with United States partners.

Berlin and Japan and by being recognised inthe G8 Heiligendamm communiqués. As apartnership active in renewables, REEEPalso maintained its guest status at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

REEEP played a major role in preparing forthe Washington International RenewableEnergy Conference (WIREC) by conveningregional consultations in Africa, Asia andLatin America, which were well recognisedby the conference stakeholders and whichstrengthened collaboration with UnitedStates partners.

During 2007/8, REEEP contributed to the15th Session of the Commission onSustainable Development (CSD-15) andthe UNFCCC/COP process by bringingtogether high-level politicians and expertsin the respective REEEP side events at bothmeetings. REEEP was also invited to lectureat the UN Learning Centre, an integral partof the CSD-15 programme.

REEEP further enhanced its outreach byattending more than 194 events globallyand by giving presentations at 132 fora,ensuring that the Partnership messagereached a wide audience of parties inter-ested in clean energy.

Strong media interest was expressedthrough 151 news items with a total cover-age of 242 English-language magazines andwebsites (excluding local-language coverage).

REEEP’s coverage in the media grew signifi-cantly, more than doubling, due to a numberof strategic relationships established withrenewable energy and news portals. In2007/8, readership grew to over 10 millionreaders/viewers, up from 5 million read-ers/viewers the previous year.

The Partnership cemented its strong linkswith the media through the establishmentof the REEEP Clean Energy Media Awards,developed to attract journalists to increasetheir coverage of clean energy topics inthe media.

REEEP staff members’ engagement in inter-national high-level energy-related commit-tees also continued. The InternationalDirector was represented on the AdvisoryCouncil for the European Commission’s‘Smart Grids’ Technology Platform, and onthe Gold Standards Board. The REEEPProgramme Co-ordinator continues to be amember of the Clean DevelopmentMechanism (CDM) working group on small-scale projects linked closely to the method-ology of CDM.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank all our donors andpartners for their support and commit-ment during 2007/8, which enabled us tobuild on and initiate activities to encouragemarket transformation.

With the help of donors, partners, gov-ernments and all the involved stakehold-ers, REEEP was able to consolidate andfollow up on work undertaken in previ-ous years.

We look forward to seeing future impactsby relying on your continued support.


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The Partnership cemented its strong links with the media through theestablishment of the REEEP Clean Energy Media Awards, developed to attractjournalists to increase their coverage of clean energy topics in the media.

Facilitating Global Transformation


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In accelerating the integration

of renewables into the energy mix and

advocating energy efficiency, REEEP aims

to facilitate global transformation towards

improved energy security and reduced

greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring

further socio-economic benefits.

REEEP’S PROGRAMME

A key REEEP objective is to support andmeet the needs of its partners and donorsin the renewable energy and energyefficiency sectors through financial supportto the projects constituting the REEEPprogramme.

The REEEP programme has offered sup-port to 132 projects to date, with globalcoverage as shown in chart 1. Initially, 48projects were supported under theumbrella of the Climate Change andEnergy Programme of the GlobalOpportunities Fund of the UnitedKingdom and implemented under theREEEP banner (see annex B). Since theestablishment of its headquarters inVienna,REEEP has provided direct support to 84projects in more than 50 countries, thecurrent regional distribution of which isshown in chart 2. The majority of REEEPprojects continue to target the emergingmarket economies of Brazil, China, India,Mexico and South Africa. Further to the 11projects completed the previous year, 21 ofthese 84 projects were brought to a closeduring 2007/8, resulting in a REEEP portfo-lio of 32 currently completed projects. Inaddition, four projects to date were unsuc-cessful in fulfilling the project goals.

However, even unsuccessful experiencesare likely to be valuable to REEEP’s pro-gramme strategy as the Partnershipstrives to learn from both successes andfailures. A total of 52 projects (15 fromprevious programme cycles and 37 fromthe Sixth Programme Cycle) are current-ly at different stages of implementation.An overview of current implementationstatus is given in chart 3 on page 13.

Directly supported REEEP projects had aduration of one year and received financialsupport of approximately €70,000 each.However, starting with the Sixth ProgrammeCycle, launched in 2007, the level of REEEPfinancing was increased to €100,000 perproject, while the permissible project dura-tion was expanded to allow up to 24months. In addition, during this cycle, initia-tives were introduced aimed at the replica-tion or scale-up of two previous REEEPprojects; three specific projects were com-missioned; and four projects working direct-ly with key government partners and devel-opment financial institutions were support-ed.These measures are expected to furtherincrease the strategic value of the REEEPprogramme portfolio and were introducedin response to the recommendations of thePartnership Evaluation and a study toincrease the strategic impact of projects

during 2006/7. For detailed descriptions ofthese three newly introduced project types,see page 14.

REEEP projects are identified via a combi-nation of broad-based and balanced bot-tom-up and top-down processes, foundedon a framework of priorities defined bythe Programme Board and its programmedonors. The implementation of selectedprojects is monitored by REEEP’sRegional Secretariats, and evaluation andimpact assessment are carried out byindependent experts.

The overview on page 13 gives an insightinto the full programme cycle from incep-tion to date.The large number of projectproposals received during each cycledemonstrates the high interest in REEEP’sobjectives. On average, REEEP providessupport to 10 percent of applications.

Each REEEP project stems from the under-lying premise of its impact on the develop-ment of markets for renewable energy and

energy efficiency. The criteria for short-listing and ranking are designed to assessthe potential impact of the proposals.

REEEP projects leverage financial contribu-tions from other sources, emphasising therelevance and complementarity of REEEPprogrammes with other initiatives andinstitutions. For every euro REEEP investsin the projects, more than three euros areleveraged by additional co-funding, asshown in chart 4 on page 15.This leveragefactor is even higher for finance projects.

The thematic spread between currentlyimplemented Business and Finance andPolicy and Regulation REEEP projects is wellbalanced, as shown in chart 5 on page 16.

POLICY ANDREGULATION SOLUTIONS

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FACILITATING GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION

REEEP’s Programme Policy and Regulation Solutions Business and Finance Solutions

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Chart 1Geographical spread of totalREEEP project portfolio

Chart 2Countries in whichREEEP projects arecurrently implemented

supportive policy and regulatory frame-work to reinforce renewable energy andenergy efficiency and to create a foundationthat encourages investment. In the renew-able energy field, the Partnership specifical-ly promotes policies and regulations thatincentivise clean energy. In recognition ofthe fact that each country has differentrequirements and will embark on differentpathways towards cleaner energy, REEEPdoes not promote a universal approachtowards the increased share of sustainableenergy in the energy mix. The supportREEEP provides to legislators, regulators,municipalities and local authorities throughits programme helps improve energy secu-rity, reduce poverty and mitigate climatechange. REEEP’s overall vision to acceleratea global market for sustainable energy is

strongly influenced by the need to over-come international legal barriers.

REEEP’s current project portfolio address-es a wide range of policy and regulatoryneeds ranging from assisting governmentsin developing new energy policy inArgentina; the development of a nationalaction plan for rural biomass energy inChina; the implementation of a dissemina-tion strategy for efficient cooking stoves inNortheast Brazil; to the development of anintegrated rural energy utility roadmap inSouth Africa.

In addition to regional projects focusing onpolicy and regulation, REEEP provides con-tinued support to three ongoing strategicactivities –– the Renewable Energy andInternational Law Project (REIL), the


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2003/5 The First and Second Programme Cycleswere dedicated REEEP-GOF projects. The first andsecond call for projects resulted in the support of48 projects that were funded and managed by theUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) GlobalOpportunities Fund (GOF) under the REEEP banner.REEEP also managed two projects during 2004/5that were supported by the Austrian Government.Details of the First and Second Programme Cycleprojects can be found in annex B.

2005/6 The Third Programme Cycle was independ-ently managed by REEEP. Due to the establishment ofa formal governance structure in 2004, the UK FCOprovided funding directly to REEEP for the first time.REEEP managed the call for projects, receiving morethan 296 requests from over 70 countries. From theshort-list of 69 proposals submitted by the regions tothe International Secretariat, 18 projects were select-ed for funding during 2005/6. Details of the ThirdProgramme Cycle projects can be found in annexes Aand B covering REEEP’s ongoing and completed proj-ects respectively.

2006/7 The Fourth and Fifth Programme Cyclessaw a shift in funding from renewables to energyefficiency, and a focus on Africa. REEEP receivedfunding from two UK departments (Defra and the

FCO) for the fourth call and funding from theGovernments of Ireland and Italy for the fifth call.A total of 259 proposals were received during theselection process, of which 32 projects were initiallyselected for REEEP funding. Ultimately, four proj-ects could not begin implementation due to aninability to raise co-financing or enter into a con-tract with REEEP. Including a project chosen fromthe waiting list of projects not approved during theinitial selection process, 29 projects reached theimplementation stage. More information on Fourthand Fifth Programme Cycle projects can be found inannexes A and B, showing REEEP’s ongoing andcompleted projects.

2007/8 The Sixth Programme Cycle is REEEP’slargest to date. Project selection was completed inJuly 2007. This cycle received funding from Norway,the UK, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand and soughtto identify projects from priority countries –– China,Brazil and India, and from African and Pacific LeastDeveloped Countries. It piloted a combination ofbottom-up and top-down approaches introducingcommissioned projects to the REEEP portfolio.From the short-list of 310 proposals, 37 projectswere selected for funding during 2007/8. Details ofthe Sixth Programme Cycle projects, all of which areongoing, can be found in annex A.

Overview of REEEP Programme Cycles

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Delayed7%

Completedsuccessfully

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Chart 3Status of REEEP's project portfolio


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Replication and Scale-Up

REEEP is providing continuing support to proj-ects that have been successful in the past, inorder to take them to the next phase of devel-opment. The following two projects were select-ed for support from among the successful proj-ects of the first programme cycle that REEEPmanaged directly:

‘Energy Millennium Development Goal FinancingFacility (E-MDG-F) –– participatory business plan-ning’, implemented by the Fiorello H. LaGuardiaFoundation, seeks to replicate a successfulBrazilian hydro investment fund beyond Brazil toAsia and Africa while expanding the scope toother renewables and to energy efficiency.

‘Scaling up a proven mechanism to implementenergy efficiency street lighting projects inIndia’, implemented by Econoler International,builds on a past project in Central India to scaleup activities to over 100 cities in at least fiveadditional states in India.

Commissioned Projects

From the Sixth Programme Cycle, REEEP hasalso moved strategically to define projects top-down that will result in outcomes that set thefuture direction of the REEEP programme. Threesuch initiatives by REEEP are described below.

An analysis and synthesis of past REEEP-support-ed projects, with a view to identifying emerginglessons, is being carried out by a consortium com-prising Baastel and Econoler International.

To address the absence of risk-managementinstruments that limit investments in renewablesand energy efficiency in emerging markets, REEEPwill work with PricewaterhouseCoopers and ICICIBank, India’s largest private sector bank.

REEEP is also launching a global status reporton energy efficiency during 2008, commissionedfrom Ecofys Netherlands to provide anoverview of the achievements and potential ofthe global energy efficiency markets with afocus on G8+5.

Key Stakeholders

REEEP has started working directly with keystakeholders –– governments and developmentfinancial institutions (DFIs) –– as a means toincrease the impact of its operations. The firstof such direct engagement projects were startedduring the Sixth Programme Cycle:

‘Promotion of solar water heating in Uganda’,implemented by the Ministry of Energy andMineral Development, Uganda, will establishpolicies, standards and regulation to developthe domestic solar water heaters industry.

‘Support to the renewable energy law andrenewable energy targets in Argentina’, imple-mented by the National Energy Secretariat,Ministerio de Planificación Federal, ServiciosPúblicos e Inversión, Argentina, will identifypolicy measures that will remove barriers inorder to expand the use of renewable energy.

‘Development of marketplace competition foraffordable non-fossil lighting in sub-SaharanAfrica’, implemented by the World Bank and sup-ported by REEEP, will provide financial support toone of the development marketplace winners.

‘Development of international energy manage-ment standards (EMS) for integration into the ISO9000 or 14000 standards’, implemented by theUnited Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization (UNIDO), will receive REEEP support.

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Sustainable Energy Regulation Network(SERN) and the Energy Efficiency Coalition(EEC) –– which help add value to theregional activities and facilitate feedbackinto regulatory processes.

REIL is a REEEP-supported project operat-ing as an international policy and law net-work for clean energy in association withtheYale Center for Environmental Law andPolicy, the Center for Business and theEnvironment at Yale, the Yale Project onClimate Change, Baker and McKenzie’sGlobal Clean Energy and Climate ChangePractice, and Climate Change Capital.

The REIL network brings together thebusiness and finance communities, policymakers, scholars, lawyers, and science andtechnology experts. Through the networkand its outputs, REIL helps to influence anddesign effective policy, legal and financialstrategies to promote clean energy and toaddress climate change. This is done

through analyses of challenges and oppor-tunities in law and the dissemination ofmessages through key publications andhigh-profile events that provide a space forbusinesses and policy makers to engage inand inform law and policy.

SERN facilitates the exchange of experienceand knowledge between regulators and gov-ernment officials on policy and regulatorymechanisms that promote and acceleratethe development of sustainable energy.SERN is co-ordinated by the Centre forManagement under Regulation at WarwickUniversity in the United Kingdom.

SERN, a sub-network of REEEP, currentlyconsists of 367 individual members fromenergy regulatory agencies and govern-ment departments, as well as consultants,academics and other stakeholders with aninterest in sustainable energy regulation.

With the launch of the EEC at the UNFC-CC/COP in Bali in 2007, REEEP has

The REIL network’s expert roundtables at YaleUniversity bring together REIL network membersfor intense and contemplative analyses of theissues. A publication of the presentations andfindings from the past two Yale roundtables wascreated and distributed in 2007 at Bali. The pub-lication ‘From Barriers to Opportunities:Renewable Energy Issues in Law and Policy’ isavailable online at http://environment.yale.edu/documents/downloads/o-u/REIL-Report.pdf

Consensus was reached by REIL networkmembers at the Yale roundtables on thefollowing points:

• The reconceptualisation of energy: energyneeds to be viewed as a means to deliverenergy services to the community, ratherthan a commodity in itself.

• Harnessing the power of markets: market-based mechanisms need to be adopted as themost effective means to initiate widespreadbehavioural change.

• Uncertainty kills markets: policies and regu-lations need to be long, loud and legal ––without this, business will not respond.

• Policy makers, not policy takers: businessand industry need to participate actively inthe policy-making process.

• The promotion of green trade: trade liberali-sation needs to continue to increase thetransfer of renewable energy technologies.

The Yale roundtable has become an annual event.The REIL network will reconvene in May 2008.

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Chart 4Co-funding attracted by REEEP

strengthened its profile as an implement-ing agency of energy efficiency measuresand its ability to link key stakeholders allaround the world to assist in moving politi-cal commitments to practical reality. TheEEC currently comprises 20 members ofindustry and public service from China,India, Japan, South Africa, Mexico, the USAand Europe.The Coalition is funded throughcontributions from Austria and industry.

To meet the increased energy demandfrom municipalities and urban areas, a CityTwinning Initiative was promoted, whichaims to interlink with existing organisationsand to bring together municipal best-prac-tice solutions to facilitate the sharing ofexperiences: the completed strategic activ-ity ‘Energy services –– an innovative financ-ing scheme for energy efficiency in publicbuildings in Chile’ aimed to transferacquired know-how and project develop-

ment standards to Chilean cities, while theongoing strategic activity ‘PromotingSustainable Communities (IntegratedEnergy Systems)’ facilitates closer co-oper-ation between cities in terms of research,training and demonstration initiatives.

An overview of all Policy and Regulationprojects can be seen in annexes A and B.

The nature and scope of projects differthroughout the world but all are meant todeliver outcomes that can be shared viathe REEEP network and that have a poten-tial for replication.

Case studies providing insights into proj-ects facilitated by REEEP are described inthe following pages.

The detailed Policy and Regulation pro-gramme priorities for 2007/8 are describedin annex C.


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Key SERN activities in 2007/8 included:

Publications

• Policy and regulation review, second edition–– this document outlines policy frameworks,regulatory institutions and mechanisms rele-vant to renewable energy and energy effi-ciency for over 60 countries.

• SERN newsletter –– two editions of thenewsletter were published, one with a focuson Africa and one with a focus on LatinAmerica and the Caribbean.

• SERN literature review –– presents a selec-tion of important documents on regulationand sustainable energy that are made avail-able to SERN members.

Capacity Building

• Various training and capacity-building meas-ures were undertaken in collaboration withother organisations such as the EnergyRegulators Regional Association (ERRA), theOrganisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators(OOCUR) and the UN.

Support to specific projects

• Input to a UNIDO–REEEP training coursefor regulators in Africa on sustainable energyissues.

• Advisor on a REEEP-funded project on inte-grated rural energy utilities in sub-SaharanAfrica.

Research/documentation

• SERN works as a research/resource centre onthe implementation of policies and regulatorymechanisms to promote sustainable electricityin the specific context of developing countries.

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Chart 5Currently implementedprojects according to theme

The Energy Efficiency Coalition (EEC) is anumbrella organisation challenged with workingwith governments, businesses and other organi-sations to promote energy efficiency.

Energy efficiency: a voice that needs to be heard

Energy efficiency has been recognised as one ofthe most important tools for delivering both cli-mate and energy security whilst supporting sus-tainable economic growth both within OECDcountries and in emerging economies.

The potential of energy efficiency has beenwidely identified. It has been demonstratedthrough studies such as the UK Government’sStern Review and recognised on the interna-tional stage at events such as the WorldSummit for Sustainable Development.

Technology is not an obstacle to implementingenergy efficiency. The main challenges arefinance, communications, and changing tradi-tional behaviour.

Giving energy efficiency a voice

Beyond the barriers to energy efficiency, thelack, at the international level, of a voice topromote energy efficiency has been a brake onaction. A platform is urgently needed to giveenergy efficiency a strong and coherent voice onthe international stage.

The REEEP Energy Efficiency Coalition aims toprovide this voice. Bringing together govern-mental, civil society and business voices its aimis to bridge the gap between political will andaction on the ground.

EEC: co-operation for implementation

The EEC will help to support the work on ener-gy efficiency implementation by empoweringlocal stakeholders and enabling the global shar-ing of best practices.

A step-by-step approach

Since the energy efficiency market is somewhatfragmented, the scope of the coalition should beexpanded step by step.

1. Energy efficiency in buildings.

2. Industrial energy efficiency.

3. All energy efficiency sectors, including gener-ation and transportation.

Step one –– energy efficiency in buildings

The Coalition will provide:

• Advocacy for international energy efficiencyprogrammes.

• Guidance for research initiatives (GlobalAssessment Report).

• Communication of best practices and imple-mentation solutions in international fora.

• Mentorship to local and nationalprogrammes.

• Communication to promote educationalprogrammes targeting home builders, policymakers, academics and consumers.

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Policy and Regulation Case Study

Implementation of aDissemination Strategyfor Efficient Cook Stovesin Northeast Brazil

LOCATION Brazil

DURATION 2007–2009

BUDGET€110,000, including co-funding from IDER, the localstate government and the United States Agencyfor International Development (USAID)

IMPLEMENTING AGENCYInstituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável eEnergias Renováveis (Institute for SustainableDevelopment and Renewable Energy –– IDER)

PURPOSETo implement a dissemination strategy for efficientcooking stoves –– including installation, sustainableforest recovery activities, and capacity building ––that is adopted in Ceará state public policy throughstate development plans.

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND OUTPUTS

• Install 200 additional improved cooking stoves.

• Restock shrubbery forest with native species.

• Implement research on the best disseminationstrategy to determine the relative advantagesof subsidising stove manufacturers versus stoveusers.

• Implement best incentives for replanting meth-ods and forest management to generate a sus-tainable supply of wood fuel.

• Capacitate the Ceará state government insocial, economic and ecological issues aroundefficient stove fabrication and distribution.

• Work within the Ceará state government todevelop a dissemination model for efficientcooking stoves adapted to their developmentplans and public policy.

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Enactment of informed public policy that wouldencourage the sustainable use of biomass inrural communities.

• Improved health through energy-efficient cook-ing stove application.

• Best dissemination methods for efficient cook-ing stoves in rural communities learnt by stategovernment agencies.

STATUS AND PROGRESSThe project is progressing well. The state govern-ment has adopted this technology in the statedevelopment plans and will be pursuing financingoptions for further up-scaling.

The state of Ceará provided additional funds fromthe State Fund to Combat Poverty (FECOP) to sup-port the installation of an additional 4,000 stoves.




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Policy and Regulation Case Study

Promotion of SolarWater Heating in Uganda

LOCATION Uganda


BUDGET€377,000, including co-financing from theGovernment of Uganda

IMPLEMENTING AGENCYMinistry of Energy and Mineral Development

PURPOSETo save electricity, especially during peak hours, byswitching water heating in households and institu-tions from electricity to solar.


• Create awareness about the benefits of solarwater heaters among city planning authorities,the Ministry of Housing, professional bodies ofarchitects and engineering professionals, andthe general public.

• Establish appropriate financing mechanisms formanufacturers, vendor companies and consumers.

• Develop policies to promote solar waterheaters.

• Establish standards and guidelines for integrat-ing solar water heaters in buildings.

• Train 20 engineers and technicians to developlocal capacity to install and maintain solarwater heating systems.

• Prepare an investment plan to finance the repli-cation and scale-up of solar water heater use.

• Save 1 MW of electricity during peak hours byinstalling 500 solar water heaters.

• Expand the local solar thermal industry.

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Reduction in electricity rationing during peakhours.

• Reduction in energy bills in households andinstitutions using solar water heaters.

• Reduced government spending on subsidies tobring down the high electricity tariffs caused byexpensive diesel generators.

• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions from diesel-fuelled thermal power plants.

• Reduced cost of solar water heaters.

• Development of reliable solar water heatingsystems.

• Availability of trained solar water heater instal-lation engineers.

• Increase in the share of renewable energy in thenational energy mix.

STATUS AND PROGRESSThe project has started and an inception workshopwas held in the second quarter of 2008 by theGovernment of Uganda to carry out stakeholderconsultations.

BUSINESS AND FINANCESOLUTIONS

While the economics of renewables andenergy efficiency –– scale, cost structureand risk perceptions –– continue to neces-sitate innovative business and financemechanisms, the concern for energy secu-rity and the size of the emissions tradingmarkets have led to an acceleration in theengagement of major banks and develop-ment financial institutions, which in turnare actively engaging in investment in themarket, progressively moving from tradi-tional to emerging markets.

Still much more remains to be done in theareas of business and risk managementmodels; distribution and service channels;micro energy enterprise incubation anddevelopment; energy service deliverymodels; and risk management instrumentssuch as guarantee facilities.This should beaugmented by the engagement of local andinternational finance institutions, capitalmarkets and micro-finance. Business andfinancial aspects are critical to the devel-opment of a long-term, sustainable invest-ment market for renewables and energyefficiency, and this is an area where REEEPcontinues to move clean energy furtherinto the business arena.

Of particular importance is the market foremissions trading.This market is driven bythe EU Emissions Trading System; theKyoto Compliance Market and other mar-kets such as the voluntary carbon market;the Australian domestic market; and theRegional Greenhouse Gas Initiative(RGGI) in the USA. REEEP has supportedthe Clean Development Mechanism(CDM) Gold Standard to promote Kyotocompliance and the voluntary markets.Several of the REEEP projects that willresult in emissions reductions leveragefunding from carbon finance.

The financial theme is characterised by astrategic shift towards replicable businessmodels and risk management models.Financial sector activities are backed bystrategic products developed over the lastthree years.

REEEP’s Voluntary Carbon OffsetMechanism (VCOM) is a scheme by whichgovernments (local, regional and national),

companies and other institutions can out-source the purchase of Certified EmissionsReductions (CERs) or Gold StandardVerified Emissions Reductions (VERs) toREEEP as part of a carbon footprint man-agement strategy.

The advantage of the REEEP scheme is thatit brings its clients the assurance that REEEPwill use its knowledge and global networkto undertake background checks, and willliaise with financial institutions and projectdevelopers to ensure that clients of thescheme receive carbon credits from reliableprojects which look to develop renewableenergy and energy efficiency within aregion, and which result in co-benefits.

REEEP looks for small-scale projects whichcover renewable energy and energy effi-ciency, and which also have sustainabledevelopment benefit for the local popula-tion. REEEP places a priority on projectswhich can be replicated and/or scaled up.

The United Kingdom Foreign andCommonwealth Office (UK FCO) was thefirst to use the scheme. In 2007/8, REEEPagain worked with the UK to offset the car-bon emissions generated by the air travel ofUK FCO ministers and staff based in the UKin 2004 and 2005. In addition, REEEP is nowworking with the Government of Ireland,the FCO Global Opportunities Fund (GOF)and the British Embassy in Mexico City tooffset their carbon emissions.

ReEx Capital Asia (ReEx), formerly knownas the Renewable Energy Exchange, aSingapore-based strategic project promot-ed by REEEP, recently brokered three newinvestments that will provide some $30 mil-lion for an energy services company –– theJatropha biofuel and wind farm develop-ment. ReEx recognises that the clean ener-gy market is still relatively immature andthat both project sponsors and investorsneed assistance to accelerate the imple-mentation of new opportunities in this mar-ket. ReEx has a pipeline of around 30 cred-ible project opportunities.There is a grow-ing number of investors from the public andprivate banking sectors and private equityfunds, including corporate and strategicinvestors. ReEx provides a unique brokeringrole and consultancy services that havebeen very well received by both sides of themarket with enquiries spreading beyond its


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‘REEEP has become oneof the most successfulpartnerships of the WorldSustainable DevelopmentDialogue. It hasimplemented a widerange of projects that arehelping to scale upinvestment in renewableenergy and energyefficiency, and it hasdeveloped a network thatenables success and bestpractice to be quicklyreplicated and scaled upso that it can make aneven bigger impact.’Phil Woolas, UK EnvironmentMinister, Japan, 2008

original focus on the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Buildingon the financial support that REEEP provid-ed for its early operation, ReEx is now self-sustaining and funded from success feesearned through its brokering activities andconsultancy services, offered to both proj-ect developers and investors.

The Business and Finance projects sup-ported by REEEP to date have consistentlyshown a significant amount of co-funding,as illustrated in chart 4 on page 15. Theprojects address financing and institutionalbarriers to the development of renewableenergy and energy efficiency markets.Theycover a variety of issues ranging from thedevelopment of funds and finance facilitiesand the design and establishment of a riskmitigation mechanism to manage invest-

ment risks; the implementation of a financ-ing facility for sustainable ventures andinfrastructures, supported by renewableenergy and energy efficient systems, to pro-mote the Millennium Development Goals;to the replication and scale-up of a previ-ously successful business model for financ-ing municipal street lighting in India and theestablishment of appropriate financial andmarket-based mechanisms to improvebuilding energy efficiency in China.

An overview of Business and Finance proj-ects can be found in annexes A and B, andthe Business and Finance priorities for2007/8 are described in annex C.

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The achievements of ReEx Capital Asia to dateinclude:

• Mandates established with over 25 projectsponsors throughout South East Asia and inKorea, India, China, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

• Detailed due diligence under way on a num-ber of near-term investment opportunities.

• Cross-section of technologies totalling some$800 million, which include solar PV manu-facturing, biofuel production (Jathropa, bio-ethanol, palm oil, cassava, sweet sorghumand associated bio-plastics production),wind, biogas, landfill gas, small hydro, bio-mass and energy efficiency.

• Relationships established with some 50 poten-tial investors who represent private equitysources, specialist funds, corporate investors,national banks, international banks and bilat-eral and multilateral development banks.

• Ongoing sourcing of projects and identificationof interested investment partners with strongand positive support from the market for thisfacility.

ReEx

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Sample of investment opportunities per country

Philippines 5

China 3

Indonesia 3

India 3

Korea 2

Laos 1

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Business and Finance Case Study

Standardised Financial & LegalDocumentation for RETScreen

LOCATION Global


BUDGET€600,000, including co-funding from NaturalResources Canada (NRCan)

IMPLEMENTING AGENCYCANMET Energy Technology Centre–Varennes

PURPOSETo help significantly reduce pre-construction finan-cial and legal transaction costs for clean energyprojects by establishing a standardised financialand legal documentation knowledge managementsystem integrated with the RETScreen CleanEnergy Project Analysis software.


• Link existing legal documents for energy effi-ciency, co-generation and renewable energyprojects to RETScreen software.

• Include an editor-controlled Wiki documentmanagement section within the RETScreenwebsite.

• Develop customised initial documents wheregaps exist for pilot projects in China, India orBrazil.

• Disseminate content to users via RETScreensoftware and links to RETScreen from otherwebsites, with a focus on REEEP donor prioritycountries.

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Reduction of the estimated $300 billion investedin pre-construction transaction costs for energyefficiency, co-generation and renewable energyprojects over the next 30 years, estimated toamount to $8 billion by the end of 2012.

• Reduction of upfront costs, via the standardisa-tion of documentation and by automatingexpert knowledge within RETScreen software.Financial and legal documentation adds as muchas $1 million per project to these costs.

• Expansion of use of RETScreen software fromcurrently 150,000 users to a planned target of300,000 at a growth rate of 1,000 users per week.

STATUS AND PROGRESS

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Business and Finance Case Study

Performance/CreditRisk Guarantees andFinancing Mechanisms forESCO-Structured EnergyEfficiency Projects

LOCATION Mexico


BUDGET€200,000, including co-funding from EPS CapitalCorporation and Mexican ESCOs

IMPLEMENTING AGENCYEPS Capital Corporation

PURPOSETo encourage local banks in Mexico to providelong-term financing to ESCO-structured energyefficiency projects and to accept NacionalFinanciera, S.N.C. (NAFIN) guarantees with theproject’s cash flow as collateral.


• Develop and finance three ESCO-structuredprojects in Mexico utilising newly created per-formance/credit risk guarantees and project-based financing mechanisms, to be providedby NAFIN.

• Obtain market feedback based on local bankrequirements for financing the three projects inorder for NAFIN to design the final financingmechanisms based on lessons learned.

EXPECTED IMPACTS

• Provision of performance and credit risk guar-antees from NAFIN and risk mitigation struc-tures to local banks in Mexico that provide cashflow–based long-term financing to ESCO-struc-tured energy efficiency projects.

• Acceleration of the implementation of energyefficiency projects and the growth of the ESCOindustry in Mexico, which comprises mostlysmall and medium-sized enterprises.

• Creation of replicable mechanisms that can beused to aggregate the financing of energy effi-ciency projects and to reduce overall transactioncosts.

STATUS AND PROGRESSDiscussions are under way with NAFIN to providea performance risk mechanism and partial creditguarantee facility. This will allow local banks andfinancial institutions to support ESCO-structuredenergy efficiency projects.

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Sharing best practices and providing access

to information and knowledge are fundamental

to REEEP’s service. In 2007/8, existing information

systems were improved or replaced by new,

state-of-the-art tools.With the implementation

of a newly designed website integrating a highly

customer-friendly community platform, REEEP

enables all partners and interested stakeholders

to communicate quickly and easily.

REEGLE

The ‘information gateway for renew-able energy and energy efficiency’,www.reegle.info, was conceptualised inearly 2005 when REEEP and its strategicpartner REN21 conceived the creation ofan information portal on all aspects ofclean energy.This enterprise was support-ed by the Governments of the UnitedKingdom, Germany, the Netherlands andAustria and has developed a highly recog-nised clean energy information portal witha global outreach.

A unique, state-of-the-art search engine,reegle allows fast access to all relevantinformation sources on renewable energy,energy efficiency and climate change. Thishigh-quality information access isaddressed to targeted stakeholders, includ-ing governments, project developers, busi-nesses, financiers, NGOs, academia, inter-national organisations and civil society.

The system refines and categorises allidentified information sources and trans-lates these, via searchable user-friendly fea-tures, into the user’s search requirements.

The unique value of reegle derives fromREEEP and REN21 experts continuouslyidentifying and reviewing the most relevantand highest-quality information sources(currently over 200 websites are covered byreegle, as shown in chart 7), which are thenaccessible via reegle to all stakeholders.Specifically tailored responses can thereforebe delivered to all clean energy questions.

To accelerate access to such information,reegle also gives direct access to existingdatabases from core ‘knowledge partners’ —highly relevant information providers such astheWorld Bank, theWorld Energy Council,the United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization and the International EnergyAgency. REEEP continues to identify and

negotiate with other leading entities to joinin this functionality.

During 2007/8, the reegle informationgateway increased its outreach by intro-ducing multilingual features (French andSpanish), which will be available to theglobal audience in mid-2008.

In addition to the existing informationaccess points, a new blog (http://blog.reegle.info) has been launched to keepusers up to date and to provide the latestevent information.

To ensure the continuous development ofthe information portal, a reegle project

manager was hired in September 2007.Theadditional capacity is enhancing theachievements and extending the outreachof reegle. For example, discussions are cur-rently being held with one of the globalplayers on internet information researchregarding the establishment of a valuablemarketing co-operation.A number of soft-ware improvements have also been madein order to increase speed and searchquality.The reegle trademark has been reg-istered worldwide, with the exception ofthe USA where the required documentshave been submitted and approval isexpected in mid-2008.


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Three different types ofsearch capability areprovided by reegle:

• Actors Catalogue containsinformation on more than1,350 initiatives, partner-ships and organisationsinvolved in renewableenergy and energy efficien-cy. The Actors Catalogue,which is updated twice ayear, also includes infor-mation about the focus,geographical reach andprojects of the variousinstitutions (‘Actors’).Chart 8 illustrates the con-tinuous growth of thedatabase.

• Category Search allows fordocument viewing via aspecial categorisation sys-tem for renewable energyand energy efficiency.

• Intelligent Search providesadditional semantic web-based search mechanismsas well as additional fea-tures such as personalisa-tion, a glossary and a the-saurus. The IntelligentSearch function is based ona ‘mind map’ derived frominterviews conducted witha number of experts, eachinterviewee representing acertain target group,including policy makers,regulators, project devel-opers, manufacturers,NGOs and research institu-tions, with a balancebetween experts from therenewable energy andenergy efficiency sectors.

reegle Search Capabilities

reegle Databases Website & Community Platform

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Number of reegle actors

To raise awareness of the system’s benefitsactive promotion is required: reegle wastherefore presented at three key eventsduring the last year.

At these events, several new partnershipopportunities and possibilities for futuredevelopment emerged, which will be fol-lowed up during 2008/9.

The impact of such activities can be seen in

chart 9, which details the increase in hitrates following the activities; and in chart 10,where the geographical impact is clearlyvisible.This chart shows that the majorityof reegle visitors still come from Europeand North America but reflects anincreasing interest from Asia.

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In preparation for the Washington InternationalRenewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008,the reegle and WIREC teams worked closelytogether to develop a WIREC dedicated sectionwithin the overall reegle site offering a numberof added-value options.

• Customised searches on best practices inrenewables.

• Links to high-quality related sites.

• A redefined categorisation system to reflectkey WIREC issues, making searches easierand more efficient.

• A reegle blog, providing users with up-to-date event information.

• Banner links from WIREC topics to specificrelated search engines.

The result of this co-operation was that reeglebecame the ‘Best Practice Information Tool’ of

WIREC 2008, and all conference participantswere able to use reegle to find high-quality bestpractices on the four focal points of WIREC(agriculture and rural development; technolo-gy/research and development; finance; and mar-ket adoption and deployment).

reegle @ WIREC 2008

‘Fundamental to the acceleration of the clean energy marketplace, is theneed to provide interested stakeholders, in particular potential investors, with fastaccess to high-quality information. reegle, the information gateway for renewableenergy and energy efficiency, provides the means to link and disseminate knowledge,helping to determine market potential and facilitating global investment forecasts.’Martin Schöpe, Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, Germany, 2007

Oceania 3%

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also been explored, using its resources tosupport events through a web-basedinformation system in a pilot version atWIREC 2008. To this end, reegle devel-oped a specific partnership with WIREC2008, the details of which can be seen inthe box on page 27.

DATABASES

In 2007/8, two general updates of thereegle integrated databases were per-formed. This includes the ActorsCatalogue, a comprehensive overview ofstakeholders in the field of clean energy;and the Training and Education Database(TED), which provides an overview of rel-evant training courses in major global edu-cational facilities.

WEBSITE ANDCOMMUNITY PLATFORM

As a consequence of the intensive growthof the Partnership within the last four years,in terms of both partner numbers and activ-ities, the requirements with respect to thePartnership’s communication systems havechanged. In addition, new IT solutionsbecame available on the global marketplace,which could be of benefit to the Partnership.

This led to the decision to develop andimplement a new, integrated website andstate-of-the-art community platform tooptimise the visibility of the REEEP organ-isation, its work, its mission and strategies,and its current projects, as well as to opti-mise the co-ordination of the partner net-work and enable smooth communicationand information flow.

The global and virtual nature of thePartnership makes it dependent on thecommunity platform as its only infrastruc-tural backbone, and on the website as itsvirtual window to the outside world.

Excellent functionality and the easy opera-tion of this information tool is thereforeessential for future Partnership develop-ment, as identified during the PartnershipEvaluation process.

Furthermore, the new website and com-munity platform have been integrated withthe newly established ProgrammeManagement Information System (PMIS),another large infrastructural projectundertaken in 2007/8, which is describedin detail on page 52, to ensure a globalonline picture of REEEP activities.

The development of the new system hasbeen carried out in co-operation withan Austrian IT company, and was guidedand supervised by an internal REEEPadvisory group.

To ensure the actuality of the databaseswithin the website and community plat-form, data relating to persons and organi-sations within the systems were updatedthrough a request for re-registration.

The website has a series of functionalityupgrades and new features. One of themost important innovations is thatRegional Secretariats can now upload theirown regional content to the respectivegeographic section of the website. Thisnew, ‘decentralised’ model will allow localand regional activities, news, events andanalysis to be more rapidly promoted.

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‘I found the service to be substantially helpful. And the breadth of data on types ofsectors and actors was amazing. I will definitely be using reegle again. reegle isundoubtedly an indispensable resource...’The Greensource Blog, 2007

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REEEP has recently launched a new websiteand community platform for partners andfriends of REEEP, with additional functionalityand benefits.

• Be the first to hear about REEEP’s call forprojects with targeted emails about newfunding rounds, allowing increased prepa-ration for proposal development.

• Receive global exposure for your knowledgeand expertise by establishing a profile withinthe website leading to increased promotion-al opportunities.

• Find organisations and individuals forpotential collaboration.

• Receive updates on relevant news, events,reports and projects with your personal‘What’s New’ page.

• Keep track of the renewable energy andenergy efficiency job market and be thefirst to take advantage of potential newopportunities.

New features for ‘Friends of REEEP’

‘With the relaunch of its internet information system REEEP managed to realise asolution that fully satisfies the needs of a global acting partnership: providing up-to-date information on the public website as well as providing a full-blown communitysystem for partners, friends and staff members...’Martin Kaltenböck, Managing Director, punkt. netServices

website. In response to this request, thenew functionality includes a variety ofsearchable databases. The result is thatinformation can now be sorted acrossseveral criteria allowing users to findinformation more rapidly on a particularsubject, geography or time.

The site layout was also improved, withnew sections and sub-sections added to

better align REEEP’s products and serv-ices with the website. The Partnershiphas evolved significantly over the lastfour years and the website has toreflect this evolution. A new section,‘Accelerate the market’, has been added,which allows visitors, partners andfriends to access statistics and data,tools, training, project information, fund-ing and new job opportunities.

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Empowerment of regional representatives,

intensive political engagement and

targeted communications are critical

to the Partnership’s role as an agent

for change for energy systems.

REGIONALREPRESENTATION

Accelerating the global and regional mar-kets for renewable energy and energy effi-ciency requires REEEP to have a strong,mobile and influential network that knowswhat is needed and how to deliver changeat both regional and international level.

REEEP’s network structure consists of anInternational Secretariat based in Vienna,eight Regional Secretariats, and two localFocal Points. All regional contact detailscan be found in annex D.

It is the task of the International Secretariatto co-ordinate REEEP’s programmes;ensure that funds are used correctly; setstrategy; co-ordinate and support theRegional Secretariats; distribute informa-tion; and report to the bodies within thegovernance structure.

During 2007/8, in response to the recom-mendations arising from the evaluationscarried out during the previous year, theposition of Regional Secretariat Co-ordi-nator was introduced within theInternational Secretariat, with the aim ofenhancing the support and cohesion ofthe network.

This has reinforced the intensive commu-nications with the Regional Secretariats,including the continuation, in September2007, of the annual two-day meeting inVienna attended by representatives fromall eight Secretariats where discussions

took place on taking the network forward.In addition, this has led to the re-establish-ment of regular conference calls with allRegional Secretariats represented and sup-ported by weekly bilateral conversations,allowing immediate reaction to regionalrequests.

The Regional Secretariats deliver real,practical benefits to the region for whichthey are responsible and keep in touchwith the local situation to ensure thatregional needs drive the Partnership’sactivities and that REEEP’s aims and objec-tives are achieved within the region. TheRegional Secretariats are responsible formore than 90 countries in total. Chart 11illustrates the geographical responsibilityof the Regional Secretariats.

In addition to the eight RegionalSecretariats, REEEP collaborates with twolocal Focal Points. In North Africa, REEEP’spartner, the Mediterranean RenewableEnergy Programme (MEDREP), acts as avoluntary point of contact and support toREEEP activities within the region; and inWest Africa the Economic Community ofWestAfrican States (ECOWAS) provides asupporting role.

INTERNATIONALPOLITICAL PROFILE

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REEEP Focal PointNorth Africa (MEDREP)

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its aims and to raise awareness among pol-icy makers, regulators, officials and legisla-tors of the role that renewable energy andenergy efficiency can play in providing aglobal sustainable low-carbon energy mix.

EnhancedGovernmental RelationsThe International Secretariat pursued itsdiplomatic outreach strategy during theyear with a view to the further expansionof the governmental component of theREEEP membership and to the widening ofthe circle of partners ready to contribute

to the funding of REEEP programmes. Inmany cases, these outreach activities bene-fited from the support of diplomatic rep-resentatives and officials of existing gov-ernmental partners.

In 2007/8,Hungary became the first CentralEuropean country to sign up as a REEEPpartner and negotiations are in progresswith other governments in this region.

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Regional Representation Political Profile Strategic Alliances PR Publications Communication Capacity Building

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Geographicalstructure of REEEP

The G8 countries ‘…welcome concerted global action to promote renewable energyand the support of interested parties for initiatives and partnerships such as…the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program (REEEP)…’The Heiligendamm G8 Summit, 2007

developing positive market conditions forrenewable energy and energy efficiencytechnologies.

Activities within theGleneagles ProcessIn June 2007, at the Heiligendamm Summitin Germany, the G8 made a statement that

they continued to welcome and supportthe work of REEEP in promoting renew-able energy globally.

As a follow-up to REEEP’s contribution to theGleneagles Dialogue, the Partnership wasinvited to theThird Ministerial Meeting of theGleneagles Dialogue,held on 9–11 September2007 in Berlin, at which REEEP made a state-


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ADVANCING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY


‘The Renewable Energy and Energy EfficiencyPartnership has been active for more than threeyears in promoting market conditions for renew-ables and energy efficiency targeting primarily thenon-OECD countries. I would like to raise here threeissues energy efficiency is still facing.

Our experience is that there is still a strong lack ofimplementation on the ground, since enforcement hasmostly to take place at the local level where awarenessand the capacity are oftenmissing. The empowermentof the local level is in our view something that centralgovernments need to address as a matter of priority.

May I make a further observation? The relative lackof data in relation to energy efficiency practices isstill striking. We all know that gathering data is anecessary condition for decisive action. REEEPintends to contribute to overcome this obstacle byinitiating a global status report on energy efficiencywhich will be available in 2008.

Finally, since the energy efficiency community is avery scattered sector there is a strong need, espe-cially for private sectors active in energy efficiency,to draw closer together with a view to an intensivesharing of best solutions, conducive to the spread ofenergy efficiency practices and technologies.Building on the requests of the private sector,REEEP initiated the Energy Efficiency Coalition,which should become a home for all those active inthis field. The coalition comprises highly respectedenergy efficiency professionals from India, China,Japan, South Africa, the USA, the EU and a repre-sentative of the IEA. In its first year of activities thiscoalition will focus primarily on energy efficiency inbuildings, this being the area of particular responsi-bility ascribed to REEEP by the G8.’

Marianne Osterkorn,International Director, REEEP

Director’s Gleneagles Statement

The Gleneagles Dialogue is a process that brings together 20countries with the greatest energy needs, including the G8 andthe major emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexicoand South Africa, and allows them informally to discuss innova-tive ideas and new measures to tackle climate change outside theformal negotiations under the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The Gleneagles Dialogue

ment reflecting the Partnership’s regionalexperiences and strong profile in the energyefficiency sector, with an emphasis on theneed for better data on energy efficiencyand internal co-operation.

Furthermore, REEEP was granted observerstatus at the Fourth Ministerial Meeting ofthe Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change,Clean Energy and Sustainable Developmentin Japan,which provided a unique opportuni-ty to improve contacts with Japanese stake-holders and decision makers.

The G8 Gleneagles Plan of Action listedREEEP as a vehicle to promote energy effi-ciency, in particular for the building sector.In fulfilling this role, in 2007/8 REEEP initi-ated the generation of a global energy effi-ciency assessment report, which will bepublished in 2008, and after a sufficientconsultation period also initiated the part-nering of parties interested in energy effi-ciency and the formation of the EnergyEfficiency Coalition as described on page 17.

Participation in theUnited Nations ProcessIn preparation for the 15th Session of theCommission on Sustainable Development(CSD-15), held in May 2007 in New York,REEEP provided a large number of sus-tainable development case studies, whichwere used in preparing the Secretary-General’s reports to the CSD and the UNGeneral Assembly.

REEEP was one of the few partnerships,and the only one dealing with energy effi-ciency and renewable energy, to be profiledby the UN during the build-up to CSD-15.

REEEP was prominently presented at theCSD-15 with the side event ‘REEEP ––Delivering Sustainable Energy for PovertyReduction and Economic Growth’. Keynote

speeches and comments were given by theMinister of Energy and Mineral Develop-ment of Uganda; the Under Secretary forDemocracy and Global Affairs, US Depart-ment of State; the State Secretary of theMinistry of Petroleum and Energy ofNorway; the Director-General of theUnited Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization (UNIDO); and the Minister ofState for Climate Change of the UK.

The second part of the event was dedicat-ed to the presentation of various REEEPcase studies addressing this issue, demon-strating how REEEP is instrumental in pro-viding improvements in this area.

In addition, REEEP gave a training sessionat the UN Learning Centre alongside theCSD-15, where the expertise of thePartnership in the field of green certificatesystems was highlighted.

At the margins of the CSD, REEEP was alsoinvited to contribute to the events ofUNIDO and the Austrian Govern-ment–endorsed ‘Energy Security throughLived Interdependence’.

REEEP contributed to the UNFCCCIntersessional Meeting held in Vienna inAugust 2007 through the joint REEEPand UNIDO side event ‘Activities inEnergy Efficiency’ and by offering inter-ested parties detailed information aboutthe Partnership.

REEEP has started collaboration on innova-tive financing with the technology transfergroup under the UNFCCC and contributedto the workshop on technology needsassessment held in Bangkok in 2007. REEEPis also being considered for possible co-operation by the Expert Group onTechnology Transfer (EGTT) as a potentialvehicle for capacity building for innovativefinancing in member countries.


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‘The US Government is very pleased to support the REEEP…We arecommitted to REEEP first because in its governance and implementation proceduresit exemplifies the value of the public-private model.’Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, US Department of State at CSD-15,NewYork, 2007

In addition, REEEP took an active role inthe UNFCCC Conference of the Parties(COP-13) in Bali. Its side event ‘SustainableGrowth through Energy Efficiency’ attract-ed more than 150 participants.

The side event included keynote speeches byhigh-level representatives from China, India,Germany and the International Energy

Agency, followed by an active discussionamong the participants on how to decoupleenergy use from economic growth.

At the COP, REEEP gave active input intovarious events, such as the EnergyEfficiency and Carbon Finance ExpertGroup, which seeks to increase the shareof energy efficiency in the carbon markets.


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• REN21, the international policy network forrenewables, and REEEP have continued tofurther improve reegle, the information gate-way for renewable energy and energy efficien-cy. REEEP was invited to the REN21 Boardmeetings.

• GVEP and REEEP continued to explore futurecollaboration on both the structural and pro-gramme level by negotiating a newMemorandum of Understanding (MoU).

• GNESD and REEEP co-operated on a series ofworkshops to produce a report on renewableenergy technologies and energy access, whichwas presented at the UN CSD-15 in NewYork in 2007.

• With CLASP, REEEP is working on two initia-tives started in 2007/8: the labelling of energyefficiency products in India; and expanding theAsia-Pacific Energy Standards InformationSystem (ESIS) to REEEP priority countries.

• REEEP continued its close collaboration onenergy issues with UNIDO on several fronts,

ranging from joint events to project-specificco-operation such as UNIDO’s work on ener-gy management standards, which has nowbeen included in the ISO work programme.

• MEDREP and REEEP continued their success-ful collaboration through joint programmesand supported a new project in theMediterranean funded by Italy, enhancing pol-icy frameworks to support renewable energyin the Mediterranean region.

• IEA is now acting as an observer on theREEEP Governing Board and an IEA expert isjoining the Advisory Group of the EnergyEfficiency Coalition.

• REEEP is supporting the World Bank’sDevelopment Marketplace competition oninnovative and efficient lighting solutions inAfrica.

• ICLEI and REEEP continued their close part-nership, in particular in Indonesia with thejointly hosted workshop ‘Solutions forClimate Change’ in Bogor.

Examples of Ongoing Joint Collaboration

‘REEEP works with governments, businesses, industry, financiers andcivil society across the world in order to expand the global market forrenewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. REEEP is uniquelyplaced to contribute to international, national and regional policy dialogues.’Buyelwa Sonjica, Minister of Minerals and Energy, South Africa, atWIREC,Washington, 2008

On the margins of the COP, the CanadianMinister of the Environment launched animportant REEEP-sponsored project,RETScreen, an online feasibility analysistool, which was translated into 26 lan-guages as a result of REEEP’s contribution.

REEEP also participated at the workshop‘Understanding the Role of CarbonMarkets and Scaling Up the FinancialResponse to Climate Change’ in London,following an invitation from theDepartment for Environment, Food andRural Affairs (Defra), UK. The workshopwas an opportunity for discussions onfuture aspects of climate change.

Supporting RegionalInter-governmentalProcessesIn Asia and the Pacific, REEEP’s value is alsorecognised. In May 2007,APEC (Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation) energy ministersmade a statement that they ‘encourage col-laboration with the Renewable Energy andEnergy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) onfinancing, policy and regulation’.

Following this, on 5–6 September 2007 inHong Kong, the APEC Energy WorkingGroup gave REEEP guest status withintheir process.

The UK Foreign and CommonwealthOffice (FCO) in Korea, in co-operationwith the Korean Government, organisedthe event ‘Business Opportunities inRenewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’,which was attended by high-level Koreanofficials and representatives from theREEEP International Secretariat and East

Asia Regional Secretariat.This event was agood opportunity for REEEP to increaseits presence in the region.

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

Throughout this period, REEEP has con-tinued to co-ordinate and develop syner-gies with its partners and with otherorganisations and initiatives with whichREEEP has signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU).

This collaboration has resulted in the fol-lowing activities:

• REEEP has continued to work with andsupport the Carbon DisclosureProject (CDP). This is an importantarea of work for REEEP, as thePartnership looks to expand andstrengthen its co-operation and workwith the private sector and carbonmarkets. For the CDP 2007 report,REEEP funded CDP to analyse theinvolvement of FT500 (the 500 largestcompanies globally by market capitali-sation, as published by the FinancialTimes) in renewable energy and energyefficiency. The results clearly signalledthat businesses see the financialopportunities of renewables and ener-gy efficiency in the move towards alower carbon energy future.

• REEEP was present at Pacific energytalks, including the Council of RegionalOrganisations in the Pacific (CROP)Energy Working Group (EWG) meet-ing, held in Suva, Fiji, in February 2008,to which REEEP was invited in thecapacity of observer. The main focus


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‘The Government of Canada is pleased to have worked in collaboration with theRenewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, or REEEP, to translate the latestversion of the RETScreen software into 26 languages, covering some two-thirds of theworld’s population.’John Baird, Minister of Environment, Canada at the UNFCCC/COP, Bali, 2007

areas of the meeting were greaterco-ordination of funds available in thePacific for energy projects and thepreparation of the next Pacific EnergyMinisters Meeting (PEMM), scheduledfor April 2009 in Tonga. At the forth-coming CROP EWG meeting, sched-uled for May 2008, the potential themefor the 2009 PEMM meeting will bediscussed, as well as opportunities forholding parallel meetings/side events.The CROP EWG is a co-ordinationbody of regional programmes andprojects in the Pacific.The purpose ofthe CROP EWG is to ensure thatregional energy-related programmesare planned, implemented and co-ordi-nated through an integrated multi-stakeholder approach.

• REEEP was present at the PEMMmeetings held in the Cook Islands inApril 2007 and is pleased to be part ofthe preparations for next year’s nego-tiations to further the dialogue on sus-tainable energy issues in the region,such as innovative financing optionsand mainstreaming the energy debate.

• The South Pacific Applied GeoscienceCommission (SOPAC) and REEEPcemented their co-operation with thesigning of an MoU at the PEMM and atthe Regional Energy Officials Meeting(REM).The theme of the meetings was‘Energy Security for SustainableDevelopment’. The co-operationbetween REEEP and SOPAC contin-ued throughout the year and isdemonstrated, for example, by the co-development of Clean DevelopmentMechanism fact sheets in collabora-tion with the Foundation forInternational Environmental Law andDevelopment (FIELD).

SOPAC, with funding from New

Zealand, is also implementing a REEEPproject in the Pacific to promote solarhome systems using a micro energyservices company approach. This hasthe potential to deliver solutions,which can be widely replicated in theregion and increase energy access.

• The Energy and EnvironmentPartnership for CentralAmerica (EEP), aFinnish initiative, and REEEP recognisedthe potential for close collaborationthrough interactions within the REEEPprogramme development process.

PR PUBLICATIONS

In addition to regional, political andstrategic alliances, REEEP stronglybelieves in the need for the active pro-motion of the Partnership by publishingcomprehensive insights into lessonslearned and best practices identifiedthroughout REEEP’s global work.

In 2007/8, REEEP continued to build on thesuccess of the previous year, with the gen-eration of the Annual Report covering thefinancial year 2006/7. Detailing thePartnership’s mission and objectives, andfilled with case studies of local projectsand best practices, as well as updates on allREEEP activities, the report was sent outto every REEEP partner and widely dis-seminated at all fora. The Annual Reportremains a core element of the Partnership'spublications and provides a means of shar-ing beliefs and actions with a wider audi-ence and of generating new donors.

In addition, this year saw the publication ofthe second Project Profiles book inadvance of the COP in Bali in December2007. Detailing all the new REEEP projectsand segmented by donor and countries,the book acts as a vital reference guide toboth current and potential partners.


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‘We encourage collaboration with the Renewable Energy and Energy EfficiencyPartnership (REEEP) on financing, policy and regulation.’APEC Energy Ministers at the EMM8 in Australia, 2007

These two major publications were com-plemented by several additional communi-cation tools, including a new edition of thePolicy and Regulatory Review of theSustainable Energy Regulation Network(SERN), which gives comprehensive cover-age of the status of policies of 56 countriesregarding clean energy.

Summary flyers were also produced forthe REEEP Voluntary Carbon OffsetMechanism (VCOM) and the EnergyEfficiency Coalition (EEC).

COMMUNICATIONOF REEEP’S MESSAGE

Facilitating market conditions to supportrenewable energy and energy efficiency is a

complex task that leverages REEEP networksat several levels. Changes in policies, regula-tions and financial support are guided byREEEP’s on-the-ground projects, RegionalSecretariats, donor activities, and theInternational Secretariat’s diplomatic actions.

At the beginning of this fiscal year, thePartnership determined a set of communi-cation priorities that included:

• promoting REEEP within inter-govern-mental processes

• increasing the profile of finance forenergy efficiency

• highlighting successes achieved in theWork Programme

• promoting carbon finance

• enhancing the position of REEEP as aleading international partnership.


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InternationalSecretariat

REEEP’s activities were communicated to itspartners and beyond through an outreachprogramme that used various communica-tion channels to reach REEEP target audi-ences, including its website, the media, con-ferences and the REEEP newsletter. REEEPaims to convert its activities into interestingnews stories, articles and press releases forthe national and international media, and inparticular print and digital media.

REEEP’s coverage in the media grew signifi-cantly, more than doubling, due to a numberof strategic relationships established withrenewable energy and news portals.Readership rose to over 10 million read-ers/viewers up from 5 million last year. Forexample, the African news portalAllAfrica.com has more than 5 million pageviews on its website and REEEP had fourarticles there last year. Strategic relation-ships were also established withEnvironmental-Expert.com, which has 3.8million page views per month; RenewableEnergy World magazine and website, whichhas more than 400,000 page views permonth; and Earthtoys e-magazine,which hasmore than 100,000 page views per month.

A total of 151 news items (articles andpress releases) were placed in the mediaduring 2007/8 with a total coverage of 242English-language magazines and websites(excluding local-language coverage). Of thetotal news items, 15 were press releases.News articles are placed in printed maga-zines while press releases tend to appearon multiple websites and in magazines withcoverage ranging from eight to 23 publica-tions per press release. News articles areREEEP’s method of promoting learningsand best practice as they cover a particulartheme.A key learning from last year’s activ-ities was that press releases spread theword more widely than news articles, butthey are limited by their brevity.Thus a mixof articles and press releases helps to com-municate both comprehensive learnings totargeted audiences (such as readers of amagazine) and brief news announcementsto much broader and global audiences.

The media were particularly interested in thePartnership’s work to improve energy effi-

ciency in Russia; to develop appliance stan-dards in Central America; to use renewableenergy as a solution to the electricity crisis inSouth Africa; and to provide assistance fordrafting new renewable energy legislation forUganda andArgentina.

REEEP’s role as a bridge between govern-ments, businesses and NGOs was furtherenhanced and validated as the mediaapproached the Partnership for insightsinto international and inter-governmentalcommitments.The REEEP side event at theCSD-15 in New York received extensivemedia coverage, in part due to the brevityand concise format that the Partnershipuses to communicate key themes. Ratherthan release information from the per-spective of one organisation or govern-ment, REEEP’s neutral status allows for avariety of perspectives –– from Uganda toNorway –– to be communicated in a singlenews article or press release. The globalinsights that REEEP provides are unique inthe renewable energy media.

Two feature articles on energy efficiencyappeared in the Latin Business Chronicle.One article covered the Partnership’swork with the Collaborative Labelingand Appliance Standards Program(CLASP) to establish energy efficiencystandards in Latin America based on thesuccesses in Mexico. The otherdescribed REEEP’s project with theBrazilian oil company Petrobras toestablish an energy services company(ESCO) to service industrial clients.

The REEEP Work Programme was high-lighted via a variety of feature articles onREEEP-funded projects across the devel-oping world. Notable news stories includ-ed coverage of REEEP’s project inGuatemala to establish renewable energypolicies; projects in China to promote theco-firing of straw in coal power stationsand to advance demand-side managementmeasures; and a project in Brazil to pro-mote models for off-grid renewable ener-gy production along the Amazon.

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• The REEEP Russia and Former Soviet UnionRegional Secretariat organised a workshop inMoscow for European Union and Russian policymakers on climate and energy security. As aresult of the workshop, an agreement wasreached recognising the need for further jointactivities and outlining the priority areas for co-operation. These include the creation of innova-tive financial incentives facilitating the marketpenetration of climate-friendly energy efficiencytechnologies; the harmonisation of policy andregulatory mechanisms in Russia and the EU toincrease energy efficiency and the mitigation ofclimate change; the exchange of experience andthe development of common methodologies forenergy efficiency and climate change–relatedstatistics, indicators and projections; and adap-tation to climate change in the energy sector.

• The REEEP South Asia Regional Secretariat heldthe event ‘Financial Risk Management inRenewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects’in New Delhi alongside the annual Delhi Summit,with the objective to help take forward discus-sions on the financial risks associated with cleanenergy projects and to evolve a better under-standing of the possible issues and availableopportunities by bringing stakeholders togetheron a common platform.

• The REEEP Latin America and the CaribbeanRegional Secretariat held its annual preparatorymeeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Governmentand private sector representatives fromArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala,Mexico and Peru participated along with REEEPproject developers and implementers and inter-national development agencies. Energy sectorleaders from Brazil, Latin America and theCaribbean region were also invited. The feed-back from this meeting enabled the RegionalSecretariat to provide an update of the pro-gramme’s regional priorities in financing, policyand regulation. A consultation on approaches tothe implementation of strategies to promoterenewable energy was also organised.

• As part of World Environment Week, 7–8 June2007, the REEEP Southern Africa RegionalSecretariat participated in the Renewable Energyand Climate Change Summit, an event organisedby the Western Cape’s Department ofEnvironmental Affairs and Development Planning.The aim of the conference was to engage relevantstakeholders in discussions pertaining to renewableenergy initiatives planned for the Western CapeProvince, aiding REEEP-SA to define programmeactivities and to provide strategic support andintervention related to clean energy implementa-tion in the province. As part of these develop-

Regional Secretariat Targeted Workshops

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), therole of carbon offsetting, and the role of theCDM in sub-Saharan Africa. Articles wereplaced in publications such as Project FinanceInternational, Carbon Business and Oil, Gas &Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL).

REEEP’s position as a recognised andrespected international partnership washighlighted via the production of a dedi-cated renewable energy issue for theAsian Energy Institute’s monthly newslet-ter. The Partnership’s co-promotion ofthe World Bank’s ‘Lighting Africa’ grantcompetition was covered by more than11 magazines and websites, and media

coverage of the REEEP call for projectproposals was covered by 22 websitesand magazines. REEEP continued to pro-mote relationships and joint activitieswith other energy partnerships, such asthe International Council for LocalEnvironmental Initiatives (ICLEI), theGlobal Network on Energy forSustainable Development (GNESD), andthe International Energy Agency (IEA).The Partnership also highlighted its cau-tious position on biofuels in a series offour articles that reinforced the need totake account of sustainable developmentissues such as land and water use and the


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ments, REEEP-SA (in conjunction with ICLEI andSustainable Energy Africa –– SEA), is currentlyengaged in planning processes with the City ofCape Town to implement capacity-building pro-grammes for local governments to help them meettheir renewable energy targets.

• In June 2007, in Singapore, the REEEP SouthEast Asia and Pacific Regional Secretariat facili-tated a consultation with financiers andinvestors: ‘Key Issues for Scaling Up Investmentin Renewable Energy’. This event took place inpartnership with Chatham House and was spon-sored by the Australian Greenhouse Office andUK Trade and Investment. A roundtable provid-ed an opportunity for informal discussion amongleading financiers, lawyers and investors in theAsian region about the policy and regulatoryissues they face in relation to renewable energyprojects. The event was organised, with otherpartners, as part of the Renewable EnergyFinance-Policy Project, at Chatham House,which is working to bring financiers into therenewable energy policy debate, to increase pol-icy makers’ understanding of financing andinvestment issues, and to improve conditions forinvestment in the sector.

• As a co-organiser, the REEEP East Asia RegionalSecretariat was involved in the Annual Meeting ofthe Chinese Renewable Energy Industries

Association (CREIA), held in March 2008 in Beijing.The event, which attracted around 200 peoplefrom government, companies, academies andinstitutes, is seen as an important industry stan-dard for renewable energy in China. Governmentrepresentatives from NDRC, MOST, MOFCOM andNPC attended the opening ceremony and deliv-ered speeches during the conference, and invitedexperts from specific sectors –– including wind,solar, biomass, geothermal and financing –– con-tributed presentations that provided a review ofindustry development and prospects.

• The REEEP Central and Eastern Europe andTurkey Regional Secretariat, together with SERNand in collaboration with the Energy RegulatorsRegional Association (ERRA), brought togetherregulators from the region, together with regula-tors from Austria and the UK, for a workshop ondistributed generation (DG). The event took placeon 6 July 2007 in Budapest, Hungary. Participantsexchanged information and discussed the connec-tions of DG to their own network, regulations,incentives, and technical and legislative problems,together with possible solutions. Future trendsfor different renewable energy sources and acomparison of their consistency for grid connec-tion were also covered.

displacement of food crops when consid-ering biofuels policy.

The Partnership also successfully publi-cised governments that provide funding toREEEP. The Australian Government’s con-tribution, in particular to the project toreplace kerosene in the Pacific with renew-ables, was given wide coverage by ninemagazines and websites. Additionally, theIrish Government’s funding of a project inEast Africa to produce renewable energyfrom hydropower at tea plantations andfrom biomass at sugar plantations was cov-ered in 13 magazines and websites.

CAPACITY BUILDINGAND EVENTS

International renewables and energy effi-ciency conferences and fora play a vitalrole in bringing together key decision mak-ers and high-level participants from allareas, including business, government andproject development. In accordance withits capacity-building mission, REEEP highlyvalues the opportunities provided by thiskind of event to promote renewable ener-gy and energy efficiency.

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status as a leading player in promoting theacceleration of the clean energy market.

The International Secretariat and the eightRegional Secretariats attended more than194 conferences and events during 2007/8,with a combined total of over 14,000 peo-ple, a significant year-on-year increase.

The global nature of the Partnership’s activ-ities can be seen in chart 12 on page 38.

This chart illustrates the continued focuson the International Secretariat as well asthe increasing regional activities across theRegional Secretariats, in particular in EastAsia and South East Asia and the Pacific.

Formal presentations were made at over70 percent of these events, providing a

vital channel to communicate REEEP’sobjectives and goals.

As shown in chart 13 on page 39, thePartnership itself specifically organised,endorsed and co-hosted a further 81events, an increase of over 20 from the pre-vious year, reaching around 7,000 people.

The International Secretariat continued toprovide an up-to-date comprehensiveschedule of all relevant conferences andactivities through the website and hasactively supported over 15 targeted eventswith formal contra agreements.

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The Washington International Renewable EnergyConference (WIREC), 4–6 March 2008, consisted ofa ministerial meeting, a business conference, atrade exhibition and side events.

REEEP was asked by the US State Department tocarry out three regional preparatory meetings inAsia, Latin America and the Caribbean, andSouthern Africa, in order to provide regional feed-back to the WIREC ministerial meeting. To achievethis, REEEP’s International Secretariat worked withits three Secretariats in Asia and its Secretariats forLatin America and Southern Africa to design aregional consultation strategy, which involved aquestionnaire and workshops (held in Melbourne,New Delhi, Pretoria and Singapore). REEEP’s consul-tation process was designed to define the expecta-tions of the various high-level regional renewableenergy stakeholders with regard to WIREC 2008.Around 100 high-level participants contributed tothis consultation, and the Minister of Minerals andEnergy of South Africa presented findings from theREEEP regional consultations during the ministerialpart of the event. In addition, REEEP was invited topresent its partnership work in a separate session.

As part of WIREC, REEEP hosted a side eventattended by 140 delegates. The event was moderatedby a US State Department representative and includ-ed keynote presentations by the Minister of State forEnvironment and Energy, Ireland; the DeputyDirector-General of the Energy and WaterDepartment, Norway; and the three RegionalSecretariats who led the regional consultations forWIREC. The North American Secretariat then gave apresentation on current activities in North America.

Over 8,000 people visited the trade exhibition partof the event. REEEP’s booth was well attended andprovided an excellent opportunity for the dissemi-nation of REEEP publications.

In addition, in preparation for WIREC, REEEPworked closely with the event organisers to developa WIREC dedicated section on the reegle website.As a result of this co-operation, reegle became the‘Best Practice Information Tool’ for the event.At the WIREC trade exhibition reegle was present-ed in co-operation with the Federal Ministry ofEnvironment, Germany (BMU), a major donor toreegle, and formed part of the German Pavilion.

REEEP Activities at WIREC

on Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs)and Poverty Alleviation’ in collaboration withGNESD;and two national-level seminars on amodel draft of a Renewable Energy Law forIndia in New Delhi and Chennai.

The Regional Secretariats enhanceSouth–South exchanges through specifical-ly targeted activities, some examples ofwhich are shown on pages 40 and 41.

International EventPartneringDuring 2007/8, REEEP identified severalleading global events for targeted partner-ship opportunities allowing for specificcontributions from REEEP’s expert base.Some examples of these collaborations aredetailed below.

A REEEP representative served on theAdvisory Board of the World FutureEnergy Summit (January 2008) and partici-pated in the event, which was hosted byMasdar and the Government of AbuDhabi. The conference focused on twomain areas: a review of the current level ofdevelopment of renewable energy tech-nology and the extent to which individualareas were ready for deployment; anddetailed presentations on the Abu DhabiGovernment’s plans to construct a walledcity that will be low energy intensive andcarbon and waste free. Discussions alsocentred around the potential for new con-structions in the Gulf to be energy efficientand low carbon. The Summit, which wasvery well attended, gave a strong boost to

renewable energy and energy efficiency in afast-growing region of the world.

At the Energy Efficiency Global Conferencein Washington in November 2007, thePartnership played a significant role acrossthe event. REEEP was active in the develop-ment of the conference programme inaddition to giving the presentation ‘RatePayers and Governments: InvestmentModels for Success’.A REEEP satellite eventwas held alongside the main conference inorder to present the Partnership and intro-duce the EEC; and a specific exhibitionstand was set up detailing REEEP’s objec-tives, showcasing several projects, and pro-viding interested parties with information.This collaboration increased the interna-tional profile of REEEP in the energy effi-ciency field and will be continued with thenext EE Global Conference.

Another important partnering event tookplace at WIREC in Washingon. A fulldescription of activities can be seen in thebox on page 42.

REEEP-Specific EventsREEEP globally organised, endorsed or co-hosted 81 events during 2007/8 and com-plemented 11 of them with the REEEP orreegle exhibition stand. The strategicimportance of four of these events is high-lighted below. Each event provides a uniqueplatform for important REEEP stakeholdergroups and has the potential for ongoingreplication.


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‘The conference will contribute to advancing the state of the art in collecting anddisseminating best practices to end users, building on work done by the UNCommission on Sustainable Development, the European Commission, the US Federal,state and local governments, donor agencies, international financial institutions,the International Energy Agency, and multi-stakeholder partnerships such as ....the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, or REEEP as it’s known.’Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, US Department of State,atWIREC,Washington, 2008


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Wilton ParkREEEP continued to build on its successfulWilton Park conference programme with anevent in July 2007.Under the banner ‘Climateand Energy Security:Towards a Low CarbonEconomy’, the event brought together keystakeholders from both the public and pri-vate sectors with 30 countries represented.

The conference reviewed the technologi-cal, policy and financing options for reduc-ing carbon emissions. Presentations anddiscussions clearly illustrated the unsus-tainability of existing energy pathways, theurgent need for new approaches to ener-gy supply, and the desirability of energysaving through enhanced efficiency.

British Satellite News filmed the openingand conducted several delegate interviewswith a view to releasing the tape to interna-tional media outlets, raising the internation-al profile and, as one delegate commented,cementing Wilton Park as ‘woven into theinternational policy process for renewablesand energy efficiency’. REEEP aims to main-tain theWilton Park conference as a gather-ing of governmental partners in the future.

Project Managers MeetingThe Regional Secretariat for South Asiahosted the second REEEP Project ManagersMeeting in Delhi, bringing together over 30project co-ordinators from 14 differentcountries with the objective to create a plat-form for learning from experiences and todevelop the network of project managers.

Held in an interactive workshop format,the event featured presentations on all theprojects and specifically investigated howREEEP can collaborate with key stakehold-ers (governments and financial institutions)

to influence change, and how the impact offuture REEEP projects can be increased.

Energy Efficiency Financeand Investment Forum inCollaboration with EuromoneyTo support REEEP’s delivery of its G8 remitto act as a delivery mechanism for energyefficiency in buildings, REEEP andEuromoney continued to develop their long-standing partnership actively to bringtogether the finance community and theenergy efficiency industry by convening theEnergy Efficiency Finance and InvestmentForum in London in January 2008.The eventshowcased REEEP’s expertise as a globalfacilitator for energy efficiency and providedopportunities to link the finance sector withstakeholders interested in energy efficiency.The event is expected to become a regularpart of the REEEP calendar.

REEEP Clean EnergyMedia AwardThe region’s first international media awardfor renewable energy and energy efficiencywas presented at an official ceremony on17 March 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia.

The award was developed to encouragejournalists to increase their coverage ofclean energy topics in the media.

The REEEP award ceremony opened theinternational workshop ‘Promoting Renew-able Energy in South Eastern Europe throughInternational Co-Operation’, at whichnational and international experts discussedways to increase the share of renewables inthe energy mix in the region through inter-national co-operation. The clean energymedia award should be considered for repli-cation in other parts of the world.

Wilton Park is ‘woven into the international policy process for renewablesand energy efficiency’. A delegate at the Wilton Park conference in the UK, 2007

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:UNFCCC Intersessional Meeting • CSD-15 side event, NewYork •

EE Global Conference,Washington • REEEP-sponsoredWilton Park event, UK • REEEP CleanEnergy Media Award Ceremony, Zagreb • REEEP Project Managers Meeting, Delhi


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Evolving Foundations


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A clearly defined structure and quick

and efficient processes are critical for

the success of the Partnership’s quest

to accelerate the development of

the clean energy market.

PARTNERS

REEEP is a broad amalgamation of globalrepresentatives from numerous sectorscomprising governments, authorities, inter-national organisations, civil society, aca-demics, NGOs, private sector associationsand a variety of private companies repre-senting project developers, banks andother sectors.

Among its partners, REEEP counts 38 gov-ernments, representing 15 percent of thetotal.All the G7 countries and many coun-tries from the emerging markets and devel-oping world have joined the Partnership.The civil society and NGO sector accountsfor 38 percent of all partners, with a fur-ther 32 percent coming from the businesssector. A full overview is given in chart 14on page 49.

Among REEEP’s formal partners are 246legal entities, of which 50 –– including threenew governments (Hungary, Norway,Tunisia) –– signed up or declared theirinterest in signing up during 2007/8. Adetailed list of all REEEP partners can befound in annex E.

Each partner strongly endorses REEEP’smission statement and is expected to con-tribute to the Partnership’s goals throughtime, expertise, information, in-kind contri-butions and, in the best case, donations.

The Partnership’s rapid growth and ever-increasing awareness ensures that such arelationship can be mutually beneficial,providing access to a global network of

like-minded stakeholders. This, in turn,opens doors to high-level political con-tacts, increasing project credibility, accessto innovative finance and marketing, andthe sharing of best practices.

The geographical distribution of REEEP part-ners covers 71 countries on all continentsexcluding Antarctica, and shows a balancedglobal spread with a slight bias towards thenorthern hemisphere. However, it is signifi-cant that 22 percent of partners originate inAsia, the focus of REEEP activities.

Chart 15 on page 49 provides an overviewof the geographical location of all REEEPgovernmental partners.

STRUCTURE

REEEP is a legal entity registered in Austriawith the status of an international NGO.REEEP’s ‘constitution’ is based on statutesand additional documents that wereapproved at the First Meeting of Partnerson 1 June 2004 in Bonn.Accordingly, REEEPhas a robust and transparent governancestructure comprising three acting bodies:the Governing Board, the ProgrammeBoard and the Finance Committee. At thefirst MOP a delivery structure was decided,which includes Regional Secretariats/ FocalPoints and the International Secretariat.Chart 16 on page 50 shows the organisa-tional structure, including Regional SteeringCommittees (implemented in 2005/6).

The detailed responsibilities of all gov-ernance bodies, including Boards,Committees and Secretariats, aredescribed in the box on page 51.

GOVERNANCE SUPPORT

The task of the International Secretariat isto maintain and strengthen the networkdelivery structure, to guarantee transpar-ent and efficient procedures and to pro-vide strategic guidance to the network.

REEEP’s financial management seeks tomaximise the use of donor funds in linewith the Partnership’s priorities.A regularincome and expense reporting systeminforms the Governing Board about theactual financial situation against theapproved budget.All costs must fall within

agreed contracts which define measurabledeliverables. This principle also applies tothe Regional Secretariats, whose contract-ed deliverables help to build the network’sknowledge base and improve the regionalinfrastructure and capacity. Targets, quan-tifiable deliverables and fiscal austerity allcontribute to REEEP’s aim to acceleratethe sustainable energy market worldwide.

Cohesion and information flow within thenetwork of Regional Secretariats isenhanced through a layered approachinvolving the network and the various gov-ernance bodies. Global REEEP staff areinvolved in regular conference calls and theRegional Secretariats meet annually duringthe same week as the Programme Boardmeeting. Quick decision making, hands-onguidance and support is guaranteed throughthe biannual Governing Board meetings.

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EVOLVING FOUNDATIONS

Partners Structure Governance Programme Information Implementation Evaluation

We are committed to working with partners from governments,business, finance and civil society around the world to expandthe global market for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership(REEEP) is a Type II World Summit on SustainableDevelopment partnership providing a new and flexible wayof working together to achieve common goals.

Through REEEP we will share knowledge, communicate acrossnational boundaries and work to spread best practice in orderto overcome the barriers to the development of renewableenergy and energy efficiency. We believe that REEEP will helpits partners achieve a sustainable energy future.

The growth of the Partnership and the sig-nificant global outreach achieved have beenfacilitated by intense diplomatic supportfrom donor governments. In 2007/8, theThird Meeting of Partners took place inWashington, where the future developmentof the Partnership was approved and a newGoverning Board elected for the next fouryears. At this meeting, the Chair of theGoverning Board, Mr Henry Derwent,resigned. Mr Derwent provided excellentguidance to the Partnership over the lastfour years and will remain a member of theBoard. It was decided that the new Chairwill be his Defra successor.

Within 2007/8, two Governing Boardmeetings were convened. The seventhGoverning Board meeting took place inNew York alongside the CSD-15 in May2007, and the eighth in Bali in December2007 alongside the UNFCCC/COP, wherea detailed discussion took place on thefuture strategy of REEEP.

On 2 October 2007, the ProgrammeBoard set the Partnership’s work prioritiesfor 2008/9.The Programme Board meetingwas preceded by preparatory meetings ineach region.

Thereafter, on 19 October 2007, a meetingof the Finance Committee, in the form of aconference call, comprising all donors,approved the programme priorities as laidout by the Programme Board.

PROGRAMMEMANAGEMENT

REEEP operates a professional and flexibleprogramme management framework toensure a transparent project appraisal andselection process, and provides continuousmonitoring and evaluation throughout thelifecycle of a project.


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Chart 14

REEEP partners by sector

Oceania 3%

LatinAmerica and Caribbean 8%

NorthAmerica18%

Europe35%

Asia22%

Africa14%

Other Asia43%

India41%

China16%

Global distributionof total REEEP partners

Distribution ofpartners in Asia

Higher educationfacilities 3%

Businesses 32%

NGOs 38%

Multilateral organisationsand programmes 3%

Regional government agencies 5%

Central governmentministries and agencies 4%

Governments15%

Chart 15

Global distribution ofREEEP government partners

The project process consists of four stepsas shown in chart 17:

• Review of Programme Frame-work, including review of both pro-gramme priorities and projectprocedures.

• Selection of Projects, incorpo-rating the calls for bids, bid submis-sion, short-listing, submission of fullproposals, appraisal and evaluation,final selection, feedback and resultcommunication.

• Project Implementation andMonitoring, featuring contracting,implementation, controlling, projectcompletion, feedback and result com-munication.

• Project and Programme Eval-uation, comprising documentationand the evaluation of feedback,reports, deliverables, programme per-formance and International Secretariatperformance.

The process incorporates all levels of theREEEP governance structure, with theRegional Secretariats and their establishedSteering Committees playing a key role inshort-listing proposals ensuring that region-al experience and knowledge are captured.

The final project selection is completed byan International Selection Committee, andapproved by the Programme Board andFinance Committee to guarantee that theannual programme priorities are reflected.

There is a continuous cycle of monitoring,evaluation and learning, providing feedbackfrom existing projects to aid the establish-ment of best practice.

PROGRAMMEMANAGEMENTINFORMATION SYSTEM

REEEP is phasing in an internet proto-col–based Programme ManagementInformation System (PMIS) to automatethe project cycle, increase transparencyand improve efficiency at all levels.The sys-tem was developed in consultation withthe donors and other stakeholders. ThePMIS is expected to allow the projectimplementers, Steering Committee mem-bers and Secretariats to manage theirrespective roles in the project cycle fromtheir own workplaces within a secure envi-ronment. For the first time, all REEEP pro-gramme donors will also be able to moni-tor the status of the projects they have


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International Steering Committee

Meeting of Partners/General Assembly

Henry Derwent

Governing BoardHenry Derwent

International SecretariatMarianne Osterkorn

AuditorsFinance Committee

James Cameron

Programme BoardMorgan Bazilian

RS Latin America& the Caribbean

OAS

RS North AmericaASE/ACORE

RS Southern AfricaAGAMA

RS South East Asia& PacificBCSE

RS East AsiaCREIA

RS South AsiaTERI

RS Russia & FSURREC

RS Central &Eastern Europe

REC

Regional SC Regional SC Regional SC Regional SC Regional SC Regional SC Regional SC Regional SC

Focal Point Northern AfricaMEDREP

Focal Point West AfricaECOWAS

PHASE I

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

PHASE 4

Review of Programme FrameworkREEEP, DONORS

Selection of ProjectsREEEP, DONORS, PARTNERS

Project Implementation & MonitoringREEEP, PARTNERS

Project & Programme EvaluationREEEP, DONORS

Chart 17

REEEP project process

Chart 16

REEEP governance structure

funded remotely. The first phase of thisdevelopment is being completed and allthe 37 projects being implemented underthe Sixth Programme Cycle have beenautomated. An overview of the PMIS isprovided on page 52.

The second phase, covering the projectselection processes, will be completed intime for REEEP’s Seventh Programme Cycle.The PMIS will allow REEEP to carry outmore policy and strategic research based onthe activities and outputs of its programmes.

IMPLEMENTATIONAND CONTROL

All projects are implemented according toan agreed schedule and in order to achieve

the predetermined outputs contributingtowards planned outcomes and impacts.

Each project is closely monitored througha combination of both financial and physi-cal reporting methods, which are forward-ed to the International Secretariat for finalapproval and payments following discus-sion with the Regional Secretariats.

The objective of financial report-ing/monitoring is to ensure that the grantsfrom REEEP and its donors are utilised forthe intended purpose, and that the expen-ditures are consistent with the submittedbudgets and follow professional procure-ment and accounting practices.All projectssubmit a financial progress report everythree months containing all relevant detailswith supporting documentation and afinancial summary.

The Meeting of Partners (MoP) is the assembly of allpartners and meets every other year. It is the highestdecision-making body within the REEEP structure.

The Governing Board (GB) consists of a minimumof six and a maximum of 19 partners, reflects themulti-stakeholder nature of the Partnership, andincludes a geographical spread broadly representa-tive of its activities. The Governing Board is respon-sible for the conducting of the business of REEEP inaccordance with its statutes. For the year 2007/8 theGB was chaired by Henry Derwent, UK Departmentof Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

The Finance Committee (FC) consists of all donorswith an annual contribution to REEEP of at least€70,000. It liaises closely with the donor communityand the business and financial sectors. The FC over-sees the finances of REEEP’s institutional bodies aslaid out in the Financial Rules and Regulations. Itgives recommendations to the Governing Board onfinancial aspects of the REEEP governance structureand Work Programme, as well as opportunities forfundraising. The FC is currently chaired by JamesCameron of Climate Change Capital.

The Programme Board (PB) consists of sustainableenergy experts from REEEP regions together withdonors. It defines and revises REEEP’s programme

priorities, offers guidance to the InternationalSecretariat based on the feedback from projectimplementation and recommends projects to theFinance Committee. The PB is currently chaired byMorgan Bazilian of Sustainable Energy Ireland.

The Steering Committees (SCs) are groups of stake-holders in the regions consisting of experts, NGOs,governmental representatives and businesses. TheSCs’ main function is to contribute to the develop-ment of the regional REEEP action plans and to theselection of regional projects for funding.

The International Secretariat (IS) is the centralservice hub of the Partnership, responsible for dis-seminating information, servicing the bodies of thegovernance structure, and providing guidance andsupport to the Regional Secretariats.

Regional Secretariats (RSs) have been established infive countries. They are contractually bound to pro-vide local support to the Partnership, to ensure thatregional demand drives the activities of REEEP, andthat REEEP objectives are achieved in the regions.

Regional Focal Points are voluntary representativesof REEEP.

The REEEP bodies guarantee the governance of theglobal delivery structure.

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The monitoring of the physical progress of aproject is to ensure that the project activitiesare carried out in a result-orientated andtime-bound manner and that the proposedoutputs have been achieved. The projectprogress reports provide details of outputs,outcomes, timing, risks, approach, mediaactivity and a summary of overall progress.

Once the project has been completed, theproject teams submit the final project andfinancial progress report, including copiesof the project outputs.

A project evaluation report will also bedeveloped, often in association with inde-

pendent experts, which assesses theachievements, the implementation processand the project impact. Again, the reportsare reviewed by the Regional Secretariatsbefore submission to the InternationalSecretariat for final payment.

The final stage of the project review pro-cedure is the impact assessment, carriedout after the submission of the evaluationreport and at a time agreed betweenREEEP and the implementing agency. Anindependent expert selected by REEEP willcarry out the impact assessment focusingon the actual impacts on renewable ener-gy and energy efficiency markets.


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OBJECTIVES

• To set up a system for programme data sub-mission: regular, commissioned, strategicprojects and events. This includes projectdata definition; timeline and budget planning;definition of evaluation criteria and projectoutputs; and tracking.

• To automate programme framework process-es: automation of programme processes andphases; integration of main roles and partici-pants; support to the project appraisal andevaluation process; support to project imple-mentation; tracking and progress reporting;support to project communication andacknowledgement; project change procedureand review process.

• To establish system-based reporting: portfo-lio reporting, project progress reporting,project evaluation reporting, and transferringof project data for communication to exter-nal resources (websites, communication por-tal, Excel lists).

KEY OUTPUTS

• Training and productive system: the trainingsystem can be used for group/individualtraining. The productive system has beenimplemented for use by all sixth-call projects.

• New version of the Project Line documenttogether with User Manual: the Project Linedocument will be updated to reflect changesin the programme and project workflows.System user documentation will be includedin the Project Line.

• Online and offline project documents andreports: reviewed and reworked project doc-uments (e.g. contracts) and reports (e.g.progress reports).

• Glossary: with REEEP business and IT solu-tion terms.

• Tutorials: system tutorial to help new usersto understand and learn the concepts andsystem.

• Integration with new website and communityplatform: common organisation and usermanagement. Project information to be pre-sented on the website and portal.

PMIS

POSITIVE PICTURE

• Vital and very active partnership.

• Excellent communication and branding.

• Wide range of different project activities.

• Good governance and professional operation.

• Well established in the political arena.

• Strong diplomatic support.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS

• Increase programmatic and targetedinterventions.

• Enhance co-operation with governmentsand F1s.

• Strengthen regional outreach and presence.

• Increase involvement of partners.

• Improve communication tools.

• Strengthen the unique position REEEPhas in EE.

2006/7 REEEP Evaluation

This process is refined annually according toprogramme priorities, and REEEP continu-ously reviews the channels of delivery toprovide the most effective impacts bothimmediately and in the longer term.

IMPLEMENTINGEVALUATIONRECOMMENDATIONS

In May 2007,at the seventh Governing Boardmeeting, a number of structural, proceduraland programmatic changes were approvedfor implementation following the recom-mendations of the two evaluations carriedout in 2006/7.

Both evaluations identified REEEP as an ener-gy partnership with a huge potential for act-ing as a market transformer towards cleanenergy. This can be accelerated throughimplementing the recommended improve-ments, which focus on advanced infrastruc-ture and more targeted programme actions.

The actions required in order to implementthe recommendations were almost all com-pleted during 2007/8:

• A future REEEP strategy requested bythe seventh Governing Board meetingis under consultation and will be pre-sented to the Governing Board meet-ing in June 2008.

• In the sixth call, amendments to theprogramme were already implement-ed, such as replication, commissioningand governmental co-operation.

• Increased support for the RegionalSecretariats has been put in place.

• The involvement of partners hasincreased through targeted gatheringsfor specific partner groups (WiltonPark, PM meeting, EE Investment).

• Better communication was supportedthrough a newly designed website andcommunity platform.

• REEEP’s unique position in the energyefficiency field was leveraged throughthe establishment of the EnergyEfficiency Coalition.

The invaluable contributions of these eval-uations have shown that repeated externalassessment should be an integral part of apartnership lifecycle.


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THE NEW REEEP STRATEGY WILL DIRECT THE PARTNERSHIP’S FUTURE ACTIONS.

Financial Analysis1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008


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2007/8 was another successful year for REEEP

with Defra/UK, Norway and several other

governments continuing their valuable support.

In addition,Australia has agreed to contribute

to future project funding.

REEEP moved from Income andExpenditure Accounting to AccrualsAccounting, following accounting stan-dards for Austrian registered organisationswith an annual turnover of more than €1million during two consecutive years. Thisrepresents a move towards internationallyrecognised accounting standards for largeorganisations.

Payroll accounting continued to be per-formed by an external tax advisor.

Annual financial audits were carried out byPricewaterhouseCoopers and the resultswill be reported to the Governing Boardthrough the REEEP internal auditor in June2008 and again at the next biannualMeeting of Partners.

FUNDING ANDOTHER INCOME

Cash in the bank (including petty cash)brought forward from 2006/7 was€7,811,227.16 as of 1 April 2007.

In 2007/8, REEEP received €5,681,986.85 innew funds plus interest for the financialyear 2007/8. Funds received from the vari-ous government donors matched theplanned figure of €5.6 million.

Of the total funds received, the UK (Defra)provided €3,503,998.10, which accountsfor 61.7 percent.This continues the declineof the UK share of REEEP total funding

already seen in previous years.This is part-ly due to the change in the conversion rateof the British pound to the euro towardsthe end of the financial year 2007/8, whichreduced the overall euro value of theBritish donation by approximately€100,000 as compared to the precedingyear, although funding in British poundsremained the same.

Another reason is the increased share ofdonations from other governments, inparticular the Norwegian contribution of€1,261,430.45. Other significant contri-butions have been received fromAustralia, Austria, Canada (including thedonation for 2006/7), Germany, Ireland,Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spainand the USA.

EXPENDITURE

REEEP expenditure in 2007/8 amounted to€4,221,679.69. Besides network supportand expenditure for Regional Secretariats,this figure includes project-related expendi-ture of €2,786,002.52, which shows anincrease of around 42 percent compared tothe previous year. This significant increasewas due to the final payment disbursementto the 19 projects successfully completedduring 2007/8. In addition, the more than 30new projects that began in the SixthProgramme Cycle already received first pay-ments during this financial period.

In spite of increased project activities it waspossible to maintain the same level of net-work expenditure (€1,435,677.17), includ-ing payments to the Regional Secretariats,as during the previous year.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The new accounting system ensures theenhanced transparency of assets and liabil-ities in the REEEP balance sheet.

REEEP’s assets are the reegle search engine,with a total purchase value –– includingdevelopment costs –– of €303,228.53; thenew Project Management InformationSystem (PMIS), with a purchase value of€89,120.08; and other assets (notebooks)of €2,387.79. The residual value of theseassets after depreciation is €240,140.65 asof 31 March 2008.

Total financial assets (bank accounts andaccounts receivable) as of 31 March 2008

amounted to €10,353,967.48. This figureincludes carbon offset–related TrusteeFunds of €534,655.64. Depending onexpected payout dates, a part of thesefunds has been placed in fixed depositaccounts for up to three months.

Liabilities amount to a total of €8,983,905.74.Of this amount, €7,702,078.82 are commit-ted to ongoing regional and strategic projects(including carbon offset); €315,507.48 areaccounts payable; €249,034.58 are outstand-ing payments to Regional Secretariats for2007/8; €573,770.23 are reserved for financ-ing the network operation during the residualperiod of ongoing calls; and €143,514.63 arefor other provisions.

This leaves REEEP with net financial assetsof €1,370,061.74,which can be carried for-ward for operations in 2008/9.

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

PricewaterhouseCoopers audited the bal-ance sheet as of 31 March 2008 and theprofit and loss account for the year 2007/8and stated in the annual Auditing Reportthat the accounts are properly kept withno discrepancies or irregularities, and thatdonor funds were allocated and used inaccordance with contract requirements.The high standard of financial managementof REEEP was acknowledged.

To provide consistency in presenting thekey financial figures of the Partnership,chart 20 ‘Receipts and disbursements’ ispresented according to the same structureas in previous years. The REEEP balancesheet, as presented in the annual AuditingReport, is available on the REEEP website.

FINANCIALESTIMATES 2008/9

For the financial year 2008/9, contributionstotalling €1.7 million have been confirmedby Austria, Australia, Germany, theNetherlands, Norway, Italy and EURIMA (abusiness donor willing to contribute tofunding REEEP’s energy efficiency agenda).


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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Funding Expenditure Assets and Liabilities Financial Overview Financial Estimates Fundraising Risk Registry

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In addition, at the Gleneagles Dialoguemeeting in Japan in March 2008, the UKannounced the continuation of REEEPfunding for the next three years with a con-firmed allocation of £2.5 million plannedfor 2008/9.

Provided that other donor governmentscontinue their support to the Partnership,an optimistic estimate of total financialincome in 2008/9 is €5.5 million.This figureis subject to currency risk due to the highvalue of the euro.

With project contributions received dur-ing the preceding year and expected funds,around €2.9 million will be available forfunding new regional projects in 2008/9.

Despite major improvements regarding out-reach and quality of impact, expenditures fornetwork support and regional presence willremain within the margins of previous yearsand will amount to €1.5 million. For centraland strategic activities, around €1 millionnewly allocated funding is planned in 2008/9.

FUNDRAISING

During this financial year all governmentdonors continued their contributions toREEEP. In addition, it was possible to re-establish donor relations with Canada, andAustralia pledged to become a new projectdonor in 2008/9 for the next three years.

For the first time, the Partnership receivedfunding from the private sector throughcontributions received from EURIMA/NAIMA, two organisations representingthe insulation industry in Europe andNorth America.This funding was allocatedto support the activities of REEEP in thefield of energy efficiency.

Continuous efforts are being made toattract more private sector donors and tofurther increase governmental funding.

RISK REGISTRY

The registry was developed in order tovisualise the importance of the risks to suc-

cessful operation faced by REEEP. It wasbased on a systematic analysis conductedby key stakeholders within the Partnership.

At its meeting in NewYork in May 2007, theGoverning Board was informed about thecontinued risk, and proposed detailed coun-termeasures to tackle each risk area.

It was reported that the three most press-ing issues have remained the same sincethe inception of the analysis.These are thelack of long-term funding, the failure ofprojects and strategic activities to achieveexpected impacts, and the danger ofreduced diplomatic support by donor gov-ernments. The countermeasures to tacklethese risks were implemented.


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Chart 20

Statement of receipts and disbursements

2007/8 2006/7

RECEIPTS € €

General donations 1,752,890.40 1,364,231.81Project-related donations 3,929,096.45 5,159,572.94

5,681,986.85 6,523,804.75DISBURSEMENTSNetwork support

Personnel expenses (426,438.83) (368,139.30)Public relations and advertising (195,360.61) (196,386.60)Travel expenses and servicing Board (85,963.98) (86,272.07)IT support (67,117.90) (72,289.38)Central activities (29,452.20) (42,000.00)Office rent (35,940.36) (38,987.07)Accounting and legal expenses (52,173.07) (21,956.99)Telecommunications (23,355.54) (15,802.34)Bank charges (4,766.09) (6,750.53)Office supplies (6,933.35) (4,762.33)Transportation and postage (1,956.43) (1,130.90)Other 0.00 (3,283.97)

(929,458.36) (857,761.48)

Regional Secretariats (506,218.81) (567,241.87)Project-related expenses (2,786,002.52) (1,957,036.59)

Subtotal 1,460,307.16 3,141,764.81

Other interest and similar income 265,758.01 104,742.29Withholding tax (66,061.23) (26,183.70)

Excess of receipts over disbursements 1,660,003.94 3,220,323.40

Funding Expenditure Assets and Liabilities Financial Overview Financial Estimates Fundraising Risk Registry

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REEEP will concentrate on replication

and targeted actions to reduce greenhouse

gases and enhance development.

To ensure the successful implementation

of this strategy, the Partnership will

undergo continuous evolution.

In order to replicate and scale up past suc-cesses and leverage impacts, REEEP will:

• Continue to expand its balanced portfo-lio and enhance collaboration with keydrivers of energy market transformationsuch as governments, local authorities,utilities and finance institutions.

• Continue supplementing regionalactions through commissioned proj-ects and strategic activities to increaseimpact and ensure the spread of les-sons learned.

• Enhance its role as a driver for cleanenergy technology transfer by foster-ing financing mechanisms enablingenergy system change.

• Meet future challenges and utiliseupcoming opportunities by remaining aflexible learning partnership ready toadjust to its environment.

• Build on its high level of recognition inthe political and business arena byincreasingly engaging in advocacy activ-ities which will focus on promoting andscaling up the outputs of its activities.

• Ensure sustainable growth and impactby strongly emphasising the level ofownership of its key donors and bymaking the Partnership attractive forprospective donors.

• Improve its regional delivery structureand process, ensuring the objectivity,effectiveness and quality needed to stim-ulate regional market transformation.

The new REEEP 2008/9 strategy will pro-vide detailed guidance for the future devel-opment of REEEP and will be a directive forthe Partnership’s programmatic, geographi-cal and technological focus in the future.

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2005 over €1,000,000Single donor: UK

Priority countries: 6Number of projects: 18 (4 ongoing, 14 completed)

2006 over €2,000,000Three donors: UK, Ireland, Italy

Priority countries: 20Number of projects: 29 (11 ongoing, 18 completed)

2007 over €3,000,000Five donors: Norway, UK, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand

Priority countries: 49

Number of projects: 37 (all ongoing)

Piloted replication of projects

Piloted commissioned projects

Piloted projects with governmentsand development financial institutions

Reflecting the Partnership’s success

in engaging new donors and the rising

profile of sustainable energy in general,

REEEP’s budget has trebled to

€3 million since its founding.

� Sixth ProgrammeCycle –– 2007/8

NORWAY:

National Action Planfor Rural Biomass Energyin China(EED Consulting, October 2007– present)

The REEEP-funded project will develop anational action plan for rural biomassrenewable energy in China, with supportingdocumentation.The national action plan willinclude detailed measures to enable Chinato achieve its biomass development targetin the mid and long term, as set out in thenational strategy, as well as measures toreduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Although the national strategy for rural bio-mass development will be established withfinancial support from the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB), there is no com-prehensive action plan specifically designedto direct rural biomass development inChina.An action plan needs to be formulat-ed in order to achieve the target set in thestrategy.The technological, policy and finan-

cial barriers that hinder rural biomass devel-opment will be identified and analysed.Furthermore, measures to remove thesebarriers will be addressed in the action plan.

The project will be managed by Energy andEnvironmental Development (EED) and willbe implemented in co-operation with sev-eral other important renewable energy ini-tiatives, including the National Large andMedium-Scale Biogas Project, the EnergyCrop Utilization Development Plan and theIntegrated Renewable Biomass EnergyDevelopment Project funded by GEF inorder to provide a comprehensive accountof the national action plan’s impact on sus-tainable energy utilisation.

Using Financial andMarket-Based Mechanismsto Improve BuildingEnergy Efficiency in China(ESD Ltd., July 2007 – present)

Financial and market-based mechanismsprovide a way to increase the take-up ofenergy efficiency measures in buildings inChina. The REEEP project, managed byEnergy for Sustainable Development (ESD),will consider appropriate financial and mar-ket mechanisms being developed or used in

other parts of the world, including taxes,subsidies, soft loans and other incentivessuch asTradableWhite Certificates (TWCs),the Programmatic Clean DevelopmentMechanism (CDM) and the voluntary emis-sions reductions (VER) market.

The project will also assess the suitability ofproposed mechanisms for China and willinvestigate key issues, such as which actorsshould be targeted by measures (e.g., build-ing residents, district heating companies), aswell as links to other policy objectives, suchas improved living conditions for residents.

While market-based mechanisms, such asthe CDM, have resulted in the developmentof many large, industrial-scale energy effi-ciency projects in China, there has not yetbeen a similar uptake of projects involvingenergy efficiency improvements to buildings.

A roadmap for improving building energyefficiency in China through the use of finan-cial and market-based mechanisms will bemade available to the Natural ResourcesDefense Council (NRDC), in consultationwith key stakeholders including the EnergyResearch Institute (ERI), the designatednational authority (DNA) in China, andCDM andVER project developers.


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Annex A Annex B Annex C Annex D Annex E Annex F Annex G

Ongoing Projects

REEEP’s portfolio of ongoing projects consists of 37 projects

from the current Sixth REEEP Programme Cycle implemented

during 2007/8 as well as 15 projects from previous rounds that

had not yet reached the stage of formal completion by the end

of the period covered by this report.

ANNEX A

Buildings in China currently account forover 40 percent of China’s total energy useand this is expected to rise. China has tar-gets to reduce energy consumption per unitof GDP by 4 percent per annum between2006 and 2010, and tackling energy efficien-cy in buildings will be a key route to achiev-ing these targets.

E+Co West Africa ModernEnergy Fund(E+Co, October 2007 – present)

The project will lead to the creation of a$12 million investment fund forWestAfrica,initially targeting Ghana, Mali and Senegal.The EC-led Global Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy Fund (GEEREF) intendsto act as a lead investor, committing aheadof other investors that are short-listed.Thefund plans to make investments into 76small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)in the region.

The REEEP-funded E+Co project willfinalise the business plan, including a marketassessment in Ghana, Mali and Senegal, andwill complete negotiations with GEEREF, theEC-sponsored $140 million fund-of-funds.The project will also raise co-funding frominvestors in Europe, Africa and NorthAmerica and will work with local banks inGhana,Mali and Senegal to co-finance SMEs.It will also expand the existing pipeline ofSMEs through the provision of enterprisedevelopment services to potential SMEs.

In addition, the fund will build on the workof the United Nations EnvironmentProgramme’s African Rural EnergyEnterprise Development (UNEP’s AREED),the programme that introduced the inte-grated model of clean energy SME invest-ment capital and enterprise developmentservices to the region. It will also replicatethe model of, and lessons learned from, theCentral American Renewable Energy andCleaner Production Facility (CAREC), aCentral American investment fund for cleanenergy SMEs, and will explore links betweenmicro-credit and SME financing (e.g., theREEEP-funded project in India with SELCOSolar Light and SEWA Bank).

The expected impact of the project over theten-year lifespan of the fund is that more

than 3.2 million people will have access toenergy, 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 will be off-set annually, and more than $120 millionthird-party capital will be mobilised.

Development of a BusinessPlan & Financing Mechanismfor a Rural DistributedElectricity Generation (DG)System Based on Biomass(DSCL, October 2007 – present)

A commercial distributed electricity genera-tion (DG) business can be developed basedon the gasification of low-density biomass.Development requirements include technol-ogy, financing mechanisms, capacity buildingat the local level, and a business plan for ruralenergy service companies (RESCOs). Theproject aims to develop all these modulesaround a pilot project to be established in arural area.

Beginning with a review of DG programmesoperating in India and other South/SouthEast Asian countries, a feasibility analysis willbe conducted to determine business attrac-tiveness, considering market potential andresource availability. A bankable projectreport will be prepared on the basis of theinputs from the literature survey and theresults of the pilot project. Based on individ-ual interactions with relevant banks regard-ing the project report, appropriate financialproducts and delivery mechanisms to sup-port RESCOs will be developed and pre-sented at a stakeholders’ workshop, the out-come of which will be used to give finalshape to the financing mechanism.The busi-ness plan will detail resource assessment;market potential; project configurations;project financials, including financing mecha-nisms; and organisational arrangements,including training development.

The project is expected to enhance ruralenergy access and clean energy networkexpansion, with the accelerated investmentin distributed energy systems supplementingefforts on grid expansion in India to meetthe target of ‘Energy for All by 2012’. It willalso have a positive impact on the environ-ment through reduction in GHG emissionsand will contribute to poverty alleviationand the improvement of quality of life.

Removal of Financialand Institutional Barriersin Mainstreaming theBiomass Gasifier Systemsfor Thermal Applicationsin India(TERI, October 2007 – present)

The project will scale up an existing biomassgasifier financing mechanism through thecreation of a revolving fund for gasifier man-ufacturers in India. The project team willbring together banks, manufacturers, usersand local service providers (LSPs) to edu-cate them on financing options for biomassgasifier technology.

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)has initiated a financing pilot for biomassthermal gasifier systems through TERIlicensee manufacturers.To date, 14 biomassgasifier systems have been financed duringthe current year. Based on this success,manufacturers from outside theTERI licens-ee network are requesting financing fortheir systems.

The fund will provide the initial capital foracquiring gasifier systems with flexibleterms and conditions.The fund will also off-set the risk involved with the technologyduring the initial stages of market penetra-tion. By arranging equipment leasingthrough the manufacturers and directfinancing to users, the savings from reducedenergy costs will be used to repay the loans.

It is expected that 30 biomass gasifier sys-tems of various capacities (10–300 kg/h) willbe financed.

NORWAY ANDTHE UNITED KINGDOM:

Creating Scalable FinancingModels for Sustainable EnergyServices via Financial andMicro-Finance Institutions(SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd.,October 2007 – present)

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ers, such as the National Bank forAgriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) to create separate portfoliosfor renewable energy.

The absence of appropriate financing andlack of earmarked portfolios for energyservices has prevented potential entre-preneurs and end-users from marketingand buying energy services. Financingenergy services requires extraordinaryflexibility for Indian financial institutionsand this project aims to demonstratethose flexibilities.

Working with local banks, the projectteam will create ten programmes fortraining representatives of financial insti-tutions. The design of the training pro-grammes will be based on five differentfinancial models developed from energyservice projects conducted in the region.

Previously, UNEP provided one type offinancing for solar home lighting systemswith two banks in the state of Karnataka.This programme has been restricted totwo banks and to only one state in India.Nobody has yet attempted to target inno-vative financing for energy services and/orto address the need to create policies andtraining for scale-up and replicationbeyond one state.

Technical Support to EnergyEfficiency Standards andLabelling in India(CLASP, November 2007 –present)

The Collaborative Labeling and ApplianceStandards Program (CLASP) will assist theBureau for Energy Efficiency of India todevelop standards and labels (S&L) forrefrigerators and air-conditioners. TheIndian Government has made a publiccommitment to the implementation of theS&L programmes.

The development of standards and labels inIndia officially began with the 2001 EnergyConservation Act. In 2006, the programmefor refrigerators and fluorescent tube lightswas launched. Programmes for air-condition-ers and consumer electronics will follow.

CLASP’s assistance to Indian S&L has previ-ously been supported by the UnitedNations Foundation, USAID, and the USEnvironmental Protection Agency (USEPA).In addition, GTZ has funded S&L outsideCLASP. At present, only USEPA is commit-ted to continue support for S&L in India.

In addition to the development of labels,the project will enhance consumerdemand and the market for energy-effi-cient refrigerators and air-conditioners.Furthermore, it will quantitatively docu-ment impacts and/or potential so that theactual effect of the work can be calculated.The project will also focus on reaching outto consumers directly through the net-work of grassroots NGOs.

India is leading the S&L harmonisationeffort in the South Asian region. Standardsand labels for products that conform toEuropean standards have direct replicationpotential in the region. Initial discussionshave already been held in the regionregarding the potential for harmonisationwithin the region under the umbrella ofthe South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC).

The total avoided CO2 emissions in India asa result of S&L for the products in this pro-posal is expected to be 400,000,000 tonnes.

Standardized Financial& Legal Documentationfor RETScreen(CANMET Energy TechnologyCentre-Varennes, February2008 – present)

The project will significantly reduce pre-con-struction financial and legal transaction costsfor clean energy projects by establishing astandardised financial and legal documentknowledge management system integratedwith the RETScreen Clean Energy ProjectAnalysis software.

Legal and financial documentation costs aresignificant barriers to the development ofclean energy projects, especially in develop-ing countries.The RETScreen project analy-sis software has successfully reduced thecost of financial evaluation for renewable

energy project developers. CETC-Varenneswould now like to address financial and legaldocumentation barriers.

The project will develop documents to filllegal documentation gaps within theRETScreen software and the project teamwill customise them for a pilot project inChina, India or Brazil. An experienced teamof energy finance attorneys have agreed tocontribute and draft legal documents for thispilot effort.Most work involves revising doc-uments such as power purchase agreements(PPAs); loan and security agreements; opera-tion and maintenance (O&M) agreements;and project partnership agreements.

Gold Standard (GS) LocalExperts Programme(The Gold StandardFoundation, August 2007 –present)

Carbon credits require a high degree ofsustainability, transparency and additionali-ty to ensure the quality demanded by com-panies and governments. REEEP has beensupporting the Gold Standard (GS) forthree years, since GS certified/voluntaryemissions reductions (CERs/VERs) exclu-sively employ renewable energy (RE) andenergy efficiency (EE) technologies thathave additional sustainable developmentbenefits. Current demand for GS creditsexceeds supply. The supply gap is exacer-bated by a local knowledge gap regardingCDM finance and project development aswell as a lack of understanding of the GSmethodology.

The project will build local expert capacityin RE/EE project finance and developmentin Brazil, China, India and South Africa and,via the GS experts, will realise eight RE/EEGS CDM project design documents(PDDs) with financial plans as identified inthe 2006 REEEP/Gold Standard work-shops. In the 2006 REEEP-sponsored pro-gramme, four projects were identified inChina and over 20 in the Philippines, andthere were ten project idea notes (PINs)from major Brazilian developers.


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Finance and project development ‘toolkits’will be developed in Portuguese, Hindi,English and Chinese.

Improving ElectricityGovernance in Braziland South Africa(World Resources Institute,August 2007 – present)

The Energy Governance Initiative (EGI)project approach and methodology arebased on the premise that the early engage-ment of government officials, regulatorycommissions, legislators and utility represen-tatives can help to ensure that the recom-mendations that follow from assessments ofelectricity governance are implemented.

In both Brazil and South Africa, research willbe completed by civil society organisationswith an established track record in the ener-gy sector, working in close collaborationwith an advisory panel of sector officials.Theadvisory panel will provide advice on theresearch approach, monitor work and pro-vide input, review assessment results andsupport a strategy and action plan for engag-ing actors beyond the coalition.

Policy makers are more likely to promoterenewable energy and energy efficiencywhen environmental and social interests arebacked by a well-informed and well-organ-ised civil society. Strengthening public par-ticipation, government accountability andinstitutional capacity will facilitate betterrenewable energy and energy efficiency poli-cies, and reflect the fair trade-offs necessaryto ensure successful implementation.

The World Resources Institute will con-vene a coalition of civil society, regulatorycommissions, government officials, legisla-tors and utility representatives in SouthAfrica (Sustainable Energy Africa andEarthlife Africa, the Trade Law Center forSouthern Africa, the University of CapeTown, the South African electricity publicutility Eskom, the Ministry of Energy, andthe National Energy Regulator); and inBrazil (the Institute for ConsumerDefense, the Renewable Energy Non-gov-ernmental Organization Network (REN-OVE), Ecologica, the International EnergyInitiative, and the universities of Rio, SãoPaulo, and Bahia).

London-Beijing OlympicGames CDM Project(London Organising Committeefor the Olympic Games[LOCOG] & Peony Capital LLC,TBC)

The project will source CERs from a BeijingCDM project as part of the carbon man-agement strategy for the London OlympicGames. The London 2012 Olympic Boardsigned up to the London 2012 SustainabilityPolicy (July 2006), which identified five pri-ority themes: climate change, waste, biodi-versity, inclusion and healthy living.

The Organising Committee is developing acarbon management strategy for theGames, adopting the hierarchy of Reduce,Replace, Offset. The Beijing CDM projectwill be a significant part of this approach.

Millennium DevelopmentGoal Financing Facility(MDGFF) – ParticipatoryBusiness Planning(Fiorello H. LaGuardiaFoundation, July 2007 – present)

The project will develop a business plan toimplement a €10 million financing facilityfor sustainable renewable energy andenergy efficiency ventures.

The business plan will produce the legal doc-uments required to register the MDGFF,which will be capitalised at €2 million in thefirst year. The underlying rationale of theMDGFF is the replication of the MOSAICO(Mobilizing Sustainable Agriculture,Infrastructure and Capital) approach to sus-tainable ventures and infrastructures inBrazil, China and India.

Scaling up a ProvenMechanism to ImplementEE Street Lighting Projectsin India(Econoler International,September 2007 – present)

The project will disseminate a provenapproach to developing, financing andimplementing municipal energy efficiencyprojects, primarily in street lighting.Econoler International developed a suc-

cessful energy service company (ESCO)model in an earlier REEEP-funded project,which the Indian Council for thePromotion of Energy Efficiency Business(ICPEEB) would like to replicate in otherIndian states.

The project will establish a steering com-mittee and standardised documentation fordisseminating the business model. It willalso work with local authorities on the dis-semination and implementation of the repli-cation model. The goal is to present theESCO concept for energy efficient streetlighting to over 100 cities across five states.The result of this awareness building wouldbe that five private sector ESCOs wouldmake bids to cities regarding street lighting.

The model for dissemination began in2005 when a standardised sustainablefinance mechanism was developed andimplemented within five municipal corpo-rations (Ashta, Bhopal, Dewas, Jabalpur andSehore). The World Bank has sinceexpressed interest in providing carbonfinance for these projects.

Efficiency Power Plant (EPP)Implementation inJiangsu, China(Institute for MarketTransformation [IMT], July 2007– present)

The project will assist the JiangsuEconomic and Trade Commission (ETC)with its demand-side management (DSM).The programme is the province’s mainstrategy for achieving its contribution toChina’s national energy intensity reductiontarget of 20 percent by 2010.

The project will develop a DSM monitor-ing and verification protocol together witha supporting DSM manual for the region.Using the materials developed, the projectteam, led by IMT, will then implement twoDSM projects in two of China’s top 1,000energy-intensive enterprises. The pilotprojects are intended to demonstrate howDSM funds can be used to incentiviseenergy efficient investments in enterprises.

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it on a national level. A study on the DSMenergy efficiency potential in Jiangsu indi-cated that DSM incentives could save 8percent of the projected growth in electricenergy requirements and 15 percent ofpeak demand growth for less than half thecost of production. This would result in areduction of China’s coal consumption by167 million tonnes in 2015, eliminating 613million tonnes of carbon emissions.

Panzhihua’s Pilot Actiontowards SustainableEnergy City(ACPA, October 2007 – present)

The project will work with Panzhihua localstakeholders to develop an innovativemethodology and toolkit for energy man-agement within the Panzhihua SustainableEnergy City (SEC) plan. It will also improvePanzhihua’s capacity for developing renew-able energy and energy efficiency policiesand regulations.

Panzhihua is one of the primary regions foriron and steel industries.The region’s highenergy demand requires that it addressenergy issues and incorporate RE and EEinto city energy planning and managementfrom a long-term perspective.

Two pilot projects will be developed with-in the framework of the Panzhihua SECplan and a package of market-based invest-ment methods will be planned to imple-ment them, including carbon finance.

Business ModelDevelopment for BiogasElectric Power Generation atLivestock Farms in China(Tsinghua University, August2007 – present)

The project will develop a business model todesign, finance, construct and operate large-scale biogas facilities at livestock farms. Lessthan 25 percent of livestock farms in Chinahave built biogas facilities, with a total capac-ity of 2.22 million m3. In 2004, the totalmethane emissions from livestock wastewere between 19 and 28 million tonnes ofCO2. The promotion of digester construc-tion will reduce GHG emissions.

A feasibility study will be conducted toinvestigate the ESCO model for biogaspower. Candidate companies will beapproached, technology comparisons willbe conducted, and the possibility of projectfinancing through the CDM regime will beinvestigated.

One ESCO will be created to demonstratethe business model.

The Learner Center forRenewable Energy andDecentralized Generation(IDEAAS, August 2007 – present)

The project will assist Brazilian utilities tobuild a corporate culture that supportsdistributed generation (DG) through thecreation of a ‘Center for Learning onRenewable Energy and DecentralizedGeneration: Business, Management,Financing,Technology and Policy’.

IDEAAS Brazil will develop methodologiesand course content to improve the corpo-rate culture of utilities and the governmentin support of DG. Materials will includedecision-making tools (on-grid versus off-grid) and the management of decentralisedgeneration in isolated or remote areas.

FUNTAC (Acre State TechnologicalFoundation) and the Solar EnergyLaboratory (Federal University of SantaCatarina State) are offering to host thetraining courses.

Implementation of aDissemination Strategyfor Efficient Cook Stovesin Northeast Brazil(IDER, August 2007 – present)

The project will implement a disseminationstrategy for efficient cooking stoves ––including installation, sustainable forestrecovery activities, and capacity building ––that is adopted in Ceará state public policythrough state development plans.

The Ceará state government recentlybegan a new, four-year term. Relevantenergy, health and environment officialshave close contacts with the Institute for

Sustainable Development and RenewableEnergy (IDER) and have agreed to co-operate fully with the project, but stateofficials sometimes experience difficulty inpushing through their agendas.

Development banks should providefinancing to either stove producers orpurchasers, but banks sometimes moveslowly on rural loan programmes.

The project will install 200 additionalimproved cooking stoves to further diffusethe technology and stimulate a market forstoves. It will also train seven communitiesin sustainable wood fuel cultivation.Almost70 percent of the semi-arid Caatinga scrubforests in Ceará state have beendestroyed, largely because of the demandfor firewood.

The use of efficient stoves will halvebiomass consumption, improve health andreduce deforestation.

Brazil Grid-Connected SolarPhotovoltaic Roofs Program(RENOVE, July 2007 – present)

The project will develop legislation and reg-ulation drafts, in final format, for directimplementation by the Brazilian Mines andEnergy Ministry and also by the ElectricityRegulatory Agency. The legislation will pro-pose a long-term (20-year) solar roof (in theGWp scale) incentive programme in Brazil.

Brazil still lacks a legal and regulatoryframework suitable for the implementationof programmes targeting the widespreaduptake of grid-connected solar photovolta-ic (PV) generation. The legislation willinclude access rights to the grid and othertechnical and economic requirements. Acomprehensive analysis of the type andquantity of incentives and subsidies, as wellas of the subsequent impacts on tariffs, willbe carried out.

Traditionally, solar photovoltaic technologyhas been used primarily in stand-alone,rural/remote installations, which, due totheir high costs, are used to deliver smallamounts of energy to populationsdeprived of access to the national publicgrid. Because of the low income of these


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populations, the market is very small (3MWp/year). The implementation of theREEEP-funded project will lead to consid-erable market development (over 100MWp/year), which will also lead to costreductions that will in turn benefit therural/remote market.

The project will develop the legislation andregulatory frameworks required to estab-lish a 20-year, 100 MWp/year residentialsolar roof project, resulting in 2 GWpinstalled capacity over the period.

Financing for BundledSmall-Scale Rural REVentures in India(Environment Energy andEnterprise Ventures,September 2007 – present)

The project will define and make opera-tional a new credit practice in Yes BankLimited (YBL) focused on financing forsmall-scale renewable energy ventures inrural India.

Currently, small-scale renewable energyventures in rural India have difficulty access-ing finance. The challenge is to providethese ventures with access to long-term,reasonably priced capital that permits themto defray high upfront costs. Rural financialinstitutions in India do not at present havestructures to finance small-scale venturesefficiently and are therefore reluctant toprovide financing at reasonable costs.

The project team will define operationalmodalities, conduct research on rural ven-tures seeking renewable energy financing,and build a pipeline of transactions. Thesmall-scale venture transactions will beaggregated into a bundle and documenta-tion will be developed to secure carbon-related financing for the bundle. The projectwill structure and execute financing for atleast three pilot ventures.

YBL is a leading private bank in India that isjointly owned by Rabobank, CiticorpVenture Capital, ChrysCapital, AIF Capital,Swiss RE, and two Indian investors.

Using Tamil Nadu MunicipalEE Program to Create &Demonstrate a ReplicableFinancing Model for theUse of ESCOs(Alliance to Save Energy,October 2007 – present)

Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure FinancialServices Limited (TNUIFSL) will imple-ment energy efficiency projects related tothe water supply systems of 45 towns inTamil Nadu.

ESCO projects in India often falter, if notfail, due to disputes over quantifying ener-gy savings resulting from the project. Themain reason is that ESCOs have not beenusing a proper, standardised monitoringand verification (M&V) protocol to verifysavings. The International PerformanceMonitoring and Verification Protocol(IPMVP) has recently released a new M&Vprotocol for the Alliance to Save Energy’s‘Watergy’ methodology in India, but it hasyet to be field tested.

The Alliance recently produced theManual for Development of MunicipalEnergy Efficiency Projects, a guide fordeveloping EE projects for externalfinancing. Currently, with USAID support,the Alliance is providing technical andfinancing advisory services to TNUIFSL,the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund(TNUDF), and the Municipal Corporationof Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to helpthem navigate the process of using per-formance contracting to finance andimplement municipal EE projects.

The REEEP-funded project will develop afinancing toolkit so that other Indiancities and state agencies can replicate theapplication of performance contractingto municipal water supply EE projects.The toolkit will also include relevant les-sons from other performance contract-ing projects in India.The IPMVP protocolfor water pumping in India will bedemonstrated for the first time throughrepeated field testing.

If the pilot programme for 45 towns issuccessful, TNUDF plans to extend the

energy efficiency initiative to the remain-ing towns in the state (approximately150), and later to panchayats (local gov-ernment bodies in rural areas, numberingapproximately 560). The success of thisprogramme is expected to produce a par-adigm shift in India, catalysing similar EEinitiatives across the country.

UNITED KINGDOM:Development ofInternational EMS forIntegration into the ISO9000 or 14000 Standards(UNIDO, October 2007 –present)

The project will share and disseminateinformation on energy management stan-dards (EMS) as effective policy and regula-tory mechanisms to promote and supportimproved energy efficiency in industry.

The United Nations Industrial Develop-ment Organization (UNIDO) will draft aconsolidated approach to energy manage-ment based on experiences from develop-ing and transition economy countries.Theresulting report will be submitted to theInternational Standards Organisation (ISO)Central Secretariat and will form the basisfor a future ISO Technical Committee todevelop an international ISO energy man-agement standard.

Industry accounts for more than 30 per-cent of global energy consumption and 40percent of total electricity use. Marketsand policy makers tend to focus exclusive-ly on individual components of energy effi-ciency, which offer efficiency improve-ments of between 2 and 5 percent, whileindustrial system optimisation generallyprovides efficiency improvements ofbetween 20 and 30 percent.

The project will establish an internationalworking group (IWG) comprising interna-tional and national energy managementstandards experts. Regional sector studieswill be conducted in Brazil, South Africa,Thailand and the Ukraine to explore theissues and identify barriers to energy man-agement standards.An international work-shop will be held to present the findings to


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key stakeholder groups and a draftapproach for developing an internationalEMS for industry will be submitted to theISO Central Secretariat.

Development MarketplaceCompetition for AffordableNon-Fossil Lighting in Sub-Saharan Africa(The World Bank, TBC)

The project will market affordable LEDlanterns and lighting products that are notyet available on the marketplace for low-income households.

TheWorld Bank will establish a developmentmarketplace (DM) competition in sub-Saharan Africa to develop low-cost, non-fos-sil-fuel lighting products and services forhouseholds and small businesses.The project involves a formal competition toselect qualified manufacturers and productdevelopers to design/distribute LED lanternsand other basic lighting products meetingbottom-of-the-pyramid consumer needs.

Currently in sub-Saharan Africa, house-holds rely on costly, inefficient, often haz-ardous fuel-based products, such askerosene lamps, which account for up to30 percent of total household incomes.Despite these high costs, fuel-based light-ing does bring significant value to con-sumers as energy conversion efficiency islow and lighting quality is poor.The devel-opment marketplace will offer robustlanterns and products tailored to con-sumer needs and available at low retailprices (between $10 and 25) with shortpayback periods of two to three months. Ifachieved, this will open up significantopportunities for product sales across theAfrican continent, in urban, peri-urban andrural areas.

The Lighting Africa DM will bring togeth-er international lighting manufacturersand local distributors in Africa for thedesign, development and marketing oflow-cost, energy-efficient lighting prod-ucts tailored to low-income consumerneeds and conditions. It is anticipated thatthe Lighting Africa DM will be held inFebruary 2008 in Ghana.

Renewable EnergyProspective Study andProposal to Remove theTechnical, Economic,Regulatory and FinancialBarriers to Its FullDevelopment in Argentina(Energy Secretariat, NationalDirectorate of Promotion onEnergy Efficiency andRenewable Energies[D.N.PROM.], September 2007 –present)

TheArgentine National Congress has passedLaw 26190/2006, ‘Regime for NationalPromotion of the Use of Renewable Sourcesof Energy for Electricity Production’, grantingtax and fiscal benefits to generators that userenewable resources to supply electricity topublic services.The law establishes an incen-tive for renewables via payment of 15 dollarcents (1.5 peso cents) per kWh generated bya renewable source for a term of 15 yearsfrom installation.

Among the proposed goals, the country nowhas a renewable energy target of 8 percent(excluding large hydro) of the total electrici-ty consumption until 2016. The EnergySecretariat has been commissioned to designa national plan to fulfil this requirement.

The REEEP-funded project will allow theEnergy Secretariat to:

• identify energy policy actions to removebarriers to develop renewable energy;

• improve the quality of information onnatural resources and projects, especial-ly related to biomass residues (fromforestry and agriculture);

• adapt the present legal framework tofoster the introduction of distributedgeneration; and

• evaluate and propose alternatives toimprove project knowledge.

The Argentine electricity market has morethan 2,800 agents recognised by the rules ofthe Wholesale Electric Market (WEM), whogenerated 96,646 GWh in 2005.The amountof electricity supplied by renewable sourceswas 1,520 GWh in the same period and isexpected to increase to 13,000 GWh/year

by 2016 in accordance with the goal estab-lished by the new national regime for elec-tricity production from renewables.

Design, writing and valida-tion of the RenewableEnergy and Energy EfficiencyLaw in Ecuador(Ministry of Energy and Minesof Ecuador/Sub-secretary ofRenewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency, TBC)

The new government administration inEcuador has created the position of sub-secretary of Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency under the Ministry of Energy andMines.The sub-secretary has several objec-tives, including the establishment and pro-motion of national regulations, norms andlaws for renewable energy and energy effi-ciency. Under this remit, the sub-secretarymust prepare and co-ordinate the plans,programmes and national strategies forenergy efficiency and renewable energy.

The REEEP-funded project will provideassistance to the sub-secretary in theirmandate to create the appropriate legisla-tive and regulatory frameworks to stimu-late the marketplace for clean energy andenergy efficiency.

Since 2003, the Directorate of RenewableEnergy and Energy Efficiency at theMinistry of Energy and Mines of Ecuadorhas been working as the implementingagency for the PROMEC project (Projectfor the Modernisation of RuralElectrification and Telecommunication inRural Areas). PROMEC was co-financedwith the World Bank and GEF and covereda variety of initiatives, including:

• energy efficiency pilot programmes inindustry, hotels and public buildings;

• the installation of approximately 1,500solar home systems for indigenousdwellings in the Amazon and jungleareas;

• capacity building within local ESCOs;and

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one of the outcomes was the draft paperfor the Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency Law. Having analysed the paper,the Ministry of Energy and Mines hasrequested REEEP’s assistance to finish thedraft of the Law, including the validationphase and final writing.

Developing a Vehicle forSWH Mass Implementationin SA, and extending theexisting REEEP manual(Sustainable Energy Africa,August 2007 – present)

The project will support three cities in theestablishment of large-scale solar waterheating (SWH) implementation vehicles.Working with Cape Town, Tshwane andSol Plaatje, the project team will pulltogether all the key players in a particularcity to develop the market. This includesfinanciers, SWH suppliers and installers,local authorities, legal experts and CDMfunding co-ordinators.

The team will provide technical, legal andfinancial support to cities as necessary inthe process of establishing a solar waterheating vehicle. The result will be anESCO or a city-owned SWH utility.Training materials will be developed foreach local authority.

The Development Bank of South Africa(DBSA) has expressed interest in support-ing the start-up and long-term financing ofsuch vehicles. Eskom is also finalising anincentive to support SWH uptake. Thevehicles will operate on a sustainable basis.

Performance/Credit RiskGuarantees and FinancingMechanisms for ESCO-struc-tured Energy EfficiencyProjects(EPS Capital Corp,October 2007 – present)

The project will develop performance andcredit risk guarantees and risk mitigationstructures in order for local banks to be will-ing to provide limited-recourse, project-basedfinancing for ESCO-structured energy efficien-cy projects. The resultant energy efficiency

financing product will be provided by NAFIN,the national development bank of Mexico, tolocal banks and financial institutions.

Three ESCO-structured projects will thenbe developed and financed by local banks inMexico under a structure that utilises thenewly created project-based perform-ance/credit risk guarantees and financingmechanisms provided by NAFIN.

The project, managed by EPS Capital, willaccelerate the implementation of energyefficiency projects and the growth of theESCO industry in Mexico, which comprisesmostly small and medium-sized enterprises.It will also create replicable mechanismsthat can be used to aggregate the financingof energy efficiency projects and that willresult in reduced transaction costs.

Engaging the BankingSector in FinancingRenewable Energy(CONAE and BASE,August 2007 – present)

The project will identify areas for the finan-cial sector to engage in, or accelerate itsparticipation in, RE projects, particularlymicro and small-scale projects. UNEP’sSustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SEFI)(jointly implemented with the Basel Agencyfor Sustainable Energy [BASE]) will workwith Mexican financial institutions to engagethem in investing in RE and EE projects.

A local implementation group with differentmember profiles will be created to ensure acomprehensive approach. It will be a coali-tion comprising Mexico’s NationalCommission for Energy Conservation(CONAE, the leading local organisation), aregional technical association/chamber, abusiness school, a regional developmentbank, and a respected local figure in thefinance sector.

The project’s innovative approach is todevelop a unique long-term strategy bydemonstrating the local business opportu-nities in RE/EE technologies to the banksthrough market assessment. The resultingreport will contribute to the design offuture government initiatives to increaseinvestment in sustainable energy.

Integrated Rural EnergyUtility (IEU) Roadmap(Restio Energy Pty Ltd.,August 2007 – present)

The project will enable the development oflarge-scale decentralised entities that deliv-er a range of renewable and other energyservices primarily to rural regions (house-holds, social services and productive useapplications). The decentralised utilities willmeet both thermal and grid or off-gridelectricity needs in an energy efficient man-ner, within an institutional framework thathas the necessary critical mass and long-term financial integrity.

Rural energy service activities typicallyfocus on either improved thermal energyuse, or grid or off-grid electrification. AnIEU improves the efficiency and viability oflocal service delivery and mitigates severalrisks (including grid/off-grid planninguncertainty). Implementation requires thatan appropriate regulatory and policyframework be developed (with the assis-tance of the Sustainable Energy RegulationNetwork [SERN]).

Challenges will arise in the form of regula-tory hurdles in licensing and uncertaintyregarding the restructuring of the electric-ity supply industry (ESI) in South Africa.

IRELAND:

Development andImplementation of FinancialRisk ManagementInstrument SupportingEnergy ServicesDevelopment Investmentin Sub-Saharan Africa(Econoler International,October 2007 – present)

UNEP provided business development serv-ices and seed capital financing, through theAfrican Rural Enterprise EnergyDevelopment (AREED) programme, to 36enterprises, spanning a range of EE and REtechnologies.A review of theAREED projectdetermined the need to develop risk-sharinginstruments to mobilise business and con-sumer equipment financing from local com-


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mercial and micro-finance institutions. TheEconoler International–led project will ini-tially focus on Ghana, Zambia and Senegal.

The project will assess the business activi-ties, capacities and finance needs of select-ed AREED programmes and participatingenergy enterprises. In consultation withAREED, participating enterprises and inter-ested financial institutions, the projectteam will design appropriate finance mech-anisms and related tools to support bothenergy equipment consumer financing andbusiness financing.

Two regional economic development com-munities in sub-Saharan Africa –– theEconomic Community of West AfricanStates (ECOWAS) and the East AfricanCommunity (EAC) –– are currently devel-oping sub-regional strategies in order toprovide access to modern energy services.REEEP plans to use these communities topromote the success and expansion of thefinancial risk mitigation tools developed.

Promotionof Solar Water Heaters(Ministry of Energy and MineralDevelopment and RuralElectrification Agency, October2007 – present)

The project will create awareness of thebenefits of solar water heaters among cityplanning authorities, the Ministry ofHousing, architectural and engineeringprofessional bodies and the general public.It will also develop financing mechanisms,promotional policies and standards forintegrating solar water heaters in buildings.

Uganda must save electricity during peakhours by switching water heating in house-holds and institutions from electricity tosolar. The country is faced with an acuteelectricity supply shortage mainly due toincreased demand, which has not beenmatched by new generation.The situationhas been worsened by prolonged droughtthat has cut production at the existinghydro power stations.This has resulted inelectricity rationing that lasts up to 12

hours daily.The government has procuredemergency diesel generators to alleviatethe problem, but this has resulted inincreased electricity tariffs.

In January 2006, the Ministry of Energy andMineral Development conducted a surveyto estimate the amount of electricity thatcan be saved by replacing electric waterheaters with solar water heaters inKampala City. The information indicatedthat 41MW could be saved by installing65,000 solar water heaters in urban areas.Another study indicated that the countryhas an exploitable SWH potential of806MW by 2015.

The project intends to save 1MW of elec-tricity during peak hours by installing 500solar water heaters in Kampala, Entebbeand Jinja over two years. This will beaccomplished by assistance to five solarwater heating companies, training for 20technicians in solar water heater installa-tion, and agreements by three financialinstitutions to provide credit financing.

ITALY AND UNITEDKINGDOM:

Innovative PolicyFrameworks to AddressBarriers to RE& EE Deployment in theMediterranean Region(Ingegneriambiente,October 2007 – present)

The project will enhance a working rela-tionship between the EU and Morocco andother North African countries, to transferEuropean best practices in the use of REand EE financial instruments and their inte-gration into the energy planning process.

Morocco, like other North African coun-tries, is already co-operating with Italianinstitutions (Tunisia, with an agreement onthe EU grid connection; and Morocco,developing several financial mechanisms).Nevertheless, there are still barriers to thedeployment of RE and EE in theMediterranean region, especially in NorthAfrican countries.

The project will comprise the study of dif-ferent scenarios related to various levels ofintegration of European RE and EE legalframeworks and economic instruments(tools and best practices) with theMoroccan energy market. Local stakehold-ers will also be trained on European sup-port programmes.

Morocco has established a renewableenergy target of 20 percent (for electricityproduction).At present, renewable energystands at 7.9 percent (3.4 percent withoutlarge hydro).

METREHC RenewableHeating and Cooling Usein the Tertiary Sector ofMediterranean Countries(Politecnico di Milano [POLI-MI]), October 2007 – present)

The project will define a policy for thepromotion of renewable energy sources(RES) in Tunisia and Morocco, with the aimof reducing total primary energy con-sumption. The project MediterraneanRenewable Energy Use for Heating andCooling (METREHC) will provide supportand capacity building for policy design inthe tertiary sector through assistancewith writing primary and secondary legis-lation, codes of practice etc., and thereview of such instruments.

The METREHC project will harmonise thedevelopment strategies of the two Africancountries within the European EnergyPlan, highlighting synergies and macroeco-nomic advantages. In line with the recentdecisions taken at EU level on the bindingtarget for renewable energy by 2020 andthe need for a new directive on thermalRES, the project will develop a policy strat-egy that specifies both obligations on theuse of RES and the related accompanyingactions necessary to facilitate the imple-mentation of the new law.

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tries is constantly growing and representsthe main component of electrical gridloads during the summer. The develop-ment of RES technologies can be advanta-geous, as such technologies are particular-ly suitable for providing heating and cool-ing in this region.

The outcome of the METREHC projectwill be the realisation of an integratedpolicy structure, overcoming the techni-cal, economic and social barriers to thedevelopment of RES for heating and cool-ing uses in the tertiary sector in Tunisiaand Morocco.

NEW ZEALAND ANDUNITED KINGDOM:

Pacific Micro EnergyService Companies(SOPAC, August 2007 – present)

Access to reliable and clean energy is aprerequisite for improving health and edu-cation, reducing poverty and increasingsustainable development. More than half ofthe rural communities in the SolomonIslands and Kiribati depend on kerosenefor lighting.The project will replace the useof kerosene in 90 rural householdsthrough the installation of Light Up theWorld lamp systems; identify and trainlocal entrepreneurs in assembling, installingand maintaining such systems; and createand facilitate a micro-credit scheme (orbuild upon established rural schemes) forthe effective and increased deployment ofsolar energy technology and energy effi-cient LED lighting in Least DevelopedCountries. It will also develop a projectidentification note (PIN) for carbon emis-sion reductions (estimated 121 tonnesover a ten-year period) and is expected toincrease the participation of the SolomonIslands and Kiribati in voluntary carbonmarket mechanisms. Beneficiaries willimprove their standard of living throughbetter access to modern lighting, leading tothe creation of income-generating activi-ties at night and improving children’s edu-cation, therefore contributing to the allevi-ation of poverty.

Commissioned ProjectsUNITED KINGDOM:

Analytical and SynthesisStudy of REEEPProgrammes(Baastel/Econoler International[Consortium], November 2007– present)

The commissioned project will conduct ananalysis of the outputs and outcomes ofREEEP’s project portfolio, includinganswering evaluation questions, generatinglessons learned and formulating recom-mendations. A methodology will be devel-oped to provide a comprehensiveoverview of REEEP’s project portfolio.

The study will provide a detailed analysisof project effectiveness against predeter-mined goals with a view to reviewing theextent to which the projects have had aneffect on the intended beneficiaries. It willalso provide a ‘relevance checklist’ againstwhich the continuing projects can bereviewed compared to REEEP’s definedpriorities and disseminate lessonslearned, best practices and potential forreplication, which in turn allows for thefine-tuning of existing methodologies.

NORWAY AND THEUNITED KINGDOM:

REEEP Global Status Reporton Energy Efficiency(Ecofys Netherlands BV,October 2007 – present)

The commissioned project will defineenergy efficiency measures, market poten-tial for energy efficiency, annual energy sav-ings, investments in energy efficiency andenergy efficiency policies and programmes.

The study will focus on historical andpotential thermal and electrical energy effi-ciency improvements for the following sec-tors: industry, domestic buildings, non-domestic buildings, transport (passengerand freight), agriculture and power genera-tion (including transmission and distribu-tion). It will then review the impact ofenergy efficiency policies and programmes

via a generic overview of the impact of var-ious types of policies and success factors,and ‘best-practice examples’ of varioustypes of policies in different countries.

The study will cover OECD countries plusthe emerging market economies of Brazil,China, India and South Africa. It will includelarge energy consuming OECD countries(e.g. starting with G8) plus emerging mar-ket economies.

The scope and criteria for the inventory ofkey initiative/projects globally, regionallyand nationally will include best-practiceexamples that meet the key interests ofthe report’s target audience: policy makers,industry, financiers and development pro-fessionals. Key initiatives and projects willinclude: innovative energy efficiency proj-ects in each sector, successful policy instru-ments that have potential for implementa-tion in other countries, and innovative andcreative project financing schedules.

Design and Establishmentof a Risk MitigationMechanism in India(PricewaterhouseCoopers,October 2007 – present)

The project will analyse the risks associat-ed with financing of renewable energyprojects and attempt to devise appropriaterisk mitigation mechanisms, in consultationwith ICICI Bank, India’s leading private sec-tor financing institution, which will alsopilot such schemes, once they have beendesigned to the satisfaction of the stake-holders involved.

Despite encouraging prospects and robusttechnology track records, the renewableenergy market still does not attractinvestors as investment risk appears to behigher in comparison to other more com-petitive investments.The financing gaps aremainly concentrated in the area of riskcapital.An estimated $9 billion of risk cap-ital is needed for renewable energy gener-ation in developing countries by 2010.

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of which only 5 percent (approx. 9,000MW of installed capacity) of the totalpotential has been exploited to date.Recently pro-renewable policies framed bythe government have motivated privateinvestors. India’s renewable power capacityexceeded Japan in 2006 and jumped intofourth place globally due to its wind-basedgeneration capacity. Furthermore, theGovernment’s Renewable Energy Policyaims at generating 10,000 MW by 2012,boosting further growth in the domesticmarketplace. The recent development ofrenewable capacity indicates that India hasthe appropriate institutional framework inplace for the promotion of renewableenergy in the country. However, capacityaddition is still slow.

The project will design specific risk mitiga-tion mechanisms that address the risks andconcerns of developers. To give an exam-ple, one such risk is the absence of com-mercial guarantees by equipment manufac-turers on the achievement of capacity util-isation factors, which is dependent not juston the robustness of the technology butalso the wind velocities. Likewise, pricevariability of biomass feedstock and itscontinued availability is another risk that isoften a barrier for new investments.

� Fourth andFifth ProgrammeCycle –– 2006/7

UNITED KINGDOM:

Expanding and Globalisingthe APEC Energy StandardsInformation System (ESIS)(CLASP, April 2006 – present)

The Energy Standards Information System(ESIS) was established by the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation (APEC) in 2002 asa user-friendly, web-accessible database ofenergy efficiency standards and labellingprogrammes. It currently presents infor-mation on 21 APEC economies (seewww.apec-esis.org). The REEEP project

expands the geographic scope and reach ofESIS beyond APEC economies. Throughbroader collaboration with internationalagencies and networks, ESIS will become aglobal energy efficiency clearinghouse.

The project aims to develop and deliver aself-sustaining resource of global energystandards and labelling information. It willachieve this through strengthened ESIScontacts with non-APEC economies thatdeliver ongoing standards and labellingcontent into the ESIS database.

The project will also seek the participationof non-APEC economies. Key experts inselected economies will be contacted tofacilitate the initial and ongoing collectionof standards and labelling information fortheir economies. Data collection anduploading into ESIS will be co-ordinated, inmany instances, through third-party con-tractors familiar with the region’s energyefficiency networks.

The project experienced a delay in imple-mentation by the transferral of the projectto the Collaborative Labelling andAppliance Standards Program (CLASP) andthe redefinition of the geographical expan-sion of the ESIS under the project.

Harmonisation RoadmapDevelopment onGovernment Procurementfor Energy Efficient Productsamong APEC Economies(China Standard CertificationCenter [CSC], April 2006 –present)

Harnessing government purchasing powerhas the potential to yield impressive savingsand to enhance the market transformationof energy efficient products. In some APECeconomies, the government procurementpolicy for energy efficient products hasbeen published. However, there is littleattempt to address the harmonisationissues related to government procurementfor energy efficient products across APECeconomies.One exception is the initial pilotenergy efficiency standards harmonisationefforts for several specified products.

Through this REEEP project, the ChinaStandard Certification Center (CSC) plansto remedy this deficit by developing a har-monisation roadmap based on inputs frommarket research, policy assessment, techni-cal analysis and an international workshop.

Commercialisation of Large-Scale Solar Water Heating(SWH) Systems(Energyhouse Africa TAS, E+CoAfrica, April 2006 – present)

Through their solar thermal investmentexperience in Africa and South Africa, E+Coidentified a niche financially unserviced mar-ket opportunity resulting from a lack ofappropriate asset-based finance for the pur-chase of large-scale solar water heating(SWH) systems. To stimulate this marketopportunity, E+Co, with REEEP assistance, isdeveloping a business plan for the creation ofa €1.5 million SWH investment facility with a€250,000 window for the facility’s develop-ment, management fees and enterprisedevelopment services (EDS). The proposedfacility will work with local and internationalfinancial institutions to make appropriateasset-based finance available to consumerswanting to purchase large-scale SWH sys-tems, thereby demonstrating the financingpotential for large SWH installation.The facil-ity will also undertake various market devel-opment and training activities to assist withthe scaling up of the SWH sector. Should theinvestment facility prove successful, E+Coenvisage the facility growing into a larger,stand-alone, financially sustainable fund withinvestment capital of about €15 million.

Although drafts of a business plan for anSWH financial facility were developed anddiscussed (e.g., definition of objectives, SWHtarget sectors, possible local stakehold-ers/partners), and discussions took place inSouth Africa with local stakeholders (with afocus on financial institutions), the projecthas had to undergo changes in approach. It isexpected that the investment facility shouldbe operational around June/July 2009.


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Building EnergyEfficiency Codes in Russiaand Kazakhstan(Institute for MarketTransformation [IMT], April2006 – present)

The focus of the IMT project team hasbeen the development and implementationof performance-based energy codes fornew and renovated buildings. Using amodel developed by the IMT team, 53Russian regional governments have adopt-ed mandatory energy codes, coveringmore than three-quarters of new con-struction in the country. The RussianFederal Government adopted a new codein 2003, similar in structure and stringencyto the regional codes and applicable to thewhole country. In 2004, the Republic ofKazakhstan adopted a new code, alsobased on the project team’s model.Buildings designed in compliance with thenew codes consume between 35 and 45percent less energy for heating than build-ings complying with previous codes. Inaddition to increased stringency, the newRussian and Kazakh codes include a num-ber of innovations in content and format.Notably, they introduce a performance-based compliance method, in which design-ers can flexibly choose combinations ofbuilding-envelope and heating-system effi-ciency measures, as long as the whole-building energy consumption target is met.

At the federal and regional level in Russia andKazakhstan, IMT is now working with projectpartners to support code implementationthrough training, the development of techni-cal guidance materials, and other work. IMT’sMoscow-based partner, the ResearchInstitute for Building Physics (NIISF), has heldseminars and given presentations on buildingenergy codes and efficient building designstrategies for hundreds of building-code offi-cials and building designers.

The project team led a two-week learningtour on the same topics in New York andthe Washington, D.C. area for building-code officials. Moscow has published anew, more stringent performance-basedbuilding energy code for high-rises. The

team has provided technical energy effi-ciency assistance on several key buildingdesigns; has begun work on a new editionof the Moscow building code; and has pro-moted the Energy Passport building ratingsystem to building officials and experts atthe regional and federal level.

Facilitating ESCO Projectsin the Health Care Sector(Naradowa AgencjaPoszanowania Energii S.A[NAPE]/Polish Agency forEnergy Conservation, April2006 – present)

In Poland, there are over 800 hospitals withan energy saving potential in the range of 20to 40 percent. The ESCO scheme is themost useful for implementing energy effi-ciency measures in hospitals, although inPoland and other Central and EasternEuropean countries, both ESCOs and localbanks are unwilling to invest in energy effi-ciency improvements in the health sectorsince most hospitals are heavily in debt.

The National Health Fund in Poland reim-burses hospitals for the actual services pro-vided to patients rather than according totheir operational expenditures, and servicereimbursement levels are often insufficientto cover the maintenance and upkeep costsof the buildings.This REEEP project endeav-ours to create a model to address key bar-riers to the operation of ESCOs, includingthe lack of guarantees for ESCO business;fiscal obstacles, such as the obligation to payvalue added tax immediately after construc-tion; and bidding procedures such as thelimited duration (three years) of deliverycontracts for the public sector.

Discussions with ESCOs operating in theregion indicated that the proposed modelwould open the door to widespread ESCOactivity in the hospital sector.A model ener-gy efficiency project at one hospital was alsoplanned. This was to be tendered as anESCO contract and used as a test case forthe new policy.

The general situation in the health-care sec-tor in Poland, as well as specific questionsrelated to possible ESCO engagement inthe modernisation of the sector, have been

analysed.An energy audit of a selected hos-pital building confirmed the existing energysavings potential as 34 percent heat and 30percent water consumption. However, aprepared draft policy document was notaccepted by the Ministry of Health. Theproject is currently in the process of reach-ing formal completion without havingachieved planned objectives.

Capacity-Building Supportfor the Implementation ofthe Renewable Energy Lawin China(Chinese Renewable EnergyIndustries Association[CREIA]/REEEP RegionalSecretariat for East Asia, April2006 – present)

‘RELawAssist’ is a project developed bythe Renewable Energy Generators ofAustralia (REGA), the Chinese RenewableEnergy Industries Association (CREIA),the Centre for Renewable EnergyDevelopment (CRED) and Baker &McKenzie, with funding from theAustralian Government, in collaborationwith REEEP and REIL.The project is aimedat identifying the key legal and regulatoryissues around the implementation ofChina’s renewable energy law and regula-tions. CREIA used the knowledge and net-work it has developed as a key part of thedevelopment team for the law to managethe development/collation of trainingmaterials and to organise training sessionsfor central and local government stake-holders so that they can better under-stand the law and accelerate its imple-mentation. Furthermore, CREIA proposesto monitor the implementation of the law,especially the pricing regulations, via thenetwork of attendees at the training ses-sions, and through international expertiseon comparative renewable energy regula-tion, to see how the regulations work andprovide feedback in the form of recom-mendations to the National Developmentand Reform Commission (NDRC).

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recommendations to the NDRC on theimpact of the renewable energy law inChina, and the project is expected to reachformal completion in May 2008.

Development of aSustainable Energy PolicyFramework for Guatemala(Fundacion Solar, nominatedfor financing by GVEP, April2006 – present)

Guatemala has a General Electricity Law andan incentive law for electric energy genera-tion with renewable energy resources, but itlacks a general energy policy directiveframework.The objective of this REEEP proj-ect is to prepare a policy directive via theinput of multi-sectoral government partici-pation, as well as the participation of repre-sentative national stakeholders, that willintegrate all aspects of sustainable develop-ment through the provision of modernenergy services and energy efficiency. Themain activities comprise the preparation of abasic document; the identification of stake-holders who will participate in the policydevelopment process; the organisation ofworkshops with targeted stakeholders toobtain feedback; the incorporation of pro-posals into a basic policy document; and thedevelopment of a framework for consensuson a draft policy directive. Indigenous popu-lations are involved in the decision-makingprocess.The outcome of the process will bepresented to, and discussed with, relevantgovernment decision makers, aimed at theapproval of a consistent, long-term and com-prehensive national sustainable energy poli-cy proposal with a participatory approachthat will serve as an umbrella for all energysectors, co-ordinating actions among themas well as with other sectors of the country.

The project is progressing well and the basicenergy document and legal gap analysis havebeen completed and submitted to the rele-vant ministries and government institutions.Two workshops have been held, at whichgovernment institutions, NGOs and otheragencies were represented. The nationalstakeholder list has been completed and themain framework for the energy policyumbrella is in its final stages.

IRELAND:

Financing Co-generation andSmall Hydro Projects in theSugar and Tea Industry inEast and Southern Africa(AFREPREN/FWD, April 2006 –present)

This initiative will address the financing bar-riers and risks facing the sugar and tea indus-tries in target countries in investing inrenewable energy and energy efficiencyservices (REEES). It links with two ongoingUNEP/GEF projects: Greening the TeaIndustry in East Africa (small hydro), andCogen for Africa (bagasse co-generation).REEES investments face a number of impor-tant risks and uncertainties, notably: policyand regulatory risk, market risks (such asabsence of assured buyers of generatedclean energy), lack of investor confidence,and financial risks. Of special importance islimited appreciation of risks associated withproject finance –– a mode of financing that isnot well understood or widely practised inthe region. Risks associated with project-financed REEES investments can be mitigat-ed through comprehensive insurance tocover all possible eventualities. Theseinclude: Contractors’ Risk, Erection Risk,Transportation Risk, Professional Liability,Third-Party Liability, Workmen’sCompensation, Contractors’ Equipment,and even Advance Loss of Profit.These andother risks are not well understood, espe-cially in the context of financing REEESinvestments in the sugar and tea industries.A training workshop was held in November2007 and the project is expected to reachsuccessful completion by May 2008.

Facilitating Access toFinance for the BiodieselIndustry in Southern Africa(African Sustainable FuelsCentre [ASFC], April 2006 –present)

Biodiesel is one of the preferred biofueloptions in Africa because it is economical-ly viable on a small scale, draws on Africa’suntapped agricultural potential and max-imises employment benefits, while its man-ufacture requires a low level of technology

and relatively low capital inputs. However,stimulating small-scale production requiresimproved business planning support andbetter access to finance. In the context ofthe distributed generation of renewables,small-scale biodiesel production, coupledwith localised biodiesel use, is a packagethat requires relatively small investmentand modest levels of management. Job cre-ation assessments indicate that a small(1 million litres per year) biodiesel facilityprocessing locally grown feedstock willgenerate and secure 50 to 100 jobs. Theoutputs of this project would facilitateviable businesses and would therefore havea positive impact on poverty reduction andquality of life in agricultural and peri-urbanareas of the target countries while assistinghost countries to attain a greater degree ofenergy security.

The project seeks to support this processby providing tools and support to facilitatethe business planning process, as well asaccessing finance that will allow these ben-efits to be realised. An ASFC website hasbeen designed and a generic business planand financial model for small-scalebiodiesel production is being developed. Inaddition, a preliminary list of financingorganisations with an interest in renew-able energy has been identified in prepara-tion for the production of a biodieselfinancing guidebook.

ITALY AND THE UNITEDKINGDOM:

Renewable EnergyCooperation Certificates(International Solar EnergySociety [ISES], Italy, July 2006 –present)

The aim of the project is to propose theimplementation of alternative economictools that can support clean energy inter-ventions in the context of EU co-opera-tion programmes benefiting countries inNorth Africa and the Middle East. Startingfrom the analysis of EU legislation andEuro-Mediterranean agreements in theenergy sector, an attempt will be made todevelop feasible high-value energy co-operation projects from an environmentaland social point of view in order to con-


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tribute to local sustainable development bytransferring efficient and innovative tech-nologies, increasing the availability of ener-gy at the local level and achieving social andeconomic benefits.

The survey of the Tradable RenewableEnergy Certificates (TRECs) market inEurope and the analysis of EU legislation arecomplete and the working group hasfocused its attention on the rules and pos-sible application of the market tools to sup-port renewables in the Mediterraneanregion.The project was extended to includea workshop,held inTunis, and is expected tobe formally completed by May 2008.

Establishing TREC Tradingbetween Tunisia and Italy(Inergia, April 2006 – present)

For several years, the Italian Governmenthad expressed a desire to import TradableRenewable Energy Certificates (TRECs)from North Africa.The project was meantto build on existing initiatives in theMediterranean region, such as theMediterranean Renewable Energy Project(MEDREP, which has signed an MoU withREEEP), which encourage private sectorinvolvement and the use of financial instru-ments to achieve their aims of increasingthe provision of sustainable energy servicesas well as mitigating the effects of climatechange.The project was based on politicalsupport for piloting TREC trade betweenItaly and North Africa by establishing theinstitutional framework for a nationalTRECsystem in Tunisia, establishing links topotential TREC buyers in Italy, and pilotingthe trade inTRECs between the two coun-tries, with the aim of supporting thegrowth in renewable energy developmentwithin Tunisia.

The main purpose of this project was toimprove the economics of renewableenergy projects within North Africa, asTRECs could bring additional finance tostimulate the development of renewableenergy projects within the region.

The project experienced a delay in imple-mentation. Extensive negotiations with themajorTunisian stakeholders took place and a

number of Tunisian organisations as well asstakeholders from other North Africancountries (Morocco, Egypt, Libya) expressedinterest in the project. Nevertheless, thewithdrawal of a major project proponentultimately prompted the project developerto suggest termination of the project, withformal closure still ongoing beyond the peri-od covered by this report.

�Third ProgrammeCycle –– 2005/6UNITED KINGDOM:

Financing the Conversionof District Heating to CleanEnergy in Russia(Winrock International, April2005 – present)

Rural and urban communities in the fareast of the Russian Federation depend onhighly inefficient district heating plants,operating with 50-year-old technology,using coal and heavy oil for their heat andpower. These inefficient district heatingsystems not only contribute to poor airquality and associated health problems,but also fail to exploit the naturalresources available in the region, particu-larly vast untapped stocks of forest bio-mass and mill waste which could repre-sent a technically feasible and cost-effec-tive replacement for coal. Investment ishard to come by in modern-day Russia,despite the profits that could be made byreplacing coal with biomass and sellingany carbon credits to carbon investmentfunds and developing the internationalcarbon market. Profits could then be usedto leverage additional conventionalfinance while reducing GHG emissions.REEEP recognised the ability to create areplicable model for catalysing funding forswitching from coal to biomass. WinrockInternational, working with local commer-cial banks, municipalities and technologymanufacturers, has established a €110,000fund to support the creation of RE and EEfinance facilities.

It is hoped that the initiative will identifyopportunities for innovative approaches to

funding that may be generated through thecarbon market, Kyoto and related mecha-nisms, and that it will support the adaptationof orthodox financial mechanisms and busi-ness structures for the RE and EE markets.

In this way, the project aims to promotethe financing of new district heating plantsfuelled with sustainable forest biomass inIrkutsk Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai,replacing existing coal and heavy oil–firedplants. With this objective in mind,Winrock has met with potential pur-chasers of carbon credits to clarify projectstructure and contracting issues.Discussions have taken place with theGovernments of Canada and theNetherlands and with banks and sociallyresponsible funds.

The project team will continue to workwith Russian partner banks ––Vneshtorgbank and Sberbank –– to sup-port them in clean energy financing. Localpartners will receive assistance in themeasurement, monitoring and verificationprotocols to quantify net carbon benefitsresulting from fuel switching.Winrock hascreated a portfolio of eight biomass-fuelled district heating projects and it ishoped that an expansion in biomass-fuelled technology will encourage Russianmanufacturers to improve biomass energysystem designs and attract more finance.Project implementation was deferredbecause of a delay in establishing theRussian joint implementation framework.

Development of SmallHydro and Wind ‘PracticeGuides’ for DevelopingCountries(IT Power, April 2005 – present)

This REEEP project aims to support theongoing photovoltaic power systems(PVPS) programme of the InternationalEnergy Agency (IEA), which has createdPractice Guides for policy makers andproject implementers.The IEA-PV Servicesfor Developing Countries (SDC) pro-gramme is under way and workshops wereconducted in China and Laos in 2005.ThePhotovoltaics Services for DevelopingCountries (PVSDC) programme assists


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government agencies and internationalinstitutions to develop policies and applyinternational best practice in the develop-ment and deployment of photovoltaics forrural electrification. The programme hasbeen expanded to cover other energyservices, such as water supply, communica-tions, health care and general economicuses.The REEEP co-financing has been usedto expand the IEA PVPS programme workto include small hydro and wind technolo-gies and to conduct additional workshopsin 2005 and 2006 in South Africa and India.The project has produced a RecommendedPractice Guide (RPG) for small hydro andwind technologies, which will be dissemi-nated through the IEA’s ongoing interna-tional programme that receives fundingfrom Australia, Canada, Denmark, France,Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland,the UK and the USA.The project is expect-ed to be completed by May 2008.

Supporting Regulations forRenewable Energy in Mexico(Comision Reguladora de Energia,December 2005 – present)REEEP is funding a project to assist Mexicoin identifying new procedures and codes tosupport renewable energy development. In1992, Mexico began liberalising its electric-ity sector through the Ley del ServicioPublico de Energia Electrica (ElectricityPublic Service Act), which allowed anincreased share of private sector electrici-ty supply. The Energy RegulatoryCommission (CRE) has been working withthe Energy Ministry (SENER) to modify thelegal and regulatory framework for renew-able energy, and in 2001 the CRE approvedseveral regulations, including servicecharges and contract models for renew-able energy transmission. The govern-ment’s national development plan statesthat sustainable development is one of themain principles of public policy. In supportof this principle, the government stated itsintention to increase the existing installedcapacity of sustainable energy to 1,000MW.The project will develop a net meter-ing procedure and carry out a grid codestudy, drawing on the international experi-ence available in the field. REEEP expects

the project to contribute significantly tothe development of Mexico’s wind indus-try and to an increased number of grantedand completed power plant permits.At thebeginning of the project, Mexico had morethan 60 private renewable energy projectsgenerating approximately 500 MW ofclean energy.After a delayed start, the proj-ect is progressing and is expected to becompleted by May 2008.

Accelerating SustainableEnergy Projects in Bulgariaand the Czech Republic(European Business Councilfor Sustainable Energy [e5],August 2005 – present)

Investments in SMEs involved in therenewable energy sector are often over-looked due to a perception of excessiverisk. The reality can be very different ––SMEs often develop highly innovative tech-nologies and business models, can respondflexibly to changing market demands andcan prove to be very profitable.To realisetheir potential, SMEs require businessexpertise, marketing opportunities andfinancial backing to enable them to roll outtheir technologies, products and servicesto global markets.

The e5 Sustainable Energy Accelerator(e5-SEA) will include an actively manageddatabase to provide advice on business andmarketing plans and consultation withregional and local governments on energydevelopment plans and private sector solu-tions. Through the development of the e5-SEA, it is hoped that the credibility of SMEswill be strengthened, thus mitigating risksfor investors and increasing available capi-tal for sustainable energy projects.The e5-SEA will enable professional serviceproviders to identify credible new clientsand expand their network of business rela-tionships. In addition, the e5-SEA will pro-vide customised reporting to investors onnew opportunities while assisting clients inpreparing presentations according toinvestors’ specific criteria.

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Completed Projects

REEEP’s portfolio of 70 completed projects consists of 32 projects

from the Third (14 projects) and Fourth/Fifth (18 projects)

REEEP Programme Cycles implemented during 2005/6 and 2006/7

respectively, and 48 projects funded and managed by the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Global Opportunities Fund

(FCO-GOF) under a REEEP banner during 2003/5.

ANNEX B

� Fourth and Fifth Programme Cycles –– 2006/7

UNITED KINGDOM:

PROJECT IMPLEMENTING AGENCY COUNTRIES

The International Sustainable Energy Assessment — Implementation and Impact Phase University of Colorado Global

RETScreen Version 4 –– Multilingual Energy Efficiency Models CANMET Energy Technology Centre Global, with focus onAngola, Brazil, China,India, Kazakhstan,Russia, Mexico, Nigeria,South Africa

Development of an Energy Efficiency Fund in Brazil Econoler International Brazil

Legal Frame of Renewable Energy in the State of Guanajuato CONCyTEG Mexico

Regional Standards and Labelling Program in Central America BUN-CA in collaboration with CLASP Mexico, Belize, CostaRica, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras,Nicaragua, Panama

Amazonia Energy Initiative (Energia da Amazonia) Winrock Brazil Brazil

RE and EE Policy and Action Plan of Liberia Center for Sustainable Energy Technology (CSET) Liberia

Utilization of Forest Biomass for Substitution of Fossil Fuels in theVolga River Region Environmental Projects Consulting Institute Russia

Compiling RES Legislation for Kazakhstan UNDP Kazakhstan Kazakhstan


Financing Municipal Energy Efficiency Alliance to Save Energy CIS

Promoting Low Energy Use (or Low Emission) Building Program in China China National Engineering Research Centerfor Human Settlements China

Innovative Market Mechanisms and Regulatory Frameworks to Develop Biomass Energy for Sustainable Development (ESD) ChinaCo-firing Potential in China

Promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency through City Energy Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) South AfricaStrategies in South Africa

More Private Pro-poor Small-Scale RE/EE Investments in South Asia The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure India, Bhutan, NepalDevelopment Fund, Inc.

Creating a Link between Energy Services and Income Generation, Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) IndiaUsing Innovative Financing as a Catalyst

Latin American Regional Sustainable Energy (RE/EE) Policy Development Forum Organization of American States (OAS), Brazil, Mexico, Chile,the REEEP Regional Secretariat Guatemala,Argentina,for Latin America & the Caribbean Colombia, Ecuador,

El Salvador, Nicaragua

Increasing the Supply of CDM Gold Standard Projects* IT Power and WWF Philippines, China, Brazil* unsuccessful

IRELAND:Securing Financing for RE / EE Projects in Southern Africa through SouthSouthNorth Tanzania, MozambiqueGold Standard CDM** unsuccessful

�Third Programme Cycle –– 2005/6

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6th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency PRASEG/EUFORES Global

Removing Barriers to Residential Energy Efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe Alliance to Save Energy Moldova,Armenia,Ukraine, Russia, Bosniaand Herzegovina,Serbia, Montenegro

Innovative Financing to Accelerate Solar Water Heating Green Markets International Brazil, Caribbean

Western Governors’ Association Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Western Governors’ Association USA, Mexico, CanadaCommittee Report

Establishment of an RE/EE Financing Facility for Brazil Fiorello H. LaGuardia Foundation Brazil

Creating Energy Efficiency Financial Models for the South African Urban Water Sector Alliance to Save Energy South Africa

International Sustainable Energy Assessment University of Colorado Global

Regional Program on Electrical Energy Efficiency in Industrial and Commercial BUN-CA Mexico, CentralService Sectors in Mexico and Central America America

Capacity Building for State Regulators and Policy Makers in Mainstreaming TERI IndiaRETs in a Reformed Electricity Sector

Development of a Sustainable Financing Mechanism for the Implementation Econoler International Indiaof Energy Efficiency Street Lighting Projects in India (State of Madhya Pradesh)

Dissemination of Best Practice of Village Power to East Asian Countries Beijing Jike Energy New Tech Development Co. Mongolia, China, DPRKorea, RO Korea, Japan


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Developing a National Implementation Roadmap for Wind in China CRED China

Developing a Financial Model for Renewable Energy Upgrade Interventions SouthSouthNorth South Africain Urban Low Income Housing*

PEMF2 –– Asia Sustainable Energy Fund* Emerging Power Partners South East Asia, China,* unsuccessful India

� First and Second Programme Cycles –– 2003/5

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Community Solar Energy Project, Paranhos BP Angola

Electrical Appliance Energy Efficiency and Labelling Public Education Campaign Ghana Energy Foundation Ghana

Sustainable Development Energy Training for Decision Makers AEA Technology/Energy Foundation of Ghana Ghana

Promotion of Efficient Biomass Cogeneration IRSEAD Kenya

Productivity and Profitability Improvement of Five Salt ManufacturingCommunities in Uburu Salt Lake in Ebonyi State Using Solar Energy UNIDO Nigeria

Sustainable Energy Development of Ebonyi State UNIDO Nigeria

Removal of Barriers to Renewable Energy Implementation in South Africa Panoramic Quality Services South Africa(Small-Scale Hydro)

Co-ordination of the Regional Southern Africa Renewable RAPS Finance South AfricaEnergy and Energy Efficiency Financier Network

Opportunities for Black Economic Empowerment Energy Efficiency Enterprises IIEC - Africa South Africa

Sustainable Energy Regulation Network for Southern Africa (SERN) AGAMA Energy South Africa

Developing Licensing Frameworks for the Connection of Small-Scale IT Power West AfricaDistributed Generation Technologies in West Africa

Promoting Sustainable Energy Planning in Provincial and Local Regional IT Power ChinaDevelopment Departments in China

Disseminating the Best Practice Energy Service Companies Programme Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA) Chinato Western Provinces of China and Neighbouring Countries, Notably Mongolia

China Environment Fund 2004 Tsinghua Venture Capital Management China

North-West Yunnan Rural Financial Initiative Global Environment Institute China

Developing the REEEP Sustainable Energy Planning, Policy and Regulatory Network IT Power UK, IT Power China, CREIAin East Asia, Using Tradable Renewable Energy Certificates as an Initial Focal Area China

Clean and Renewable Energy Development and Energy Efficient University of Cambridge, UK/Chongqing University, China ChinaBuilding Design in West China

Quantifying the Benefits of Decentralised Energy World Alliance for Decentralised Energy (WADE) China

Micro-scale Renewable Energy Venture Finance Programme Environment, Energy and Enterprise Ventures (e3v) India

Commercialisation of Energy Efficient and Renewable Technologies in India TERI India

Private Pro-poor Small-Scale Renewable Energy or Energy Efficient Small-Scale Sustainable InfrastructureInvestments in South Asia Development Fund (S3IDF) India, Sri Lanka, Nepal

Himalayan Rural Lighting Initiative Environment, Energy and Enterprise Ventures (e3v) India

Indian Renewable Energy Enterprise and. Development Fund (IREED) BTS Investments India

Electricity Sector Governance in Asia World Resources Institute Various


Innovative Financing for Energy Efficiency Resource Mobilisation Advisers Philippines/Mexico

Model Bio-Energy Systems for Rural Development Preferred Energy Inc. Philippines

Integrated Cane and Residue Collection Study Bronzeoak Philippines

Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Technologies in Under-Served Cemina BrazilPoor Communities through Awareness Raising and Educational Programmes

Water Pumping for Productive Use in Brazil’s North-East Region Instituto Eco-Engenho, plus BP Solar, LaGuardia BrazilFoundation, Centre for Management under Regulationat Warwick Business School

Brazil Renewable Energy Finance Capacity-Building Programme Environment, Energy and Enterprise Ventures (e3v) Brazil

Assessing the Potential for Development of Clean Development Eco-Securities MexicoMechanism Projects in the Animal Manure Sector in Mexico

Effective Policy Implementation: Education of Regulators Centre for Resource Studies USAand Regional Information Sharing

REEEP Initiative North America Secretariat American Council on Renewable Energy USA(ACORE), LaGuardia Foundation

Building a Better Tomorrow:The Social, Economic and Environmental Benefits Alliance to Save Energy Non-specificof Deploying Energy Efficiency Practices and Technologies in the Building Sector

Renewable Energy and International Law Project (REIL) REIL Various

Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) Warwick Business School Various

Legal Framework for International TREC System IT Power Non-specific

Financing & Funding Models Programme Work REEEP International Secretariat Various

ASEAN/Pacific Project Facility MCD Ltd. Various

Portfolio-based Energy Planning Process Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), MultipleUniversity of Sussex

Assessing the Potential for Tradable Renewable Energy Certificates to Support IT Power MultipleRenewable Energy in Developing Countries

Building Business and Investment Community Engagement UK BCSE UK

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Impact of Renewable Energy Programmes: IT Power UKDeveloping a Toolkit for Applying Participatory Approaches

User-Based Energy Portfolio Planning SPRU, University of Sussex Multiple

Global Sustainable Energy Islands Initiative (GSEII) Organisation of American States (OAS) Dominica,Grenada, St. Lucia

Initiate a Regional Energy Efficiency Standards Network in Asia-Pacific ISPQ - Europe Non SpecificEconomic Cooperation Region

REEEP Brazil/China Finance Initiative The Global Environmental Institute Brazil

The Gold Standard for CDM and JI Leveraging Carbon Finance to WWF Non-specificPromote Renewables and Energy Efficiency


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PREAMBLE

REEEP’s objective is to achieve greater useof renewable energy and greater energyefficiency globally in order to deliver social,environmental and economic benefits. Theobjectives, priorities and metrics that fol-low are designed to provide an overarchingstructure for REEEP’s activities in its two-theme focus –– Business and Finance; andPolicy and Regulation.All REEEP’s activities,including its support for projects, followthis framework.

As REEEP gains more experience with pro-grammes, from the next programme cycleonwards REEEP will try to pilot initiativesto work proactively and directly with gov-ernments through its partners andRegional Secretariats and to develop andimplement projects that support the pro-gramme priorities and objectives. Supportto the replication and scaling up of suc-cessful REEEP projects financed in 2005will also be piloted.These initiatives will beachieved through changes to the pro-gramme processes and through dedicatedfunding streams.

BUSINESS AND FINANCEPRIORITIES 2007/8

Investment is a fundamental element in thedevelopment of RE and EE. With underly-ing policy and regulatory support, thesemarkets can be accelerated through tar-geted finance facilities and the increasingattraction of mainstream investment asrisk management approaches and accept-able returns become well established.

ObjectivesRegional and national issues will influencepriorities but key activities for REEEP tosupport are seen as those that address:

• the provision of finance, noting thedemand for micro-finance and pre-development/seed capital for smaller-scale developments;

• active participation by domestic andregional investors, financial institutionsand capital markets, recognising both theneed to provide targeted training andsupport and the benefits of networksthat connect all market participants;

• opportunities for the bundling of proj-ect investments to provide an ade-quate scale that will attract finance;

• mechanisms for mitigating or managinginvestment risk;

• the specific needs of the financing ofenergy efficiency/ESCOs;

• existing opportunities to accessfinance available through carbon mar-ket mechanisms;

• the value and importance of incomegeneration in energy delivery withinrural and/or smaller-scale developments;

• the review and dissemination of infor-mation that supports these objectivesin enhancing access to investment.

MetricsIn line with the above objectives, supportwill be provided to help deliver the follow-ing outcomes, recognising that such out-comes may occur beyond the period ofREEEP’s support:

• the establishment of at least two newor enhanced financial facilities for REand EE implementation;

• the demonstrable increased engage-ment of local financial institutions inthe RE and EE market or a commit-ment to engage following targetedtraining and support for national andgovernment finance sectors;

• documented successes in bundling proj-

ects for financing through conventionaland/or carbon finance mechanisms;

• support for the establishment andongoing activities of at least two nation-al or regional networks that drawtogether the finance and developercommunities and enhance access toinvestment and project implementation;

• the active dissemination of informationon the value and success of RE and EEinvestments and linkages to the carbonmarket, through media, appropriatefora, workshops and conferences.

POLICY AND REGULATIONPRIORITIES 2007/8

Favourable policy and regulatory frame-works are key to the greater uptake ofrenewable energy and energy efficiency.REEEP aims to stimulate policies and regu-latory mechanisms that facilitate renewableenergy and energy efficiency through activ-ities with key stakeholders –– inter-govern-mental organisations, national and localgovernments and regulatory bodies –– atthree key stages of the policy process:

• policy awareness and promotion ––increasing knowledge and understand-ing of polices and regulatory mecha-nisms that facilitate renewable energyand energy efficiency, and promotingtheir take-up through disseminationactivities and events;

• policy development –– providing sup-port and capacity building for policydesign through assistance with writingprimary and secondary legislation,codes of practice etc., and the reviewof such instruments;

• policy implementation –– providingsupport and capacity building throughguidance on how to implement legisla-


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REEEP Programme Priorities 2007/8

tion and sharing experience on imple-mentation issues.

Objectives• Sustainable energy (renewable energy,

combined heat and power[CHP]/cogeneration and energy efficien-cy) licensing,connection agreements andcharges, standards, codes of practice,labelling, planning guidance etc., particu-larly as they affect newer and smallerparticipants –– main focus on policydevelopment and implementation.

• Other energy efficiency issues such asdemand side management (DSM),white certificates, measures to encour-age behavioural change.

• Media and stakeholder awareness andalliance building, including public participa-tion, accountability and governance issues.

• Inter-governmental (global and regional)policy development and implementation–– leveraging existing international policymechanisms and processes.

• Sharing information on policies andregulatory mechanisms, including goodpractice and lessons learned, particu-larly activities that involve collabora-tion with existing relevant REEEP ini-tiatives (e.g. reegle, REIL, SERN).

• Establishing and enhancing relationshipsand working jointly with potential andexisting partners, for example onresource assessments, the integrationof sustainable energy into energy plan-ning, the development of sustainableenergy communities, data sharing etc.

• Addressing implementation issues incountries and regions that havedesigned policies and/or regulatorymechanisms to facilitate RE and EE butwhere there is more to be done toenact and implement them effectively,particularly through sharing imple-mentation experiences within andbetween regions.

• Reviewing and revising policies and reg-ulatory mechanisms within individualcountries and regions that have been inplace for some time, to assess theireffectiveness in stimulating RE and EEand to recommend and/or designimprovements.

Metrics• To have substantial engagement with

governments on the development oflicensing, standards, connection agree-ments, codes of practice, labelling, andplanning guidance for sustainable ener-gy in at least three regions.

• To be formally engaged in the energyplanning process in at least five countries.

• To undertake effective policy aware-ness-/promotion activities for localand/or national government officialsand/or regulatory agency officials in atleast three regions.

• To work with governments to con-tribute to the development and/orimplementation and/or review/revisionof policies or regulatory mechanisms inat least five countries.


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REGIONAL SECRETARIATS:

Central and Eastern EuropeAlbania, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,Czech Republic, Estonia,Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia, Montenegro, Poland,Romania, Serbia, Slovakia,Slovenia, Turkey

The Regional Environmental Centerfor Central and Eastern Europe (REC)Ady Endre ut 9–112000 Szentendre, HungaryFax: 36 26 311 294

Ms. Zsuzsa IvanyiHead, Climate Change DepartmentTel: 36 26 504 000Email: [email protected]

Ms. Judit BalintProject ManagerTel: 36 26 504 031Email: [email protected]

East AsiaChina, the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea, Hong Kong,Japan, Mongolia, South Korea

Chinese Renewable Energy IndustriesAssociation (CREIA)No.A 2107 Wuhua PlazaA4 Chegongzhuang DajieXi Cheng DistrictBeijing 100044, ChinaFax: 86 10 6800 2674

Mr. Li JunfengSecretary-GeneralTel: 86 10 6800 2615Email: [email protected]

Ms. Ma LingjuanSecretariat AssistantTel: 86 10 68002617/18–102Email: [email protected]

Latin Americaand the CaribbeanArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,Dominica, Dominican Republic,El Salvador, Grenada,Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica,Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru,St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia

Organization of American States1889 F Street NWWashington, D.C. 20006, USAFax: 1 202 458 3560

Mr. Mark LambridesDivision ChiefTel: 1 202 458 6261Email: [email protected]

Mr. Juan-Cruz MonticelliEnergy SpecialistTel: 1 202 458 3745Email: [email protected]

North AmericaCanada, the United Statesof America

The Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)1850 M Street, NW #600Washington, D.C. 20036Fax: 1 202 331 9588

Mr. Chuck WilsonDirector of Public and Foundation RelationsTel: 1 202 530 2228Email: [email protected]

Ms. Audrey CottonSenior AssociateTel: 1 202 530 2239Email:[email protected]

American Council on RenewableEnergy (ACORE)1600 K Street, NW, Suite 700Washington, D.C. 20006, USATel: 1 202 393 0001Fax: 1 202 429 5532

Mr. Mike EckhartPresidentEmail: [email protected]

Mr.Tom WeirichDirector of Membership & Corporate RelationsEmail:[email protected]

Ms.Andi PlocekMembership AssociateEmail:[email protected]

Russia and theFormer Soviet UnionKazakhstan, the RussianFederation, Ukraine

Russian Regional Environmental Centre1st Volkonsky Lane 13, Bldg. 2Moscow 127473, RussiaTel: 7 495 737 6448Fax: 7 495 737 6449

Ms. Svetlana FrenovaREEEP Regional ManagerEmail: [email protected]

Southern AfricaAngola, Botswana, Lesotho,Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,South Africa, Swaziland

AGAMA Energy (Pty) Ltd.The Green Building9B Bell Crescent CloseWestlake Business ParkWestlake 7645, South AfricaTel: 27 21 701 3364Fax: 27 21 7013365

Mr. Glynn MorrisManaging DirectorEmail: [email protected]

Ms.Amanda LuxandeREEEP Regional ManagerEmail:[email protected]

South AsiaBangladesh, Bhutan, India,Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan,Sri Lanka

Asian Energy Institute (AEI)Habitat Place, Lodhi RoadNew Delhi 110003, IndiaTel: 91 (11) 246 82111Fax: 91 11 2468 2144

Dr. Ligia NoronhaSecretaryEmail: [email protected]

Mr. Shirish GarudREEEP Regional ManagerEmail: [email protected]


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REEEP Regional Secretariats and Focal Points

South East Asia and thePacificAustralia, Brunei Darussalam,Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia,Cook Islands, East Timor,Federated States of Micronesia,Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos,Malaysia, Marshall Islands,Nauru, New Zealand, Niue andTokelau, Palau, Papua NewGuinea, the Philippines, Samoa,Singapore, Solomon Islands,Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu,Vanuatu, Vietnam

Clean Energy Council (Australia)Suite 201, Level 2,18 Kavanagh StreetSouthbank 3006,AustraliaTel: 61 3 9929 4108Fax: 61 3 9929 4101

Ms.Amy KeanREEEP Regional ManagerEmail:[email protected]

Ms. Eva OberenderREEEP Regional ManagerEmail: [email protected]

REGIONAL FOCAL POINTS:

North AfricaAlgeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco,Tunisia

Mr.Aldo IacomelliMEDREP – Ministry for the Environment,Land and SeaDepartment for Research, Environment andSustainable DevelopmentVia Cristoforo Colombo 4400147 Rome,ItalyTel: 39 06 57228182Fax: 39 06 57228177Email: [email protected]

West AfricaMr. Dorian VasseECOWAS101 Yakubu Gowan CrescentAsokoro District P.M.B401 AbujaNigeriaTel: 234 9 31 47 6479Fax: 234 9 3143005/3147646Email: [email protected]

INTERNATIONALSECRETARIAT:REEEP International SecretariatV.I.C. D1738Wagramer Strasse 51400 Vienna,AustriaTel: 43 1 26026 3425Fax: 43 1 21346 3425

Dr. Marianne Moscoso-OsterkornInternational Director

Ms. Katrina Lederer GehAdministrative AssistantEmail: [email protected]


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GovernmentsAngolaArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChileFranceGermanyGhanaGuatemalaHong KongHungaryIcelandIndonesiaIrelandItalyJapanMexicoThe NetherlandsNew ZealandThe PhilippinesRomaniaSenegalSingaporeSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSri LankaSt. LuciaSwitzerlandTunisiaUnited KingdomUnited States of AmericaYemenCroatia (signature pending)Norway (signature pending)Slovakia (signature pending)

Central GovernmentMinistries and AgenciesCzech RepublicThe Ministry of Environmentof the Czech Republic

IndiaAppellate Tribunal for Electricity

Indian Renewable Energy Development AgencyLimited (IREDA)

MoroccoCentre de Développement des EnergiesRenouvelables

NepalNational Planning Commission Secretariat

Palestinian AuthorityPalestinian Energy and Environment ResearchCenter (PEC)

PeruExecutive Direction of Projects of the Ministryof Energy and Mines of Peru

UgandaMinistry of Energy and Mineral Development

UkraineMinistry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine

UKEnvironment Agency

Met Office

Regional GovernmentAgenciesCanadaOntario Ministry of Energy

ChinaAdministrative Center for Panzhihua's Agenda21 (ACPA21)

Gansu Natural Energy Research Institute(GNERI)

IndiaChhattisgarh Biofuel Development Authority(CBDA)

Karnataka Renewable Energy Development

Maharashtra Energy Development Agency(MEDA)

Non-conventional Energy DevelopmentCorporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd.(NEDCAP)

Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency(OREDA)

Rajastan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd.

West Bengal Renewable Energy DevelopmentAgency (WBREDA)

MexicoCouncil of Science and Technology of the Stateof Guanajuato (CONCyTEG)

UKNorthern Ireland Authority for EnergyRegulation

USAOregon Department of Energy

Multilateral Organisationsand ProgrammesAfrican Development Bank: SustainableDevelopment & Poverty Reduction Unit,Finesse Africa Programme

CARICOM: Caribbean Renewable EnergyDevelopment Programme (CREDP)

COGEN 3

European Commission

Organization of American States

UNEP

UNIDO

NGOsAustraliaWorld Council for Renewable Energy/AsiaPacific (WCRE Asia Pacific)BelgiumCOGEN Europe

European Insulation Manufacturers Association(EURIMA)

EUROACE

European Copper Institute

European Forum for Renewable EnergySources (EUFORES)

European Renewable Energy Council (EREC)

BrazilBrazilian Foundation of America Inc.

RENOVE

BulgariaBlack Sea Regional Energy Centre (BSREC)

CameroonEnergy and Sustainable Development in Africa(ESDA)


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ANNEX E

List of Partners

Global Village Cameroon (GVC)

CanadaCanadian Association for Renewable EnergiesCanadian Energy Efficiency Alliance (CEEA)Clean Development AllianceEnergy Innovation Network (EnergyINet)North American Insulation ManufacturersAssociation Canada (NAIMA Canada)Pembina InstitutePollution Probe

ChinaCentre for Renewable Energy Development(CRED)Chinese National Engineering Research Centerfor Human Settlements (CNRCHS)Chinese Renewable Energy IndustriesAssociation (CREIA)Efficient Lighting Initiative (ELI) QualityCertification InstituteInternational Network on Small Hydropower(IN-SHP)Jiangsu & Nanjing Energy Conservation CenterShenzhen Energy-Saving Association

EcuadorCorporación para la Investigación Energética(CIE)

FranceGroupe Energies Renouvelables,Environnement et Solidarités (GERES)

GhanaGhana Energy FoundationKumasi Institute of Technology andEnvironment (KITE)

GuatamalaAssociation of Generators with RenewableEnergy (AGER)Fundacion Solar

HungaryRegional Environmental Center (REC)

IndiaElectronics Gram Othan SamitiIndira Gandhi Integral Education CentreNon-conventional Energy and Environment forRural and Urban (NEERU)Renewable Energy & Agricultural DevelopmentFoundation (READ)Society of Energy Engineers and Managers(SEEM)The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)Winrock International India

IsraelMediterranean Energy and Ecology Center

KazakhstanClimate Change Coordination Centre

KenyaAfrican Energy Policy ResearchNetwork/Foundation for WoodstoveDissemination (AFREPREN/FWD)

Environmental Information Network of Africa

Institute for Research in Sustainable Energy andDevelopment (IRSEAD)

Rural Partnership in Research & SustainableDevelopment–Africa (PATNET-AFRICA)

LiberiaCenter for Sustainable Energy Technology

Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedoniaMacedonian Center for Energy Efficiency(MPPM)

MaliMali Folk Center

MexicoAsociation de Empresas para el Ahorro de laEnergia en la Edificacion, A.C. (AEAEE)

MongoliaCenter for Energy, CDM & Environment

NetherlandsEnabling Access to Sustainable Energy (EASE)

NigeriaCentre for Research & Action on Developmentof Locales, Regions and the Environment(CRADLE)

Fantsuam Foundation

Palestinian AuthorityNational Organisation for Development

RussiaEcoline Environmental Assessment Center

Environmental Projects Consulting Institute

Sustainable Energy Development Center(SEDC)

SlovakiaCenter for Nuclear Safety (CENS)

South AfricaAGAMA Energy

African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR)

Sustainable Energy Africa

TanzaniaEnvironmental Protection and ManagementServices (EPMS)

UKBritish Association for Biofuels and Oils

Climate Change Solutions

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) ––Somerset Branch

Institute for Sustainable Power

The Royal Society

Business Council for Sustainable Energy

World Alliance for Decentralized Energy(WADE)

USAAHEAD Energy Corporation

Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)

American Council on Renewable Energy(ACORE)

Center for Resource Solutions

Empower Program

Fiorello H. LaGuardia Foundation

Green Markets International Inc.

International Institute for Energy Conservation(IIEC)

Institute for Market Transformation

Institute for Sustainable Power

Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust

National Association of State Energy Officials(NASEO)

North American Insulation ManufacturersAssociation (NAIMA)

Regulatory Assitance Project (RAP)

Renewable Energy International Law Project(REILP)

Renew the Earth

The Small-Scale Sustainable InfrustructureDevelopment Fund (S3IDF)

Winrock International

World Resources Institute (WRI)

Worldwatch Institute

World Wildlife Fund

VietnamResearch Center for Energy and Environment(RCEE)

BusinessesArgentinaTorresolar SRL

AustraliaBaker & Mckenzie

nabCapital –– A division of National AustraliaBank

AustriaKWI Management Consultants & AuditorsGmbh

“Partner for Sure”

Pöyry Energy Gmbh (formally VerbundplanGmbh)

VA TECH Finance

BangladeshProkaushali Sangsad Limited (PSL)


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BulgariaVia Expo Ltd.

CanadaEconoler International Inc.

Green Power Labs Inc.

International Financial Consulting

ChinaBeijing Jike New Tech Development Company(Beijing Jike Co.)

Energya and Environmental DevelopmentConsulting Limited

London Asia Capital

FinlandEmerging Power Partners Ltd.

GermanyGet Information Technology Gmbh

International Investor Inventor Connection(IIIC)

GreeceHigh Technology Expo Ltd.

Hong KongEnergy Resources Management

HungaryHungary Kipcalor Energetics Llc.

IndiaConsolidated Energy Consultants Ltd.

Dalmia Electrodyn Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Mitcon Consultancy Services Ltd.

Shimshon Renewables

Tathastu Corporation

IndonsesiaPT Gikoko Kogyo Indonesia

ItalyItalcompany Group

Solar Charger & Mobile Computing (SOCO)

KyrgyzstanDemonstration Zone Energy and WaterEfficiency Ltd.

NepalTMB-Energietechnik

E+Co

The NetherlandsE+Co

Ecofys BV

RR Energy

NigeriaInternational Centre for Energy, Environment &Development (ICEED)

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

NorwayNorsk Energi (Norwegian Energy EfficiencyGroup)

PakistanPackages Ltd.

PolandEnvironmental Investment Partners

PortugalSolutions for Integral Project Planning andStructural Implementation (SPISSIA)

SlovakiaInterenergoresurs Ltd.

South AfricaEdvest Energy Pty Ltd.

Energy & Development Group (EDG)

Nyathi Energy Service Consultants Ltd.

Parallax –– Sustainable Development Solutions(Pty) Ltd.

Themvu Projects Management and Resources

SwitzerlandA+B International

Winsome Resources

TanzaniaBusiness Machines Tanzania Ltd.

TurkeyProject and Finance Group

UgandaSolar Energy for Africa

UKABN AMRO Bank NV

AEA Technology Plc.

UK Agrinergy Ltd.

Blyth Star Enterprises Ltd.

BP

Carbon International

Carbonsense

CE-CAP (formally Ceres Capital)

ECO Ltd and Hedon Household EnergyNetwork

Ecosystems International Ltd.

Energy for Sustainable Development Ltd.

Fundmore Merchant Bank

ICECAP Ltd (formally Less Carbon Ltd.)

IT Power

Le Matin Du Sahara

Low Carbon Cities Initiative

North Energy Associates

Vinay Chand Associates

USAEnergy & Security Group

I&I Group Inc.

ICF International

Intrinergy

LLW Trading, Llc.

Morse Associates Inc. (MAI)

Owens Corning

Sustainable Energy Partners

Higher Education FacilitiesArgentinaFundación Bariloche

IndiaIndian Institute of Social Welfare and BusinessManagement (IISWBM)

PSG College of Technology & PolytechnicCollege

ItalyUniversity of Rome

UKImperial College London

University of Hull

University of Sussex

USAEnergy Environment Security Intiative,University of Colorado School of Law


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ANNEX F

Finance CommitteeMembersJames CameronClimate Change Capital • Chairman

Hugo LucasInstitute for Energy Diversification andEfficiency, Spain • Deputy Chairman

Keith BakerDepartment of the Environment,Water,Heritage and the Arts,Australia • Member

Andy BowcottClimate Change International, EnvironmentCanada • Member

Corrado CliniMinistry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy •Member

Matthew CollinsAir Quality and Climate Change Section,Department of the Environment, Heritage andLocal Government, Ireland • Member

Chris DodwellDepartment for Environment, Food and RuralAffairs, UK • Member

Hugo von MeijenfeldtMinistry of Housing, Spatial Planning and theEnvironment, the Netherlands • Member

Anne Kari Hansen OvindMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Norway • Member

Martin SchöpeFederal Ministry for the Environment, NatureProtection and Nuclear Safety, Germany •Member

Griffin ThompsonDepartment of State, USA • Member

Piotr TulejEnvironment Directorate-GeneralEuropean Commission • Member

Otto ZachFederal Ministry of Economics and Labour,Austria • Member

Governing BoardHenry DerwentClimate, Energy and Environment Risk, Defra,UK • Chairman

Alfred Ofosu-AhenkorahEnergy Commission, Ghana • Deputy Chairman

Elfriede MoreMinistry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environmentand Water Management,Austria • Rapporteur

Sven TeskeGreenpeace • Deputy Rapporteur

James CameronClimate Change Capital • Treasurer

Heinz LeuenbergerUNIDO• Deputy Treasurer

Maher ChebboSAP AG • Member

Corrado CliniMinistry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy •Member

Hugo von MeijenfeldtMinistry of Housing, Spatial Planning and theEnvironment, the Netherlands • Member

Anne Kari Hansen OvindMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Norway • Member

Rajendra K. PachauriTERI • Member

Martin SchöpeFederal Ministry for the Environment, NatureProtection and Nuclear Safety, Germany •Member

Griffin ThompsonDepartment of State, USA • Member

Piotr TulejEnvironment Directorate-General,European Commission • Member

Martijn WilderBaker and McKenzie • Member

Programme Board Membersand ObserversMorgan BazilianChair, Programme Donor Representative,Ireland

Martin DevineVice-Chair, Programme Donor Representative,United KingdomAnne Kari Hansen OvindProgramme Donor Representative, Norway

Hugo LucasDonor Country Representative, Spain

Horst BiedermannRepresentative of Business, EURIMA

Steve SawyerRepresentative of Business, GWEC

Istvan PomaziRegional Representative, Central and EasternEurope & Turkey

Shen LonghaiRegional Representative, East Asia

Monica ServantRegional Representative, Latin America & theCaribbean

Judy SiegelRegional Representative, North America

Irina M. YazvinaRegional Representative, Russia & the FSU

Debashish MajumdarRegional Representative, South Asia

Keith BakerRegional Representative, South East Asia & thePacific

Kadri (Kevin) NassiepRegional Representative, Sub-Saharan Africa

Christine EganProgramme Board Observer representingCLASP

Hannu EerolaProgramme Board Observer representing EEP

John ChristensenProgramme Board Observer representingGNESD

Sarah AdamsProgramme Board Observer representingGVEP

Konrad Otto-ZimmermannProgramme Board Observer representingICLEI

Aldo IacomelliProgramme Board Observer representingMEDREP

Robin CarterProgramme Board Observer representingUnited Kingdom

Marianne OsterkornREEEP International Director

Binu ParthanSecretary to Programme Board and REEEPDeputy Director – Programme Coordination

List of Members of REEEP Bodies 2007/8


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ANNEX G

ACORE • American Council on RenewableEnergy

ADB • Asian Development Bank

AEI • Asian Energy Institute

AFREPREN/FWD • African Energy PolicyResearch Network/ Foundation for WoodstoveDissemination

AFUR • African Forum for Utility Regulators

AGO • Australian Greenhouse Office

APEC • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APERC • Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre

AREED • African Rural Energy EnterpriseDevelopment

ASE • Alliance to Save Energy

ASEAN • Association of Southeast AsianNations

ASFC • African Sustainable Fuels Centre

BCSE • Business Council for Sustainable Energy

BNDES • Brazilian National Development Bank

BUN-CA • Biomass Users’ Network – CentralAmerica

BSREC • Black Sea Regional Energy Centre

CAREC • Central American Renewable Energyand Cleaner Production Facility

CARICOM • The Caribbean Community

CDM • Clean Development Mechanism

CDP • Carbon Disclosure Project

CEE • Central and Eastern Europe

CEEA • Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance

CER • Certified Emissions Reductions

CETC-Varennes • CANMET EnergyTechnology Centre–Varennes

CHP • Combined Heat and Power

CIS • Commonwealth of Independent States

CLASP • Collaborative Labeling and ApplianceStandards Program

CO2 • Carbon Dioxide

CONAE • Comision Nacional para el Ahorrode Energia

CONCyTEG • Council of Science andTechnology of the State of Guanajuato

COP • Conference of the Parties

CRED • Centre for Renewable EnergyDevelopment

CREIA • Chinese Renewable Energy IndustriesAssociation

CROP • Council of Regional Organisations inthe Pacific

CSD • Commission for SustainableDevelopment

CSET • Centre for Sustainable EnergyTechnology

DEFRA • Department for Environment, Foodand Rural Affairs

DG • Distributed Generation

DM • Development Marketplace

e5 • European Business Council for SustainableEnergy

e5-SEA • e5 Sustainable Energy Accelerator

EC • European Commission

ECOWAS • Economic Community of WestAfrican States

EE • Energy Efficiency

EEC • Energy Efficiency Coalition

EEP • Energy and Environment Partnership forCentral America

EGI • Energy Governance Initiative

EGTT • Expert Group on Technology Transfer

EREC • European Renewable Energy Council

ERI • Energy Research Institute

ERRA • Energy Regulators Regional Association

ESCO • Energy Services Company

ESD • Energy for Sustainable Development

ESIS • Energy Standards Information System

EU • European Union

EUFORES • European Forum for RenewableEnergy Sources

EURIMA • European Insulation ManufacturersAssociation

FC • Finance Committee

FCO • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

FIDE • Fideicomiso para el Ahorro de EnergiaElectica

FIELD • Foundation for InternationalEnvironmental Law and Development

FONDELEC • Latin American Clean EnergyServices Fund

FSU • Former Soviet Union

G8 • Group of Eight

GB • Governing Board

GDP • Gross Domestic Product

GED • Action Group for Renewable Energiesand Sustainable Development

GEEREF • Global Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy Fund

GEF • Global Environment Facility

GFSE • Global Forum on Sustainable Energy

GHG • Greenhouse Gas

GMI • Green Markets International

GNESD • Global Network on Energy forSustainable Development

GOF • Global Opportunities Fund

GS • Gold Standard

GSEII • Global Sustainable Energy IslandsInitiative

GVEP • GlobalVillage Energy Project

GW • Gigawatt

ICLEI • The International Council for LocalEnvironmental Initiatives

ICPEEB • Indian Council for the Promotionof Energy Efficiency Business

IDER • Institute for Sustainable Developmentand Renewable Energy

IEA • International Energy Agency

IEE • Intelligent Energy Europe

IETA • International Emissions TradingAssociation

IFC • International Finance Corporation

IIEC • International Institute for EnergyConservation

IMT • Institute for Market Transformation

IPM • Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting

IREDA • Indian Renewable EnergyDevelopment Agency

IREED • Indian Renewable Energy EnterpriseDevelopment Fund

IRSEAD • Institute for Research in SustainableEnergy and Development

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

IS • International Secretariat

ISEA • International Sustainable EnergyAssessment

ISES • International Solar Energy Society

ISO • International Standards Organisation

IT • Information Technology

JI • Joint Implementation

KW • Kilowatt

LDC • Least Developed Countries

LEAD • Leadership for Environment andDevelopment

M&E • Monitoring and Evaluation

MDGFF • Millennium Development GoalFinancing Facility

MEDREP • Mediterranean Renewable EnergyProgramme

METREHC • Mediterranean RenewableEnergy Use for Heating and Cooling

MOFCOM • Ministry of Commerce of thePeople’s Republic of China

MOP • Meeting of Partners

MOSAICO • Mobilising Sustainable Agriculture,Infrastructure and Capital

MOST • Ministry of Science and Technology ofthe People’s Republic of China

MoU • Memorandum of Understanding

MPSEB • Madyha Pradesh State ElectricityBoard

MW • Megawatt

MWp • Megawatt Peak

NAIMA • North American InsulationManufacturers Association

NAPE • Naradowa Agencja PoszanowaniaEnergii S.A

NARUC • National Association of RegulatoryUtility Commissioners

NDRC • National Development and ReformCommission

NGO • Non-governmental Organisation

NRDC • Natural Resources Defense Council

OAS • Organization of American States

OECD • Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development

OLADE • Organización Latinoamericana deEnergía

OOCUR • Organisation of Caribbean UtilityRegulators

PB • Programme Board

PDD • Project Design Document

PEMF2 • Private Energy Market Fund 2

PIESD • Pacific Islands Energy for SustainableDevelopment

PIN • Project Idea Note

PRASEG • Parliamentary Renewable andSustainable Energy Group

PV • Photovoltaic

PVPS • Photovoltaic Power Systems

R&D • Research and Development

RE • Renewable Energy

REEEP • Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency Partnership

REC • Regional Environmental Center forCentral and Eastern Europe

REEES • Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency Services

ReEx • ReEx Capital Asia

REGA • Renewable Energy Generators ofAustralia

REIA • Renewable Energy in the AmericasInitiative

REIL • Renewable Energy and International Law

REN21 • Renewable Energy Policy Networkfor the 21st Century

RENOVE • Renewable Energy Non-govern-mental Organization Network

RERA • Regional Electricity RegulatorsAssociation of Southern Africa

RESCO • Renewable Energy Services Company

RET • Renewable Energy Technology

RGGI • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

RREC • Russian Regional Environmental Centre

RREP • Russian Renewable Energy Programme

RS • Regional Secretariat

S3IDF • Small-Scale Sustainable InfrastructureDevelopment Fund Inc.

S&L • Standards and Labels

SAARC • South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation

SANERI • South African National EnergyResearch Institute

SC • Steering Committee

SDC • Services for Developing Countries

SEA • Sustainable Energy Africa

SEFI • Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative

SELCO • Solar Electric Light Company

SERN • Sustainable Energy Regulation Network

SMEs • Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

SOPAC • South Pacific Applied GeoscienceCommission

SPRU • Science and Technology PolicyResearch, University of Sussex

SSN • SouthSouthNorth

SWH • Solar Water Heating

TED • Training and Education Database

TERI • The Energy and Resources Institute

TNUIFSL • Tamil Nadu Urban InfrastructureFinancial Services Limited

TREC • Tradable Renewable Energy Certificate

TWC • Tradable White Certificate

UK • United Kingdom

UKBCSE • UK Business Council forSustainable Energy

UN • United Nations

UNAM • National Autonomous University ofMexico

UNDP-GEF • UNDP Global EnvironmentFacility

UNDP • United Nations DevelopmentProgramme

UNEP • United Nations EnvironmentProgramme

UNFCCC • United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change

UNIDO • United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization

USA • United States of America

USAID • United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment

USEPA • United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency

VCOM •Voluntary Carbon Offset Mechanism

VER •Verified Emissions Reductions

WADE • World Alliance for Distributed Energy

WBCSD • World Business Council forSustainable Development

WIREC • Washington International RenewableEnergy Conference

WRI • World Resources Institute

WSSD • World Summit on SustainableDevelopment

WTO • World Trade Organization

WWF • World Wildlife Fund


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