Energy Innovation Center @ the Energy Division PSLO Energy Mission November 7 th 2013 Annette Hester
Jan 12, 2016
Energy Innovation Center
@ the Energy Division
PSLO Energy Mission November 7th 2013
Annette Hester
Objectives
• Why Innovation in Energy Systems?• Why the InterAmerican Development Bank?• Why the Energy Division?
To deliver on the GC9 mandate of supporting mitigation and adaptation efforts while meeting developmental and energy requirements. And to meet the target of 25% of total lending to a greater portfolio of climate change, environmental sustainability and renewable energy.
The Concept
To be a catalyst for innovation in energy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Applied Energy Research Capacity Building Pilot Projects
Secondment Program
• Government, company, and university experts come to the EIC as members of the team for up to two-years.
• Government of Alberta, Canada• Government of Korea• Japan International Cooperation Agency• Abengoa, Spain• Scottish Development International• Vestas, Denmark• Enel Green Power, Italy• KOGAS, Korea• Philips, Netherlands
Applied Energy Research
Database• Open Linked Energy Flows and Institutional Datasets
Applied Energy Research Publications
• A new interactive series on Energy Innovation
Capacity Building Special Seminars
• JICA Seminar on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Promotion, October 2010, Tokyo, Japan.• Smart Grids and its Applications in Latin America and the
Caribbean, April 2012, Jejun Island, Korea.• Natural Gas Training Program, November 2012, KOGAS
R&D Training Center, Seoul, Korea.• Marine Energy and Isolated Energy Systems, September
2013, Orkney and Edinburgh, Scotland• Wind Energy Training Seminar, forthcoming 2014, Vestas
Colorado, US.
Pilot Projects
Interactive, Innovative
GraciasThank You Obrigada
Merci
www.iadb.org/eic