Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

APEC New and Renewable Energy Technologies Expert Group Meeting

3 April 2006

Amy KeanRegional Manger

South East Asia and the Pacific Region

• REEEP is an international public‑private partnership that was established at the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development to expand the global market for renewable energy and energy efficiency

• 170 partners - 30 governments, multinational organisations, businesses and NGOs

• REEEP is currently funded by various governments including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, EU, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, US, and UK

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership

REEEP Objectives“Generate green kilowatts & save

energy”

REEEP aims to work as an enabler, multiplier and catalyser of institutional change, and to have a real impact over the next decade with the following objectives:

• Significant global increase of investments in renewable energy

• Significant global increase of energy efficiency measures

• Significant increase in access to sustainable energy services for the poor

ServicesProgrammes

Regulatory and Policy Issues

Innovative Finance

Added Value of REEEP: Replication

Implementation Leverage

Information Clearinghouse

Dialogue Platform

Project Market Place

Management

Finance

Communication

Monitoring & Evaluation

Lobbying

Organisation

Awareness Raising and

Capacity Building

REEEP Activities

REEEP ProgrammesREEEP programmes focus on two core themes

1. Policy and Regulation “Establishing the Rules to

Encourage Clean Kilowatts”

2. Innovative Financing “Funding to Turn Concepts

into Power”

Currently 99 projects

Locations – 25 countries

Some projects – multiple countries

Location of REEEP Projects

Examples of ongoing Policy Support

• Development of Legal Framework to Enable Biomass Co-Firing in China

Biogas, China. Source: Panos • Renewable Energy Law Project

Examples of ongoing Finance Support

• Renewable Energy Exchange – South East Asia

• Innovative financing for solar water heating in Brazil and the Caribbean

• Facilitating Finance for the Biodiesel Industry in Zambia, Lesotho and Tanzania

• Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Bio-Ethanol Project

• Promotion of biomass cogeneration in Eastern Africa

• NewsREEEP e-newsletter

Examples of Awareness Building

Photovoltaics in Qinghai, China (UNDP). Source: IT Power Ltd

www.reegle.info

• Information clearing house & search engine – due to be launched in mid 2006

• Renewable energy and energy efficiency ‘Google’ using actors, regions, sectors.

• Project ideas, networks and matchmaking

Delivering Value via Regional Secretariats

Currently 150 partners:

• 30 Governments

• 120 international organizations, NGOs and companies

Role of the Regional Secretariat

• Work with local NGOs, governments and financing institutions to Act as a clearing house of RE/EE information

• Facilitate dialogue and manage discussions among regional players

• Provide access to technical expertise• Convene national partners• Support technical assistance/ capacity

building activities

South East Asia and the Pacific Australia

Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia

Fiji Kiribati Nauru

New Zealand Niue and Tokelau

Palau Papua New Guinea

Republic of the Marshall IslandsSamoa

Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu

Vanuatu Burma (Myanmar)

Cambodia East Timor Indonesia

Laos Thailand

The Republic of the Philippines Vietnam

Brunei DarussalamMalaysia Singapore

Opportunities to collaborate with APEC

• REEEP has co-funded two APEC projects– Procurement Roadmap for Energy

Efficient Products among APEC economies

– Expansion of APEC Energy Standards Information System (ESIS)

• Joint workshops• REEEP Partnership

Australian Business Council for

Sustainable Energy60 Leicester StreetCarlton VIC 3068

Australia

+ 61 3 9349 7077www.reeep.org

REEEP Regional Secretariat