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Building Viable Energy Markets: The Contribution of Regional Centers for RE and EE

Irene Giner-ReichlAustrian Ambassador to PR of China

Workshop on Energy Connectivity and Transboundary TradeSuzhou, 8-9 November 2015

Developing and transformation countries face three interrelated energy challenges:

Energy poverty and affordability

How to satisfy the investment needs in energy infrastructure to ensure energy access and energy security and to avoid GHG emissions at the same time?

Climat change mitigation and adpation

Energy security and reliability

Barriers for RE&EE markets and industries need to be addressed

• Institutional Barriers (lack of national and regional implementation capacities)

• Policy, legal and regulatory barriers

• Technical Barriers (lack of access to technology)

• Financial and Economic Barriers

• Lack of capacity of local stakeholders

• Lack of awareness and reliable planning data

• Lack of local sustainable energy businesses

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Global Network of Regional Sustainable

Energy Centers UNIDO supports regional organizations and their member states in the creation of regional sustainable energy centers

Regional Approach to complement and up-scale national efforts to promote RE&EE

• Strenghtening the technical capacities of regional organizations in the sustainable energy sector

• Addressing the missing link between international energy and climate committments and implementation on national level

• South-South and triangular co-operation

• Transferring knowledge, best practices and adapted technologies

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Regional centres aim at up-scaling regional / national efforts to promote RE & EE markets through:

Global network as facilitator for the implementation of Global Agreements on Energy and Climate Change

Guiding Principles of the Sustainable Energy Centers:

One Size does not fit all

Demand driven and ownership

High level legetimacy

Well integrated and use of local systems

Small is beautiful and form follows function

Network of national focal institutions

Check and balances

Financial sustainability

Specialized Agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to promote RE&EE

ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) - A BEST

PRACTICE MODEL

Covering 15 Member States and 300 million energy consumers

Established in 2010 with support of UNIDO, Austria and Spain

Secretariat in Praia, Cape Verde Concrete GEF funded Projects

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CORE

NEW

INVESTMENT

TECHNICAL

International partnerships of ECREEE

Regional RE&EE policy and SE4ALL implementation

ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy (EREP) incl.targets developed

ECOWAS Energy Efficiency Policy (EEEP) incl.targets developed

Adopted by ECOWAS Heads of State in June 2013

ECREEE assists in the development and executionof the national action plans and SE4ALL Agendain ECOWAS Members States

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ECOWAS RE&EE Observatory (www.ecowrex.org)

RE&EE market data for investors and developers

GIS Maps on RE potentials, and other planning data ( e.g. lines, roads, existing and planned stations and systems)

Ongoing Initiatives (e.g. GEF, ACP-EU Facility, ECREEE)

Country profiles and statistics Document library (e.g. studies, policies,

project documents)

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Awareness and knowledge management

Regional Capacity Needs Assessment

Training and research networks (e.g. Homer, RETScreen) Study tours (e.g. hydro) University exchange programs (e.g. Columbia) Certified trainings (e.g. RE incentives, WASP, HOMER)

Capacity Development

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Directed towards the EREP targets

STATUS NUMBER OF PROJECTS CAPACITY (MW)

Operational 18 projects (14 SSHP) 167 MW

Under implementation 4 projects (PV) 120 MW

Planned 35 projects (13 PV) 640 MW (330 MW wind and 170 MW PV)

Identified 505 projects (449 SSHP) 3.650 MW (2.860 MW SSHP)

TOTAL 562 4.577 MW

ECREEE Investment Pipeline (grid-connected)

ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF) for rural and peri-urban areas and local businesses

Small Grant Facility directed towards the rural EREP targets

www.ecreee.org

Transforming policy committments into kWhsDelivering inclusing and sustainable industrial

development solutions

COTE D'IVOIRE GHANA

NIGERIA

LIBERIA

MALI SIERRA LEONE

SENEGAL

GUINEA BISSAU

www.ecreee.org

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Thank you for your attention!

Contact:Irene.giner-reichl@bmeia.gv.atwww.gfse.at , www.ren21.net