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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
[last updated November 5, 2007 11:14 AM]
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General Information
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Expected TimeframeAugust 2002 - Open Ended |
Partners
Governments:
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Thematic Focus
Primary Themes:
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Geographic Coverage
Geographic Scope: Global
Country(ies) where the partnership is being implemented: Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Zambia |
National Focal Points
This partnership has made contact with the national focal points for sustainable development in the countries involved
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Goals and Objectives
Summary of the partnership's goals and objectives
Accelerate a global market for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Systems (REES).
Tremendous financial resources from the private and public sector will be needed to meet developing and transition countries' future energy demand in a sustainable way. Obstacles prohibiting this development include a lack of reliable policies and regulatory measures, and the perceived high risk and low return investments in REES.
The removal of the obstacles to sustainable energy is urgently needed:
- Robust policies and favourable, transparent and stable regulatory frameworks are required to attract private investors and to guarantee affordable energy services to the consumers.
- New forms of financing, risk mitigation and guarantee models will be necessary to make small sized renewables and energy efficiency projects bankable and economically attractive.
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:
1. Significant global increase of investments in renewable energy
2. Significant global increase of energy efficiency measures
3. Significant increase in access to sustainable energy services for the poor
Tremendous financial resources from the private and public sector will be needed to meet developing and transition countries' future energy demand in a sustainable way. Obstacles prohibiting this development include a lack of reliable policies and regulatory measures, and the perceived high risk and low return investments in REES.
The removal of the obstacles to sustainable energy is urgently needed:
- Robust policies and favourable, transparent and stable regulatory frameworks are required to attract private investors and to guarantee affordable energy services to the consumers.
- New forms of financing, risk mitigation and guarantee models will be necessary to make small sized renewables and energy efficiency projects bankable and economically attractive.
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:
1. Significant global increase of investments in renewable energy
2. Significant global increase of energy efficiency measures
3. Significant increase in access to sustainable energy services for the poor
Targets and Progress
Partnership targetsThe third full meeting of the Programme Board developed the key priorities for the REEEP programme activities for the year.
The targets of the programme 2007/8 are: 1. The establishment of at least two new or enhanced financial facilities for RE and EE implementation 2. Demonstrable increased engagement of local financial institutions in the RE and EE market or commitment to engage following targeted training and support for national and government finance sectors 3. Documented successes in bundling projects for financing through conventional and/or carbon finance mechanisms 4. Support the establishment and ongoing activities of at least two national or regional networks that draw together the finance and developer communities and enhance access to investment and project implementation 5. Active dissemination of information on the value and success of RE and EE investments, and linkages to the carbon market, through media, appropriate forums, workshops and conferences 6. Having substantial engagement with governments on the development of licensing, standards, connection agreements, codes of practice, labelling, planning guidance for sustainable energy in at least three regions 7. To be formally engaged in the energy planning process in at least five countries 8. To undertake effective policy awareness/promotion activities for local and/or national government officials and/or regulatory agency officials in at least 3 regions 9. To work with governments to contribute to the development and/or implementation and/or review/revision of policies or regulatory mechanisms in at least 5 countries |
Progress against targetsREEEP has as of July 2007 supported 145 projects with a total investment of over 11 million € from REEEP leveraging 54 million € through co-financing from the projects.
The Programme 2007/8 comprises 37 projects, some of which are: 1. “Standardized Financial & Legal Documentation for RETScreen” implemented by CANMET Energy Technology Centre-Varennes and covering China, Brazil, India and South Africa 2. “Improving Electricity Governance in Brazil and South Africa“ implemented by World Resources Institute and covering Brazil and South Africa 3. “London - Beijing Olympic Games CDM project“ implemented by London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games & Peony Capital LLC and covering China 4. “Development of International EMS for Integration into the ISO 9000 or 14000 Standards” implemented by UNIDO and covering Ukraine, China, Brazil, South Africa, Thailand, Egypt, Tunisia and Nigeria 5. “Promotion of Solar Water Heaters“ implemented by Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and covering Uganda 6. “Development Marketplace Competition for Affordable Non-Fossil Lighting in Sub-Saharan Africa” implemented by the World Bank and covering Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia 7. “Scaling up a proven mechanism to implement EE street lighting projects in India“ implemented by Econoler International and covering India 8. “Efficiency Power Plant Implementation in Jiangsu, China“ implemented by Institute for Market Transformation and covering China 9. “National Action Plan for Rural Biomass Renewable Energy Development in China“ implemented by EED Consulting and covering China 10. “Using Financial and Market-based Mechanisms to improve Building Energy Efficiency in China“ implemented by Energy for Sustainable Development Ltd. and covering China 11. “Business Model Development for Biogas Electric Power Generation at Livestock Farms in China“ implemented by Tsinghua University and covering China 12. “Renewable Energy Prospective Study and Proposal to remove the technical, economic, regulatory and financial barriers to its full development in Argentina“ implemented by Energy Secretariat-National Directorate of Promotion on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies and covering Argentina 13. “Engaging the banking sector in financing renewable energy“ implemented by CONAE and BASE and covering Mexico 14. “Performance/Credit Risk Guarantees and Financing Mechanisms for ESCO-structured Energy Efficiency Projects“ implemented by EPS Capital Corp and covering Mexico 15. “Design, writing and validation of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Law in Ecuador“ implemented by Ministry of Energy and Mines of Ecuador and covering Ecuador 16. “Developing a Vehicle for SWH Mass Implementation by Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) and covering South Africa 17. “Integrated Rural Energy Utility (IEU) Roadmap“ implemented by Restio Energy Pty Ltd and covering South Africa 18. “E+Co West Africa Modern Energy Fund“ implemented by E+Co and covering Ghana, Mali, Senegal 19. “Financing for Bundled Small-scale Rural RE Ventures in India” implemented by Environment Energy and Enterprise Ventures and covering India 20. “Using Tamil Nadu Municipal EE Program to create & demonstrate a replicable financing model for the use of ESCOs“ implemented by Alliance to Save Energy and covering India 21. “Development of a business plan & financing mechanism for rural distributed electricity generation (DG) system based on biomass” Implemented by DSCL Energy Services Company and covering India 22. “Removal of financial and institutional barriers in mainstreaming the biomass gasifier systems for thermal applications in India“ implemented by The Energy and Resources Institute and covering India |
Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
- Education/building awareness
- Institutional strengthening, including local participation
- Technology transfer/exchange
Capacity building is targeted towards policy makers, regulators, local government officials, rural communities and the financial community.
REEEP actively participates in regional and international renewable energy events and we have shared our learnings in policy or finance at over 180 events benefiting over 12,000 people.
REEEP uses a community platform to allow sharing and exchange of information, documentation and contacts through on-line fora. Over 4300 partners and associates have access to the platform.
Networks of regulators and financiers are to be set up in order to facilitate information sharing and knowledge transfer.
Communication is an important ongoing task for all members within the delivery structure. REEEP has a sophisticated and integrated programme of internal and external communications which is disseminating learnings obtained from across the partnership. REEEP has a monthly newsletter with a global subscriber base of approximately 4300.
REEEP intends to utilise the capacity building skills of its partners and donors. Partners such as UNIDO and the University of Warwick are helping with capacity building of regulators in Africa and Asia. REEEP organised a learning centre on energy regulation at CSD-15, which generated good interest.
REEEP held the First Global Project Managers Meeting in January 2007 to share learnings, discuss improvements and to strengthen the partnership's network.
Donors such as the governments of Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have funded the creation of a global database (Information Clearinghouse) - reegle, which facilitates and integrates existing knowledge found throughout the world in separate databases.
REEEP also organised the second high-level conference on energy security and climate change at Wilton Park in July 2007.
Relationship to International Agreements on Sustainable Development
How the partnership contributes to the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
The initiative will contribute towards reducing the local and global environmental impacts of energy use, help reduce natural resource depletion and maintain biodiversity.
The initiative will help implement the outcomes of CSD 9 on energy, particularly those recommendations for developing policies and measures to create an enabling environment for renewable energy and develop and implement measures to make renewable energy affordable.
The partnership will provide a key mechanism for enabling governments and other agencies to achieve their relevant objectives within paragraph 19 of the WSSD "Plan of Implementation," including delivery of ambitious national goals for increasing the share of renewable energy and/or achieving a global renewable energy target. It would also contribute to efforts for creating a level playing field for renewable energy and energy efficiency systems.
The partnership would also strongly link to poverty reduction as through accelerating the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies worldwide, the costs of the technologies would be lowered enabling these technologies to become more widely available and affordable options for the poor and particularly those in rural areas. Relevant Sections of Agenda 21
The initiative will help implement the outcomes of CSD 9 on energy, particularly those recommendations for developing policies and measures to create an enabling environment for renewable energy and develop and implement measures to make renewable energy affordable.
The partnership will provide a key mechanism for enabling governments and other agencies to achieve their relevant objectives within paragraph 19 of the WSSD "Plan of Implementation," including delivery of ambitious national goals for increasing the share of renewable energy and/or achieving a global renewable energy target. It would also contribute to efforts for creating a level playing field for renewable energy and energy efficiency systems.
The partnership would also strongly link to poverty reduction as through accelerating the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies worldwide, the costs of the technologies would be lowered enabling these technologies to become more widely available and affordable options for the poor and particularly those in rural areas. Relevant Sections of Agenda 21
Combating poverty; Changing consumption patterns; Protection of the atmosphere; Conservation of biological diversity; Financial resources and mechanisms; National mechanisms and international cooperation for capacity-building in developing countries; International institutional arrangements; International legal instruments and mechanisms; Information for decision-making
Relevant Sections of the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 Integration of economic, social and environmental objectives; Sectors and issues
Relevant Sections of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation Poverty eradication ; Changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production ; Protection and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development
Coordination and Implementation
Coordination Mechanism of the PartnershipREEEP has established a robust and transparent internal governance structure comprising various acting bodies (Governing Board, Finance Committee and Programme Board) and a delivery structure, which includes 9 regional secretariats and the international secretariat.
REEEP provides effective advocacy for renewals and energy efficiency on an international level driven by regional and local demand. The programme of the REEEP is "bottom-up", developed out of: - action plans of REEEP's regional secretariats - key priorities as defined by the Programme Board - donor interests - proposals received REEEP strives to avoid duplication and thus plays a key role in leveraging the resources and skills within other sustainable energy partnerships. Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed with the Mediterranean Renewable Energy Partnership (MEDREP) focusing on North Africa, with the Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP), focusing on poverty reduction and technical assistance, and with the Global Network for Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD), the Collaborative Labelling and Standards Programme (CLASP), the Energy And Environment Partnership with Central America (EPP) and with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability. |
Implementation Mechanism of the PartnershipREEEP has established a project management procedure that guarantees not only a transparent appraisal process, but also effective monitoring and evaluation of the whole life cycle of a project.
Project proposals received from the regions are appraised in a cascade system. The regional secretariats establish selection steering committees attended by respected stakeholders. The regional selection committees short-list and rank the proposals. Implementation is supported by the regional secretariats, but also by the donor representatives within the project countries. Since all projects require co-funding, implementation also involves coordinating with other funding agencies such as the World Bank, UNIDO, bilateral agencies and national governments. REEEP is in the process of implementing a web-based Information Technology Solution for programme coordination to streamline and automate processes globally. REEEP is also carrying out the first set of impact assessments for the projects supported and is also in the process of developing a methodology to evaluate the energy, climate and development impacts of its programme portfolio. |
Resources
Funding Currently AvailableAmount in US$: € 16.450.000,00
Source(s): Government
1. Total amount received (Nov. 2003 - September 2007): € 16.450.000,00 2. Current year budget (April 2007 - March 2008): Australia € 70.000,00 Austria € 105.000,00 Canada € 70.000,00 Germany € 70.000,00 Ireland € 250.000,00 Italy € 140.000,00 Netherlands € 33.000,00 New Donors € 500.000,00 Norway € 1.200.000,00 Spain € 70.000,00 United Kingdom: DEFRA € 3.500.000,00 United States € 70.000,00 TOTAL € 6.078.000,00 |
Non-financial resources availableType(s): Staff
Source(s): Government
Austrian in-kind contribution: part-time administrative assistance. MEDREP/Italy contribution: REEEP focal point for North Africa and the Mediterranean. France contribution: REEEP focal point for West Africa. Australian contribution: Secretariat for South-East Asia & the Pacific. |
Funding SoughtRequired Amount in US$: 0
Source(s) already approached: * The majority of funding will occur at the national level implementing national goals and programs
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Non-financial resources soughtRequirement(s): Nil
Source(s) approached and details:
Not Applicable |
Additional Information
Additional Relevant Information
The partnership was listed in the G8’s Heiligendamm Plan of Action as a promoter of renewable energy.
Current target countries where REEEP is expanding its activities and impact include: China, Brazil, India, South Africa, and Mexico, as these countries have a high growth of energy consumption. REEEP is also increasing its efforts in African and Pacific LDCs through focused efforts.
Since its launch and operation over four years, REEEP has learned some key lessons from problems it encountered and dealt with. Some of such important lessons are listed below:
For partnership operations to be sustainable sustained funding commitments from donors – in kind and cash – is important, and REEEP has enjoyed the support from several governments with the UK and Norway contributing significantly.
Independent and ongoing evaluation of strategy and operations and a regular process of re-strategising and priority development is important for partnerships to respond to the needs in an effective manner.
REEEP programmes have played an important role to demonstrate action on the ground through the projects it has supported. This has helped in partner engagement in the partnership and its actions on the ground. These are resulting in policy, regulatory, business and financing outcomes that help in developing a market for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Current target countries where REEEP is expanding its activities and impact include: China, Brazil, India, South Africa, and Mexico, as these countries have a high growth of energy consumption. REEEP is also increasing its efforts in African and Pacific LDCs through focused efforts.
Since its launch and operation over four years, REEEP has learned some key lessons from problems it encountered and dealt with. Some of such important lessons are listed below:
For partnership operations to be sustainable sustained funding commitments from donors – in kind and cash – is important, and REEEP has enjoyed the support from several governments with the UK and Norway contributing significantly.
Independent and ongoing evaluation of strategy and operations and a regular process of re-strategising and priority development is important for partnerships to respond to the needs in an effective manner.
REEEP programmes have played an important role to demonstrate action on the ground through the projects it has supported. This has helped in partner engagement in the partnership and its actions on the ground. These are resulting in policy, regulatory, business and financing outcomes that help in developing a market for renewable energy and energy efficiency.