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Our goal is to provide ten million energy-poor people in developing countries with
sustainable access to modern energy services. We are therefore making major efforts to
establish effective partnerships between ourselves and, especially, the private sector in
order to ensure the sustainability of the access provided. For instance, in 2004 we
issued a call for ideas for public private partnerships and some of the partnerships listed
below started as a response to this call.
1. Partnerships
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1.1 GTZ/BMZ - Energising DevelopmentEnergising Development is a partnership aiming to provide five million energy-poor people in developing countries withaccess to modern energy services. Our overall 'access to energy' goal has been set at ten million people by 2015.Other partnerships, where possible with companies, will help us reach the other five million. GTZ is the German Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit and BMZ is our German counterpart, the BundesMinisterium für Zusammenarbeit. The emphasis is on Africa, but Asia and Latin America will not be left out. We areproviding € 60 million over the next four years. To date, 'Access to Modern Energy Services (AMES)' programmes havebeen developed in two countries with GTZ/BMZ:
AMES-U(ganda)This programme will provide sustainable access to mod-ern energy services to about 100,000 Ugandans. Thisincludes access to efficient stoves and solar home sys-tems for households, and to solar and other modernforms of energy for thirty small companies and 500 publicinstitutions. We are providing € 1.4 million to AMES-Uduring 2004-2007.
AMES-E(thiopia)At present, 94 percent of 100 Ethiopians depend on bio-mass fuels for energy. For the foreseeable future, formost Ethiopians, this situation will remain unchanged.AMES-E focuses on providing the 'Mirt' stove which halvesthe amount of biomass needed to cook 'Injera', theEthiopian staple food. AMES-E will assist 115 small cook-ing stove producers to provide the 'Mirt' stove which will raise the level of supply to 138,000 stoves annually. Some50,000 'Mirt' stoves will be made available at a discount serving approximately 250,000 people. We are providing € 1.2million to AMES-E during 2004-2006.
Contact: German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) GmbHPostfach 51 8065726 Eschborn, GermanyTel: + 49 (0)6196 790Fax: + 49 (0)6196 79 11 15www.gtz.de
1.2 GVEP - Global Village Energy PartnershipGVEP intends to increase access to modern energy services for a vast number of the developing world's rural people.GVEP is a wide network of many governments, aid agencies, businesses and non-governmental organisations, and issupported by a secretariat that is actively working on achieving its aim. It is currently active in 30 countries. We sup-ported GVEP with € 2.5 million during 2004-2005 and continued support is being appraised.
Contact: Mr. Abeeku Brew-HammondGVEP ManagerGVEP Technical SecretariatITDG, Bourton-on-DunsmoreRugby, CV23 9QZUKTel: + 44 1926 6334 4400/4478 [email protected]
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1.3 EUEI - European Union Energy Initiative for poverty eradication and sustainable development
Launched during the Summit in Johannesburg in 2002 and managed by the European Commission, the EnergyInitiative is working on a € 250 million 'EU Energy Facility' for ACP (African, Caribbean, Pacific) countries with projectsthat help groups of people that have little or no access to energy. The Energy Facility will have a research- and data-bank and encourages partnerships between governments and businesses. As part of the EUEI, six European countries -including the Netherlands - are setting up a € 4.2 million Partnership Dialogue Facility (PDF) to help ACP countries indrawing up national strategies. The PDF is managed by the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ). We provided € 1.9million to EUEI during 2003-2005.
Contact:EUEI European Union Directorate General for DevelopmentRue de Génève 121140 Brussels, BelgiumFax: + 32 2 299 25 [email protected]
1.4 JEPP - Johannesburg Energy &Poverty Platform
The 2002 World Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa concluded thataccess to reliable and affordable modern energy services is a prerequisitefor achieving the 'Millennium Development Goals'. JEPP provides a platformwhere those involved in providing energy to the poor can share experi-ences and stimulate energy related investments. JEPP publishes news andevents, and stimulates debate through its newsletter and website. We haveprovided € 80,000 to JEPP during 2004-2005.
Contact:JEPPECN BeleidsstudiesP.O. Box 11755 ZG PettenThe NetherlandsTel: + 31 224 564949Fax: + 31 224 [email protected]
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1.5 Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)The five ongoing public-private partnerships that are listed here show that we are making some headway but, clearly,there is a lot more to be done.
(a) Productive Use Container (PUC) in South AfricaThe PUC is a shipping container converted to accommodate five business start ups in rural areas not covered by theelectricity grid. Instead the PUC provides sun powered electricity. In partnership with Nuon, Novib, and several SouthAfrican organisations we are putting down six PUCs in Kwazulu-Natal and we will provide the joining starters with busi-ness support. Our financial support to this pilot programme amounts to € 165,000 to this PPP.
(b) Gas connections in Colombia In partnership with three gas supply companies, and a foundation on social issues we will connect 10,000 poorColombian households at a 50 % discount to the gas grid. This is expected to improve the people's health and livingconditions. Our financial support of € 1 million covers the discounted halve of the connection costs.
(c) Solar home systems in Sri LankaIn partnership with the Free Energy Foundation, an Indonesian, and several Sri Lankan companies 20 local businesseswill be trained and supported to effectively market, install and maintain solar home systems (SHS) that are priced tosuit the poorer sections of the population. By the end of the 2-year partnership, annual sales most likely will reach12,000 units. It is therefore expected that by 2013 half a million people or more will count towards our energy goal.Our financial support amounts to € 580,000.
(d) Prepaid electricity in ColombiaOne of the main reasons for low access to electricity in Columbia is the low rate of payment by existing customers. Atpresent, less than 10% of customers in Colombia pay their electricity bills. The result is that the Colombian electricitycompany is unable to expand its services. Experience in many other developing countries with the use of prepaid tech-nologies has shown that this is an effective way of securing payment for services. It can ensure the financial viability ofthe utility. Prepaid electrification in Colombia will be achieved through the implementation of pilot projects for fivethousand customers. The Netherlands has been asked to provide € 750,000 to this PPP.
(e) Cooking stoves quality labels in the SahelThis partnership intends to replace traditional cooking conditions by stoves that are highly energy efficient and whichproduce less smoke. The partnership aims to reach about 500,000 people in West Africa within the next three years.The objective is not only to disseminate and promote better stoves, but also to develop a means to ensure that thesestoves will continue to be produced and used. In pursuit of this, a 'quality and energy savings' label will be introducedand promoted in order to professionalise the market for cooking stoves. All stove models will be submitted to a labora-tory for testing and certification, and checks will monitor stove quality over time. The initial focus is on certain coun-tries only: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, and Senegal. The Netherlands has been asked to contributetwenty percent (approximately € 681,000) to this PPP.
Contact:Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The NetherlandsEnvironment and Water Department (DMW)Postbus 200612500 EB THE HAGUE - The NetherlandsTel: +31 70 348 60 25Fax: +31 70 348 43 03www.minbuza.nl
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1.6 AIJ - Activities Implemented Jointly
AIJ was the test bed for Kyoto's CleanDevelopment Mechanism (CDM), meant to combinegreenhouse gas reduction and sustainabledevelopment. Started in 1996, our AIJ programmewas one of the first, and was very much aboutpartnerships: with the private sector, governmentsat various levels and NGOs. In this way our AIJbudget of € 22 million, largely spent making theprojects 'bankable', generated total investments ofaround € 85 million.
Energy efficiency in buildings inSenegal In Dakar, Senegal various energy-savingtechnologies were installed in five existingbuildings; two Government buildings and threehotels to demonstrate conclusively how financiallyrewarding saving energy - and substantiallyreducing emission of greenhouse gases - can be.We contributed USD 400,000 between 2002 and2004.
Energy efficiency in buildings inGhana In Accra, Ghana, the energy efficiencydemonstration project included about 20government buildings and our input ran to aboutUSD 220,000 between 2002 and 2004.
Compact fluorescent lamps inHonduras Compact fluorescent light bulbs need much less
electricity than regular incandescent light bulbs and are therefore much cheaper to use in the long run. However, theirproduction costs are higher, so people are less willing to buy them. Overall, they are a good investment but peopletend to mostly see the initial outlay. In places where generating capacity is constrained they are also attractive fromthe utility's point of view. Honduras is such a place. Through information campaigns, and providing credit facilities anda discounted sales price, about 150,000 CFLs have been sold in Honduras. The survival of the market that has beencreated is now being consolidated. Our support amounts to around € 700,000 between 1997 - 2004.
Compact fluorescent lamps in The Gambia The marketing of CFLs was repeated in The Gambia, which is a much-smaller economy on a different continent. Thetarget here is 30,000 units, a level that is proving difficult to reach. Our funding amounts to about € 150,000 between2001 and 2004.
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Energy-efficient low cost housing in South Africa South Africa has a vast shortage of low-cost housing which it is energetically trying to rectify. By designing and buildingenergy-efficient, healthier, attractive, but still low-cost demonstration houses in several distinct locations and showcas-ing the houses to the relevant authorities and others, we may well have given the low-cost housing programme anudge in the right direction. Our support amounted to around € 1 million over 1998-2003.
Biomass gasifiers in India The technical and economic robustness of biomass gasification at the 50 kV - 100 kV capacity level was amply demon-strated by the construction and installation of seven units in the Bangalore area. Initially intended to exclusively gener-ate electricity for village industries in remote areas, all but two were happily leased or bought by medium-sized indus-tries and institutions in peri-urban areas when it was found that few village industries could viably employ the gasifiers.Our input ran to some € 700,000 from 1999 - 2003.
Biogas in Vietnam Most Vietnamese keep at least a few animals, often pigs, and animal waste is an excellent source of biogas. Althoughthe technology to produce biogas has been long known in Vietnam, biogas production had not taken off. The biogasprogramme started in 2001 aimed to market 10,000 fixed dome biogas plants. In fact the final number achieved is like-ly to be substantially higher. We are supporting the programme with about € 2.5 million between 2001 and 2007.
Wind power in Costa Rica Costa Rica relies for energy on hydropower but it also has a potential for wind power and is interested in exploitingthis. The Tejona Wind Farm project was started in 1999 and, with 30 Vestas windmills, its installed capacity is 20 MW.Included in the project are also a sustainable energy training centre and a technology demonstration centre. Our assis-tance over 1999-2003 ran to € 4.5 million.
Mini- hydro in South Africa ESKOM was for a long period South Africa's monopolist power producer but its monopoly ended a few years ago andIndependent Power Producers (IPP) were given a legal status. The mini-hydro project, started in 1999, is likely tobecome South Africa's first IPP now that it has secured the financing for construction of the hydro plant at theBethlehem site. The Pongola site is likely to follow suit in less than a year's time. Our support amounts to about € 900,000 from 1999 - 2005).
Solid waste in BoliviaIn many developing countries, growth in both population and urbanisation has made waste disposal a pressing prob-lem. Landfills for solid waste are often little more than dumps, and thus sources of considerable air, soil, and ground-water pollution. The Santa Cruz project undertook a feasibility study into rationalising the collection, transportation, andtransfer of all solid waste materials in and around the area of the municipality of Santa Cruz. It included the design ofan environmentally safe and efficient landfill site, and drew up the first-ever set of international tender documents. Itwas also shown that the methane gas produced by the landfill's biomass could viably produce energy. Our supportbetween 2001 and 2003 amounted to around € 200,000.
Contact: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The NetherlandsEnvironment and Water Department (DMW)PO Box 20061, 2500 EB THE HAGUE - The NetherlandsTel: +31 70 348 60 25Fax: +31 70 348 43 03www.minbuza.nl
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2.1 PROGEDE -Programme de gestiondurable et participativedes energiesAs in most of Africa, in Senegal there is a largeand growing demand for firewood in urbanareas. PROGEDE focuses on the sustainable (i.e.avoiding forest and land degradation) productionand marketing of fuelwood by organising andsupporting potentially capable local groups. Weprovide € 5.7 million to this programme.
Contact: Royal Embassy of The Netherlands inSenegalPO Box 3262Dakar, SenegalTel: +221 8490360Fax: + 221 [email protected]
2.2 Bangladesh - Rural electrification Started in 1977, the rural electrification programme now aims to provide affordable and reliable electricity to all by theyear 2020. We supported the programme from 1995 - 2003 with USD 29 million. We also supported the extension andintensification of the electricity grid with USD 36 million (2002-2004). The Embassy is currently re-appraising this typeof assistance.
Contact:Royal Embassy of The Netherlands in BangladeshPO Box 166Gulshan, Dhaka, BangladeshTel: +880 2 8822715-18Fax: +880 2 8823326E-mail: [email protected]
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2.4 China - Capacity building for fast commercialisation of renewable energy
The project aims to make the large-scale use of sustainable energy sources (biogas, hybrid technology, solar heatingand wind) commercially feasible and to demonstrate this through pilot installations. Capacity building, policy develop-ment, and technology transfer and dissemination are also major activities. Our support during 1998 - 2003 amountedto € 1.8 million.
Contact:Royal Embassy of The Netherlands in ChinaLiangmahe Nanlu 4100600 BeijingTel: +86-10-65321131E-mail: [email protected]
2.3 China - Promotion of rural renewable energy in Western China
The Chinese government is very keen to provide rural western China with sustainable energy. This project aims to pro-vide household electricity supplied through mini-grids from renewable sources (hydro, wind, etc.). Its focus is capacitybuilding, demonstration projects, financial mechanisms to pay for renewable energy, and the transfer and disseminationof technology. The project covers Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei, and Hunan provinces. We are providing this project with € 5.3 million during 2002 to 2006.
Contact:Royal Embassy of The Netherlands in ChinaLiangmahe Nanlu 4100600 BeijingTel: +86-10-65321131Fax: +86-10-65324689E-mail: [email protected]
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2.6 Kyrgyz Republic - Consolidated structural adjustment credit
This project supports the government's efforts to strengthenits fiscal position and improve the business environmentthrough utility, tax and deregulation reforms. In the energysector, it supports the unbundling of the giant power compa-ny into four power distribution companies, and the separationof generation and transmission companies and an increase intariffs to closer to cost recovery levels.
Contact:The Royal Embassy of The Netherlands in KazachstanVia The Ministry of Foreign AffairsPO Box 200612500 EB The Hague, The NetherlandsTel: +7 3272 503773Fax: +7 3272 [email protected]/
2.5 Mongolia - Promoting energy efficiency investments in industry
This project of the Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry actively provides information about cleaner energytechnology and assists with the introduction of new energy technologies. The pilot Energy Saving Company (ESCO)stimulates businesses to embrace energy saving measures. We supported this project with € 2.5 million during 2000 to2005.
Contact:Royal Embassy of The Netherlands in ChinaLiangmahe Nanlu 4100600 BeijingTel: +86-10-65321131Fax: +86-10-65324689E-mail: [email protected]
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3.1 PROBEC - Programme for biomass energy conservation in Southern Africa
In the region, poverty is widespread and modern forms of energy are expensive for the poor in both rural and urbanareas. They rely for their energy needs on traditional, biomass fuels such as firewood and various waste products.These are unhealthy to use inside the home (which is customary) and are often time-consuming to collect, Moreover,this frequently threatens tree and other vegetation cover seriously without which soil erosion has a free hand. PROBECaims to make energy efficient biomass technologies for cooking and heating commercially available and affordable by
the poor, small businesses and institutions. We are supportingPROBEC with € 1.7 million over 2004 - 2007.
Contact:GTZ - PROBECP.O.Box 13732 - Hatfield 0028 - Pretoria - South AfricaTel: +27 12 342 0181 - Fax: …[email protected] - www.probec.org
3.2 UEMOA - Regional biomassprogramme/Union Economiqueet Monetaire Ouest AfricaineThe UEMOA countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau,Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo - face the same bio-mass problems as the Southern African countries (see above).This programme attempts to involve local communities in themanagement of forests and encourages the efficient use ofwood and charcoal. We are providing the programme with € 2.5 million over 2004 - 2007.
Contact:Commission de L'UEMOA380, Rue Agostino Neto01 BP 543 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina FasoTel: + 226 50 31 88 73Fax: + 223 50 31 [email protected] www.uemoa.int
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3.3 PREGA - Promotion of renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement
PREGA develops 'bankable' investment projects based on renewable (sun, wind and water) and energy saving tech-nologies that give the poor better access to energy. These are also used to train the organisations and individuals con-cerned. PREGA is at the moment developing projects involving hybrid (solar, wind, diesel) power generation in ruralBangladesh, a geothermal power plant in Vietnam and a wind farm in Pakistan. It also works in Cambodia, China,India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Samoa, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan. Our support over 2000 -2006 amounts to € 7.1 million.
Contact:REACH SecretariatAsian Development BankPO Box 7890980 Manila, PhilippinesTel: + 632 632 4444Fax: + 632 636 [email protected]/reach
3.4 ASTAE - Asia Alternative Energy ProgrammeASTAE was started in 1992 as part of the World Bank's energy operations in Asia to show that new and renewableforms of energy can contribute to both poverty reduction and protecting the environment. ASTAE's goal is to improveaccess to electricity services by one million poor households by installing one thousand megawatts (a gigawatt) of gen-erating capacity and bring about one gigawatt of improvements in energy efficiency improvements. Our support toASTAE so far runs to € 16 million.
Contact:Asia Alternative Energy Program (ASTAE) World Bank1818 H Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20433, USATel: + 202 458 1405Fax: + 202 [email protected]/astae
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3.6 RPTES - Regional programme for the traditional energy sector
RPTES deals with the reduction in rural poverty, improvements in energy and economic efficiency, gender equity, andenvironmental sustainability by providing financial and technical support to reviews of national energy policies carriedout by governments and research institutes. The programme is active in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Gambia,Benin, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Mozambique, Togo, and South Africa. To date, we have supportedRPTES with € 7.2 million.
Contact:RPTESWorld Bank1818 H Street, NWWashington 20433, USATel: + 202 473-4488Fax: +202 [email protected]/energy/subenergy/e_africa.htm
3.5 African Development Bank (AfDB) - FINESSEThe African FINESSE programme helps countries to draw up policies and regulations that will stimulate investments inrenewable energy and energy efficiency. The programme also helps to better equip national institutions in their promo-tion of investment of these technologies. At the same time, it is also creating more capacity within the AfDB and put-ting renewable energy and energy efficiency firmly on the Bank's agenda. We have supported FINESSE with € 4.5 million since 2000.
Contact: FINESSEAfrican Development BankPSDU, Temporary Relocation AgencyBP 3231002 Tunis Belvedere, TunisiaTel: + 216 71 333 511 / 7110 3450Fax: + 216 71 351 [email protected]/about_adb/finesse_newsletter.htm
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3.7 ESMAP - Energy sector management assistance programme
Jointly sponsored by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1983, ESMAP pro-vides technical assistance to promote the role of environmentally-responsible energy in reducing poverty and toincrease economic growth in low-income, emerging, and transition economies.
We support the following four ESMAP funds.
(a) Energy access and sector reform fundHere, energy access by the poor, particularly in the context of energy sector reform, is the focus. Fund activities shouldcomplement and amplify other accessand reform initiatives undertaken by theWorld Bank and other developmentassistance organisations. We have put € 6 million into this fund.
(b) Fossil EnergyEnvironment FundThis fund's focus is the environmentalimpact of the production and use of fos-sil fuels. It covers a wide range of envi-ronmental issues. Here too, activitiescomplement and amplify other energyand environment initiatives undertakenby the World Bank and other develop-ment assistance organisations. We pro-vided € 2.3 million during 1998-2003.
(c) Non-conventional EnergyFundThis fund helps develop human andinstitutional capacity regarding house-hold energy and rural energy, includingrenewable technologies. Its focus is on pre-investment studies and national policies. Where possible, fund activities areincluded in the World Bank's lending portfolio. We provided € 1.7 million to this fund during 1998-2003.
(d) End-use Energy Efficiency FundThis fund is a component of the Energy Efficiency Initiative of the World Bank. It prepares pilot projects, assists gov-ernment reforms of policy and regulations, and undertakes regional energy efficiency initiatives. Our support during1998-2005 amounts to € 2 million.
Contact:ESMAP1818 H Street, NW, MSN F4K - 410Washington, DC 20433, USATel: +1 202 458 2321Fax: +1 [email protected] www.esmap.org
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3.8 GEF - The Global Environment FacilityThe GEF helps developing countries fund projects and programmes that protect the global environment. The GEF is themain source of multilateral funding for renewable energy initiatives in developing countries (totalling about € 1 billion).Its energy activities focus on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable transportation. Part of our annual € 20 million GEF goes to energy activities.
Contact:GEF Secretariat1818 H Street, NWWashington, DC 20433, USATel: +202 473 0508Fax: +202 522 3240/[email protected]
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4.1 REPEM - Rural Energy Planning and Environmental Management
The Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI) was set upby ten governments in the region to provide a range of training programmes in Rural energy planning andEnvironmental management. Since 1994 , ESAMI has trained over 1,500 people from all over the continent, includingsenior policymakers. This has clearly benefited the rural energy situation, especially in Eastern and Southern Africa. Weare supporting the current, 2004 - 2007, third phase with € 1.7 million.
Contact:ESAMIP.O. Box 3030Arusha, TanzaniaTel: + 2552 7250 8384Fax: + 255 27250 8285www.esami-africa.org
4.2 EASE - Enabling Access to Sustainable EnergyEASE works to give poor people in rural areas of Bolivia, Tanzaniaand Vietnam, better access to energy by persuading governmentsand businesses to invest in sustainable power generation and otherenergy services. EASE is also further researching the link betweenincome generation and access to energy. This research is co-ordinat-ed by a network of universities. We support EASE with € 1.7 millionover 2003 - 2006.
Contact:EASE SecretariatETC FoundationPO Box 643830 AB Leusden, The NetherlandsTel: + 31 33 432 6000Fax: + 31 33 494 [email protected]
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4.3 ENERGIA Founded in 1995, ENERGIA is a large international gender and sustainable energy network, of groups and individualscovering most continents. ENERGIA encourages governments and all others involved in sustainable development inboth the South and the North, to include gender and energy in their policies. Our support over 2003 - 2006 runs to € 3.8 million.
Contact:ENERGIA SecretariatETC FoundationPO Box 643830 AB Leusden, The NetherlandsTel: + 31 33 432 6000, Fax: + 31 33 494 [email protected]
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4.4 COMMEND - Community for Energy Environment & Development
COMMEND aims to professionalise sustainable energy analysis in developing countries and to increase the importanceof this in decision-making. The programme builds upon a recently designed set of transparent and user-friendly soft-ware tools for strategic analysis of energy and environmental policy named LEAP (Long Range Energy AlternativesPlanning System). LEAP has already been widely applied and disseminated to more than 1,000 energy analysts indeveloping countries. The COMMEND programme is providing technical support, training, and knowledge exchangeamong a community of energy analysts in developing countries. The Netherlands is providing € 800,000 to COMMENDduring 2003-2006.
Contact:COMMENDStockholm Environment Institute (SEI)11 Arlington Street - Boston - MA02116-3411 - USATel: + 617 266-5400Fax: + 617 [email protected]://forums.seib.org/leap
4.5 ARECOP - Asia Regional Cookstove ProgramIn many developing countries, cooking is done mainly on woodstoves. The use of traditional woodstoves can lead tohealth problems and environmental degradation. The introduction and popularisation of improved and more energyefficient woodstoves can improve the user's health and reduce ecological degradation. The ARECOP network is bringingtogether researchers, organisations and institutions that are working in this area. ARECOP is promoting the use of bio-mass (fuelwood, charcoal and agricultural residues) for households, small-scale industries and institutions in Asia. ARE-COP is active in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Indonesia,India and Laos. The Netherlands has provided € 1.1 million to ARECOP since 1999 and the project is on-going.
Contact:ARECOP SecretariatPO Box 19BulaksumurYogyakarta 55281, IndonesiaTel: + 62 274 885247Fax: + 62 21 [email protected]
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4.7 Free Energy Foundation - Unleashing Entrepreneurial Energy
The Free Energy Foundation is supporting business-minded people in setting up small to medium size businesses formarketing 'solar home systems' in the rural areas of four countries in Eastern Africa. Our support amounts to € 1.1 million during 2005-2008.
Contact:Free Energy FoundationPO Box 95645602 LN Eindhoven, The NetherlandsTel: + 31 40 290 1246Fax: + 31 40 290 [email protected]
4.6 IEI - International Energy InitiativeIEI has regional offices, staff and programmes in Latin America, Africa and Asia, and is promoting new and renewableenergy technologies in developing countries. IEI focuses on the level and quality of energy services (such as heating,lighting, cooling and motive power) rather than the amount of energy consumed. IEI publishes news and analysis inbooks and reports and takes part in energy policymaking. IEI also trains staff from, for example, energy regulators andenergy utilities. IEI publishes the journal Energy for Development. We provided € 1.4 million to IEI during 1999-2004.
Contact: International Energy Initiative (IEI)Princeton Environmental InstituteGuyot Hall, Washington Road, Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ08544, [email protected]
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4.9 TransnationalInstitute - The EnergyProjectThe Energy Project - a network of non-gov-ernmental organisations (NGOs) fromCameroon, Colombia, Czech Republic,Indonesia, India, and Uruguay - advocateschanges in the energy sector policies of theMultilateral Development Banks (such asthe World Bank), and alternatives to coal,oil and gas for energy generation. The pro-gramme aims to strengthen the capacity of Energy Project partners, and others, in the South and in Central Europe toaddress issues related to energy, climate and development. It also wants to get more information exchanges amongNGOs regarding energy, climate and development flowing from South to North in order to make the international deci-sion making processes more equitable. We provided the Energy Project with € 900,000 during 2001-2004.
Contact:TNI Energy ProjectTransnational InstitutePaulus Potterstraat 201071 DA AmsterdamThe NetherlandsTel: + 31 20662 66 08Fax: + 31 20 675 71 [email protected]/energy
4.8 Solar Development Group (SDG)The SDG project provides small solar power equipment companies in India and Sri Lanka with technical advice, andhelps them to write business plans and to attract private capital. Selected solar power companies are also providedwith grants or subsidised loans. We aresupporting the Solar Development Groupwith € 2.1 million during 2001-2005.
Contact:Solar Development GroupStichting Triodos PV PartnersPO Box 553700 ABZeist, The NetherlandsTel: + 31 30 693 6500Fax: + 31 30 693 [email protected]
5. ORET/Miliev Energy activities
The Dutch government provides grants for the export of capital goods, services or work
to developing countries through the Development Related Export Transactions
programme (ORET). ORET supports companies wishing to become active in developing
countries. At the same time, ORET promotes the investment climate in developing
countries by facilitating investments in infrastructure. The program is executed on behalf
of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Netherlands Development Finance
Company (FMO, see www.fmo.nl).
An ORET grant helps developing countries to decrease the costs of the purchase of
capital goods, services and work. The ORET program has three facilities:
- The tied facility is intended for export transactions to selected countries. The grant can
exclusively be requested by a Dutch enterprise that wants to carry out the transaction.
- The untied facility is intended for export transactions to the so-called Least Developed
Countries (LDCs). The grant can be requested by a Dutch as well as a non-Dutch
enterprise.
- The water facility is intended for export transactions that are connected with invest
ments in the drinking water and sanitation sector.
The following is a selection of ORET grants related to energy and development.
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5.1 Philippines - Solar Panels Shell PV Much of the Philippines is too remote or infertile to justify the large investments needed for a centralised energy supplyand more than six million households are not connected to the power grid. Solar Home Systems (SHS) offer an alterna-tive for these people. This project aims to supply 15,000 SHS to the Philippine National Oil Corporation for distributionto a large number of NGOs and co-operatives who will redistribute them to their members in designated areas. We areproviding the project with € 5.6 million between 2001 and 2006.
5.2 China - Solar Panels Shell PVIn the remote areas of China about 77 million people have no access to electricity other than from batteries and smallpetroleum or diesel generators. Since extending the grid is not an economically justifiable option, the StateDevelopment and Planning Commission has developed the 'Brightness Programme' which plans to provide 23 millionpeople in remote rural areas with wind and solar energy by 2010. As part of this plan, Shell Solar supplies solar panelsto a factory in China that builds 'mobile' solar panels (that provide enough energy for two light bulbs) for the nomadicpeople of North China. The project aims to reach almost 80,000 rural households. Our support amounts to € 13,8 mil-lion over the period 2000 to 2005.
5.3 Jamaica - WindparkJamaica largely depends on fossil fuels for the generation of electricity. Because electricity demand is rising and theburden of oil imports on the national balance of payment is growing heavier, the Jamaican government is interested inalternative energy sources. Because of its inexperience, it is the private sector that is developing the new energy initia-tives. The one-year project will supply 23 wind turbines, including training and maintenance services, to Jamaica WindFarms Ltd. We are supporting this project with € 5.9 million.
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5.6 Tanzania - Songas projectTanzania now largely depends for its energy supply on hydropower and oil. Because energy demand is growing, thegas reserves around Songo Songo Island are seen as increasingly important. Gas is more reliable than hydropower andcleaner than oil. The Songas project aims to commercially exploit these gas fields and develop a local gas industryincluding the necessary infrastructure. This will increase employment in the region, and elsewhere, and develop thenation's infrastructure. Pipelines will be laid to export gas to surrounding countries. The population of the island ofSonga Songa is represented on the Board of the project. We are supporting the Songas project with € 17 million.
Contact:FMO Oret milievPO Box 930602509 AB The HagueTel: +31 70 314 96 96Fax: +31 70 324 61 [email protected]
5.4 Indonesia - Rehabilitation Diesel Power PlantsMany remote rural areas in Indonesia depend on diesel power generators. Following the economic crisis of a few yearsago, maintenance levels dropped and frequent power cuts soon followed. The project is rehabilitating these diesel gen-erators which will double generating capacity. Our support has so far amounted to € 4.8 million and a second phase isabout to start.
5.5 Ethiopia - Diesel generatorsThis project will supply and house four diesel generators for the city of Dire Dawa in response to a growing demand forenergy and to increase the stability of the grid in Ethiopia. Also included are the power plant's design, project manage-ment, installation, testing, and technical assistance and maintenance, as well as the training of 16 nationals. Our con-tribution is € 13.2 million.
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