Building the Partnership for Sustainable Energy

Budapest, September 30th 2004

REEEP - renewable energy & energy efficiency

partnership

Dr. Marianne OsterkornREEEP International Director

Global support and local delivery – formed at

WSSD

1. UN Type II partnership launched by the UK government, we receive strong support and funding from Britain.

2. Goals based on G8 Energy Task Force and international consultation process conducted in summer of 2003.

3. As an international partnership, REEEP Partners comprise governments, businesses and NGO’s committed to accelerating the uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

4. Current funding is provided by the Austrian, Dutch, Irish, Italian, Spanish, UK governments and the European Union.

REEEP Objectives“generate green kilowatts & save energy”

1. Stimulate a significant global increase of investments in RES energy sources

2. Stimulate significant increase in the global use of energy efficiency measures

3. Improvement of rural energy supply by utilisation of RES energy sources and higher energy efficiency

Composition of REEEP Partnership

Currently 84 partners:

20 Governments

• 30 International Organizations

• 20 NGO’s

• 14 Companies

REEEP Structure guarantees a good governance

Programme BoardAmal-Lee Amin

Finance CommitteeJames Cameron

Governing BoardHenry Derwent

International SecretariatMarianne Moscoso-Osterkorn, Director

RS Central & Eastern Europe

REC

RS (East) AsiaCREIA

RS Latin America & the Caribbean

OAS

REEEP Advisory PanelMeeting of Partners /

General AssemblyHenry Derwent

Auditors

RS North AmericaACORE

RS (Southern) AfricaAGAMA

Important Milestones for REEEP implementation

• Governing Board elected in June 2004

• Programme Board to convene first review meeting in

October 2004

• Finance Committee meeting in November 2004

• Kick Off workshop for regional secretariats 27th July 2004

REEEP Regional

Office Africa

REEEP Regional Office

Central Europe

REEEP Regional Office

East Asia

REEEP Regional Office Latin America &

Caribbean

REEEP Regional Office

North America

Delivering Value via Regional Secretariats

Specific responsibilities of the regional offices

1. Operate as a regional clearinghouse of information regarding RES/EE

2. Serve as coordinator of regional capacity building initiatives

3. Identify regional key opportunities for REEEP

4. Support REEEP projects and partner interests in region

5. Establish regional REEEP infrastructure

Leveraging existing partnerships

REEEP intends to work with established partnerships across the sustainable energy sector. These partnerships can provide complementary services and skills to the REEEP network.

Examples are:

MEDREP UNIDO WWF UNEPASEAN JREC OAS

CREIAGVEP

REEEP Activities

Services

Projects

• Website• Extranet (Trampoline)• Contact databases• Newsletter• Events• Trainings• Regional support

• GOF• Other national programs • private initiatives (e.g.BP)

REEEP projects focus on 3 themes

Policy & Regulation• Assisting governments with sustainable energy

blueprints and regulatory frameworks• Focus on distributed generation and off-grid systems

Finance• Development of business models and economic

rationale to make projects “bankable”• Attracting finance via project bundling

Awareness• Communication of the benefits of renewables and

energy efficiency

Examples of current Policy Support Projects

• Development of sustainable energy plans for three Caribbean islands (Dominica, St. Lucia, Granada)

• Development of a sustainable energy plan for a local district of a Chinese Province

• Sustainable Energy Regulations Network (SERN) in Africa

• Development of regional energy efficiency standards across APEC countries

Examples of current projects in Finance

• Funding an investor road show in India to develop a $30M private equity fund for renewables

• Assessment of potential for TRECs to finance renewables in Brazil, South Africa & China

• Setting up renewable energy Financing Foundation for ASEAN region

Business Opportunity - ESCOs

Energy Service Companies (ESCO) are a method of financing energy efficiency projects.

• Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa

• Philippine ESCO for energy efficiency upgrades in schools, hospitals, water districts & industrial parks

• Capacity building in Western China for the development of ESCOs

Innovative Finance – promoting JI/CDM

• Business Model for PV Pumps in Brazil

• Micro-finance models for Solar Lighting in Himalayas

• Business Model for Biomass project in Philippines

• Promotion of WWF’s Gold Standard PDD for CDM & JI

Benefits of becoming a REEEP Partner

• Contacts with decision makers within partner countries

• Reduced investment risk in developing countries via policy support

• Demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility

• Increased project credibility

• Easy access to innovative finance

• Marketing of best practice

Priorities of REEEP moving forward

• Attract investment (public & private) into the partnership and into RES/EE projects

• Build membership base to increase global presence

• Establish more regional secretariats for local delivery

• Best use of resources through strengthened collaboration with existing energy initiatives (e.g. MEDREP, JEREC)

• Build capacity from existing projects in order to ‘scale-up’ learnings into other markets

Marianne OsterkornVienna International Centre

Room D1732Vienna, Austria

marianne.osterkorn@reeep.org+43 1 26026 3678

www.reeep.org