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ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY VEHICLE ACTIVITIES
Cary Bloyd
Senior Staff Scientist
Electricity Infrastructure & Buildings Division
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
5th International Environmental Friendly Vehicle Conference
Baltimore, Maryland
September 10-12, 2012
What is APEC?
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was created in 1989
Objective: Promote trade liberalization, trade facilitation and technical assistance
APEC Economies account for more than one third of the world’s population, 60% of world GNP and 50% of world trade
Implements its activities through 11 working groups including the Energy Working Group
(http://www.apec.org)
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APEC Member Economies span the Pacific
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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Informal Meeting of
Economic Leaders
Ministry Meeting
Senior Officials
Meeting (SOM)
APEC Business
Advisory Council Sectoral Ministerial
Meetings
APEC
Secretariat
Budget &
Management
Committee
(BMC)
SOM
Sub-committee on
ECOTECH
(ESC)
Committee on
Trade &
Investment (CTI)
Economic
Committee (EC)
SOM Task Force
(2)
Working Group
(9)
& Other Group
(2)
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APEC Energy Working Group (EWG)
The EWG was launched in 1990
The EWG seeks to maximize the energy sector's contribution to the region's economic and social well-being, while mitigating the environmental effects of energy supply and use
The Energy Security Initiative (ESI) is the principal mechanism through which the EWG addresses the short and long term energy security challenges in APEC in a sustainable manner
The U.S. hosted the first-ever joint Transportation and Energy Ministerial Conference in San Francisco in September 13, 2011
(www.ewg.apec.org)
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The thirteen APEC working groups support economic and technical cooperation
Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group
Anti-Corruption and Transparency
Energy Working Group
Energy Preparedness Working Group
Fisheries Working Group
Health Working Group
Human Resources Development Working Group
Industrial Science and Technology Working Group
Marine Resource Conservation Working Group
Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group
Telecommunications and Information Working Group
Tourism Working Group
Transportation Working Group
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The Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) was Launched in November 2010 by U.S. President Obama and Japan’s Prime Minister Kan
The ESCI is being led by the U.S. and is meant to help realized APEC Leaders’ goal to reduce the energy intensity of their economies by 45% by 2035
The ESCI contains two crosscutting elements and four pillars
Cross-Cutting elements
Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) Draft website at: http://esci-ksp.org
Low Carbon Model Towns (LCMT) Samui Island , Thailand has been chosen for the next LCMT
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The Energy Smart Communities Initiative has Four Pillars (1)
Smart Transportation
Energy-Efficient Urban Transport Network
Energy-Efficient Freight Transport Network
Electromobility Survey and Road Map
Electric Vehicle Demonstrations
Smart Buildings
Low Energy Buildings Network
Materials Testing and Rating Centers
Cool Roof Demonstrations
Low Energy Window Demonstrations
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The Energy Smart Communities Initiative has Four Pillars (2)
Smart Grids
Interoperability Survey and Road Map
Smart Grid Test Bed Network
Smart Jobs and Consumers
Energy Efficiency Training Curricula
Energy Efficiency School Curricula
Sister Schools Program
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The Energy Working Group is supported by 6 sub-fora groups
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET) – Chair: Chinese Taipei (www.egnret.ewg.apec.org)
APEC Biofuels Task Force- Chair: USA
(www.biofuels.apec.org) (Completed activities in 2012)
Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy (EGCFE) – Chair: USA
(www.egcfe.ewg.apec.org)
Expert Group on Energy Efficiency & Conservation (EGEEC) – Chair: New Zealand (www.egeec.apec.org)
Expert Group on Energy Data & Analysis (EGEDA) – Chair: Japan (www.ieej.or.jp/egeda/)
Asia Pacific Research Center (APERC)
(www.ieej.or.jp/aperc/)
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Recent EGNRET and EWG Projects in the Alternative Transportation Area
International Biofuels Conference (Japan, 2007)
APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative IX): Establishment of the Guidelines for the Development of Biodiesel Standards in the APEC Region (Thailand, 2008)
APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative IX): Alternative Transport Fuels – Implementation Guidelines (New Zealand, 2009)
APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative IX) Workshop and Report on Implications of Bio-refineries for Energy and Trade in the APEC Region (Chinese Taipei, 2009)
APEC Workshop on Energy and Green Transport Benefits of Electric Vehicles (China, Hong Kong China, 2011)
APEC Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability (CEEDS) Phase 3: Energy Efficient Urban Passenger Transport (APERC, 2011)
APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative IX): Stock-take of electric vehicle interface with electricity and smart grids across APEC economies and the potential for harmonisation (New Zealand, 2012)
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APEC Economies Have a Long History in the Use of Green Transport Vehicles
Environmental issues have often been a driver of green transport vehicles
Resource availability and energy security can also be important policy drivers
There is a strong interest in electric vehicles across APEC economies
Alternative fuel transport infrastructure development is always important
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