SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION (SAARC)

THE REPORT

Programme Activity: PRG-119/2017/PROMO

9th-10th May, 2018

SAARC Energy Centre 697, Street 43, Sector E-11/4, NPF,

Islamabad, Pakistan www.saarcenergy.org

SAARC ENERGY CENTRE

ISLAMABAD

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SAARC Energy Centre

SEC Programme Activity (PRG-119/2017/PROMO)

SAARC Knowledge Sharing Workshop on “Modern Techniques including

Renewable Energy Auctions for Economizing Renewable Energy Tariff”

9th - 10th May, 2018 | Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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The Report

Introduction

The rapid worldwide expansion of Renewable Energy (RE) in recent years has been largely

driven through support policies. Typically, these aim to address market failures in an effort to

promote the uptake of renewable energy while achieving a number of other objectives,

including energy diversification, the development of a local industry and job creation.

2. Renewable Energy Auctions are also known as “demand auctions” or “procurement

auctions” or “Reverse Auction Mechanism”, whereby the government issues a call for

tenders to install a certain capacity of RE based electricity. Those project developers who

participate in the auction submit a bid with a price per unit of electricity at which they are able

to realize the project. The government evaluates the offers on the basis of the price and

other criteria and signs a power purchasing agreement with the successful bidder(s).

3. These types of RE auctions, despite some difficulties in implementation in the past,

have become quite a popular policy tool in the recent years. The number of countries relying

on this type of mechanism has risen from just 9 in 2005 to at least 60 by early 2015 (REN21,

2015).

4. SAARC Energy Centre, Islamabad under its approved programme activity for FY

2018 organized a two day Knowledge Sharing Workshop on “Modern Techniques

including Renewable Energy Auctions for Economizing Renewable Energy Tariff” in

Colombo, Sri Lanka on 9th – 10th May 2018. The event was arranged in Galadari Hotel

Colombo in collaboration with the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Colombo,

Government of Sri Lanka. The workshop was inaugurated by Chief Guest, His Excellency

Ajith P. Perera, State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka. A

copy of the Workshop Agenda is available at Annexure I.

5. The objective of this workshop was to explore the developments and applications of

different policy and regulatory mechanisms including Renewable Energy (RE) Auctions in

order to identify its benefits and challenges as well as the best practices for its successful

applications in the SAARC Member States. The benefits envisioned included:

a) Achieving increased deployment of renewable electricity; b) Potential for real price discovery; c) Managing transparency in the whole process

6. The workshop helped to establish communication, facilitate professional exchange

and initiate cooperation between policy makers, experts, and other stakeholders from public

and private sectors.

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Participation

7. A total of 38 participants including the delegates from Member States Afghanistan,

Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; Resource persons from Brazil,

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), India and Italy; and officials from SEC

participated in the workshop. The experts from Brazil and IRENA delivered their online

presentations via Skype/Cisco software to the participants. The list of the participants is

available at Annexure II. The workshop attracted an overwhelming participation from

Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Sri Lanka. The resource persons delivered

presentations on different issues relevant to mechanism such as Feed-in-Tariff (FiTs),

Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO), Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) and

Reverse Auctions. The participants had a very open and interactive discussion over the

design, planning and implementation phases of different policy/ regulatory mechanisms

related to RE Tariff.

Workshop Agenda

8. The Workshop programme comprised of an Inaugural session, Valedictory session

and six Technical sessions; the technical sessions included 15 presentations delivered by

the delegates from the Member States and Resource Persons from within/outside SAARC

region. Thus, the workshop agenda was divided into the following eight major sessions:

i. Inaugural Session

ii. Country Presentations

iii. Technical and Commercial aspects of Renewable Energy projects

iv. Reverse Auction Mechanism Specification I – Design, Planning and Process

v. Reverse Auction Mechanism Specification II – Organization, Implementation and

Global practices

vi. Policy instrument: Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) design features and estimation model

vii. Panel Discussion – Economizing Renewable Energy Tariff through effective Policies

viii. Valedictory Session

Inaugural Session

9. The workshop was inaugurated by His Excellency Ajith P. Perera, State Minister of

Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka. The session was also graced by

Mr. Keerthi Wickramarathne, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority and Dr.

B.M.S Batagoda, Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of

Sri Lanka.

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Welcome Address by Director, SEC

10. Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SAARC Energy Centre delivered

Welcome address to the participants of the workshop. He especially thanked Chief Guest,

His Excellency Ajith P. Perera for his gracious presence at the workshop and for

encouraging the SAARC Energy Centre’s endeavors in Energy Sector. He welcomed the

resource persons and all the delegates from SAARC Member States for attending the

workshop.

11. In his address, he informed the participants that Renewable Energy Auctions have

become increasingly popular and have proven to be an effective mechanism for accelerating

renewable power generation in developed and developing countries. This is possible partly

due to the competitive pressure that auctions promote, and has been witnessed in many

cases that prices for solar and wind have plummeted to levels competitive with, and

sometimes even lower than conventional generation types, like coal and gas. Thus, he

emphasized that Member States can design renewable energy auctions to meet energy

sector goals of increased capacity and affordability, while doing so at a scale that enables

industry development and investor interest. He also stated that the requisite enabling

environment for achieving increased RE generation through auctions is very much

dependent on the maturity level of power sector in each member state, which shouldn’t be

overlooked. He mentioned that Renewable Energy Technologies in developing countries

have the potential for a wide range of additional social, economic and environmental

benefits, most importantly helping to extend affordable, reliable and clean energy access to

the 1.75 billion people in this region.

12. He acknowledged the great cooperation extended and kind hospitality provided by

the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Sri Lanka and especially to His Excellency

Ajith P. Perera and Dr. B.M.S Batagoda in facilitating SEC to organize this workshop. He

expressed his satisfaction, as the real stakeholders had joined hands for common goal. He

also thanked the high level officials of the Government of Sri Lanka and the delegates and

participants for their presence and for their interest and commitment to the cause of energy

and power.

Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest

13. His Excellency Ajith P. Perera, State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy,

Government of Sri Lanka in his inaugural address as Chief Guest appreciated the

initiatives taken by SAARC Energy Centre in facilitating and coordinating programmes to

enhance energy security, to remove barriers and to build confidence and consensus for

sustainable energy use across the SAARC region. His Excellency emphasized that

Renewable Energy is capable of providing enormous supplies of electricity for Sri Lanka and

the Investments need to be made into the development of RE technologies such as solar,

wind, biomass and a variety of ingenious new ways to improve our efficiency and conserve

presently wasted energy.

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14. His Excellency, in his final remarks, wished for active participation of all delegates

from SAARC member countries and resource persons of the workshop, and for sharing

information and learning from each other’s experiences in the areas of modern policy tools

of renewable energy. His Excellency wished all the participants of the workshop a very

pleasant stay in Colombo.

Keynote Address by Secretary

15. Dr. B.M.S Batagoda, Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy,

Government of Sri Lanka in his keynote address stated that currently all Member States

are energy importing and energy starved. He stated that all Member States have a lot of

potential to generate energy using their own indigenous resources for fulfilling the energy

needs of their people. Each country has very good resources of different types of renewable

energy which is not expensive in long run, doesn’t cause pollution and is abundantly

available.

16. In his remarks, he stated that the goal towards sustainable development must be

based on developing Renewable Energy resources within coming years. This requires all

Member States to overcome many obstacles, adopt new technologies and promote

development of RE technologies all over the SAARC region. At the end of his address, he

appreciated the role of SAARC Energy Centre in arranging workshop, and thanked all the

delegates and resource persons for participating in the workshop. The photographs taken

during the Workshop are available at Annexure III.

Technical Proceedings

17. The Workshop proceedings were initiated with Technical sessions, designed on

specific areas and started with country presentations by each of the participating Member

States. The Workshop program comprised of six technical sessions comprising of 15

presentations by the delegates from the Member States and Resource Persons from

within/outside the SAARC Member States. All the presentations delivered in the technical

sessions are available at the SEC official website (www.saarcenergy.org):

a) Country Presentations

This first technical session started with the introductory presentation by Mr. Ahsan Javed,

Programme Coordinator, SEC. In his presentation, he shed light on the background,

objectives and expectations of this two day workshop. He also informed the audience about

the mandate, objective and efforts of SEC in fostering energy cooperation within the SAARC

region. In the end, he gave an overview of programme activities in the Renewable Energy

sector undertaken by SEC.

This was then followed by the country presentations delivered by the delegates from the

member states. The delegates from Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri

Lanka presented the situation of electricity sector, progress of ongoing and/or any planned

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Reverse Auction Mechanisms of Renewable Energy in their respective country. They also

gave an update on the other policy mechanisms such as Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs), Tax

Exemptions, Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO), Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)

and Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) implemented in their respective countries.

b) Technical Session 2 - Technical and Commercial aspects of RE projects

i. Energy Production and Economics of Renewable Energy Technologies Dr. Tommaso Morbiato, Chief Executive Officer, Windcity, Italy

Dr. Tommaso started his presentation with an introduction of key performance indicators i.e.,

Levelized cost of electricity, Capacity factor, Power density and Payback period which are

useful for the policymakers before selection of a specific technology. He also shared detailed

information in graphs which showed the comparison of RE projects using different

technologies. He informed the participants that the production based mechanisms delivers

best system design and efficiency over capacity based mechanisms.

c) Technical Session 3 - Reverse Auction Mechanism Specification I (Design, Planning

and Process)

i. Competitive Bidding for Wind/Solar – Indian experience Mr. Ashwin Gambhir, Senior Research Associate, Prayas Energy Group, India

Mr. Ashwin showed historical trend of solar PV tariff in India; the tariff reduced from

approx.17 cents/kWh to approx. 4 cents/kWh from the year 2011 to 2018. He stated that the

key factors in reducing the tariff has been transparency, uniformity in processes and open

competition in the market. He also gave details on the timelines related to the overall bidding

process, planning and commissioning of Solar PV and Wind projects under competitive

bidding method in India.

ii. Renewable Energy Policies in European Union (EU) – Learning experience Dr. Tommaso Morbiato, Chief Executive Officer, Windcity, Italy

Dr. Tommaso, in his presentation, mentioned the important policy measures including FiT,

Quotas (REC and RPS), Tax incentives and Reverse Auctions which helped in developing

the RE sector in European Union (EU) countries. He mentioned that through EU Energy

Roadmap, by 2020, the EU aims to reduce its GHG emissions by at least 20%, increase the

share of RE to at least 20% of consumption, and achieve energy savings of 20% or more.

Moreover, all EU countries must also achieve a 10% share of RE in their transport sector

which is currently at approx. 7%. He further stated that, with the current progress, the EU

could double the RE share in its energy mix from 17% in 2015 to 34% in 2030.

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d) Technical Session 4 - Reverse Auction Mechanism Specification II (Organization,

Implementation and Global practices)

i. Design and implementation of Reverse Auction – Case study of Brazil Mr. Bernardo Folly de Aguiar, Std. of Generation projects, EPE, Brazil

Mr. Bernardo shared detailed information on the key steps of the Brazilian auctioning

process which includes preparing auction guidelines, registration of projects, technical

qualification, online realization of auction, award of contract, registration and PPA signature.

He also gave historical trend of reduction of RE tariffs in Brazilian market for the last 15

years. He stated that the strict qualification rules in the auctioning process tends to lead to

higher success levels in the implementation of the projects, but may reduce the competition.

He also mentioned of a newly adopted approach whereby transmission is planned and

contracted before the new capacity auctions, thus projects are qualified only if there’s grid

capacity.

ii. Auctions and Policy support mechanism - IRENA Ms. Diala Hawila, Associate Programme Officer, IRENA, Abu Dhabi

Ms. Diala, in her presentation, stated that the global average installation costs of RE projects

awarded from auctions are consistently lower than projects processed through FiTs. She

gave an overview of latest electricity tariff of RE (including Solar and Wind) from different

countries around the globe; the Solar PV and on-shore Wind both in range of 3-8 cents/kWh.

She mentioned the four main factors that directly impact the RE tariff which includes country-

specific conditions, Investor confidence & learning curve, RE supported policies and Auction

design. She also gave detailed key considerations before designing and implementing a

reverse auction, and also gave insights of tradeoffs in qualification requirements of the

projects/bidders.

e) Technical Session 5 - Policy instrument: Feed-in tariffs design features and

estimation model

i. Evolution and experience of RPO framework and REC mechanism in India Mr. Ajit Pandit, Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory (Pvt.) Ltd, India

Mr. Ajit shared the Indian experience of implementing RPO and REC mechanism through

Legal/Regulatory frameworks by central and state level regulators. He discussed the key

design parameters and considerations before implementing the RPO mechanism. He also

mentioned the key points and limitations of RPO framework. In the second part of his

presentation, he explained the concept, design features and institutional framework of REC

market-based mechanism in India; the aim of which is to facilitate the compliance of RPO.

He shared REC pricing framework, and gave a status update on REC transactions and

inventory. At the end of his presentation, he gave few recommendations as a way forward

for further developing both RPO and REC mechanisms in India.

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ii. Regulatory process of setting RE FiTs in India: an exercise based on the RE Tariff and Financial Analysis Tool by Prayas (Energy Group) Mr. Ashwin Gambhir, Senior Research Associate, Prayas Energy Group, India

Mr. Ashwin had covered his topic of presentation in two parts; the former part included

sharing experience of central and state level regulators in determining RE Feed-in-tariffs in

India while in the later part he explained a Financial Analysis Tool developed by Prayas

Energy Group for determining RE Tariff. In the former part, he introduced the roles of central

and state level agencies in developing policy frameworks and RE Tariff regulations. He

explained the important financial and technology specific parameters which are required as

inputs in the FiT determining tool. In the later part of his presentation, he explained the MS-

Excel based Financial Analysis tool to the participants. He explained detailed user guide,

required inputs, scenarios and sensitivity analysis of the Tool. The soft copy of the Financial

Analysis Tool is already uploaded on SEC official website.

f) Technical Session 6 – Economizing Renewable Energy Tariff through Effective

Policies

i. Role of Policy and Regulations for Economizing RE tariff Mr. Ajit Pandit, Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory (Pvt.) Ltd, India

Mr. Ajit gave an overview of global cumulative RE installed capacity and pointed out that the

share of hydropower in the RE went down from 93% in 2000 to 60% in 2016 as wind and

solar experienced very rapid growth. He mentioned the important policy options and

regulatory instruments for promotion of RE technologies. He also shared the overarching

framework for reverse bidding in Solar and Wind energy in India. He states that there are

multiple policy options and regulatory instruments for harnessing RE potential but the choice

of choosing the right option depends upon several factors including maturity level of power

sector, RE potential, number of market players, preparedness of public entities, and

ecosystem for private participation.

ii. Panel Discussion Moderator: Mr. Ashwin Gambhir, Senior Research Associate, Prayas Energy Group, India Panelists: Dr. Tommaso Morbiato, Chief Executive Officer, Windcity, Italy Mr. Bernardo Folly de Aguiar, Superintendent of Generation projects, EPE, Brazil Mr. Ajit Pandit, Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory (Pvt.) Ltd, India Mr. S.H. Midigaspe, Chief Engineer (RE Projects), Ceylon Electricity Board

In this technical session, SEC arranged a panel discussion with participation of a moderator

and experts; the discussion touched upon implementing issues and operational procedures

related to FiTs, REC/RPO and Reverse bidding mechanisms. The experts discussed the

current condition and development of RE in SAARC region on the whole. They also

discussed and shared experiences of different markets around the globe that went through

with these mechanisms. The issue of intermittent nature of non-dispatchable RE and the

strategies/tools to cope with it were discussed. During the course of the panel discussion,

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the experts also received and answered questions from the audience concerning site

identification, resource assessment, land availability, clearances, electricity evacuation

arrangement and bidding processes of Reverse Auctions.

The experts also emphasized that for including only proposals from serious investors for

FiTs and Reverse Bidding, the effective protection measures such as Earnest Money

Deposit and Performance Bank Guarantee for the projects should be made part of the

bidding process.

Valedictory Session

18. Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SAARC Energy Centre shared the report of

the Workshop with the participants. While thanking Ministry of Power and Renewable

Energy, Government of Sri Lanka for their contribution in successful culmination of the

workshop, he read out the following recommendations which emerged from the

deliberations of the workshop:

a) SAARC Energy Centre may arrange a Webinar on dissemination of RE Tariff and

Financial Analysis Tool developed by Prayas Energy Group

b) SAARC Energy Centre may arrange individual Webinars on specific policy and

regulatory instruments such as FiT, RPO, REC, and Reverse Auctions

c) Member States may include risk allocation to avoid delay/non-completion of projects

through bidding

d) With support and facilitation from Member States, SAARC Energy Centre may share

a standardized set of complete bidding documents for Auctions on its official website

e) SAARC Energy Centre may arrange a Workshop on RE intermittency issues and

connectivity with grid

19. Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik thanked the Chief Guest, Dr. B.M.S Batagoda,

Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka for

joining this invaluable event. He informed the participants that it is increasingly important for

key stakeholders to examine existing regional dynamics and develop synergies for

enhancing knowledge sharing and technology transfer in renewable energy sector. He

stated that the workshop has helped to establish communication, facilitate professional

exchange and initiate cooperation between policy makers, experts, project developers and

other stakeholders from public and private sectors. Mr. Naeem Malik concluded by

extending his special appreciation to all the delegates, resource persons who had travelled

to Colombo and to the local delegates for participation in the workshop.

20. The Chief Guest, Dr. B.M.S Batagoda chaired the valedictory session. In his

address, he congratulated Mr. Naeem Malik for organizing this workshop which provided an

invaluable opportunity for achieving and maximizing the knowledge sharing among the

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participants. He commented that SAARC Energy Centre is playing a vital role to enhance

cooperation to address regional energy issues, to promote technology transfer and

knowledge sharing among the Member States and to enhance SAARC knowledge base in

energy development and management. At last, he also congratulated the entire SEC team

for successfully completing the workshop.

21. Ms. Shazeena Ismail, Project Officer, Ministry of Environment and Energy from

Member State Maldives offered vote of thanks on behalf of all the delegates to the Chief

Guest, Resource Persons, Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy and hotel staff for

successfully organizing the workshop and managing high enthusiasm and involvement on

the part of delegates throughout the event. She also appreciated the role and efforts of

SAARC Energy Centre in conducting the workshop.

Dinner Reception

22. SAARC Energy Centre hosted welcome dinner on Wednesday, 9th May 2018 for the

workshop delegates providing an informal opportunity for close interaction and networking.

A number of dignitaries from Government of Sri Lanka also joined on this occasion.

Annexure I

Workshop Agenda

SAARC Knowledge Sharing Workshop on “Modern Techniques including Renewable Energy Auctions for Economizing Renewable Energy Tariff”

9th-10th May, 2018 | Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tuesday, 8th May 2018

Arrival of Guests

Day 1 - Wednesday, 9th May 2018

0900 – 0930 Registration

Inaugural Session

0930 – 0950 Welcome Address: Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SAARC Energy Centre, Islamabad

0950 – 1005

Keynote Address: Dr. B.M.S Batagoda, Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka

1005 – 1020 Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest: Mr. Ajith P. Perera, Honorable State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka

1020 – 1030 Distribution of shields by Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SAARC Energy Centre

1030 – 1115 Coffee/Networking break and Group photograph

Technical Session 1 Country Presentations

Chair: Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SAARC Energy Centre

1115 – 1130 Presentation on SAARC Energy Centre Mr. Ahsan Javed, Research Fellow (RE), SAARC Energy Centre, Islamabad

1130 – 1330

Afghanistan Mr. Faridullah Sharafmal, Director, Renewable Energy ,Ministry of Energy & Water

Bhutan Mr. Passang, Executive Engineer, Ministry of Economic Affairs

India Mr. PNBV Chalapathi Rao, Scientist-C, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Maldives Mr. Ahmed Ali, Director General, Ministry of Environment and Energy

Pakistan Mr. Tauseef Rehman, Deputy Manager, National Transmission & Despatch Company

Sri Lanka Mr. S.H. Midigaspe, Chief Engineer (RE Projects), Ceylon Electricity Board

1330 – 1430 Luncheon

Technical Session 2 Technical and Commercial aspects of Renewable Energy projects

Chair: Mr. Ajit Pandit, Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory (Pvt.) Ltd, India

1430 – 1530 Energy Production and Economics of Renewable Energy Technologies

Dr. Tommaso Morbiato, Chief Executive Officer, Windcity, Italy Q & A

Technical Session 3 Reverse Auction Mechanism Specification I – Design, Planning and Process

Chair: Mr. Bandula Tilakasena, Former Additional General Manager, Ceylon Electricity Board

1530 – 1700

Competitive Bidding for Wind/Solar – Indian experience Mr. Ashwin Gambhir, Senior Research Associate, Prayas Energy Group, India

Renewable Energy Policies in EU – Learning experience Dr. Tommaso Morbiato, Chief Executive Officer, Windcity, Italy

Q & A

1930 onwards Welcome Dinner hosted by SAARC Energy Centre for the delegates

Day 2 - Thursday, 10th May 2018

Session 4 Reverse Auction Mechanism Specification II – Organization, Implementation and Global practices

Chair: Prof. Ranjit Perera, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa

0930 – 1100

Design and implementation of Reverse Auction – Case study of Brazil Mr. Bernardo Folly de Aguiar, Superintendent of Generation projects, EPE, Brazil

Auctions and Policy support mechanism – IRENA

Ms. Diala Hawila, Associate Programme Officer, IRENA, Abu Dhabi Q & A

1100 – 1130 Coffee/ Networking break

Session 5 Policy instrument: Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) design features and estimation model

Chair: Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya, Managing Director, Resource Management Associates (Pvt) Ltd.

1130 - 1300

Evolution and experience of RPO framework and REC mechanism in India Mr. Ajit Pandit, Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory (Pvt.) Ltd, India

Regulatory process of setting renewable energy Feed-in-tariffs in India: an exercise based on the RE Tariff and Financial Analysis Tool by Prayas (Energy Group) Mr. Ashwin Gambhir, Senior Research Associate, Prayas Energy Group, India

Q & A

1300 - 1400 Luncheon

Session 6 Panel Discussion – Economizing Renewable Energy Tariff through effective Policies Moderator: Mr. Ashwin Gambhir, Senior Research Associate, Prayas Energy Group, India

1400 - 1545

Role of Policy and Regulations for Economizing RE tariff Mr. Ajit Pandit, Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory (Pvt.) Ltd, India

Panelists:

Dr. Tommaso Morbiato, Chief Executive Officer, Windcity, Italy

Mr. Bernardo Folly de Aguiar, Superintendent of Generation projects, EPE, Brazil

Mr. Ajit Pandit, Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory (Pvt.) Ltd, India

Mr. S.H. Midigaspe, Chief Engineer (RE Projects), Ceylon Electricity Board Q & A

Session 7 Valedictory Session

1545 - 1700

Way Forward by the SAARC Energy Centre Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SAARC Energy Centre, Islamabad Valedictory Address Dr. B.M.S Batagoda, Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka Distribution of Certificates Vote of Thanks By one of the participating member country representative

Friday, 11th May 2018

Delegates Depart

Annexure II

SAARC Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Modern Techniques including RE Auctions for Economizing RE Tariff

9th – 10th May 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

List of Participants

# Name Designation Department Country Contact Email

Delegates

1.

Mr. Ahmad

Farhad

Mahmoody

Kabul Zone

Energy

Manager

Ministry of

Energy and

Water

Afghanistan 0093 747 033 030 eng.mahmoody@gmail.c

om

2. Mr.Faridullah

Sharafmal

Director,

Renewable

Energy

Ministry of

Energy and

Water

Afghanistan 0093 749 577 751 faridullah.sharafmal87@g

mail.com

3. Mrs. Sangay

Zangmo

Assistant

Engineer

Department of

Hydropower &

Power Systems,

Ministry of

Economic

Affairs

Bhutan 00975 1762 4124 sangayzangmo@moea.go

v.bt

4. Mr. Passang Executive

Engineer

Department of

Hydropower &

Power Systems,

Ministry of

Economic

Affairs

Bhutan 00975 1759 2968 passang@moea.gov.bt

5. Mr. PNBV

Chalapathi Rao Scientist-C

Ministry of New

and Renewable

Energy

India 0091 886 042 0143 chalapathi.rao@nic.in

6. Mr. YBK Reddy

Deputy

General

Manager

(Solar)

Solar Energy

Corporation of

India Limited

India 0091 117 198 9230 ybkreddy@seci.co.in

7. Mr. Ahmed Ali Director

General

Ministry of

Environment

and Energy

Maldives 00960 778 3223 ahmed.ali@environment.

gov.mv

# Name Designation Department Country Contact Email

8. Ms. Shazeena

Ismail

Project

Officer

Ministry of

Environment

and Energy

Maldives 00960 778 5375 shazeena.ismail@environ

ment.gov.mv

9. Mr. Tauseef Ur

Rehman

Deputy

Manager

National

Transmission &

Despatch

Company

Pakistan 0092 321 419 2794 r.tauseef@ntdc.com.pk

Resource persons

10. Dr. Tommaso

Morbiato CEO Windcity Italy 0039 340 582 6531 tmorbiato@windcity.it

11. Mr. Ashwin

Gambhir

Senior

Research

Associate

Prayas Energy

Group India 0091 202 542 0720 ashwin@prayaspune.org

12. Mr. Ajit Pandit Director

Idam

Infrastructure

Advisory Pvt.

Ltd

India 0091 982 110 8222 ajit.pandit@idaminfra.co

m

13. Mr. Bernardo

Folly de Aguiar

Superintende

nt of

Generation

projects

EPE - Empresa

de Pesquisa

Energética

Brazil 00 55 21 3512 3374 bernardo.aguiar@epe.go

v.br

14. Ms. Diala Hawila

Associate

Programme

Officer

IRENA UAE 00 97 124 147 198 DHawila@irena.org

Host country delegates (Sri Lanka)

15. Ms. Rajitha K.L.

Jagoda

Assistant

Director

Department of

National

Planning

16. Mr. Harsha

Wickramasinghe

Deputy

Director

General (

DSM)

Sri Lanka

Sustainable

Energy

Authority

# Name Designation Department Country Contact Email

17. Ms. Thamara

Dilhani Engineer

Sri Lanka

Sustainable

Energy

Authority

18. Ms. Poornima

Kalahari Engineer

Sri Lanka

Sustainable

Energy

Authority

19. Ms. Apsara

Katugaha Engineer

Sri Lanka

Sustainable

Energy

Authority

20. Ms. Ravini

Karunarathna Engineer

Sri Lanka

Sustainable

Energy

Authority

21. Ms. Madhurika

Palatuwa Engineer

Sri Lanka

Sustainable

Energy

Authority

22. Ms. Amani

Weerasinghe Engineer

Sri Lanka

Sustainable

Energy

Authority

23. Mr. N.K.G.K.

Nemmawatta

Director

General

Department of

Public

Enterprises

24. Mr. K.K.S.A.

Perera Director

Department of

Public

Enterprises

25. Mr. Kanchana

Siriwardhana

Director

(Tariff)

Public Utilities

Commission of

Sri Lanka

# Name Designation Department Country Contact Email

26. Mr. Gamini

Sarathchandra

Director

(Renewable

Energy )

Public Utilities

Commission of

Sri Lanka

27. Mrs. Erandi

Udageachchi

Assistant

Director

Public Utilities

Commission of

Sri Lanka

28. Eng. G.J Athulage

Deputy

General

Manager

(AM- TE)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

29. Eng. K.G.R.F.

Comester

Deputy

General

Manager (R &

D)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

30. Eng. S.

Wettasinghe

Deputy

General

Manager (CS

& RA)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

31. Eng. B.M.U.S

Banda

Deputy

General

Manager

(RED & PM)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

32. Eng. L.R

Vidanapathirana

Project

Director

(MWPP)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

33. H.S. Midigaspe

Chief

Engineer

(Renewable

Energy)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

34. Eng. M.M. Aliyar

Chief

Engineer (R A

)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

# Name Designation Department Country Contact Email

35. Eng. M.L.

Weerasinghe

Chief

Engineer (CS

& RA)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

36. Eng. A.J.De.Z.

Wickramarathna

Chief

Engineer (EP)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

37. Eng. P.S. Fonseka

Electrical

Engineer

(Generation

Development

Studies)

Ceylon

Electricity Board

SAARC Energy Centre

38. Mr. Mohammad

Naeem Malik Director

SAARC Energy

Centre Pakistan 0092 512 228 802-4

naeemmalik@saarcenerg

y.org

39. Mr. Ahsan Javed Research

Fellow (RE)

SAARC Energy

Centre Pakistan

0092 512 228 802-4

0092 333 517 2446 ahsan@saarcenergy.org

40. Mr. Jahanzeb

Hassan

Administrativ

e Officer

SAARC Energy

Centre Pakistan

0092 512 228 802-4

0092 300 977 5845

adminofficer@saarcenerg

y.org

Annexure III

Photographs of the Workshop

Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SEC with Mr. Keerthi Wickramarathne, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority during the Inaugural Session

Mr. Keerthi Wickramarathne, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority delivering his address

Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SEC delivering his Welcome address

Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SEC presenting souvenir to Mr. Keerthi Wickramarathne, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority

Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SEC with Mr. Ajith P. Perera, Honorable State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka and Mr. Keerthi Wickramarathne, Chairman, Sri Lanka Sustainable

Energy Authority lighting the traditional oil lamp

Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SEC presenting souvenir to Mr. Ajith P. Perera, Honorable State Minister of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka

Dr. B.M.S Batagoda, Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka delivering his Keynote Address

Snapshot of workshop participants

Group photograph of workshop participants

Mr. Mohammad Naeem Malik, Director, SEC presenting shield to Dr. B.M.S Batagoda, Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Government of Sri Lanka

Coffee/networking break

Coffee/networking break