No.8, 17 December
2002
HEADLINES
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Renewables Information 2002 - Free of
charge, a new IEA statistical publication.
2. Modelling to assess longer-term energy policy options - a joint European Commission /IEA project.
3. Korea fosters voluntary energy-efficiency and
CO2 improvements.
4. Promoting energy-efficiency in Central and Eastern
Europe.
5. CO2 capture in coal-fired
power plants - IEA programmes join feasibility study.
6.
Upcoming Events
- Experience
Curves: A Tool for Energy Policy Analysis and Design - Workshop at IEA Headquarters, Paris, France, 22-24 January
2003.
- Natural
Gas Conference on Security of Gas Supply and Investment,
Moscow, Russia, 13-14 March 2003.
- 20th
Anniversary Windsor Workshop, "Towards Sustainable Transportation",
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2-5 June 2003.
- 12th
International Conference on Coal Science, "Coal - contributing
to sustainable world development", Cairns, Queensland,
Australia, 2- 6 November, 2003.
7.
Publications and websites:
Renewable
Energy in the Mediterranean -- Renewables
in Global Energy Supply -- Biomass Combustion
& Co-firing -- Clean Vehicles -- The
IEA and Transport -- The Kyoto Protocol
in 2002 & Opportunities for Coal -- Free
On-line Energy-Efficiency and Demand-Side Management Database -- Accelerating Deployment of Renewable Energy/Distributed
Generation in the Baltics -- Energy Policies
in the United Kingdom -- Energy Policies
of 13 IEA Countries.
NEWS IN BRIEF
1. Renewables Information - Free of charge, a new IEA
statistical publication. The IEA is renowned for its authoritative statistical publications
on a diversity of energy subjects. Addressing the growing need
for accurate data on how renewable energy markets are developing
in response to policy supports, this volume contains over 160
pages of information on use of renewables and wastes in the OECD
region. It takes a by-country perspective, but also analyses each
of the various types of renewable energy and power generating
capacity. Essential reading for policy-makers, but also the broad
range of actors in this fast expanding segment of the energy market,
the book can be obtained free of charge from the IEA Bookshop
at: books@iea.org. A pdf version
can be downloaded at: http://www.iea.org/bookshop/add.aspx?id=68.
.
Renewables statistical tables can also be accessed via the data
base at: http://www.iea.org/renew/eng/ReportFolders/Rfview/explorerp.asp.
To
download a nine-page IEA fact sheet, Renewbles in Global Energy
Supply, covering both the contribution of renewables in the
total energy supply and the role that renewable energy plays
in
world electricity production: http://www.iea.org/textbase/papers/2002/leaflet.pdf.
2. Modelling to assess longer-term energy policy options - a joint
European Commission/IEA project. Since April 2001, the EC/IEA
ACROPOLIS project has been exploring the future role of new energy
technologies in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. By comparing
results of different modelling exercises, it works to identify common
messages that can inform policy-making about the most promising
climate response options. The project is examining four different
types of policy likely to foster development and market penetration
of sufficient low-carbon technologies to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Sophisticated simulation methods explore the impact of these government
policies on CO2 emissions, but also on total
energy system costs, total primary energy supply, electricity generation
capacity and the share of different technologies in power generation
and energy use. Learn more about the project and its findings from
the website of ACROPOLIS (Assessing Climate Response Options
through POLIcy Simulations):
http://www.ier.uni-stuttgart.de/forschung/project_en.php?pid=146/.
3. Korea fosters voluntary energy-efficiency and CO2 improvements. At present, almost thirty non-governmental organisations
are participating in Korea's "Green Energy Family" programme. Aimed
at a broad span of energy-consuming activities, the scheme features
low-interest loans, technical and advisory support on demand-side
management and energy use patterns, as well as publicity assistance.
News of how Korea is setting an example here has reached an international
readership thanks to the columns of InfoPoint Energy Efficiency,
the newsletter of CADDET Energy Efficiency, an information centre
operating within the IEA's framework of international energy technology
collaboration programmes.
To access the article: http://www.iea.org/impagr/pdf/ee302.pdf.
For more about CADDET Energy Efficiency and InfoPoint Energy
Efficiency: http://www.caddet-ee.org/.
See also CADDET Renewables at: http://www.caddet-re.org/.
To read about the IEA's collaborative framework:http://www.iea.org/Textbase/techno/index.asp.
4. Promoting energy-efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe. Encouraging people to use more energy-efficient electrical appliances
is a high-profile issue everywhere, and particularly in the countries
of Central and Eastern Europe, a number of which are targeting
European
Union (EU) membership. A suggested Action Plan to stimulate and
accelerate the implementation of relevant policies for energy efficient
appliances in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe was recently
presented by the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) at a workshop
in Berlin. The 15 November gathering, organised jointly by CTI
and
the German Energy Agency, enabled policy-makers, representatives
from policy implementation agencies and international bodies to
compare notes on current appliance policy in participating countries
and discuss promising pathways for the future. The relevant legal,
market and policy issues all came in for scrutiny. To access the
presentations and the report on Implementing EU Appliance Energy
Efficiency Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/work/workshopdetail.asp?WS_id=88.
Meanwhile, this year's Climate Technology Initiative Awards have
gone to contestants from El Salvador and India. See: http://www.climatetech.net/awards/pr02.htm.
5. CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants
- IEA programmes join feasibility study. Alongside the United
States' Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the IEA Greenhouse
Gas Programme and the IEA Clean Coal Centre have joined the Canadian
Clean Power Coalition for this study to assess methods for retrofitting
CO2 capture equipment to coal-fired power
plants. In later phases, the Canadian Coalition hopes to demonstrate
retro-fit to a power plant and, ultimately, construction of a new
prototype "greenfield" plant. For the Canadian Clean Power Coalition
press release: http://www.iea.org/impagr/cip/pdf/epri.pdf.
See also the Canadian Clean Power Coalition's website: http://www.canadiancleanpowercoalition.com/Customer/ccpc/ccpcwebsite.nsf.
The two IEA programmes function within the Agency's framework for
international energy technology collaboration. See: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/techno/index.asp.
6. Upcoming Events
- Experience
Curves: A Tool for Energy Policy Analysis and Design - Workshop at IEA Headquarters, Paris, France, 22-24 January
2003. Experience curves can be a powerful analytical tool to
understand the effect of market deployment on cost reduction
and technology performance improvement. Organised jointly by
the European Commission and the IEA, this workshop will explore
past achievements and future prospects with experience curves
as an aid to energy policy-making, drawing on case studies
in
various different energy spheres. For more information: http://www.iea.org/impagr/pdf/extool.pdf.
Attendance is by invitation, by request to: extool@miljo.lth.se.
- Natural
Gas Conference on Security of Gas Supply and Investment,
Moscow, Russia, 13-14 March 2003. Organised by IEA with the
Russian Ministry of Energy and OAO Gazprom, this conference
will address the changing structure of natural gas supply and
demand worldwide, and the implications for security of supply,
investment and technology. By invitation only, it is planned
for high-ranking gas company executives, representatives from
governments and international bodies, regulatory authorities
and the banking community.
See prospectus: http://www.iea.org/impagr/pdf/ru.pdf.
Invitations can be requested from: sylvie.cornot@iea.org.
- 20th
Anniversary Windsor Workshop, "Towards Sustainable Transportation",
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2-5 June 2003. Co-sponsored by the
IEA, this event will enable international experts from the public
and private sectors to compare experience, share information
and consider future developments in all aspects of transport:
research, policy, fuel supply and vehicle manufacturing.
Invitation letter: http://www.iea.org/impagr/cip/pdf/coverletter.pdf.
Call for papers: http://www.iea.org/impagr/cip/pdf/noticeforabstracts.pdf.
Brochure: http://www.iea.org/impagr/cip/pdf/postcard.pdf.
Abstracts submission: http://www.iea.org/impagr/cip/pdf/submissionform.pdf.
- Coal
- Contributing to Sustainable World Development - 12th
International Conference on Coal Science, Cairns, Queensland,
Australia, 2- 6 November, 2003. Organised jointly by the IEA,
the IEA Clean Coal Centre and the hosts, the Australian Institute
of Energy, this event will offer a broad technical program of
plenary lectures and oral and poster presentations on advances
in coal science. Also on the agenda are tours of major export,
mining, and research facilities in Queensland and Southern Australia.
For more information: http://www.aie.org.au/iccs/.
7. Publications & websites
- Renewables
Energy in the Mediterranean - a website that shows how
developing a renewable energy market in the Mediterranean can
help provide least-cost solutions to this region's sustainable
development needs: http://www.medre.org/introduction.asp.
- Renewables
in Global Energy Supply. This nine-page IEA fact sheet
provides concise insight into both the contribution of renewables
to the total energy supply and the role that renewable energy
plays in world electricity production.
To download:http://www.iea.org/textbase/papers/2002/leaflet.pdf.
- Handbook
of Biomass Combustion and Co-firing. Combustion technologies
throughout the world play a major role in producing energy from
biomass. This handbook provides general and technical information
that may help to accelerate the market introduction of improved
combustion systems. According to the authors at the IEA Implementing
Agreement on Bioenergy, it is the first publication to cover
both the theory and applications of biomass combustion and co-firing.
International academics and industrial experts from all over
the world, representing decades of research experience, industrial
applications and education, have contributed to the handbook.
To learn more and order, click on Handbook at: http://www.ieabioenergy-task32.com/.
For the Bioenergy Programme's website: http://www.ieabioenergy.com.
- Clean
City Vehicles with a Special Focus on Developing Countries - proceedings of the workshop on Clean City Vehicles, Paris,
September 24 - 25, 2002. This event was planned to bring developing
countries and industrialised countries together to discuss the
role of new transport technologies in successfully tackling
urban air pollution, CO2 emissions and
energy use. To access the presentations, click on "Agenda" on
the background paper at: http://www.iea.org/workshop/ccv/index.htm.
- The
IEA and Transport - a new website bringing readers up
to date on IEA and OECD work to help improve energy efficiency
in the transport sector. Transport accounts for nearly 60% of
oil consumption in the OECD countries and the sector is central
in the drive to reduce oil dependency and greenhouse gas emissions.
For the latest on targeted IEA international R&D programmes,
publications and events relating to the transport sector: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/subjectqueries/keyresult.asp?KEYWORD_ID=4121.
- The
Kyoto Protocol in 2002 - Opportunities for coal - October 2002.
Published in October 2002, this report looks at the flexibility
mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol and the implications for consumption
of coal. It is available free of charge from the IEA Clean
Coal
Centre and can be downloaded at: http://www.iea-coal.org.uk/iea1.htm
(click on "What's New").
- Free
On-line Energy-Efficiency and Demand-Side Management
Database
(INDEEP). The aim of this internet database is to provide
information that will improve the effectiveness of utility
and
government implementation of end-use energy programmes. It
is provided by the IEA's Demand-Side Management Programme at: http://www.iea.org/textbase/neet/details.asp?id_ia=8
See also the website of the Demand-Side Management Programme: http://dsm.iea.org/.
- Accelerating
the Deployment of Renewable Energy / Distributed Generation
in the Baltics, Riga, Lativia, 10-11 October, 2002.
The presentations can be accessed at: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/work/workshopdetail.asp?WS_id=74.
- Energy
Policies of IEA Countries - United Kingdom 2002 Review.
The latest IEA peer review of energy policies in a Member country: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/publications/free_all.asp
- Energy
Policies of IEA Countries - 2002 Review. A compendium
of summaries of in-depth IEA energy policy reviews on Denmark,
Germany, Greece, Korea, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United
States; also shorter standard reviews on Canada, France, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden. For more information
and
order form: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/publications/free_all.asp
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