Supporting the Deployment of Low-Carbon Technologies in the ETC and SEMED regions

Background

The increased deployment of energy efficiency, renewable energy and other low-carbon and climate technologies can bring a range of valuable co-benefits. These benefits include the more effective management of natural resources, enhanced national energy security, reduced local air pollution and related health benefits, increased access to modern energy services for national populations, stimulation of sustainable economic development and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Accelerating the deployment of low-carbon technologies is contingent on policies that facilitate innovation and relieve barriers to implementation. In many countries, including those that are the target of this workshop, the uptake of such technologies may sometimes be hindered by a range of barriers, such as: (i) the need for enhanced policy and regulatory frameworks; (ii) capacity constraints; (iii) a lack of reliable baseline information on market penetration and potentials; and (v) limited access to clean energy and climate technology investment opportunities.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) under the International Low-Carbon Energy Technology Platform and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under the Finance and Technology Transfer Centre for Climate Change (FINTECC) are collaborating on a set of activities aimed at supporting the market penetration of climate technologies in the Central Asian, Caspian and Black Sea (ETC) regions, as well as in the Middle East and North African (MENA/SEMED) regions. This collaboration is supplemented by key technical contributions from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on climate technologies in the agrifood and water sectors.

Workshop aims:

The workshop aims to bring together expert stakeholders from the ETC and SEMED regions, with select international experts, to discuss means of catalysing the market for low-carbon technologies in the two regions, and the development of capabilities for collecting and assessing data on market penetration and potential. The focus of the workshop is on:

• integrated national policy development for EE and RE, and agrifood technologies
• guidance for collection and assessment of data on the domestic potential for technology deployment in the RE, EE and agrifood sectors.

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Agenda

List of Participants

Workshop Highlights

PRESENTATIONS

Welcome remarks and introduction to the objectives of the event

• Erdal Çalikoğlu,  Deputy General Director, General Directorate of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey
• Sule Kilic, Deputy Director - Turkey Regional Office, EBRD
• Thea Khitarishvili, Acting Head, Division of Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, IEA

Session 1 - Presentation of IEA Insights Paper: Fostering Deployment of RE&EE Technologies

Moderator: 

• Nigel Jollands, Senior Policy Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD        

Keynote: 

• Paolo Frankl, Head Renewable Energy Division, IEA
  • IEA Insights Paper - Enabling Deployment of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies in ETC and SEMED Regions‌

Panellists:

• Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
• Komila Nabiyeva, Michael-Succow Foundation Fellow / Project Manager, Energy Watch Group
  • First Steps Towards Energy Transition in Central Asia - Opportunities for German and EU Engagement
    
• Matthew Kennedy,  Co-Chair, IEA Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (RETD) Implementing Agreement
  • Fostering RE Deployment, Lessons Learnt from IEA-RETD
    
• Arslan Khalid,  Associate Programme Officer- Knowledge and Policy, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) 
  • Renewable Energy Policies Highlights in the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Middle East and North Africa Region

Please download here the full version of the IEA Insights Paper “Enabling Deployment of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency”. 

Session 2 - Integrated Policies for Climate Technologies in the Agrifood Sector

Moderator: 

• Simone Landolina, Coordinator, International Low-Carbon Energy Technology Platform, IEA

Keynotes:

• Olivier Dubois, Senior Natural Resources Officer, Climate, Energy and Tenure Division, FAO
  • The Water-Energy-Food Nexus - A New Approach in Support to Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
• Ralph Sims,  Consultant  FAO / Massey University, New Zealand  
  
  • Integrated Policies for Adoption of Key Climate Technologies in the Agri-food Sector
• Gursel Kusek, General Director of Agricultural Reform, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Turkey
  • Policies and Implementations for low Carbon Technologies in Agriculture

Panellists:

• Hassan Benaouda, Regional Director, National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA) Kenitra Center, Morocco
• Aysegul Akin, Assistant Representative, FAO, Turkey

Session 3 - Assessing and Supporting Investment Opportunities for Low-Carbon Technologies

Moderator:  

• Gianpiero Nacci - Senior Engineer & Head of Industrial and Business Energy Efficiency, EBRD

Panellists:

• Lucas Black, Regional Team Leader, Arab States and Technical Advisor, Energy, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology,  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Derisking Renewable Energy Investment - Cost-effective Interventions for Affordable Renewable Energy, Derisking the Tunisia Solar Plan
• Massimo d’Eufemia, Group Representative for Turkey, European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • EIB Climate Action in the ETC and SEEMED Regions
• Grayson Heffner, Resident Advisor, Jordan Energy Sector Capacity Building Project, USAID
  • Delivering Low-Carbon Technology Investments through Demand-Side Management (DSM) - USAID Jordan Energy Sector Capacity Building Activity
• Quentin Boulanger, Research & Policy Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency of Ukraine (IEE)
  • LCT Deployment in Ukraine - A Practice Based Overview of Market Barriers to Investments

Session 4 - National Experiences of Assessing and Exploiting the Market Potential for Low-Carbon Technologies in SEMED and ETC

Moderator: 

• Christopher Segar, Programme Manager, Middle East and North Africa, IEA

Panellists:

• Muawiyah Faydi, Head, Energy Efficiency Section, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan
  • Energy Efficiency - Ministerial Saving Goals
• Amer Barghouth, Programme Manager, Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), Egypt
  • Private Investments Promotion Program - An Integrated Approach to Promote Low-Carbon Technologies
• Aslı Korkmaz,  Assistant Expert, General Directorate of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey
  • Current Studies and State of Play in Turkey Regarding Low Carbon Technologies
• Jamil Malikov, Deputy Head of Administration, State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources, Azerbaijan
  • Implementation of Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources in Economic Sectors
• Andrei Malochka , Head of the Department of General Energy, Ministry of Energy, Belarus
  • National Experiences of Assessing and Exploiting the Market Potential for Low-Carbon Technologies - Focus on Belarus

Session 5 - Assessing Market Penetration of RE&EE Sectors and Technologies

Moderator: 

• Sumeet Manchanda, Principal Manager, Industrial and Business Energy Efficiency, EBRD

Presenters:

• Eric Masanet, Head, Energy Demand Technology Unit, IEA
  • Assessing the Market for Energy Efficiency Technologies - An IEA Methodology
• Adam Brown, Senior Analyst, Renewable Energy Division, IEA
  • Assessing the Market for Renewable Energy - An IEA Methodology (draft)
    

Session 6 - Assessing Penetration of Key Climate Technologies in the Agrifood Sector

Moderator: 

• Nuno Santos,  Economist, Investment Centre Division, FAO

Presenters:

• Ralph Sims, Massey University, FAO Consultant [video recording] and Alessandro Flammini, GHG Emissions and Energy Specialist, Climate Energy and Tenure Division, FAO
  • Monitoring the Adoption of Key Sustainable Climate Technologies in the Agrifood Sector – Draft Methodology
    

Panellists:

• Eric Masanet, Head, Energy Demand Technology Unit, IEA
• Remon Zakaria, Principal Business Development Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD
• Najia Laagoubi, Project Manager, Agricultural Development Agency, Morocco
• Domonkos Oze, Agribusiness and Value Chain Development Expert, FAO

Session 7a. - Assessing Market Penetration of RE Technologies and Regional Perspectives

Moderator: 

• Pierre Bouchard, Programme Officer -Technology Policy and Strategy, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • Work of the Technology Executive Committee on Distributed Renewable Electricity Generation - Policy Findings for Facilitating Technology Deployment
    

Panellists:

• Rasmi Hamzeh, Director, Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
  • Low-Carbon Technologies
    
• Imad Sleiman, Energy Section, Sustainable Development Policies Division, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia(UNESCWA)
  • Building Capacities in Developing Appropriate Green Technologies for Improving the Livelihood of Rural Communities in the ESCWA Region

Session 7b. - Assessing Market Penetration of EE Technologies and Regional Perspectives

Moderator: 

• Eric Masanet, Head of Energy Demand Technology Unit, IEA

Panellists:

• Ion Cozma, Head of Department for EE and RES Monitoring, Energy Efficiency Agency, Moldova
  • Assesing Market Penetration of EE Technologies and Regional Perspectives - Focus on Moldova
• Murman Margvelashvili, Director, World Experience for Georgia
  • ‌Penetration of EE Technologies and Policies in Georgia
    
• Gulzhan Uisimbayeva, Head of Division of International Cooperation, Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan
• Emil Moldoisaev, Leading Specialist of External Relations and Implementation of Projects,  Ministry of Energy and Industry, Kyrgyz Republic
  • Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the Kyrgyz Republic
    

Session 8a. - Assessing Market Penetration of EE Technologies and Regional Perspectives

Moderators: 

• Christopher Segar, Programme Manager, Middle East and North Africa, IEA

Panellists:

• Mohamed Amine Nahali, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, Tunisia
  • Supporting Deployment of Low-Carbon Technologies in the ETC and SEMED Regions - Focus on Tunisia
    
• Muhieddin Tawalbeh,  Head of Rational Use of Energy & Solar Thermal Division, National Energy Research Centre, Jordan
  • Assessment of Market Penetration of Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency in Jordan
    

Session 8b. - Assessing Market Penetration of RE Technologies and Regional Perspectives

Moderators: 

• Thea Khitarishvili, Acting Head, Division of Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, IEA

Panellists:

• Angarag Myagmar, Head of Renewable Energy Division, Ministry of Energy,  Mongolia
  • Small and Mid-Scale RE Technology Penetration to Mongolian Energy Sector
• Davit Sharikadze, Head  of Energy Department, Ministry of  Energy, Georgia
  • Government Policies and Measures Promoting Investments for EE and RE - Focus on Georgia
• Sakun Valeria, Deputy Head of Strategic Development and External Investment Cooperation, Ministry of Energy, Belarus
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Potential in Belarus
• Oksana Zabenko,  Expert,  Climate Change Centre of Kyrgyzstan
  • Prospects for the Development of Renewable Energy Resources (RES) in the Kyrgyz Republic