ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL

AMERICA, EEP

2007

Dr. Markku NurmiDirector General, Ministry of Environment, Finland

Chairman of EEP Steering Committee

BACKGROUND• Launched in the WSSD, Johannesburg 2002• Seed money provided by the Ministry for Foreign

Affairs of Finland in cooperation with CCAD and SICA• Extended until 2009 (Total EUR 7 Million)• Joint effort of the Ministries of Environment and

Energy of Central America with Finnish Government. Austria Joined 2007 with 1.8 Mۥ Other Partners: 31 European and 33 Central

American companies and institutions

- 119 projects

OBJECTIVES• to promote the use of renewable energy sources

and clean technologies• to make energy services more accessible to the poor• to combat climate change

THROUGH:• Demonstrative projects• Regional Forums• Legal and institutional barriers removal• Renewable energy market development•Capacity building and training (including CDM)

OIL IMPORT OF TOTAL EXPORT(%)

1990 1995 2000 2004Costa Rica 9.7 5.8 5.9 8.2El Salvador 15.8 12.9 14.2 15.8Guatemala 17.8 13.0 19.1 23.6Honduras 14.8 11.8 14.4 20.4Nicaragua 30.1 21.4 29.1 31.3Panamá 4.8 4.4 7.8 6.2

Gráfico 1ISTMO CENTROAMERICANO: PARTICIPACIÓN PORCENTUAL

DE LA GENERACIÓN TÉRMICA, 2004

1.0%

49.2%

59.3%

71.4% 79.7%

34.7%

Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panamá

Hydro Potencial

Belice: 900 MWCosta Rica: 4,531 MWEl Salvador: 1,743 MWGuatemala: 10,332 MWHonduras: 4,534 MWNicaragua: 1,636 MWPanamá: 1,639 MW

Total: 25,315 MW

Geothermal potential

Costa Rica: 750 MW

El Salvador: 362 MW

Guatemala: 480 MW

Honduras: 122 MW

Nicaragua: 992 MW

Panamá: 42 MW

Total: 1,756 MW

Windpower potential

Belice 20 Guatemala 200 Honduras 60 El Salvador 30 Nicaragua 200 Costa Rica 60* Panamá 300

Total 870 MW

Magdalena Sugar factoryGuatemala

EEP Steering Committee 2007

119 PROJECTS6

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21 REGIONALES

EUR 4.463,300

1 REP. DOMINICANA

Plantation of Jatropha Curcas andinstallation of a biofuel plant

GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR

Jatropha biodiesel plantations

Jatropha testing plantationGuatemala, Peten 45 ha

Jatropha biodiesel testing

Agroindustrias La Laguna,

Uso directo de la Geotermia, Guatemala

Geothermal for Biodiesel and EcoFruit

6 Maya indian villages, PV

Panama and Guatemala:

Feasibility for Wind powerprojects (Santa Fe 60 MW, Buenos Aires 15 MW)

Producción de Generadores Eólicos en Comunidades Rama con BluEnergy, y apoyo a la Pequeña Central Hidroeléctrica “El Bote” en Matagalpa

NICARAGUA

EL SALVADOR

Apoyo a ONG SABES para 6 proyectos de electrificación rural con micro centrales hidroeléctricas en comunidades de Oriente

EL SALVADOR Horno industrial para producción de carbón vegetal

EL SALVADOR

Proyecto de bombeo de agua potable con energía solar desarrollado con FUTECMA para beneficio de 2 comunidades rurales en Acajutla

Instalación de Sistemas Solares para Refrigeración de Vacunas en 8 Centros de Salud de Zonas Rurales, para beneficiar aproximadamente 11,000 habitantes

HONDURAS

Inaugurado agosto 2004

PROJECT RIO BLANCO, HONDURAS (5 MW)

THE FIRST SMALL CDM ACCEPTED IN THE WORLD

Container Laboratorio Wärtsilä

HONDURAS

Eco-stoves in Amarateca

Solar pumping for agriculture

PANAMAPV project in Kuna indianCommunity, Kuna Yala

PANAMÁ

Ustupo secondary school

Kuna indian communityparticipation

Methan from pigfarm, Panama

BELIZE

Feasibility study for Sugar índustry Cogeneration (BSI)

Feasibility study for Hidro Potential

Hybrid system for Calabash Caye

REGIONAL POLICY ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

• Mandate of the Ministers of Environment and Energy

- Declaration of San Pedro Sula, February 2005 and

- Declaration of San Salvador, February 2006

- Declaration of Panama, October 2006

• Strategic plan for the long term development of

renewable energies in the region

• Partnership seed money, looking for additional support

• Includes electricity generation, wood use, incentives,

biofuels, energy efficiency and other topics

Participation in Expositions and Fairs: Partnership Stands in highly recognized events, as the International Conference Renewables2004 in Bonn, the World Congress on Renewable Energies in Mexico and other Central American events. Participation in World Sustainable Energy Days en Austria and Forum of Partnerships in Marrakech.

Regional Forum twice a year

I Regional Forum, Panamá, 2003

II Regional Forum, Financing, Belize, 2003

III Regional Forum Biomass, Guatemala, 2004

IV Forum, Wind energy, Costa Rica, 2004

V Forum Smal hydro power plants (EXPO-ENERGIA), Honduras, 2005

VI Geothermal Forum, Nicaragua, October 2005

Participation: 250 peopleInauguration: Presidente Enrique BolañosField trip: Momotombo geothermal plantExhibition: 17 Stands

Incentives in Renewables and biofuels, El Salvador, 15.-17.2.2006

Panama, 9-11 of October 2006

CDMBiofuels

Wind and solarHydro and geothermalCHP and agroindustrial residuesEnergy efficiency

VIII FORUM EUROPEAN UNION MEETS LATIN AMERICA ON

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Panama EU-LAC Forum 9.-11.10.2006

Guatemala Forum 2007RES project financing

Dominican Republic

The Future

• The government of Finland has decided tocontinue with the program until 2009

• Austria joined the Partnership 2007• Global REEP MoU

* Forum for Sugar industry and Energy Efficiency, (Caribbeancountries), Belize, November 2007

* Biomass and RES Policy, Costa Rica, March 2008

* Forest biproducts for cogeneration, Honduras, October 2008

* Off Grid Rural Electrification Systems, Nicaragua, March 2009

* High Tech Renewables, Partnership’s III Phase

Future EEP Forums