Clean Energy Solutions Center: Assisting Countries with Clean Energy Policy & Mobilizing Clean Energy Investment

Victoria Healey National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Sustainable Energy Week for Latin America and the Caribbean Panama City, Panama

September, 2016

www.olade.org/semana-energia-sostenible

Solutions Center Background and Vision

TheCleanEnergyMinisterial(CEM)launchedtheCleanEnergySolu9onsCenterinApril2011.TheSolu9onsCenter:

§  IsoneofseveralCEMIni7a7ves,whichinclude:−  Interna7onalSmartGridAc7onNetwork

−  21stCenturyPowerPartnership

−  Super-EfficientEquipmentandApplianceDeploymentini7a7ve

−  GlobalLigh7ngandEnergyAccessPartnership

§  Helpsgovernmentsdesignandadoptpoliciesandprogramsthatsupportthedeploymentofcleanenergytechnologies

§  Hasmorethan40partners,includingIDB,OAS,OLADE,IRENA,IEA,IPEEC,SustainableEnergyforAll,BloombergNewEnergyFinanceandLeonardoEnergy

§  Isco-chairedbytheU.S.DepartmentofEnergy,AustralianDepartmentoftheEnvironmentandEnergy,GovernmentofSweden,andUSAIDPowerAfricaIndustry.

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CleanEnergySolu9ons.org

India Indonesia Italy Japan

Mexico SouthAfrica UnitedArabEmirates

UnitedStates

Australia Denmark FranceCanada

Clean Energy Solutions Center

§  Serveasaprincipalclearinghouseofcleanenergypolicyandprogramresources.

§  Sharecleanenergypolicybestprac7ces,data,andanalysistoolsacrosscountries

§  Deliverdynamic,customizedservicesthatwillenableexpertassistance,learning,andpeer-to-peersharingofexperiences.

§  Fosterdialogueonemergingpolicyissuesandinnova7onacrosstheglobe.

§  Serveasaprimaryresourceforprojectfinancingop7onsandinforma7ontoexpandmarketsforcleanenergy

Primary GovernmentPolicyMakersand Advisors

Secondary PrivateSectorCompanies EnergyEntrepreneursandInvestors Non-GovernmentalOrganiza7ons CivilSociety OthersEngagedinCleanEnergy

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Goals

TargetAudiences

CleanEnergySolutions.org

AskanExpert:DevelopingSolu9onstoPolicyBarriers

WeconnectyoutoaglobalnetworkofenergyexpertsforpersonalizedaZen7onandquickresponsetechnicalassistanceonstrategies,regula9ons,standards,financialincen9ves,anddeploymentprogramsforabroadrangeofcleanenergysectorsandtechnologiesincluding:§  EnergyAccess

§  EnergyEfficiency§  RenewableEnergy

§  SmartGrid

§  Transporta7on

§  U7li7es

Deliveredno-cost

assistanceformorethan300requestsfrom

over90countries.

Torequestassistance,registeronhPp://cleanenergysolu9ons.org/expert

Ask-an-Expert:OurExpertsinAc9on

SubmiTngaRequest1.  Governmentrepresenta7vessubmitrequestsby:

–  U7lizingtheAskanExpertformprovidedonwebsiteathZps://cleanenergysolu7ons.org/

–  Emailrequestsdirectlytovictoria.healey@nrel.gov–  RequestscanbesubmiZedviaapolicyteamexpert–  RequestscanbesubmiZedduringworkshopsandevents

2.  Requestsarereviewed&ini7alresponseprovidedwithin2workingdays3.  Matchmaking–assignexpert;matchingexper7setopolicyneeds4.  Deliverablesareprovidedinreportand/orpresenta7onformat5.  Oncecompleted,requestorcompletessurveyonhowtheassistancewillbe

u7lized6.  Morethanonerequestfromacountry,region,orlocalityispermiZed7.   It’sFREE!

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PolicySupportLevels

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VariousLevelsofSupportProvided•  Shortturn-aroundsupportof1-20hours•  Higherlevelsupportof20-40hours•  Indepthsupportof40-120hours

ü  Poten7alopportunitytoprovideon-sitesupportincountryloca7ons

ü  On-siteworkshopswherelargenumberofpolicymakersareconvened,includingsideeventsatconferencesandevents

AskanExpertinLa9nAmerica/Caribbean

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ASSISTEDCARICOMWITHDRAFTINGTHEREGIONALSUSTAINABLEENERGYPOLICYTHATWASRATIFIEDBYMEMBERSTATESINMARCH2013

AskanExpertinLa9nAmerica/Caribbean

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•  LATINAMERICACARIBBEANUNITEDNATIONSDEVELOPMENTPROGRAMOFFICE:PROVIDED‘BESTPRACTICE’INFORMATIONONGEOTHERMALPOLICESTOSUPPORTGEOTHERMALDEPLOYMENT–(~10HOURS)

•  CHILE:ASSISTEDCHILEWITHENERGYACCESSPROGRAMSFOCUSEDONRENEWABLEENERGYPROJECTS–(~20HOURS)

•  GRENADA:REVIEWEDTHECOUNTRY’SNATIONALENERGYPOLICYANDPLANSTOSUCCESSFULLYSTRUCTUREAPPROACHTOMEETCLEANENERGYGOALS–(~40HOURS)

•  ANTIGUA&BARBUDA:SUPPORTWITHINDCANALYSISANDCREATIONOFTHESUSTAINABLEISLANDRESOURCEFUND(SIRF)(120HOURS)

•  TRINIDAD&TOBAGO:POWERPURCHASEAGREEMENTTEMPLATEALIGNINGWITHFITPOLICY(90HOURS)

AskanExpertinLa9nAmerica/Caribbean

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•  MEXICO:assistedwithappliancestandardsandlabelingprograms,coolsurfacepolicies,andbuildingcer7fica7onra7ngincen7ves–(~2days)

•  NICARAGUA:AssistedwithrenewableenergypolicyframeworkandprovidedpolicysupportduringIRENArenewablereadinessassessment–(2separaterequests/40hourseach)

•  STKITTS:assistedwithawaste-to-energyprogram&RFPprocess–(~4hours)

•  STVINCENT:assistedwithabuildingefficiencyprogram;pilo7ngatArgyleInterna7onalAirport–(~1day)

•  BELIZE:assistedwithdevelopmentofminimumenergyperformancestandards(MEPS)–(120hours)

OtherSolu9onsCenterWork

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•  MEXICO(SecretaríadeEnergíadeMéxico):Providedsupportwithpowermarketreformsandgeothermaldevelopmentopportuni7es

•  CARICOM(OrganizaJonofAmericanStates,WorldBank,GIZ,andothers):assis7ngwithdevelopmentoftheCaribbeanSustainableEnergyRoadmapandStrategy(C-SERMS)

•  SE4ALLCountryAc9ons:Assis7ngmembercountrieswithdevelopmentofac7onagendasandinvestmentprospectuses,andprovidingreviewofdocuments(Solu7onsCentermemberofQualityCircle)

•  NDCImplementa9on:Workingwithcountriestohelpaccelerateimplementa7onofNDCsandfinancemodels/mobilza7on

•  WebinarsfocusedonLAC(examples)

ü  OfferedinpartnershipwithUnitedNa*onsFounda*onEnergyAccessPrac**onersNetwork

ü  PERU:suppor7ngenergyaccessinusingoff-gridrenewableenergyü  CENTRALAMERICA:highligh7ngenergyaccessprogressusinglow-

carbonsolu7onsandoff-gridrenewabletechnologiesü  HAITI:EnergyAccessinusingoffgridrenewableenergy

WhatCanYouDo?

•  SubmitarequestforAskanExpertsupport•  Provideresourcesforthelibrary•  Par7cipateinwebinars•  Recommendtopicsforwebinars•  Spreadtheword–buildawareness•  RecommendexpertsfortheAskanExpertTeam

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ThankYou!

VickieHealeyvictoria.healey@nrel.gov

+1720-402-1107SKYPE:victoria.healey2

hPps://cleanenergysolu9ons.org/