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T@W Facilitation Workshop in India
New Delhi, India
21–22 February 2008
- Background to the Workshop
- Proceedings and Presentations
- Business-to-Business (B2B) Meetings
- Schedule of Facilitation Workshops
For further information about these workshops contact:
- Nils Daugaard, T@W Project Coordination, ECNet, Denmark
Email: info@setatwork.eu
This event is one of four Facilitation workshops that took place in January and February 2008, with the aim of encouraging interaction between market actors in Asia and EU.
The following were the objectives of the workshop:
- to disseminate the model examples and Sustainable Energy Technology(SET)/CDM financing concepts
- to identify SET needs for a sustainable energy development in India
- to initiate specific business co-operation between companies in India and EU and strengthening the overall business relations between SET sectors in India and EU.
The Indian Stakeholder Group consisted of Industry representatives, consultants in project development, carbon trading and technology facilitators, civil society organizations, other stakeholders such as DOEs. In addition, there were government officials from relevant ministries of the Government of India, including the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Technology focus: wind, biomass, small hydro, solar, waste, etc.
Benefits to EU technology providers and consultants: EU participants got an opportunity to interact with different stakeholder groups from India. This was a good networking and laisoning platform which may result into business collaboration (technology supply, carbon trading) in due course of time.
Benefits to Indian participants: Indian industries gained from this workshop in terms of exploring opportunities for latest technologies in the field of sustainable energy and also interaction with some of the potential carbon credit buyers.
The workshop was organised by the Indian partners in the T@W project, TERI, India.
The workshop aimed to identify SET/CDM project development opportunities in Asia in line with the technology needs and technology transfer aspects. The workshop also provided a platform for interaction amongst the buyers from the EU and sellers of Certified Emission Reductions (CER) from India thus facilitating business cooperation between them.
The first day of the workshop provided the participants with current scenario in renewable energy technologies and CDM in India, besides providing the opportunity to liaison with European technology providers and CER buyers. On the second day, one-on-one interaction between the European industries and the Indian counterparts took place, and helped to develop understanding further.
The event showcased selected EU technology in renewable energy and facilitated interaction amongst Indian industries and the technology providers from EU countries. It was stressed that technological collaboration is needed to accelerate the efforts to combat climate change. Biomass based projects, wind energy and small hydro projects were showcased by both sides.
Details of the other three workshops in the series can be found in the Schedule of Facilitation Workshops.
Download the Proceedings (114 Kb PDF) | Day 1: Thursday 21 February 2008 |
| Inaugural Session |
The inaugural session was chaired by Dr. T. S. Panwar from TERI and provided an insight to overall objective of the project to the participants. Mr. Vilhjálmur Nielsen from Energy Consultancy Network (ECN) stressed that the key objective of the project was to assist the EU companies to meet challenges of climate change by promoting cooperation with Asia and initiate joint action on research and business. The project is spread across India, China, Thailand and Malaysia in Asia. Pilot CDM projects shall be taken up in these countries which shall be reported as a part of publication on key findings by end of action. The second phase of the project shall begin in spring of 2008 and shall focus on energy efficiency and programmatic CDM. |
Welcome address |
| Introduction to T@W facilitation workshop: Objective, scope and
expected outcomes Dr. Vivek Kumar, Fellow, TERI and Mr. Vilhjalmur Nielsen, ECNet, Denmark Presentation
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| Vote of thanks Mr. Prabhat Upadhyaya, Research Associate, TERI |
| Session 1: Renewable energy in India – Current technology scenario and expectations - Chair: Dr. P. C. Maithani, Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India |
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The first session of day one provided insights by renewable industry experts from India on current technology scenario and expectations. The session was chaired by Dr. P. C. Maithani, Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India (GoI). Mr. Jami Hossain, from Gujarat Flurochemical Industries provided an overall picture of wind energy sector in India . The presentation covered the technical aspects of wind power generation. He highlighted the fact that all the technologies related to wind energy have improved manifold, resulting in expansion of wind energy production. However, cost optimization and variability of wind speed still remains a problem. Integration of wind energy with conventional power grid is a challenge facing the wind energy expert and collaboration to reach the same was highlighted. Mr. P. Raman from TERI stressed that biomass provides smokeless and clean energy. He pointed to the fact that to make it more popular small scale industries need to do slight modification in their processes. Village energy security through biomass was also highlighted. Various activities in villages supported by biomass gasifier stoves were also shared with the participants. However, availability and procurement of raw material for large scale systems remains a problem. Removal of impurities in the gas at the source stage itself also needs to be an area to be explored in future. Dr. N. B. Mazumdar from TERI provided insights on Municipal Solid Waste ( MSW ) in India . Cases of harnessing methane from old dump sites and trapping landfill gas from existing landfill were shared. Waste to energy projects and their benefits were shared. CDM projects from the sector in India were also highlighted. He pointed out that in India , deposited waste is often put on fire and so the potential of utilising it gets wasted. In the small hydro sector, Dr. Arun Kumar from IIT , Roorkee showcased various technologies available at the moment in India . He also focussed on expectations from new hydro policy, which is expected to come out soon. Cleaning of trash and slit removal remains a problem. Financial issues related to small hydro projects and utility of CDM to meet the same were also highlighted. Small Hydro Projects are envisaged to be developed through private sector participation, state government, central PSUs and various local NGOs. |
Wind Energy |
Biomass |
Municipal Solid Waste |
| Small Hydro projects Dr. Arun Kumar, IIT Roorkee Presentation (9087 Kb PDF)
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| Session 2: Indian Renewable CDM projects – Case study presentations – Sellers’ perspective - Chair: Ms. Ana Pipio, IST, Portugal |
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Session two on the first day provided insight into the Indian CDM market from seller’s perspective. Mr. Balagurunathan from Senergy Global presented Senergy Global’s portfolio of projects in renewable energy. He provided an insight into the wind energy sector in India . Against the potential of 45,000 MW of wind energy generation only 7,230 MW has been installed in India. As of now more than 200 renewable projects from India have been registered by CDM Executive Board (CDM-EB). Senergy Global has successfully provided consultancy to one of the largest wind power projects in India registered under CDM. He expressed concern that there is very less transparency in the market mechanism. Uncertainty over taxation of CER revenue was also raised. Mr. Indra Guha from Ernst & Young shared the various methodologies present in MSW and their applicability. MSW has not been able to take benefit from CDM for long, but he expressed satisfaction that the sector is slowly picking up and expressed hope that the sector would see more CDM projects coming up. He also presented case studies on some of the MSW projects registered under CDM project cycle. Mr. Vilhjalmur Nielsen from Energy Consulting Network, Denmark shared the status of renewable energy and its distribution in Denmark . He emphasized the Danish government’s aim to meet EU 2020 goal of 30% renewable energy target. He highlighted that the wind sector in Denmark is almost fully exploited and that the industries from Denmark are on lookout to expand by sharing their technology in other countries. An interesting point made during the presentation was the shift of Denmark from centralized production in mid 80s to decentralized production as of today. Various technologies were showcased during the presentation especially from biomass sector. |
Wind Energy |
Biomass and Waste to Energy |
| Municipal Solid Waste Mr. Indra Guha, Manager, Ernst & Young Presentation (2633 Kb PDF)
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Discussion
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| Session 3: Technology Transfer – Providing the missing pieces Technology for combating Climate Change - Chair: Dr. Y. P. Abbi, Senior Fellow, TERI |
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The final session of day one focused on technology transfer aspects and was chaired by Dr. Y. P. Abbi from TERI. Dr. Grassi Giuliano from European Union Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA) covered the biomass sector extensively. He showcased various technologies present which could be applicable in Indian context. He also emphasized the need to make the technologies adapt to local needs. Ms. Ana Pipio from IST, Portugal shared the research findings on various renewable technologies undertaken in Portugal. She also showcased the key EU technology challenges for the next ten years to meet the 2020 targets. Ms. Ana also provided info rmation on Early Market Introduction of New ENergy Technologies (EMINENT), an international cooperation project taken up to promote energy technologies. The main objective of the project is to identify and accelerate introduction and implementation of leading edge European energy and environmental technology into the market place in Europe and worldwide. Ms. Patricia Cardoso from Ecoprogresso shared the objectives of first Portuguese Carbon Fund – Luso Carbon Fund with the participant. The fund is making an entry into Indian Carbon market and looks forward to purchasing the CERs to help Portugal meet the targets under Kyoto Protocol. The fund has a target capital of € 200 M. She looked forward to up-scaling the operations in India. The fund will focus on technology specific projects and can help the project owner by providing know how for setting up the project to the issuance of carbon credits. |
Good technological practices |
Carbon Fund |
Biomass |
| Discussion |
| Day 2: Friday 22 February 2008 |
| The second day of the workshop provided the platform for the Indian companies and EU industries representatives. It helped them to share thoughts and have one to one meeting with each other to take up further possibilities of collaborating with each other. There was a high interest amongst the participant to share technological inputs from Biomass industries and share their findings to take up further projects. |
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Bilateral Meetings |
A brief of presentations on day 1 |
Introduction to the programme and day’s agenda |
| Bilateral meetings |
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Summary of Deliberations |
Summary of Discussions |
Way Forward |
| Concluding remarks |
