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Final Three SETatWork Good Practice Case Studies from China October 2010 As the SETatWork Project draws to a close, three final Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) produced by one of the SETatWork project partners, ZERI, have been published on the website. These cover the following technologies and industries: Energy efficient technology for process control of motors and fans; Trigeneration for heating, cooling and electricity in buildings; Waste heat recovery for power generation in dry cement production. More...

SGEM 2010 - International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference - Section Environmental Economics Albena Resort, Bulgaria - 25 June 2010 In the framework of SETatWork Project, Sofia Energy Centre made a presentation at SGEM 2010. The presentation was focused on Kyoto Mechanisms and EU ETS provisions – general and country specific for Bulgaria, and opportunities for the business to attract funds by implementing projects leading to CO₂ savings in heat and power generation sites. More...

CDM projects in CHILE: Investigation of potential of biogas production from waste as a CDM project July 2010
Chilean consulting firm Asesorías Profesionales P. Lehuedé Ltda (APLE) is today in the process of developing two CDM projects related to biogas production from waste. Using these projects as examples, this thesis investigates if biogas production from waste as a CDM project is an interesting business idea, what environmental problems in Chile the biogas projects can solve, if the studied projects contribute to technology transfer and if the studied projects can be characterized as additional. More...

Fourteen more Good Practice Case Studies Published by SETatWork July 2010
The third set of Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) produced by SETatWork project partners have been published on the website since February 2010. These cover a range of technologies and industries including: Biomass co-firing, fuel switch and CHP plants in Poland; Energy efficient and biomass District Heating and CHP plants in Bulgaria; National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency and large scale solar thermal installation in buildings, Portugal; Use of waste heat in the chemical industry and fuel switch and increased energy efficiency in natural gas heating in industry, Germany; Implementation of Combined Cycle Power Plant, Czech Republic. More...

Methane to Markets Partnership Expo New Delhi, India - 2-5 March 2010 One of the main forums for information and exchange on CDM / JI is the Methane to Markets Conference. In 2010, this was held on 2-5 March in New Delhi, India, and attracted participants from around the world. Lots of seminars were arranged in the main areas: agriculture, landfills, oil/gas and coal mines, with a total of 132 completed and potential projects presented. The main areas are agriculture, landfills, oil / gas and coal. The total estimated annual emission reductions are 17,300,000 MTCO₂eq. The main sector is coal mines with a potential of 12,000,000 MTCO₂eq. More...

Fourteen more Good Practice Case Studies Published by SETatWork February 2010
The second set of Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) produced by SETatWork project partners were published on the website in February 2010. These cover a range of technologies and industries including: Improving energy efficiency in dairy industry, pulp and paper and other energy intensive industries, Sweden, as well as in the fertiliser production industry in India; Use of waste heat in from iron and steel, refining and processing industries in China, Sweden and India; Wind and biodiesel production and use in the Swedish forest, pulp and paper industries; Combined Cycle Power Plant, Slovak Republic. More...

The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen Edited by Markus Götz, FutureCamp Climate GmbH - 27 January 2010
In December 2009, Climate Change took centre stage. Literally, the world was watching the gathering of 115 heads of state. Many of these had repeatedly declared their strong desire to achieve an ambitious, legally binding outcome of the Copenhagen Conference (COP). Despite the unprecedented political and public attention, the momentum could not be translated into a post-Kyoto agreement. In the end, a group of 26 heads of state came up with a short paper, the “Copenhagen Accord“, which the Conference of the Parties only “took note of“. More...

Eight Good Practice Case Studies Published by SETatWork
December 2009
The first eight Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) produced by SETatWork project partners were published for distribution at COP15 in December 2009. These cover a range of technologies and industries including: innovative use of coal mine Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) for heat and electricity generation in China and Australia, respectively; integration of a combined gas cycle with a solar plant, Italy; biomass-coal co-firing plants in Czech Republic and Slovakia; food waste to energy facility, Chile; sustainable design of new pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in China and Ireland. More...

SETatWork Project Presentation and Fact Sheets
December 2009
A new SETatWork Presentation has been developed detailing how the project can assist Energy-Intensive Industries and Sustainable Energy Technology (SET) Providers in meeting the challenges of climate change and making more of the opportunities offered by the carbon markets. In addition, three factsheets have been developed aimed at the three main target groups of the SETatWork Project, describing what the project can offer them. More...

Walking the Talk
Industrial Carbon-saving Initiatives in Southern Denmark
This publication was published in November 2009 at the occasion of COP15 by: Green Network, Grønt Netværk Sønderjylland, Miljøforum Fyn, Miljønetværk Syd, Denmark. It is is part of a project together with the site www.klimakassen.dk – where companies may be inspired or present energy saving projects in a simple way. The authors hope that managers and energy responsibles in the companies in Denmark and abroad may get inspired to seek wise answers to the corporate responsibility for our common Climate. More...

SETatWork European priorities map and charts
1 July 2009 revised November 2009
In each country covered by the SETatWork project, companies and organisations were interviewed by SETatWork in order to identify indicative priority rankings for various Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET) and Industrial Sectors. The results of these interviews for each sector have been available in maps and charts since July 2009; these were updated in November to include information from non-EU partners in Chile, India and Thailand. More...

COP15 in Copenhagen is approaching
On 7th December 2009 the UN Climate Conference will open in Copenhagen and the world community will try to agree a solution to meet the threat from global warming. Up to 15,000 officials, advisers, diplomats, campaigners and media personnel from nearly 200 countries, are expected to meet in the Danish capital in this gathering considered as one of the most important in history. More...

Results of SETatWork Training Needs Assessment
More than three thousands organizations throughout the EU were invited to participate in the SETatWork training needs survey on practical aspects of Climate Change within industry. The overall objective of the survey was to receive the feedback from the target audience of project training events for identification of preferred topics and event characteristics from various countries and industrial sectors. More...

ENER-Plast project to address energy anxieties in the polymer supply chain - July 2009
ENER-Plast is a 3-year EU-funded project to help the European polymer industry and its supply chains increase their energy efficiency and reduce their environmental impact. ENER-Plast is looking for companies to complete a quick and simple questionnaire on purchasing decisions, especially in relation to moulds, tools and dies. More...

International Negotiations
Energy Consulting Network (ECNet) - 16 April 2009
The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the key forum for setting the international framework governing the carbon market. The Conferences take place in the aegis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change/UNFCCC and have been held in all parts of the world starting with the first conference in Berlin, 1995. More...

Revision of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS)
Energy Consulting Network (ECNet) - 16 April 2009
The EU ETS, which has been in operation since 2005, is considered a cornerstone of the EU's strategy for fighting climate change. It currently covers over 10,000 installations in the energy and industrial sectors which are collectively responsible for close to half of the EU's emissions of CO₂ and 40% of its total greenhouse gas emissions. More...

SETatWork Country Profiles
31 March 2009
The technology needs in the EU ETS & CDM markets have been identified in 2008/9 and profiles of 10 SETatWork target countries were published on 31 March 2009. More...

SETatWork Food for Thought Session
8 December 2008 - Poznań, Poland
The SETatWork Food for Thought Session took place on 8 December 2008 as part of the week-long Econcern Sustainable Energy Event in parallel with the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) in Poznań, Poland. The session presented ways in which to cope with the climate challenge in the industry sector, seen both from a European and Asian perspective. More...

SETatWork Training for EU ETS Companies
November 2008
SETatWork has an emphasis on helping to improve energy efficiency in companies covered by the European Union Emission Trading scheme. One of the key activities related to this is the training of EU ETS companies. In order to help us identify the training needs of the relevant industries, in November 2008 we created an online questionnaire.
   We welcome your input to this process and hope you will take 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire. More...

Updated Overview of the European Union National Allocation Plans (NAP II)
By FutureCamp - 6 November 2008
The National Allocation Plan (NAP) determines for each Member State the 'cap' or limit, on the total amount of CO₂ that installations covered by the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) can emit. Each Member State develops a NAP, which has to be assessed by the European Commission against 12 allocation criteria listed in the Emissions Trading Directive. More...

SETatWork: Sustainable Energy Technology at Work
Introduction to activities during 2008-2010
July 2008
In July 2008, we finalised contract negotiations with the European Commission on a project to carry on, complement and expand the promotional efforts and activities of T@W under the heading of ‘Sustainable Energy Technology at Work’ with the acronym ‘SETatWork’.
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T@W: Sustainable Energy Technology at Work
Sustainable Energy Technologies and RTD practice at the ETS and CDM markets: An inspiration for the various market actors in Europe and the world
March 2008
This publication evaluates and reviews the results of the T@W activity in order to extract lessons and compare observations in the targeted regions within Europe and Asia with a view to identifying the best ways to promote SET with an EU perspective. It aims to be an inspiration for EU ETS companies around Europe.
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Thirteen Project Idea Notes (PINs) Published by T@W
March 2008
A further thirteen T@W Project Idea Notes (PINs) were added to the website in March 2008. They include 4 pelleting projects (in Malaysia, Thailand, India and China), plus and additional 9 projects in China covering hydro power, wind power, waste treatment and utilisation of waste and waste heat for energy.
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Nine Good Practice Case Studies Published by T@W
March 2008
A further nine T@W Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) were added to the website in March 2008. They include two projects in Turkey relating to wind and geothermal power and the First German programmatic JI project. Two projects relate to co-firing of pellets in India and China, while four projects in Portugal cover forest biomass, landfill gas, solar power and energy efficiency.
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T@W Assessment Tool and Database added to website
On 22 February 2008, two new facilities were added to the T@W website - the T@W Database and the T@W Assessment Tool. They can be accessed by clicking on the links at the bottom lefthand side of the screen.
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Five Good Practice Case Studies Published by T@W
19 February 2008
A further five T@W Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) were added to the website in February 2008. They include four projects in Portugal and one in Spain, and relate to biomass cogeneration, solar thermal and PV projects.
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Sustainable Energy Technologies within the EU ETS Framework - The Cogen Perspective
11 February 2008
The European Emissions Trading Scheme Directive, by creating an EU-wide framework for capping CO₂ emissions from stationary installations, was predicted to influence investment trends and help increase the penetration of low-emitting and renewable technologies. This report from Cogen discusses how and why the market has been influenced. More...

Implementation of fiscal benefits for the use of clean technologies in the Industry: The experience from the Basque Country
11 February 2008
The "Clean Technology List" is a list of industrial equipment which generate an important environmental improvement within the areas of water, air, waste, resources and/or soil. It includes 64 types of equipment, products or systems which make possible a 30% deduction of the Corporate Tax quota when implemented. This List was approved by the Basque Government in 2004 making use of the fiscal autonomy of the Basque Country, and is focused on SMEs. More...

Danish companies joining forces on meeting climate change
11 February 2008
Danish companies are increasingly aware of the challenge set by the risk of climate change, and the threats but also opportunities in terms of innovation this brings. This is spurred by climate change becoming a political hotspot and the fact that Denmark is to host the UN Conference on Climate Change, the COP15, in December 2009. More...

Biofuels Technology Platform discusses Political and Research Framework for Sustainable Biofuels production and use in Europe
31 January 2008
The Biofuels Technology Platform Stakeholder Plenary Meeting was held at the Diamant Conference Centre in Brussels on 31 January 2008, and attended by over 300 delegates. The event saw the launch of the Biofuels TP Strategic Research Agenda and Strategy Deployment Document. Although the conference dealt specifically with Liquid Biofuels for Transport, it raised a number of issues related to sustainable production and use of biomass and bioenergy which are applicable to the use of Biomass and Bioliquids within the Emissions Trading Scheme, including an overview of the political framework. More...

European Policy Development
23 January 2008
A proposed Energy Package from the European Commission on the implementation of the 20% CO₂ reductions and 20% renewables in 2020 will influence both EU ETS and the CDM. Direct allocation from the Commission, deep cuts in allocations, 100% auctioning for power generation and thus higher EUA prices together with binding targets for renewables will create strong economic incentives for establishment of new renewable capacity in EU. A decision on linking the import of CERs into ETS to an ambitious climate agreement in Copenhagen with also large developing countries and the US having reduction commitments will slow the market until the resulting 30% reduction commitment by the EU will raise the EU demand for CERs further. More...

United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali
December 2007
The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention Centre at the beginning of December 2007 and brought together more than 10,000 participants, including representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the media. More...

Five Good Practice Case Studies Published by T@W
22 November 2007
A further five T@W Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) were added to the website at the end of November 2007. They include four projects in Slovakia and one in the Peoples Republic of China, and all relate to biomass and sustainable heat and power projects. More...

Thirteen Project Idea Notes Published
1 September 2007 (updated from 23 May 2007)
Three Project Idea Notes (PINs) and Ten Mini PINs were added to the website at the end of May 2007. The PINs cover hydropower projects in China and Mini PINs describe bioenergy projects in Thailand. More...

A change in US climate policy paves the way for post-Kyoto agreements By Vilhjálmur Nielsen, Energy Consulting Network
1 September 2007
The G8 Summit in Heiligendamm in Germany this spring saw a US president that was vague in the wording, but nevertheless was willing to accept that US will be bound by a UN decision on climate commitments after 2012. More...

Market mechanisms for Sustainable Development - How Do They Fit in the Various post-2012 Climate Efforts?
July 2007
The International Institute for Sustainable Development has issued an assessment of how the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) or other market based mechanisms will work in the different approaches for a post-Kyoto agreement. More..

Renewable Energy Law in China
June 2007
A review of the Chinese Renewable Energy Law and policy has been published by the RELaw Assist project – a Chinese-Australian cooperation which aims to promote renewable energy in China and support Australian industry into this market. More...

Two new studies from the World Energy Council
June 2007
In June 2007, the WEC published two studies: Energy and Climate Change and 2007 Global Energy Survey. More...

Eleven Bulgarian Good Practice Case Studies Published by T@W
30 May 2007
A further eleven T@W Good Practice Case Studies (GPs) were added to the website at the end of May 2007. All the GPs relate to projects in Bulgaria, covering a wide range of topics, including biomass, natural gas CHP, energy efficiency, geothermal power, small hydropower, solar heating and wind energy. More...

Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Asia Singapore - 21-22 May 2007 T@W partner, CEERD, Thailand, reports on this event. More...

Seven More T@W Good Practice Case Studies Published
30 March 2007
A further seven T@W Good Practice Case Studies were added to the website at the end of March 2007, following the publication of the first five in February. The existing electricity generation project from India was updated and three more case studies from India and four from Thailand were added. Two of the case studies from India and one from Thailand concern electricity from biomass, while the others describe a small hydropower plant in India and two biogas projects and a biomass cogeneration project in Thailand. More...

Overview of the European Union National Allocation Plans (NAP II)
By FutureCamp - 30 March 2007
The European Commission recently took decisions on the national plans of the Czech Republic, Poland and France for allocating CO₂ emission allowances for the 2008-2012 trading period of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The cap for the Czech Republic was cut to 86.6 million tonnes of CO₂, 14.8% lower than proposed. For Poland the cap was cut to 208.5 million tonnes of CO₂, 26.7% lower than proposed. The proposal for the cap of France (132.8 million tonnes of CO₂) was accepted by the European Commission. All three national plans were approved on condition that some technical changes will be made. More... | Updated...

Update on T@W Activities in CDM Markets: Technology needs in South East Asia partner countries
March 2007
On 14-15 February 2007, a Planning Meeting of the T@W Project was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The aim was to find out in more detail how to approach CDM projects in the targeted countries China, Thailand, Malaysia and India as well as how to organise cooperation of local and EU partners. A summary of the country discussions from the planning meeting are highlighted. More...

Public consultation on the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan)
Closing date: 13 May 2007
The European Commmission has recently launched a public consultation on the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) with a deadline of 13 May 2007. More...

European Investment Bank: An actor in financing climate projects
By Valérie Thill, SCC/COM/CSO, EIB - March 2007
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the EIB have established a joint Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF). The MCCF is designed to develop the carbon market in countries in transition. The bank is also co-managing The Carbon Fund for Europe (CFE) together with the World Bank. This fund places an emphasis on CDM projects. A key aspect of the Fund is that it would primarily purchase verified emission rights (VERs), prior to CDM Board approval. More...

Cogeneration Projects within the CDM framework
By Thomas Bouquet, Cogen Europe - March 2007
In the context of the T@W project, Cogen Europe has made a report on the use of CDM to promote Cogeneration. The report gives a technology specific guide on how to use CDM and evaluates the situation in the four Asian targeted countries of the T@W project.
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First Five T@W Good Practice Case Studies Published
9 February 2007
The first five T@W Good Practice Case Studies have been published. They include the first two registered CDM projects in an EU member state, which are the first large-scale and small-scale CDM wind power projects in Cyprus. In addition there are two biofuels-based projects from Sweden and an electricity generation project in India. More...

New analysis of Technology Transfer in CDM
January 2007
The Dutch Energy Research Institute, ECN, has recently published an analysis of whether technology transfer from the EU and elsewhere is occurring through the CDM, and what the value of the associated foreign investment is in the 63 CDM projects that were registered on 1 January 2006. Technology originates from outside the host country in almost 50% of the evaluated projects. In the projects in which the technology originates from outside the host country, 80% use technology from the European Union. More...

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2007
Webcast, 22-24 January 2007
In the opening session of DSDS 2007, speakers noted that policy formulations are already beginning to stress the tenuous links between environmental concerns, economic development, and social justice. Since climate change is an ongoing process and there are multi-dimensional impacts associated with it, there is need to develop adequate and appropriate coping strategies. This, it was felt, will help civilizations adapt better to climate change. More...

Phase-2 National Allocation Plans: Will they bolster Sustainable Energy Technologies?
By Thomas Bouquet, Cogen Europe - January 2007
Sustainable Energy Technologies (SETs) cover a range of different technologies that have all received the support of the European Union and most Member States through a variety of supportive legislative and regulatory initiatives. It is clear that the European Commission wishes to use the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in order to help improve the penetration of low emitting technologies and processes. Its string of (tough) decisions on Member States’ phase-2 National Allocation Plans (NAPs) has reinforced the perception that current practices will have to change. More...

UK Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
October 2006
On 30 October 2006, Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economic Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development, present his report to the UK Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Economics of Climate Change. More...

Technology diffusion and Joint Implementation (JI)
Three new reports from the Annex I Expert Group on the UNFCCC - October 2006
In October 2006 the Annex 1 Expert Group on UNFCC released a number of new reports, three of which are of direct relevance to Sustainable Energy Technologies. Two of the reports discuss the political support and actions needed to overcome non-technical barriers for diffusion of energy efficient technologies. The third report examines Current Issues and Emerging Challenges in the JI. More...

The role of the European emissions trading scheme in promoting bioenergy By Damien Meadows, Deputy Head, Market-based instruments incl EU ETS Unit, Environment DG, European Commission
6 November 2006 - Presentation made at the third EBBF conference, European Legislation to Promote Bioenergy by Damien Meadows, EC Environment DG. More...