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Here follows the fourth newsletter from SETatWork.

SETatWork is a project supported by the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). It assists European industries to meet the challenge of climate change and build contacts to market actors and researchers outside Europe.

The technology focus is to promote energy efficiency and savings, as well as polygeneration in the carbon markets.

This issue includes an update of the project activities, including a report from SETatWork's intervention at the climate conference (COP15) in Copenhagen.

In addition we include details of upcoming matchmaking facilitation workshops in Thailand (18-19th February) and India (15-16th March).

Please contact the organiser of each event in Asia (more details below) if you are interested in taking part so that we can arrange business to business (B2B) appointments for you. We look forward to meeting you there.

This newsletter also describes new publications created or supported by SETatWork, including 8 new good practice case studies and background on how SETatWork 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.

The SETatWork Management Team

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SETatWork is supported by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) under contract TREN/FP7EN/219009-"SETatWork". This publication reflects the authors' views. Although the authors' best efforts have been made to ensure that the information contained herein is accurate, neither the European Commission, the SETatWork Project Members nor the author are liable for any use that may be made of the info rmation contained herein.

The COP15 conference was the fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The conference took place from 7 December to 18 December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with 34,000 representatives of parties, NGOs and media attending the conference.

As well as joining SETatWork for its two day event during Bright Green (see below), visitors were able to find out more about the SETatWork project at two stands in the Bella Center. Firstly, visitors could collect materials about SETatWork from the stand of the Indian project partner The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). In addition, from Monday 7 to Friday 11 December, SETatWork was represented by the Swedish partner KanEnergi Sweden AB on a booth on the exhibition stand of e5 - European Business Council for Sustainable Energy (see: www.e5.org).

KanEnergi and TERI disseminated general information about SETatWork and discussed the benefits and assistance that the project team can offer. The geographical origin of visitors varied, with most interest from visitors from Southern Africa and Asia, and most question related to CDM and JI.

A report on COP15 is included later in this newsletter (see below).

SETatWork's main intervention at COP15 comprised an exhibition stand at the Bright Green Expo, from 12-13 December 2009, in the Copenhagen Forum.

Bright Green gathered more than 170 of the world's leading companies for display of their cutting-edge climate solutions. This was supplemented with inspirational speeches made by prominent speakers, including representatives of the Nordic Royal Family, the Danish Prime Minister, climate experts and pioneers.

It was organised by the Confederation of Danish Industry/DI - Denmark's largest business organisation and SETatWork partner - supported by partners and sponsors.

Find further information about Bright Green at:
www.brightgreen.dk

The aim of the SETatWork intervention at Bright Green was to establish contacts between actors on the carbon markets, through match-making events and dissemination of information about:

• SETatWork's activities
• EU ETS projects and energy efficiency training in Europe
• CDM in Asia, South America and Africa
• Sustainable Energy Technology and service providers

At the SETatWork booth, project partners (pictured top right) made a series of presentations on the findings from the project activities to date. These included fact sheets with an overview of the targeted ETS and CDM markets, as well as presentations on the project's intervention in these markets. The presentations and fact sheets can be found via the link below:

www.setatwork.eu/events/091212brightgreen.htm

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“. Formally, it does not have the status of a decision that could provide further guidance in the process of building a post-2012 global climate change framework. The media and many activist groups described COP 15 as a “failure” and many politicians openly showed their disappointment.

How does the world look after COP 15? Was COP 15 the failure it has been criticised to be? What are the implications for current policies and mechanisms that had been established under the Kyoto Protocol? And which guidance does “Copenhagen” provide for the post-2012 world? What concrete conclusions can be drawn for companies that are involved in the carbon markets that make use of Kyoto’s flexible mechanisms CDM and JI? What strategic implications does COP 15 provide in specific sectors?

The world has become more complex after Copenhagen. The global climate change architecture is becoming more fragmented, with trends towards regionalization, nationalization and bilateralism. This makes it even more difficult for companies to make strategic decisions.

However, it would be a mistake to reduce attention on the post-Kyoto process now. COP15 offers far more guidance regarding how a post-Kyoto global framework might look like in contrast to the first reactions the media had led one to expect. On the one hand, the Copenhagen Accord is much more substantial than a quick look might tell. Especially when read with profound knowledge of the entire negotiating process, the picture becomes much clearer in far more detail.

An agreement at COP16 in Mexico is very likely to happen. It will be dependent on the concrete steps that states take to implement the provisions of the Copenhagen Accord. The first deadline is 31 January 2010. According to the Accord, states shall submit their emission reduction targets and actions by then. Along with these international developments come initiatives at other levels, e.g. national. The most important of these is US climate legislation. Its progress in the US Senate is crucial for COP 16. But Copenhagen showed that there are other important players in the game as well, such as China, Brazil and India. These countries are also currently undertaking important legislative steps - in the end, it is not that important whether these countries start acting on the grounds of climate policy or for other reasons, e.g. energy security.

A “Copenhagen-Mexico Agreement”, or however it might be called, has become far more actual than media reporting might let one assume. Although several “big issues” still stand in the way, considerable progress has been made in many fields – especially at the more technical levels that have direct implications for business.

View the entire report (79 Kb PDF)

Find out more about COP15 at: www.cop15.dk

At COP15, Chilean Minister of Environment, Ana Lya Uriarte compromised on a significant reduction of 20% on Chile greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the year 2020, stating:

"Even though Chile only emits 0.2% of total GHG emissions, we want to make present our compromise as a developing country according to the world's mitigation efforts".

"As long as developed countries compromise and transfer technological and financial resources, this goal will be achieved integrally."

"We have already started mitigation action plans in areas such as energy efficiency, renewable energies, forestation and reforestation, as well as native forest conservation and public transport improvements."

The global society is faced with a huge challenge in order to meet the threat given by global warming. SETatWork - Sustainable Energy Technologies at Work aims to meet this challenge through the collaboration and partnerships between organisations in EU, Asia and South America.

A key project task consists in identifying Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in markets in China, India, South East Asia (focus on Thailand), Africa and Latin America (focus on Chile) in combination with the transfer of European technology and know-how. Part of this activity will be to promote concepts like CDM programmatic approaches that imply good perspectives for improving the CDM, especially in the field of energy efficiency.

These efforts are to be accompanied by matchmaking activities in order to facilitate the realisation of the identified opportunities, e.g. to match stakeholders involved in energy efficiency and savings in European industry sectors, as well as European technology and service providers, with project owners and other stakeholders in the CDM countries.

To this end, Facilitation Workshops are being organised in Thailand and India during February and March 2010, as detailed below. Additional workshops are anticipated in China and Africa in Spring 2010 - further details will be posted on the website soon and included in the next SETatWork newsletter.

     

The SETatWork project team in Bangkok – the Centre for Energy Environment Resources Development (CEERD) – and its other project partners, is organizing a Facilitation Workshop on 18 and 19 February 2010, at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), as a side-event “Energy Saving 2010” Exhibition and Conference. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Thai DNA, the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO).

The event combines two days (with 70 participants each) with the theme of “Energy Efficiency and Conservation” (18 February) and “Renewable Energy and Cogeneration” (19 February).

The main objectives of the Facilitation Workshops are:

1. to present best available technologies for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the opportunities for CERs sales to European entities;
2. to present to project owners how the CDM cycle can help finance projects and technologies; and
3. to facilitate business to business meetings (B2B) between Companies, Project owners, Project developers, Technology suppliers and Financing institutions from Europe and South East Asia.

The B2B meetings will take place in the afternoon, at the SETatWork booth (50 sqm in the Exhibition Hall) which will be opened to business visitors to the exhibition.

"Energy Saving 2010" is co-organised by the Engineering Institute of Thailand and TTF Intl, the publisher of the monthly "Energy Saving" magazine. The event combines a "National Engineering Conference" (conducted in Thai) and "Thailand Energy Saving Exposition". The present edition includes the first National Energy Congress with the theme "Energy Crisis and Solutions for Thailand".

Further information and programme

This regional facilitation workshop is organised by TERI. Its main objective is to create a platform for close interaction between:

1. CDM project developers in India,
2. sellers and buyers of carbon credits,
3. Sustainable Energy Technology providers and
4. Industries in EU-ETS

This wll be accomplished by highlighting the technologies needed and the technologies available in developed countries to promote energy efficiency in India by facilitating Business to Business (B2B) meetings.

Further Information

Following the EU ETS training needs survey, SETatWork invites industries throughout Europe to training events on key topics identified by industry itself for improving energy performance. Find training events in your country by visiting the event calendar or contact your focal point for finding out more about training offered by SETatWork.

A topic of great interest throughout European industry is the recently launched standard for certified energy management systems EN16001. The standard is the first of two outlining the framework for working systematically with energy improvements within an organisation (ISO50001 is scheduled to follow in 2011).

A training event on Energy Management Systems took place in December during the COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Though Danish ETS member organisations have worked with certified energy management systems since the launch of the national Danish Standard in 2001, the event revealed a significant interest in the new framework from both ETS and non-ETS members.

Designed to fit into the design of the most recognized system for the management systems, as ISO14001 or ISO9001, the new framework for energy management systems may be introduced to most manufacturing organisations with limited costs. In turn, integrating a lean and efficient system for controlling energy costs and reducing consumption with existing systems in place is a profitable business.

The business case is attractive and relevant both for ETS members experiencing the future challenge for compliance as well as for any other industry that seeks a practical tool to keep on track for managing emissions and operating costs.

See the SETatWork Training page for further information: www.setatwork.eu/training.htm

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

View the new SETatWork Good Practice case studies

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. Click on the image below to view the SETatWork Presentation in a new window.

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:

EU ETS Industries Factsheet (201 Kb PDF)

Sustainable Energy Technology Providers Factsheet (183 Kb PDF)

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Factsheet (316 Kb PDF)

This 30 page book was published with support from:

Walking the Talk Industrial Carbon-saving Initiatives in Southern Denmark Download the Report (1712 Kb PDF) "Walking the Talk" was published in November 2009 at the occasion of COP15 by: Green Network, Grønt Netværk Sønderjylland, Miljøforum Fyn, Miljønetværk Syd, Denmark ISBN: 978-87-993536-1-3 12 companies act on corporate responsibility Companies in the south of Denmark all have an important role to play with respect to Climate Change – like all other businesses. As the organizations focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the environment impact is reduced and they benefit from reduced energy consumption and an improved bottom line. The measures applied are many: behavioral and organization, energy sound design and renovation, intelligent use of new technology, renewable energy sources etc. A key objective of the four environmental associations in the south of Denmark, Miljøforum Fyn, Miljønetværk Syd, Grønt Netværk Sønderjylland og Green Network, is to support the companies in improving environmental performance. The associations have established a joint project on Climate Change for efficient and intelligent use of energy resources. The project is supported by the Regional fund of EU. This publication is part of the 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.