Project Title

 Renewable Energy Sources in Electricity Markets - Goals and Conditions for Providing Sustainable Development 

Project Year

 2011   

Project Number

 EWG 10 

Project Session

 Session 1   

Project Type

 Standard 

Project Status

 Completed Project   
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Project No.

 EWG 09 2011A 

Project Title

 Renewable Energy Sources in Electricity Markets: Goals and Conditions for Providing Sustainable Development 

Project Status

 Completed Project 

Publication (if any)

  

Fund Account

 APEC Support Fund 

Sub-fund

 ASF: Energy Efficiency 

Project Year

 2011 

Project Session

 Session 1 

APEC Funding

 80,000 

Co-funding Amount

 150,000 

Total Project Value

 230,000 

Sponsoring Forum

 Energy Working Group (EWG) 

Topics

 Energy 

Committee

 SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE) 

Other Fora Involved

 Not Applicable / Other 

Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Not Applicable

Proposing Economy(ies)

 Russia 

Co-Sponsoring Economies

 China; Philippines 

Expected Start Date

 29/04/2011 

Expected Completion Date

 31/12/2012 

Project Proponent Name 1

 Talyat Aliev 

Job Title 1

 Deputy Director, International cooperation Department 

Organization 1

 Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation 

Postal Address 1

 Moscow city, Schepkina str. – 42 

Telephone 1

 + 7 (495) 631-86-94  

Fax 1

 +7 (495) 631-81-50 

Email 1

 AlievTZ@minenergo.gov.ru 

Project Proponent Name 2

 Not Applicable 

Job Title 2

 Not Applicable 

Organization 2

 Not Applicable 

Postal Address 2

 Not Applicable 

Telephone 2

 Not Applicable 

Fax 2

 Not Applicable 

Email 2

 Not Applicable 

Declaration

 Talyat Aliev 

Project Summary

The project is aimed at:

- Estimating the efficiency of disciplines used in APEC economies to stimulate the development of renewable energy sources (renewables) and as a result to elaborate recommendations on the unification of best practices applied;

- Monitoring and studying technologies that provide an efficient renewables lifecycle in power systems of the Asia Pacific;

- Clarifying economic conditions and the regulatory framework for renewables functioning in electricity market;

- Identifying prospects for sustainable improvement;

- Discussing, distributing and testing results, contributing to the further development among APEC economies.It is expected that the project will be implemented in collaboration with leading energy experts from APEC economies in four phases: 1) research and draft report, 2) conference, 3) recommendation report, 4) distant courses.

Relevance

In recent years the significant decline in prices of renewable energy sources (renewables) is observed. Regarding the cheapening of technologies for renewables and the projects delivery in USA, EU and China the approximation of prices on equipment for renewables and traditional generation might become alike, especially taking into account restrictions on emissions and fossil fuel cost escalation. Existing situation enables to remove economic barriers. Moreover it creates equal conditions for competition between alternative and traditional generation not only in small isolated energy systems but in energy systems with a big part of centralized generation as well.

However, technological, economic and regulatory difficulties still exist and are undoubtedly needed to be solved. Technological barriers include net connection, work planning and dispatching and may be cleared through application of power electronics, facilities of automated control and forecasting technologies. Economic difficulties which are cost indicators of generating facilities and expenses on network infrastructure development require the use of specific economic mechanisms (demand characteristic, for example). Regulatory barriers such as licensing, market authorization, and tariffication can be destroyed through change of regulatory legal acts. Salvations to problems indicated are expected to be found in a project “Renewable Energy Sources in electricity markets: goals and conditions for providing sustainable development”.

This is a pioneer project proposing the harmonization and unification of renewable energy sources’ use in the market conditions. The vitality of this project is measured by the long-felt need to raise a discussion and find solutions on the energy development of the Asia Pacific.

The project is focused on organizing a professional joint research in collaboration with leading energy experts from APEC economies with a view to draft a report on existing market conditions for the renewables effective growth, including a comprehensive evaluation of the respective government policies. The final deliverable is expected to be in the form of distance courses dedicated to theoretical and practical positioning of renewable sources in the electricity sector which will be available to representatives of all APEC economies.

The project is relevant to APEC because it offers a unique opportunity to align Asia-Pacific economies’ policies, regulatory principles, technical and economic conditions governing the function of renewables’ markets thus enabling the effective and result-oriented use of renewables all over the region.

Objectives

- To estimate the efficiency of measures taken in APEC economies to stimulate the development of use of renewable energy sources and as a result to elaborate recommendations on the unification of best practices applied;

- To study and change legislation, normative rules, economic models, technical regulations and technologies for appropriate renewables functioning in electricity market relying on best practices;

- To discuss and distribute the results, contributing to the sustainable development among APEC economies provided access to distant courses on regulatory framework, economics, technologies and best practices for representatives of all APEC economies.

Alignment

The project corresponds directly to APEC Leaders' Declaration on Climate Change, Energy Security and Clean Development, endorsed in Sydney, Australia on 9 September 2007, where APEC Leaders emphasized the importance of improving energy efficiency and established an Asia-Pacific Network for Energy Technology to strengthen collaboration on energy research in the region, particularly in the areas of clean fossil energy and renewable energy sources. Accordingly, the project is consistent with the Sustainable Growth pillar of the APEC Leaders’ Growth Strategy endorsed by the 2010 APEC Summit in Yokohama.

The project fully conforms to the main directions of the Energy Ministers Meeting (EMM-9) held in Fukui, Japan on 19th of June, 2010, specifically the more efficient use of energy and a cleaner energy supply which simultaneously boost energy security, economy’s growth and lower emissions. Addressing energy security, economic growth and climate change challenges through improving energy efficiency which is one of the quickest, greenest and most cost-effective ways for APEC economies to achieve their energy savings potential the Fukui Declaration strengthen the Energy Security Initiative (ESI) endorsed by the APEC Leaders in 2001.

Complementary to the compliance with recommendations of APEC Energy Security Initiative (ESI) the project has strong links with one of APEC priorities for 2011 – promoting green growth. Besides it is well aligned with all previous reports of EWG on the renewable energy.

With a strong desire to contribute to the above mentioned work streams, the Russian Federation intends to shape the course and unite economies around the diversification of the energy supply mix, reduction of costs, standardization of products, development of supply sources and sharing best practices to accelerate the renewable sources’ use in electricity generation.

TILF/ASF Justification

The project can be named a capacity building as it benefits each APEC developing economy through enabling targeted groups inside the energy sector to gain knowledge, improve professional skills and provide national economic development and more facile energy cooperation through creating the single and viable energy zone.

Apart from the adequacy to projects funding from the general fund “Renewable Energy Sources in electricity markets: goals and conditions for providing sustainable development” as a project in line with energy efficiency, secure and green energy future may be funded from Energy Efficiency specific sub fund as well.


The key outcome of the project will be distant courses on renewables in electricity markets, that APEC defines as a capacity building activity. In preparation of the distant courses, the project proponent will give a special consideration to the needs of APEC developing economies identified through research and conference activities of the project.

Beneficiaries and Outputs

In a short-term period (April, 2012) direct project beneficiaries are regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities are represented by 1) Ministries, Agencies and Departments (depending on the economy) related to the following sectors: finance, fiscal policy, market management, environment protection and national self-regulatory organisations; 2) National systems operators: Independent Systems Operators (ISO), Transmission Systems Operators (TSO) and Distribution Systems Operators (DSO). The best practices and recommendations on cost-effective development of renewable energy sources will be presented to them as a benefit for their national strategies.

In a mid-term period (November, 2012 and further) direct beneficiaries are energy companies and developers which will encourage the use of renewables. They will get results of project as a benefit in the form of distant courses, which will allow the career enhancement and empirical application of theoretical knowledge according to the integration and development of renewables-oriented energy policy inside economies.

In a long-term period (depending on the development of the particular economy) the beneficiary is industry – enhancement of predictability in expenses on electricity, and citizens – reduction of carbon emissions.

The intended benefits may be estimated due to existence of tangible advantages for the future sustainable development of energy systems. The advantages can be classified as follows: predictability upturn of electricity charge by exclusion of the fuel price influence on electricity charge; opportunities to use small (distributed) generation on renewable with no need of significant land uptakes for centrally-controlled generation and transmission and distribution network; softness of environmental pressure.

Dissemination

The total spectrum of information including questionnaires results, the description of draft report, expert presentations, interviews, audio and video recordings, information on final recommendation report, short description of programs on distant courses and testing system will be distributed on the project web-site publicly available.

Some key information can be allocated on APEC web-site as well.

Gender

The project is aimed at engaging a wide range of specialists/experts from different economies and organizations concerned. These experts will form a working group consisting of men and women as well. There is a special task to attract both women and men. The project needs a qualified international and strong team consisting of representatives from tailor-made organisations and presence of either sex in this case has a significant value.

However the participation in this project guarantees a professional benefit for each participant and through participant for the organization she or he works in and the level of development of her or his economy as well. Finally it is crucial that only sex-disaggregated data will be used for the project assessment

Work Plan

Leading energy experts from APEC economies, representatives of scientific and educational centres, major energy companies and representatives of authorities from APEC economies are considered and planned to be involved.

All members of APEC economies will be able to follow the project, take part in the discussion in the framework of the Conference, get acquainted with the final recommendation report results and take classes. The project will become a so called mechanism of communication for experts, government officials, small and medium sized enterprises and others concerned. The project will consist of four phases and will last for one year and three months.

Phase 1 Research and draft report (August 2011 – February 2012)

Initiating the expert joint research involving leading energy experts from each APEC economy with a draft report as an intermediate result.

a. Project Proponent forms a group of experts to oversee the implementation of the project. The group will consist of experts from APEC economies and working fora. Probable candidates are:

1) D. Swift, Australian Energy Market Operator, Australia (To be confirmed)

2) Debra Lew, US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA (To be confirmed)

3) M. Wakefield, Electric Power Research Institute, USA (To be confirmed)

4) D. X. Jia, State Grid Energy Research Institute, China (To be confirmed)

5) Sun Huadong, China Electrical power Research Institute, China (To be
confirmed)

6) Egor Grinkevich, Head of Competitive pricing Directorate, NP “Market Council”
(To be confirmed)

7) Representatives of Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies
(EGNRET), Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC), Expert Group on
Energy Efficiency & Conservation (EGEEC) -(To be confirmed);

The expert group may include representatives from organisations of other APEC economies concerned. Experts from scientific and research centres and institutes, authorities, representatives of infrastructural organisations and independent power producers will enlarge the expert team and contribute to the project implementation. The organizer of the project is Educational Centre (EC) of Non-Profit Partnership “Market Council”. The Russian company NP “Market Council” organizes efficient system of trading in wholesale and retail electricity and capacity markets in Russia and has functions of the regulator. It is called upon to unite, on a membership basis, electricity (capacity) sellers and buyers that are wholesale market entities taking part in the circulation of electric power on the wholesale market as well as organizations providing operation of the commercial and technological infrastructure of the wholesale market, and other organizations operating in the electric power industry. Being a part of the foundational infrastructural organization Educational Center of NP “Market Council” is held accountable for concentration, generalization and distribution of relevant knowledge on Russian electricity (capacity) market development. It deals with professional retraining, consulting and research involving leading experts from bodies of legislative and executive power (The State Duma, Government, Ministry of Energy), infrastructural organizations (System operator, Federal Grid Company, Trading System Administrator), Federal Antimonopoly Service, Federal Tariff Service, Ministry of Finance, Federal Tax Service, representatives of major energy companies, scientific institutes and independent research centers. EC is actively developing the multi-level (consisting of several independent informational blocks on Russian energy system) system of distant training on Russian electricity and capacity market and wholesale and retail electricity trading. It either tends to open the new field of activity – practical training abroad. EC of NP “Market Council” is responsible for research, technical and all organisational issues during the project. Its activity will be coordinated by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation at all stages of the project.

b. Experts prepare a specified questionnaire and circulate it among relevant organizations and research institutions of APEC economies through government representatives in APEC identified by experts from APEC working fora (EGNRET, APERC and EGEEC). The questionnaire includes topics on the national development strategy, legal and regulatory framework characteristic, system of regulation and electricity market functioning as well as questions on instruments and methods of stimulating the integration of renewables and types of applied renewable energy sources along with the level of current application and future development. Except for topics referred to the research part the questionnaire contains issues on project’s format, timeline and the relevance of its phases;

c. Experts compile and process questionnaires;

d. Experts conduct research on the basis of enquiry results, acknowledged publications and documents existing in each APEC economy in order to estimate the maturity level for the active renewable energy sources integration. It is planned to study carefully: 1) National Strategic Documents and State Plans; 2) Legal and Regulatory Frameworks: legislation, governmental documents and documents of institutions of local government (subsidies, preferences, technical net connection, ground area assignment for construction of power facilities based on renewables, concessional lending, tax deduction); 3) Market Rules and Regulations: renewable electricity trading rules, uplift setting, dispatching conditions, certificate system; 4) Technologies: methods and tools of forecasting of renewable electricity generation, technologies of automated control of renewable energy facilities, dispatching methods, smart grids technologies providing effective integration of renewables into the energy system, storage technologies, technologies of energy system emergency control, new renewables-oriented technologies – trends;


e. Upon completion of the research part experts select the best energy models highly developed in renewbles integration on criteria of cost-efficiency;

f. Experts confirm research and questionnaire results, organize data processing for the report in collaboration with experts from APEC working fora;

g. Experts prepare a draft report;

h. Organizer provides a technological platform, i.e. a closed web-page on the basis of EC of NP “Market Council” web-site for communication, gathering results and allocation of draft documents; gives the access to all experts involved.

Initial output is a questionnaire form that will be distributed among APEC economies and a unique database gathering full characteristics on each APEC economy. The results of questionnaire and research will become the basis for a draft report.

The draft report itself is an output since it accumulates statistical data and key features of energy systems of APEC economies. It includes information divided into three main parts – economic, regulatory and technological. Each part consists of the current situation, main problems analysis and general suggestions on possible ways to solve existing problems.

Phase 2 Conference (March 2012)

Providing a venue for an open discussion involving renewable energy specialists with a particular focus on Asia Pacific issues.

i. Organizer launches an open web-page of the Conference on the basis of the EC of NP “Market Council” web-site and starts the registration of participants. Along with this the project proponent sends invitation letters to eligible and other representatives through government representatives of APEC economies to participate. Experts – members of the project’s expert group are engaged as key speakers and some experts from economies not presented in the group are invited;

j. Organizer holds a Conference where speakers-experts represent results of the 1st phase. Each participant gets a handout – the draft report;

k. Representatives from all APEC economies have an interactive discussion with speakers-experts and among themselves;

l. During the Conference participants fill in the questionnaire form to assess the content and organisation of the Conference;

m.On completion of the Conference the organizer prepares presentations of speakers and the draft report for publication on the Conference web-page and their distribution through APEC sources.

The Conference will take place in Moscow with the duration of two days. Power point presentations will become an output of the Conference as well as audio recordings and a photo report. As a result participants will get an overview of the best market models relevant to renewables integration.

The Conference discussion will be focused around three main information blocks analysed in the report and called sessions - economic, regulatory and technological. Each session will consist of current situation, main problems analysis and general suggestions on possible ways to solve existing problems. Pending the main conclusions of the research reflected in draft report the Conference is aimed at identification of prospects for renewable energy sources in the Asia-Pacific.

Phase 3 Recommendation report (April 2012)

Working out final recommendations on best practices and giving suggestions for market positioning of renewable energy based on previous phases.

n. Experts hold a series of working groups’ discussions (in a distant format) by organizing a forum on the Conference web-page. The forum in the form of challenge/response is open for all APEC economies and their representatives concerned, Along with the forum experts carry out the final analysis and finalize an expert recommendation report;

o. Organizer publishes the final report and intermediate results of all previous phases on the Conference web-page and distributes all documents and materials through APEC sources.

p. Moreover by the end of Phase 3 the organizer sends soft copies of draft report and final recommendation report to each APEC economy through government representatives.

The organized forum will help to get additional information on topic, find out the level of interest in problematics and the project itself, and let those who couldn’t take part in the Conference express an opinion. It will become a reliable platform for communication among government officials, experts and representatives of small and medium sized enterprises. Targeted audience will be able to ask questions which will be gathered and answered by experts in media interviews or in summaries. Everything mentioned will become an output on the way to a final result of the project – Recommendation report. This report will select economies with the best economic environment for enhancing the green growth which others should be geared to. It will give recommendations on harmonisation of regulatory, juridical, economic and technological conditions for successful implementation and development of renewable energy sources among economies. The detailed analysis at all stages of the project will facilitate the work of regulators, economists and engineers on the integration of renewables into their national electricity sectors. Moreover it should be noted that final recommendation report will include information on technological barriers negotiation – basic technical requirements for elaboration on process standards and facilities specifications; requirements to devices, meters and systems that are in charge of renewables effective functioning in energy system.

Phase 4 Distant courses (May 2012 – November 2012)

Holding open distant courses implementing the draft report and recommendation report as manuals, presentations of speakers as additional materials undergoing tests on theoretical and practical aspects of renewables’ functioning in the market environment of electricity sector.

q. Organizer provides the interface development, software engineering and administration of the distant courses web-page, launched in the framework of Conference web-page. Organizer represented by its IT service guarantees a technical support of distance courses web-page and is supposed to fix problems within the shortest possible period of time. Besides organizer orders an individual design of the web-page (and other projects web-pages) complying with the APEC web-page design;

r. Organizer assures permanent management of the web-page, assisting attendees from start till expiration date and even further;

s. Along with technical and visual parts of distant courses (which are currently under construction) the expert group forms the educational program and testing system;

t. As soon as representatives of organizer and volunteers among the expert group test the pilot version of distant courses organizer sends invitations to APEC economies government representatives to attend distant courses and government representatives send invitations to their national organisations that can be interested in it. Official invitations include full information on courses, their aims and advantages for each economic representatives to attend. Organizer announces information on distant courses through web-resources of APEC and its working fora, web-resources of Project’s organizer and web-sites of other organisations involved in the project as well;

u. Attendees must belong to one of the APEC economy and be related to a targeted audience. Targeted audience is divided into the following categories: students of economic, technical and juridical profile, representatives of scientific institutes, research centres, young sectorial professionals, specialists of energy companies and infrastructural organisations, specialists of engineering companies, representatives of related industries, representatives of regulatory authorities and consumers;

v. Attendees belonging to APEC economies and related to the targeted audience pass registration, give personal data and get the access code;

w. Attendees can start at any time. Firstly they go through instructions of using the system and are recommended to review an introductory information block on energy systems and renewable energy sources to obtain general technical knowledge;

x. Attendees are provided with on-line glossary;

y. Introductory information block is followed by a theoretical block which includes short summary of main documents, draft report, presentations of speakers and final recommendation report. The theoretical block is divided into three main informational parts: economic, regulatory and technological;

z. After the theoretical block attendees test knowledge gained and complete practical tasks;

aa. Upon completion attendees get a certificate, estimate distant courses in the on-line questionnaire and leave feedbacks.

By the finishing date of the project the organizer announces statistics on the course’s attendees thus identifying the urgency of problematics and the project itself.

The period of distant courses running can be extended as required. The demand will define the success and effectiveness of distant courses and as follows the necessity to continue the program. If the demand is high it is viable to develop the program and continue attracting new attendees.

However it is expected that distant courses will become a center of competence attracting even after the project completion the new attendees by the authoritative expert line-up, huge common database and a united source of information on the Asia-Pacific in general and each of its economies in particular. Moreover it is planned to continue and keep distant courses current with participation of national non-profit renewables-oriented associations, international electric energy associations (CIGRE, IEEE, CIRED), universities, scientific institutes and research centres. The program of distant courses can be accredited in an authoritative international organisation or a university approved by APEC in order to give the attendees international certificates, which will be accepted in any APEC economy. After the expiration date of project the accredited distant courses may be transformed into an individual project on upgrade qualifications for representatives of APEC economies.

Output is a group of experts or even a new generation of experts who will become acquainted with cost-efficient and environmental advantage on implementing and using renewables as alternative energy sources able to compete with other energy sources in different market models. This new pleiad of specialists will apply practically the results of the project and consequently will strengthen the significance of the Asia Pacific in the world energy space.

On the project completion a final on-line questionnaire will be submitted to the participants of all phases to get last assessments of the project in general and realize its advantages and disadvantages. It will help to show up the success of the project, its topicality for the energy development of the Asia-Pacific and the necessity to translate report documents into major APEC languages.

Basic project documents (expert analysis results and recommendations) and analysed statistical data of each phase (research questionnaire, conference questionnaire, final on-line questionnaire) will be distributed among government representatives of APEC economies (and through them among national organisations), APEC Secretariat, APEC working fora, international electric energy associations (CIGRE, IEEE, CIRED), national regulators.

Risks

Possible risks may be divided according to project phases mentioned above.

Phase 1

Risks:

- Economies may refrain from responding to questionnaires or provide insufficient
information;

- The research may not give the real picture due to the lack of documents;

- The diversity of regulation models and market rules may cause some problems for
the experts to categorize and give assessments.

To reduce these risks it is necessary to select answers with participation of experts from Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre, Expert Group on Energy Efficiency & Conservation, ask for information missed and add it from the research, identify the most effective models and be guided by them.

It will be helpful to create a broad and competitive net to get the best possible experts. Compilation and expert selection will help to reach the maximum effect.

Phase 2

Risks:

- The shortage of participants from different APEC economies;

- The inability of key experts to take part in the Conference.

To mitigate these risks it is worth providing good web-site navigation, easily accessible venue, attractive and urgent program. Problems can be solved by means of consultation with Energy Working Group and its subsidiary expert groups whose officials and experts may contribute to provide guaranteed participation of qualified individuals.

Phase 3

Risks:

Similar to Phase 1.

Phase 4

Risks:

- Organisational challenges: lack of opportunity to launch courses on time – difficulty
for experts to work in parallel under different tasks, lack of time to attract enough
students – not efficient advertising campaign;

- Technical glitches: lack of accessibility, system upsets;

Content problems: inconvenient format of submitted information, unstructured
program, improperly designed testing system;

- Financial risks.

All probable risks of this phase can be mitigated step by step. First of all it is relevant to reason out the conception of distant courses from technological aspects to content ones, test everything properly and in advance providing the process of developing, launching and managing with sufficient specialists.

Anticipating potential and the most dangerous risk of lack of demand it is necessary to interrogate authority representatives of APEC economies about the interest to distant courses.

By the end of technical and informational diagnosticity it is important to start a so called advertising campaign in order to assure a sufficient demand among APEC economies. To guarantee the buy-in of economies it is necessary to show up the advantages of distance courses for each targeted group representatives related to energy sector. Even now before the start day of the project it seems possible to name at least several benefits of distant courses – comfortable and cost-efficient distant format of education, free access to the unique information, topicality, adaptability of research results to each APEC economy etc. If after all actions on providing the success of distance courses the demand is still low, that seems unlikely, all financial risks fall on the project proposing APEC economy - Russian Federation.

As the project has a fair number of potential risks it is vital to define the correct timeline for realizing the project, mitigating risks, forecast and detect currently unforeseen circumstances.

Monitoring and Evaluation

The project can be evaluated due to immediate, short-term and long-term indicators of success.

Immediate: In-touch capabilities of APEC economies during the research and draft report phase, web-site and conference attendance, appraisals (APEC economies, Conference participants, distant courses attendees) of the project, feedbacks form authoritative international electric energy associations.

Short-term: The adequacy and novelty of information presented (draft report results, recommendation report, program of distant courses), the timeliness of proposals resulted from research, opportunities to apply results of project and knowledge gained from distance courses in practice.

Long-term: The efficiency level of recommendations elaborated through presence or absence of renewables application development in electricity market environment, energy efficiency enhancement in Asia Pacific systems. The level of efficiency may also be estimated due to existence of tangible advantages for the future sustainable development of energy systems. The advantages can be classified as follows: predictability upturn of electricity charge by exclusion of the fuel price influence on electricity charge; opportunities to use small (distributed) generation on renewables with no need of significant land uptakes for centrally-controlled generation and transmission and distribution network; softness of environmental pressure.

In the course of the project the information will be collected by the responsible expert group through the questionnaires and queries of competent organizations from the APEC economies. Questionnaires and queries are an important source of statistical data in order to arouse interest among the economies on measures that should be taken into account during the implementation of the project. Legal documents, publications and any additional data will be granted by leading research centers and infrastructural organizations of each involved economy. Regulatory documents, market rules related to renewables, technological connection and dispatching rules for renewables, previous projects reports, strategic documents on electricity sectors development in the APEC economies, White Books and reports of national and international associations on renewable energy sources will be thoroughly analyzed,

The Conference will enable participants to get the statistics for participation and independent evaluation of the project. It is also implied that respondents will give the evaluation of project, by assessing its key objectives, mission and indicators of success. This information will allow studying the region and identifying prospects of development. The additional assessment expert group composed of APEC fora representatives will be established for providing results of the project more qualified and unquestionable. All taken actions will result in recommendations on harmonization of the Asia Pacific energy space and the sustainable development of renewable energy sources in existing and prospective market conditions.

Linkages

It is planned to involve at least three groups of APEC fora, which are Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET), Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC), Expert Group on Energy Efficiency & Conservation (EGEEC). These sub-fora will significantly contribute to the research as independent but concerned parties. Their representatives will be relied on as high-qualified experts able to give the adequate assessment to the research.

Besides there is an intention of two APEC economies concerning the co-sponsoring support they are ready to provide the project with. So in addition to APEC fora the Department of Energy, Philippines and Department of International Cooperation, National Energy Administration, People’s Republic of China will take part in research and other arrangements of the project. As the project is presented for the first time and is intended to become progressive and innovative it might attract many other organizations all over Asia Pacific which are definitely welcome.

In spite of its novelty in form and core the project has strong linkages with previous APEC projects focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, particularly:

- Survey of Impediments to the use of New and Renewable Technologies
(1993-94);

- Workshop on Renewable Energy as it Relates to Sustainable Development
(1996);


- Assessment and Development of Technology Transfer Cooperation Need,
Skills and Capabilities for Sustainable Area-based New and Renewable
Energy Project (1995-1996);


- Economy Level Renewable Energy Roadmaps (1999-2000);


- APEC Workshop on Grid Integration of Renewable Energy (2008);


- Using Smart Grids to Enhance Use of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy Technologies (2009);


- APEC Peer Review on Energy Efficiency (PREE): Phase 2 (2010).


It is essential to take into account the outcomes of past experience and use them for the further integrated research. To compare, analyse and give further development to the outcomes of previous projects will become one of the main tasks. Moreover in addition to projects consideration it is planned to take into account the main APEC reports on renewable energy sources.


- The report "Overview of APEC Energy Working Group Projects: Stage 3- Project Outcomes" reviewing the major results of EWG projects relating to new and renewable energy technologies and clean fossil energy will become one of the main sources of information. Except this report the project will address to the following reports;


- Development of Analytic Methodologies to Incorporate Renewable Energy in Domestic Energy and Economic Planning (1999)


- Wide-Spread Implementation of Renewable Energy Projects in APEC Member Economies: Road Maps for Success (2000)


- Synthesis of the Survey of APEC member Economies' Renewable-Energy-Based Priority Needs and Issues Relating to Sustainable Development (2002)


- APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative VI): Adoption of Renewable Energy Standards Phase II (2006)


- APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative VI) Evaluation of the Role of Village Power Applications in Response to the Tsunami Recovery Effort (2007)


- Successful Business Models for New and Renewable Energy Technology Implementation in APEC (2009)


- Best Practices in New and Renewable Energy Technologies in Urban Areas in the APEC Region (2010)


- Addressing Grid-interconnection Issues in Order to Maximize the Utilization of New and Renewable Energy Sources (2010)

Finally, it is undoubtedly reasonable to apply presentations developed by economies for EGNRET meetings starting from 2000.

It is planned that the project could gain a strong expert support and the range of basic sustaining organizations is formed. However each project requires financial support and in this respect APEC determinately is the best source of funding the project. The reason is that it operates on behalf of all economies of the Asia-Pacific in general and each of them in particular and there is no other organization in the region alike.

Sustainability

When the project is terminated it makes sense to study the experience in application of recommendations elaborated in the course of project and the influence of results on energy efficiency enhancement in APEC economies. Moreover it is essential to estimate the effectiveness of electricity market models selected in the framework of the project and realize the convenience of these models for different economies relating to the competitive use of renewables as an alternative source of energy.

Concerning lifecycle it seems possible to carry out analysis, make adjustments, elaborate and publish new recommendations on improving regulatory and technological frameworks in the region or its single spots and enhancing the use of renewable energy sources in existing market environment. The practicability of updating the project will depend on the beneficiaries’ assessments. If the assessments are positive it makes sense to continue the project or even transform it into an individual distant courses project with an updated program and advanced format. The updated project of distant courses can be continued without a gap between projects in order not to lose topicality. It can be supplemented with a new research to update the program. Simplifying the process the project might be applied as a self-funded.

The results of project proposed will make contribution to the APEC initiatives and all documents of the project will be kept in APEC funds (projects database). Each economy will get the recommendation report it can integrate into its own economic model. Besides, the project reports will be sent to international electric energy associations in order to show the dynamic movement of the Asia-Pacific to sustainable energy development.

The sensibility of the Asia-Pacific towards renewable energy sources and the proposed flexibility of APEC economies in taking recommendations may assure the highly dynamic development and integration of renewables in the region. Other APEC projects on topic may either encourage this process. The dynamics might determine the risk of rapid deterioration of project results and the lack of resources to start up a new project without a long gap. At any rate the necessity to modernize and prolong the project is fully realized.

Future results will cover a significant period of time on the way to renewables integration and development. Being documentarily fixed they will always be comprehensible for APEC economies and will contribute to the history of renewable energy sources sustainability.  

Project Overseers

Since 2004 he has joined the Russian National Committee of CIGRE and coordinated the work of Russian energy experts in Study committees of CIGRE. Since 2005 Mr. Borisov has become an Executive Director of the National Committee of CIGRE and has organized the close interaction between engineers, energy companies, the Russian scientific community and international technical experts.

In 2005 - 2009's, Mr. Borisov has actively contributed to the creation of Very Large Power Grid operators (VLPGO) and has organized the effective work of Russian experts in working groups of VLPGO.

He has a basic energy education received in Moscow Electromechanical Technical School (1984) and was trained as an engineer-physicist in Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (1989).

The steering committee of the project:

1)     Maria Bunina, Chief specialist Multilateral Cooperation Division International Cooperation Department , Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation (BuninaMV@minenergo.gov.ru)

2) Maria Dimova, Project Manager, Educational Centre of Non-Profit Partnership “Market Council” (dimova@ec-mc.ru)

Cost Efficiency

Following one of the main APEC priorities for the nearest future that is promoting the green growth the project gives a decision to the problem which is urgent for practically all APEC economies or most of them. The problem is under-utilization and noncompetitiveness of renewable energy sources in ongoing power systems. This project is capable of studying each economy in particular and covers the whole region in solving the problem. The cost-efficiency of renewable penetrating the market seems to be reached through non-discriminatory attachment and effective functioning of renewable as a part of the energy system without the reliability degradation. Best economic decisions on well-posed integration of renewable energy sources into a market will allow providing a reasonable profitability compared to traditional generation. Better regulatory decisions will permit to assure sustainable development of renewables in the framework of energy system and electricity market as well, with associated reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide and other atmospheric pollutants. From the informational point of view the cost efficiency of this project is proved by a distant format of many activities in the course of project. Communication of experts through the Internet, opportunity to distribute information to a wide range of experts all over region by means of distant courses significantly cut expenses on the project. Moreover all extra expenses Russia takes upon itself.

Drawdown Timetable
Not Applicable

Direct Labour

The overseer of this project is Mr. Talyat Aliev. He is currently the Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department in the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation. His general labour experience in State civil service is more than 30 years, including 7 years in energy sector on different leading positions. He is in charge of coordination of international activity with multilateral organizations, such as APEC, ASEAN, GECF, OPEC, OSCE, etc. and bilateral projects and initiatives.

The main contact person from the organizing company is Mr. Yuri Borisov. For the last three years he has worked in Non-Profit Partnership "Market Council" as the Head of International Department.

Mr. Borisov coordinates the participation of Russian experts in international working groups and projects. He also participates in the Coordinating Committee of the Electric Power Council for CIS countries and arranges interaction with EURELECTRIC for Market Council.

Mr. Borisov is closely working with the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and other legislative and executive bodies in Russia. He has organized the work of the Task Force to develop cross-border electricity trade between the EU and CIS countries. Mr. Borisov is actively involved in the EU- Russia Energy Dialogue and in the work of the Thematic Group for Markets and the Ad Hoc Group on Electricity Russia - EU.

Mr. Borisov has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Scientific and Technical Information.

Direct labour costs of Phase 1 and Phase 3 funded by APEC are: 1) Contractor (including researcher) fees, 2) Contractor’s secretary fees. It is expected to have at least 9 researchers, who are:

1) D. Swift, Australian Energy Market Operator, Australia (To be confirmed)

2) Debra Lew, US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA (To be confirmed)

3) M. Wakefield, Electric Power Research Institute, USA (To be confirmed)

4) D. X. Jia, State Grid Energy Research Institute, China (To be confirmed)

5) Sun Huadong, China Electrical power Research Institute, China (To be confirmed)

6) Egor Grinkevich, Head of Competitive pricing Directorate, NP “Market Council” (To
    be confirmed)

7) Representative of Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies
    (EGNRET)

8) Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) (To be confirmed)

9) Expert Group on Energy Efficiency & Conservation (EGEEC) (To be confirmed)

Direct labour costs of Phase 2 funded by APEC are: 1) Speaker’s honorarium and 2) Shirt-term clerical fees. 11 speakers will make presentations and 6 clerks will register participants and solve some organisational issues during the Conference. The list of speakers and clerks will be defined in the Conference preparation period during the 1st Phase.

The Russian company NP “Market Council” (organizer of the Conference and distant courses) is considered as a contractor of the Project.

Waivers

A waiver from APEC project funding arrangements is not requested.

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