HAESCO Lamma Winds Site Visit Nov. 2009

Scotland has set some of the most aggressive goals for renewable energy production in Europe - 50% by 2020 - and is making significant progress towards achieving them.  Famous for its wild weather and seas, Scotland has managed to embrace these natural phenomena to its advantage and harvest these resources to replace fossil fuels, and taking steps towards becoming the energy exporter for Europe.

Scotland’s ‘renewables’ success straddles energy types, different geographies, numerous stakeholders, and has resulted in an energy evolution that is an interesting case study on long term thinking, working together and across typical silos and capitalising on what natural resources are available.

Of particular interest to HAESCO members will surely be the project finance aspect, partnering agreements, and new technology.  For project finance, if renewable energy projects can be financed in Scotland how can we leverage and apply this expertise for innovative project finance elsewhere in Asia?  How were these projects backed? by international banks, grants, esco, or government funding?

About the speaker
Based in Scotland, Mr Tom Lamb is head of the energy and engineering team of Scottish Development International, the economic development agency for Scotland.

Tom has been involved in the both the private and public sides of this sector for years, and has a rich international background having contributed to JVs, technology transfers, partnering agreements and sales and marketing functions.

At this breakfast he will explain more about Scotland’s renewables successes, from technology highlights, to the government and stakeholders’ approach to making it happen.

Registration
Date: 7 December 2009 (Monday)
Time: 8.00am - 9.15am
Location: Harcourt Suite, 1/F, Hong Kong Club, Central
(Business Attire is required by the Hong Kong Club. No jeans or sports shoes.)

Please note this is a BRITCHAM event - please contact BRITCHAM directly to register  click here to reach the BRITCHAM website to register

Click cover to read report

Yesterday (27 April 2009) ADB issued their report “The Economics of Climate Change i Southeast Asia: A Regional Review” (download report, 10MB, PDF).

One of the five sectors to help mitigate climate change is as expected the energy sector.

The study observed that climate change is already affecting Southeast Asia, with rising temperature,
decreasing rainfall, rising sea levels, increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events leading to massive flooding, landslides and drought causing extensive damage to property, assets, and human life. Climate change is also exacerbating the problem of water stress, affecting agriculture production, causing forest fires, degrading forests, damaging coastal marine resources, and increasing outbreaks of infectious diseases.

The report urges that Southeast Asian countries should treat adaptation as an extension of sustainable development practices. Its key elements include: adapting agricultural practices to changes in temperature and precipitation; adapting water management to greater risk of floods and droughts; adapting coastal zone management to higher sea levels; safeguarding forest areas from forest fires and degradation; adapting people to threats of vector-borne infectious diseases. Southeast Asia countries need to take timely action to adapt to climate change, build resilience, and minimize the costs caused by the impact driven by GHG emissions that have been locked into the climate system.

The key word is action, we need to help create action today.

Save the date Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009, Manilla, 15-19 June 2009.

The press release from ADB:

Climate and Clean Energy Week

A High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change in Asia

and The 4th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 Asian

Development Bank Headquarters, Manila 15-19 June 2009

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is pleased to announce the Climate and Clean
Energy Week to be held to be held on 17-19 June 2009 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila,
Philippines. This week will consist of two events: the High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change in
Asia Pacific, this event will convene climate change policy leaders to discuss the path forward for
the Asia Pacific region; and the 4th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009, this event will promote best
practices in policy and finance and seek to catalyze actions that respond to the region’s climate
and energy security challenges.

The week will kick off with the High-Level Dialogue: Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific – A Development Challenge (Dialogue), co-hosted by Dr. R. K. Pachauri and PresidentHaruhiko Kuroda. Dr. Pachauri is the Director-General of TERI and Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which received the Nobel peace prize in 2007.

The Dialogue will feature global leaders to share the latest thinking on various aspects of climate change. Other guests who have agreed to participate include UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon via video, HE Hideki Minamikawa, Director-General, Global Environment, Japan’s, Ministry of the Environment, and Mr. Chad Holiday, Chairman and CEO, DuPont, USA.

As in the previous three years, the Asia Clean Energy Forum (Forum) will serve as a
platform for exchanging experiences and forging new partnerships to advance clean energy
solutions in the region. Leading policymakers and practitioners will highlight proven results and
strategies at the intersection of policy, finance, and implementation.

The Forum has grown significantly, drawing more than 500 participants in 2008 from only about 120 during its inauguration and it will build on this success to attract even wider participation in 2009. ADB is organizing the event with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), cosponsored by the governments of Australia, Japan, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, and event management by Koelnmesse.

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