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On Wednesday, 6 December, breakout conference sessions were held in the
morning and afternoon, with a keynote address by Sir Mark Moody-Stuart,
Co-Chair, G8
Renewable Energy Task Force.
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Policy Issues in Scaling Up Rural Energy Services Charles Feinstein, Principle Operations
Coordinator, the World Bank, sought to dispel two myths related to
village power: that local desires for clean air function as a driver
for renewable energy technologies; and that the recent collapse of
the climate negotiations would hinder market development. He
highlighted climate mitigation and the potential carbon market as
real drivers of the village power agenda, and called for clear rules
under the Clean Development Mechanism that allow for the development
of small projects.
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Rural Electrification Financing
Eufemia Mendoza, Development Bank of the
Philippines, discussed how the Bank is responding to emerging trends
related to environmental protection and sustainable development, and
presented examples of renewable energy projects. |
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Ensuring Equitable Benefits From Rural Energy Services Hasna Khan, Director of Prokaushali Sangsad Ltd.,
Bangladesh, highlighted an initiative to allow women to function as
service providers, not just users of energy. She said lessons
learned from this project include that cooperatives of rural women
are effective entrepreneurs and innovators, and that long-term low
interest loans will be needed to activate the market for Solar Home
Systems.
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Bundled Services: Transforming Rural Markets
Teodoro
Sánchez Campos, ITDG Peru, Chair Susan Goldmark, World Bank,
Pavankumar Siddhi, Sungrace Energy Solutions, India, and Philippe
Renzy de Martin, Shell Solar. |
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Traditional Fuels and Household Energy
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To Save the Forest You Have to Exploit It Commercially
Ismail
Touré, Project Coordinator from the Malian National Department of
Hydrology and Energy, presents a case study of village driven forest
management in Mali. The energy sector of Mali is characterized by
overexploitation of finite forestry resources and its total
dependency on imported petroleum products.
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Commercial
Conversion of Rural Resources
Hari
Sharan of DESIPower argues the case for biomass-based power stations
in India. |
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Technology Update and Applications Kurt
Nass from Honeywell Power System, promoted micro-turbines as a low
maintenance cost, low emissions and low environmental impact
technology.
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Pilots With Promise
Ian
Gould of NREL speaks on a commercial wind-diesel system in Alaska,
which supplies public power and electricity for a local airport. |
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Keynote Address
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Sir
Mark Moody-Stuart, Chair of the Royal Dutch Shell Group and Co-Chair
of the G8 Renewable Energy Task Force, gives the keynote
address. Sir Moody-Stuart briefly outlined his task force's
programme review for renewable energy.
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In the discussion following the presentation,
participants raised issues relating to, inter alia: linkages
between provision of rural energy services and other basic services;
contributions of the NGO community in the renewable energy sector;
restructuring of subsidies in the energy sector; development of
human capacity to service renewable energy technologies; and the
possibility to integrate debt-swaps into the financing of renewable
forms of energy production.
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Wrap-Up Session: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Richard
Jones of the UK Department for International Development speaks on
the linkages between ICT and energy during a wrap-up session. Other
panelists included representatives of the World Bank, the Jamaican
government, UNDP, the Dutch Ministry for International Cooperation,
the International Finance Corporation, Winrock International and
USAID.
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Sustainable
Developments
