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120321 ECOWAS Bioenergy Forum, GBEP pilot Ghana
1. Piloting the GBEP
Sustainability Indicators
Mr Hamza Tanko, Ghana
Renewable Energy Agency
Ralph Brieskorn, Ministry of
Infrastructure and the
Environment, The Netherlands
ECOWAS, Regional Bio Energy forum,
21 March 2012
2. Summary
• The development of GBEP indicators
• Piloting of the indicators
• Selection of the indicators
• Experiencies of testing the indicators in the Netherlands
• First outcomes and conclusions
• Mr Hamza Tanko on the experiences in Ghana
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3. The development of GBEP indicators
• GBEP Task Force on Sustainability was established in June 2008
• Agreement on the 24 sustainability indicators in May 2011
• Endorsement of full GBEP sustainability indicators report with
templates in November 2011
Goal of the GBEP sustainability indicators:
• To guide analysis undertaken of bioenergy at the domestic level
• Informing decision making and facilitating the sustainable
development of bioenergy
• Now piloting the sustainability indicators
• Activity group under the Working Group on Capacity Building to
raise awareness, share data and experiences on implementation
of indicators
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5. Piloting of the indicators
Why?
• Testing in the field: from theory to practice
• Learn about data collection, gaps and find possible solutions
• Learn about the proposed methodologies
• In future further improvements of the indicators
Where?
• Japan (plant), Germany, Ghana and ECOWAS, The Netherlands,
US, Colombia, Indonesia
• Madagascar. And others?
• The more, the better to gain experience, learn and improve
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6. Piloting of the indicators
The more, the better to gain experience, learn and improve
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7. The 2 Pilots of the indicators
2 pilots: in the Netherlands and in Ghana/ECOWAS financed through
NLAgency, 2 consultants
Goals in the Netherlands
• Testing in the field
• Lessons to be learned on data (gaps), methodologies
• Suggestions for improvements
• November 2011 – April 2012
Goals in Ghana
• Assess sustainability of the Ghanaian bio energy sector
• Develop sustainable bio energy policies
• Learn lessons to enhance practicality for policymakers and spread
experiences in ECOWAS region and GBEP
• November 2011 – August 2012
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8. Approach taken: Focus on 3 pillars
• A balanced selection of indicators from 3 pillars
• Indicators should be useful in the national context
• Budget required selection of indicators
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9. Comparison selection of indicators NL and GH
Environment Social Economic
1. Life Cycle GHG Emissions (NL 9. Allocation and tenure of land 17. Productivity (NL, GH1)
GH3) (GH2)
2. Soil Quality (NL, GH4) 10. Price and supply of national 18. Net energy balance (NL, GH4)
food basket (GH1)
3. Harvest levels of wood 11. Change in income (NL) 19. Gross value added (NL)
resources (NL, GH1)
4. Emissions of non GHG air 12. Jobs in the bioenergy sector 20. Change in consumption of
pollutants (NL, GH5) (NL, GH4) fossil fuels (NL, GH2)
5. Water use and efficiency (NL) 13. Change in unpaid time women 21. Training and requalification of
and children workforce (GH6)
6. Water quality (NL) 14. Expand access to bio energy 22. Energy diversity (NL, GH5)
services (GH3)
7. Biological diversity in the 15. Change in mortality and 23. Infrastructure and logistics
landscape (NL) disease indoor smoke (NL, GH3)
8. Land use and Land use change 16. Incidence of injury, illness 24. Capacity and flexibility of use
(NL, GH2) (NL) of bioenergy (NL)
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10. Characteristics of the Netherlands
Year 2009/2010
• 68 PJ Renewable Energy
• 3,9% RE of total energy
• 75% RE is biomass
• Growing to 14% RE in 2020
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11. Characteristics of the Netherlands
• Netherlands is a trading country – characterized by large import
and export flows of biomass resources
• Bioenergy sector is developing – though still in its infancy (not a
separate sector)
• Large availability of data resources and reports – not always
comparable and sometimes contradictive (CBS, Universities,
NLAgency, Neth. Env. Assessment Agency (PBL)
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15. First recommendations in NL
• Harmonize data collection and reporting requirements between
organizations and time-wise (e.g. Progress report to EC every 2
years, NEA on biofuels yearly, CBS yearly or longer depending on
information)
• Good baseline inventory on biomass and bioenergy use is key for
monitoring GBEP indicators (which year as a starting point, 2007)
• Recommended to extend monitoring efforts to the biobased
economy in general;
• Harmonize efforts on data collection for default values (e.g. on
water use processing facilities in Europe);
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16. GBEP pilot project
Sustainability Indicators in Ghana
Mr. Hamza Tanko, Ghana Renewable Energy Agency
(Office of The President), Ghana
Ralph Brieskorn, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment,
The Netherlands
ECOWAS, Regional Bio Energy Forum, 21 March 2012
16
17. 0 Contents
1. Introduction GBEP pilot in Ghana
2. Status of activities
3. Assignments Research Institutes
4. Questions
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17 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
18. 1 Introduction
Funded by: NLAgency
Ghana + ECOWAS partners:
• Ghana Renewable Energy Agency
• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
• Ghana Energy Commission
• ECREEE
Assisted by: Partners for Innovation (Netherlands)
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18 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
19. 1 Goals
1. How to use GBEP Sustainability Indicators as a
tool to:
• Assess sustainability of the Ghanaian bio-
energy sector
• Develop sustainable bioenergy policies
2. Learning lessons on using the indicators:
• Enhance their practicality for policymakers
• Spread experiences within ECOWAS / GBEP
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19 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
20. 1 Stakeholder group
– Dr. A.B. Salifu, Director-General, CSIR
– Dr. Hakeem Wemah, Northern Development Forum
– Dr. Agyekum Hene, Africa Biofuel Renewable Energy Company
– Mr. Salifu Abdul-Razak Ziblim, Min. Food and Agri. (MoFA) - DCS
– Dr. Komla B. Kotatsi, Min. of Environment, Sci. and Tech. (MEST)
– Mrs. Florence Agyei, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
– Prof. Abeeku Brew-Hammond, Energy Centre, KNUST, Kumasi
– Mr. Julius Nkansah-Nyarko/Mr. Kwabena A. Otu-Danquah, EC
– Dr. Beatrice Mensah, CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research
– Representative , Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
– Forestry Commission
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20 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
21. 2 Status of activities
Nov-Dec 2011 Jan-June 2012 May-July 2012 Aug 2012
• Stakeholder • Terms of Reference • Workshops • Report &
identification Research Institutes with policy presentation
makers of results at
• Policy • Contracting Research aimed at GBEP and
inventory Institutes sustainable ECOWAS
bioenergy
• Selection of •Assessment of data development
indicators availability, usefulness
and quality
• Pre-selection
of Research •Meeting stakeholder
Institutes group for review results
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21 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
22. 2 Selection of indicators
3 2 1
4 1 4
1
5 4 2
6
3 5
3
2
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22 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
23. 2 Research Institutes
CSIR Institutes, specifically:
o Forestry Research Institute
o Institute for Industrial Research
o Crops Research Institute
KNUST / Energy Center
University of Ghana / ISSER
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23 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
24. 3 Assignments
Select 3 Research Institutes to do the work
for the 3 pillars
Each Research Institute does the work for 3-
4 indicators (for 1 pillar)
GBEP Indicator report is starting point for
the work to be carried out
Uniform reporting in a prescribed Excel
template
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24 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
25. 3 Goals assignments
1. Collect most appropriate (available) data
2. Assess usefulness, availability and quality
3. Provide recommendations for improved data
collection and use
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25 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012
26. 3 Example reporting
Indicator 2: Soil carbon
Percentage of land for which soil quality, in particular in terms
of soil organic carbon, is maintained or improved out of total
land on which bioenergy feedstock is cultivated or harvested.
The indicator applies to bioenergy production from all
bioenergy feedstocks.
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26 ECOWAS BIOENERGY FORUM 21 March 2012