4. President Obama’s Climate Action Plan
“We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to
ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change,
knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future
generations. … The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and
sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.
We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and
new industries, we must claim its promise.“
President Obama, Second Inaugural Address, January 2013
Ambassador Rufus Gifford
5. Three Key Pillars
Cut Carbon Pollution in America
Prepare the United States for the
Impacts of Climate Change
Lead International Efforts to
Combat Global Climate Change
and Prepare for its Impacts
Ambassador Rufus Gifford
6. Cut Carbon Pollution
in America
Million Metric Tons CO2
6,500
Annual Energy CO2 Emissions
6,000
5,500
5,000
17% below
4,500
2005
Target
2010
Historical
2015
Reference
2020
• In 2009, at UNFCC meeting in
Copenhagen, President Obama
pledges the United States will
reduce emissions “in the range of
17% by 2020 below 2005 levels.”
• In 2011, U.S. emissions were
down 6.7% over 2005 levels and
energy related CO2 emissions
down 8.8%. Reducing emissions
while growing the economy as a
whole.
• In 2012 year the economy grew
2.2% while emissions fell nearly
4%
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, 2013
Substantial progress made; substantial additional effort still needed.
Ambassador Rufus Gifford
8. Massachusetts in the Lead
• Ranked first in 2013 by the U.S.
Clean Tech Leadership Index
• Clean energy jobs grew by 11.8%
from 2012 to 2013,
• Among these 60% focus on solar
energy.
Clean energy sector jobs
Source Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 2013
Ambassador Rufus Gifford
• In May 2013 the state met its
2017 goal to install 250
megawatts of solar power
capacity.
9. Cape Wind Project
• The first offshore wind farm in the U.S.
• USD 2 billion investment – with Danish
partners.
• Will cover 75% of electricity consumption
in the areas of Cape Cod, Martha's
Vineyard and Nantucket.
• Danish companies work with U.S.
companies on development of 130 wind
turbines.
Ambassador Rufus Gifford
12. “Convince those in power to reduce our carbon pollution.
Push your own communities to adopt smarter practices.
Invest. Divest.
Remind folks there's no contradiction
between a sound environment and strong economic growth.”
President Obama at Georgetown University on June 25, 2013
Thank you!
18. PRESIDENT OBAMA’S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
LEAD INTERNATIONAL
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
•
Enhance Multilateral
Engagement With Major
Economies
•
Expand Clean Energy Use
and Cut Energy Waste
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19. BACKGROUND
• The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)
is a high-level global forum focused
on accelerating the transition to a
global clean energy economy.
• Created by Leaders at the Major
Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in
August 2009.
• Focused on 3 goals:
• Improve energy efficiency
• Enhance clean energy supply
• Expand clean energy access
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23. HIGH-LEVEL POLICY DIALOGUE
Meetings are opportunities to assess progress, engage
the private sector and the public, and guide work
under the initiatives.
Ministerial Meetings
CEM1 – Washington DC, July 2010
CEM2 – Abu Dhabi, April 2011
CEM3 – London, April 2012
CEM4 – Delhi, April 2013
----------------------------------------CEM5 – Seoul, 2014
CEM6 – Mexico City, 2015
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24. TECHNICAL COOPERATION
Energy
Efficiency
Clean
Energy
Appliance
Efficiency
(SEAD)
Solar and Wind
Buildings and
Industrial
Efficiency
(GSEP)
Integration
Human
Capacity
Hydropower
21st Century
Power
Partnership
Smart Grids
(ISGAN)
Bioenergy
Clean Vehicles
(EVI)
Carbon
Capture, Use
and Storage
(CCUS)
Sustainable Cities
(GSCN)
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Clean Energy
Solutions Center
Women in Clean
Energy (C3E)
Global Lighting
and Energy
Access
Partnership
(Global LEAP)
26. TECHNICAL COOPERATION
Energy
Efficiency
Clean
Energy
Appliance
Efficiency
(SEAD)
Solar and Wind
Buildings and
Industrial
Efficiency
(GSEP)
Integration
Human
Capacity
Hydropower
21st Century
Power
Partnership
Smart Grids
(ISGAN)
Bioenergy
Clean Vehicles
(EVI)
Carbon
Capture, Use
and Storage
(CCUS)
Sustainable Cities
(GSCN)
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Clean Energy
Solutions Center
Women in Clean
Energy (C3E)
Global Lighting
and Energy
Access
Partnership
(Global LEAP)
27. HAVING AN IMPACT
Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD)
Based on recommendations developed through the SEAD
initiative, India became the first country in the world to set
comprehensive quality and performance standards for LEDs.
277 terawatt
hours electricity
saved
254 million
tonnes CO2
emissions avoided
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28. HAVING AN IMPACT
Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD)
13 standards or policies improving energy efficiency of
lighting, televisions, and ceiling fans adopted or proposed through
1
SEAD initiative
• Korea’s revised label for television efficiency
among world’s most stringent. New standard
expected to save 2.2 TWh of electricity annually
in 2020.
• India launched Super Efficient Equipment
Program (SEEP) to bring super-efficient ceiling
fans to market. Expected to save 2 TWh of
electricity annually and avoid almost 24 Mt of
CO2 emissions during life of the fans.
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29. HAVING AN IMPACT
Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD)
SEAD Global Efficiency Medal Competitions
• Televisions announced; winning models 3344% more efficient than comparable
technology.
• Computer monitors announced; winning
models 12-43% more efficient than
comparable technology.
• Electric motor competition underway; adopting
best practice could save appx. 322 TWh of
electricity and 206 Mt of CO2 emissions per
year by 2030.
Promoting of energy efficient street lighting
• Partnering with Mexican National Commission on
Energy Efficiency to promote adoption of
energy efficient street lighting in Mexican
municipalities.
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30. HAVING AN IMPACT
Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP)
Energy Management System case studies underscore business
value of implementation
13 U.S. facilities
improved energy
performance
5.6 - 25.8%
over a 2-3 year
period
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31. HAVING AN IMPACT
Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP)
Energy Management Systems Working Group
• Other work streams include:
• Energy Performance Database
to establish specific
impacts, paybacks, and other
findings
• Workforce Development
• Peer Sharing Webinars and
Workshops highlight resources
and tools
• EnMS Practitioner’s Toolbox
with 10 to 20 key
processes, practices and
supporting tools that could make
an immediate, cost effective
and substantive benefits
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32. HAVING AN IMPACT
International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN)
ISGAN collects and shares best practices
and lessons learned, informing peer-topeer exchange and contributing to the
wider application of smart grid solutions.
•
Recent international casebook on
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
(AMI) identifies emerging best practices
for deploying the complex suite of
technologies under the AMI label.
•
Online database catalogues smart grid
activities underway around the world
mapped to motivating drivers.
98 projects, 17 countries… so far
•
Monthly webinars highlight lessons
learned in specific projects.
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33. HAVING AN IMPACT
International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN)
ISGAN technical cooperation identifies core transmission and distribution
system needs as well as supports joint evaluation of emerging smart
grid concepts through a network of test bed and research facilities.
A smart and strong electrical
infrastructure contributes to
energy and climate goals.
•
Technical activities create a framework
for experts to share emerging best
practices, develop and share new test
methods and capabilities, and enhance
lab and test bed performance
•
Joint evaluation of advanced PV
inverter test protocols underway
Smart grid is not a single solution;
it’s a portfolio of tools and technologies.
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34. HAVING AN IMPACT
21st Century Power Partnership (21CPP)
Through peer-to-peer consultations and workshops, 21 CPP is
supporting power sector transformation.
In India, multiyear plan of work on
comprehensive
power system
planning and
integrating variable
renewables
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35. HAVING AN IMPACT
21st Century Power Partnership (21CPP)
21CPP is also supporting power sector transformation in South
Africa and Mexico.
•
In South Africa, organizing peer-topeer engagement on integrating
variable renewable power into the
grid.
•
In Mexico, working with the nation’s
energy agency to develop work plan
on policy and technical priorities.
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36. PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT
Past roundtable topics:
• Clean Vehicle Adoption
• Renewables Policies and Finance
• Power Markets in Emerging
Economies
• Reducing Solar PV Soft Costs
• Energy Management Systems
• Mini-grid Development
Roundtables have included participants from
Schneider Electric, International Energy
Agency, Suzlon Energy, Alstom Grid, Tata
Solar, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 3M
Company, Fortum Asia, Gram Power and
more.
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- As the Ambassador mentioned, one of the key pillars in President Obama’s Climate Action Plan is for the U.S. toLead International Efforts to Combat Global Climate Change:- Under this pillar, the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is recognized as a successful multilateral effort to spur cooperative action among major economies. The Plan recognizes the CEM for catalyzing the development and deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency solutions. The plan calls for building and expanding on these efforts. So what is the Clean Energy Ministerial?
The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is a high-level global forum focused on accelerating the transition to a global clean energy economy.It was created by Leaders at the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in August 2009.Focused on 3 goals:Improve energy efficiency Enhance clean energy supplyExpand clean energy access
There are 23 governments participating in the CEM.Together they account for about 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions but they also represent about 90% of global clean energy investment.They’re the major economies of the world that have come together voluntarily to cooperate and collaborate on clean energy.
The Clean Energy Ministerial is doing this through a three part strategy; high level policy dialogue, which takes place when energy ministers from participating governments come together each year to discuss how to further progress;engagement with the private sector and other stakeholders takes place through public-private roundtables that are convened on transformative clean energy topics on the sidelines of the annual ministerial meeting.technical cooperation takes place through 13 initiatives thataredelivering tangible, high impact results andamplifying each government’s own clean energy deployment efforts.
The CEM has some unique characteristics: It’s based on a distributed leadership approach where any government interested in pursuing a substantive idea on a clean energy technology or issue is encouraged to identify willing partners and go forward with it. There’s no expectation that every government participates in every initiative. There’s no communiqué or other negotiated text.This collaboration extends to multilateral institutions such as the IEA, IPEEC, IRENA and working to leverage the expertise, influence, and capital of the private sector.
Technical cooperation takes place through 13 initiatives that are currently underway through the CEM. These initiatives can be broadly categorized under Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Integration and Human Capacity. Under Energy Efficiency we have SEAD and GSEP, the two initiatives I highlighted earlier; Under Clean Energy we have Solar and Wind, Hydropower, Bioenergy and Carbon Capture Use and Storage; Integration has the 21st Century Power Partnership, the International Smart Grid Action Network, the Electric Vehicle Initiative and the Global Sustainable Cities Network; and under Human Capacity we have the Clean Energy Solutions Center, Women in Clean Energy and Global LEAP.
This chart shows the breakout of which countries are involved in each of the initiatives. The yellow square also designates which countries lead each initiative.
- I want to highlight just a few of the CEM initiatives, some of the results already realized and work that is taking place….
The Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD)initiative promotes energy efficient appliances and equipment.here’s just one thing of many that this initiative has accomplished towards avoiding the 650 coal-fired power plants…. Based on recommendations developed through this initiative, India became the first country in the world to set comprehensive quality and performance standards for light-emitting diodes (LEDs). By putting quality standards into place, we can avoid market spoiling that would otherwise slow adoption of LED technology. These new standards are expected to save about 277 terawatt hours of electricity from the time they go into effect through the year 2030. [Assumes market spoiling in absence of quality standards would delay adoption by 5 years]277 terawatt hours translates into avoiding over 90 mid-sized coal fired power plants. It also translates into avoiding about 254 million tonnes of CO2.
Altogether, 13 standards or policies to improve the energy efficiency of lighting, televisions and ceiling fans have been adopted or proposed through this initiative.Based on SEAD analysis, Korea revised its highest level label for television efficiency to be among the world’s most stringent. The new standard is expected to save 2.2 terawatt hours of electricity annually in 2020. Also working from SEAD recommendations, India launched the Super Efficient Equipment Program (SEEP) to bring to market super efficient ceiling fans. Once fully implemented SEEP will save 2 terawatt hours of electricity annually and avoid almost 24 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions during the life of the fans.
SEAD recently announced the winners of the Global Efficiency Medal competition for computer monitors. Globally, computer monitors use 30 to 40 terawatt hours of electricity per year. Recent technology developments can improve their energy efficiency and save up to 4.5 terawatt hours of electricity per year. By recognizing the most efficient products globally, the Efficiency Medal competition will spur innovation among manufacturers and inform consumer purchasing decisions.Global Efficiency Medal competition for electric motors is currently underway. Motor services account for 43% of world electricity consumption. Adopting best practice minimum energy performance standards could save appx. 322 terawatt hours per year and 206 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year by 2030.SEAD is partnering with the Mexican National Commission on Energy Efficiency (CONUEE) to promote the adoption of energy efficient street lighting in Mexican municipalities. Through CONUEE’s Public Lighting Replacement Program, CONUEE will leverage the SEAD Street Lighting Tool, a free, easy-to-use calculator developed by SEAD to help purchasers make more informed choices regarding street lighting fixtures to help achieve up to 50 percent in energy savings.
GSEP’s Energy Management Working Group (EMWG) seeks to accelerate broad use of energy management systems (EnMS) in industry and commercial buildings worldwide. Members are producing a suite of case studies to showcase early adopters and help to develop a compelling business case based on real-world data and experiences.The implementation of EnMS is proving to generate significant energy and cost savings. In the U.S., 13 different facilities improved their energy performance from 5.6 to 25.8 percent over a two to three year period. GSEP is compiling and these case studies as well as others from Australia to disseminate.Other pilots are underway; in Korea 10 facilities are participating in a pilot project. The early successes in collaborating on pilot projects have led to expanded technical exchange among countries.
Other workstreams under this working group include: - The working group is collecting and organizing energy performance data into a databaseMembers have shared information on their workforce training and credentialing programs, including qualification criteria, training requirements, and training materials.There are peer sharing webinars and workshops discussing a range of topics including policy and program developments, new resources and tools, and barriers/enables to industry uptake. An energy management systems practitioner’s toolbox is being developed for Industry that will document between 10 to 20 key processes, practices and supporting tools that could make an immediate, cost effective and substantive benefits.
25 governments and their designated institutions participate in ISGAN, including many of Denmark’s neighbors --Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the European Commission – though not Denmark itself… yet. ISGAN is a network of experts and a repository of information on smart grid solutions. ISGAN recently released an international casebook on Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) identifying emerging best practices for deploying the complex suite of technologies under the AMI label. The case book featuresa compilation of case studies from six countries on three continents, including a case study from the U.S. An updated version with additional cases is forthcoming. - Also, a book of case studies on advanced demand technologies and practices is under development. ISGAN maintains an online database of high-priority projects submitted by its members. To date, almost 100 projects from 17 countries have been documented, mapped to ISGAN countries’ motivating drivers for smart grids as well as their technological priorities. Working with the Clean Energy Solutions Center and the Global Smart Grid Federation, ISGAN hosts webinars, roughly monthly, to highlight lessons learned in specific smart grid demonstration and deployment projects.
-- ISGAN supports technical cooperation to better understand emerging needs across transmission and distribution systems (and the interfaces between the two). -- ISGAN takes the approach that smart grid is not a single solution.-- Rather, it’s a portfolio of flexible tools and technologies that can be adapted and applied to meet the requirements of specific systems. -- ISGAN’s Smart Grid International Research Facility Network, or SIRFN, supports joint evaluation of important smart grid concepts. -- SIRFN’s current activity focuses on the joint evaluation of test protocols for advanced grid-facing functions of PV inverters. -- These functions were defined in IEC 68150-90-7. -- Ideally, SIRFN’s work will help inform development of appropriate standards (though, to be clear, it is not standards development work itself).
The 21st Century Power Partnership focuses on transforming the power sector through the integration of smart grids, clean energy and energy efficiency. Through peer-to-peer expert consultations and workshops, 21CPP is supporting power sector transformation in India. In cooperation with India’s Planning Commission and other relevant government agencies, this has resulted in a multi-year plan of work on comprehensive power system planning in the Indian context and integrating variable renewable power into the grid.
21CPP is also supporting power sector transformation in South Africa and Mexico. In South Africa, 21CPP is organizing peer-to-peer engagement on integrating variable renewable power into the grid. In Mexico, 21CPP is working to develop a work plan encompassing a wide range of policy and technical priorities including expansion of smart grid projects, grid operational practices for wind integration, and development of policy and regulatory framework to accelerate wind and solar PV capacity
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