Regional Seminar on Energy Efficiency Indicators in the Arab Countries in the Mediterranean Neighborhood November 29,2012

1. Energy Efficiency Indicators
In the southern and Eastern
Mediterranean countries
Cairo, November 29, 2012
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Indicators: A vital approach for
monitoring energy and climate policy
Amel BIDA
Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency

2. Content
Introduction
EE indicators project
Objectives
Approach
Outcomes
Major energy challenges
Conclusion

3. Introduction
International oil market and price rises will raise major challenges in terms of
competitiveness,
pressure on public finances
vulnerability of the most deprived communities.
Tensions in the international energy markets threaten
the security of supply
countries’ capacity to meet their basic energy needs
Global warming is to be stabilised at +2°C by 2100,
a strong commitment is required from developing countries to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, alongside the efforts that
must be made by developed countries.
ambitious medium- and long-term energy efficiency
and renewable energy development targets

4. Energy Efficiency Guideline
promoting cooperation and coordinating efforts in the areas of power
generation, transmission and distribution through a series of measures such as
to encourage more efficient use of electricity in the Arab States;
A guideline reflecting the objective of the Ministerial Council for end use
Electricity efficiency improvement working under the authority of the League
of Arab States
• Set a 10 years EE target
• Assign a mandated entity
• 3 years NEEAP
• public sector to lead by example (exemplary role),
• Utilities to provide services or contributing to a fund
• 3 year progress report (NEEAP)

5. Indicators: A vital approach for monitoring energy and climate
policy
the design and implementation of such policies requires monitoring and assessment
systems to be created, based on relevant indicators for decision-making
EE Policy Benchmarking
making EE of EE
assessment Indicators
=
main
tools
Monitoring of NEEAPs

6. EE indicators project
Cooperation & Co-financing
Agreement
Disseminating an energy indicators culture within the region

7. Objectives
•Capacity building among the relevant public- and private-
sector stakeholders for the calculation and the analysis of EE
indicators,
•Promoting the sharing of experience between countries in
the region, in order to develop a first set of indicators,
•Creating a network of regional experts to design, calculate
and analyse EE indicators, with the aim of assessing EE policies
in the region.

8. A participative approach
Approach based on learning by doing:
Involvement of the expert to select through consultation process the
indicators
.

9. Availability of data
Number of indicators by sector
Sectors required available
Macro 15 10
Transformation
Percentage of required data by sector
14 10
Transport 25 14
Tertiary 10 8
Residential 11 11
Industry 22 14
Agriculture & 10 7
fishing
Total 107 74

11. Outcomes
Domination of oil in the primary consumption
poor penetration of renewable energies (around 1%)

13. Major energy challenges highlighted by the project
Analysis of the indicators developed as part of the project leads to the following remarks:
Trend towards energy dependence,
Significant potential for improving energy efficiency in the region,
PEI in the region: (0.460 toe/1000 $ 2000)
OECD countries: (0.174 toe / 1000 $ 2000),
Fuel subsidies amounts to around as 12% of GDP (socio-economic vulnerability to
variations in international energy prices for most countries in the region).

14. Conclusion
Learning process is the first step of a longer path that should
be continued in the region
• Disseminating a culture of indicators among the
institutons in the region
• Raising awareness of policy-makers about the
importance of EE indicators
• Creating a network of regional experts to develop EE
indicators and analyse EE policies

15. Thanks for your attention
Amel BIDA
Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (“RCREEE”)
Hydro Power Plants Execution Authority Ministry of Electricity and Energy
Block 11 - Piece 15, Melsa District - Ardh El Golf Nasr City - Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +20 2 24154691
Fax: +20 2 24154661
E-mail: amel.bida@rcreee.org
amelbida@yahoo.fr
Website: www.rcreee.org