This document provides an introduction and overview of the Asia Power Quality Initiative (APQI). It summarizes that APQI was established in 2008 to expand power quality efforts in Asia, led by the International Copper Association and partners in various Asian countries. It describes APQI's structure and national alliances, and achievements to date including case studies, seminars, publications

1. The Asia Power Quality
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Initiative
An Initiative to solve Power Quality problems in Asian industries
Pierre Cazelles & Alex Wong
International Copper Association
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Leonardo ENERGY Power Quality Forum 2011
Eindhoven, 27 January 2011

2. Content
A brief introduction of APQI
Achievements to date
2011 2012
2011-2012 Action Plan

3. About APQI
• Establishment of APQI co-funded by the European
Commission’s Asia-Invest program and ICA (2008-2010)
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Expansion of Leonardo Power Quality Initiative (LPQI)
i fL d P Q lit I iti ti
• China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia

4. APQI Structure
Technical
T h i l support
t Management and coordination
M t d di ti
Overall coordination & China: International Copper Association,
China
Philippines: Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers
Thailand: Engineering Institute of Thailand
a a d g ee g st tute o a a d
Vietnam: Electricity of Vietnam
Malaysia: CIRED Malaysia
India: International Copper Promotion Council - India
South East Asia coordination: International Copper Association
Southeast Asia (Singapore)

5. APQI China
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25members
Country coordinator:
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6. APQI India
21 members
Country coordinator :

7. APQI Thailand
15 members
Country coordinator: Engineering Institute of Thailand

8. APQI Philippines
15 members
Country coordinator:
Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers

9. APQI Malaysia
13 members
Country coordinator :
Malaysian National Committee of CIRED

10. APQI Vietnam
18 members
Country coordinator: EVN

11. APQI Structure
• APQI Alliances in each country: over 100
members including power utilities, standard
making bodies, suppliers, professional institutes,
universities and solution providers, etc
• Overall coordination by ICA China and ICA SEA

12. APQI Structure
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Project management
Annual Regional Partner Meeting
review activities discuss action plan
WWW
National Alliance Meeting Action
review activities discuss action plan Statement
Workgroup meeting

14. Content
A brief introduction of APQI
Achievements to date
2011 2012
2011-2012 Action Plan

15. Achievements to date
MI Government
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Utility support Member
partnership
PQ awareness campaign Achievements Global tech
support
Key factors for success

16. Achievements to date
• E-learning software in English and Chinese
• Over 100 case studies
• 40 seminars with 4,300 participants
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• Network with standard bodies, utilities, PQ
solution and equipment providers
• Reaching out to thousands of end-users
end users
• PQ equipment survey conducted in China
• 9 PQ books will be published in China
• Quarterly Newsletter (10,000 copies/issue)

17. PQ Equipment Survey
• Scope:
– 9 equipments
(SVC, STATCOM APF PPF UPS
(SVC STATCOM, APF, PPF, UPS,
DUPS, DVR, Portable & online
Monitoring products )
– software & service
• Market size: 800 million Euro in
2009
• Annual growth rate: about
13% Workgroup photo

18. PQ Equipment Survey
U n it: 0 . 1 b n
120 RMB 50%
103.4
91.6 40%
90 81.4
72.5
63.9 30%
60 54.2
45.1
20%
20% 18%
30 13%
14% 12% 13% 10%
0 0%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E
PQ market size（UPS included) Annual growth rate
80 50%
59.6 40%
60
37% 51.0
43.7
43 7 30%
28% 37.4
40
30.8
24.0 21% 20%
17%
17.5 17% 17%
20
10%
0 0%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2011E 2012E
Power quality improving products Annual growth rate

19. 91%
56%
44%
8%
1%
Power quality improving products
UPS Other Power quality monitoring products
Software & services
51% 69%
29%
31%
0%6%
14%
0.3%
0% Portablee monitoring Online monitoring
APF PPF SVC SVG DUPS DVR STSS

20. PQ Equipment Survey
• Key findings
– Driving forces in China
• Quick growth of electricity investment (growth rate:10%)
• Enforcing Law & codes
• Strong needs from main end users
• PQ awareness campaign
– Low PQ awareness
• Power factor

21. Case studies
• 40 case studies have been completed
in India and Thailand respectively
• 41 cases in China covered three major
sectors
– Monitoring & investigation ( 12 cases)
– Solutions for various PQ problems ( 27
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cases)
– PQ & energy saving ( 2 cases)

22. An example of APQI seminar
Backdrop of APQI seminar in Shanghai
September 2009 Agenda

23. Conference room

24. Q&A and panel discussion

25. A small scale Exhibition
in the conference room
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26. Two new members joined in APQI China

27. Group photo for the speakers

28. Example of media coverage:
Shanghai seminar
• P bli i d agenda and profile of speakers in
Publicized d d fil f k i
influential specialized magazines
• I t i
Interviewed key speakers in the seminar
dk k i th i
• Publicize the interviews in influential specialized
magazines
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• Publicize technical articles in influential
specialized magazines
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29. E-learning Software
Contents ( English & Chinese)
1. PQ Brief
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2. Phenomena and solutions
3.
3 Case studies

30. A visual identity was created for the project
Backdrop Report
PPT template

31. An example of visual identity
Materials of APQI Seminar in Shanghai
M i l f S i i Sh h i

32. APQI Brochure

33. Content
A brief introduction of APQI
Achievements to date
2011 2012
2011-2012 Action Plan

34. 2011-12 work plan
• Develop online training platform
• Conduct PQ loss survey in China, Thailand,
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Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia
• Launch a regular international PQ conference in
Asia
• Training and certification of engineers
• PQ manual (based on LPQI)
• White papers on link between PQ and RE; PQ
and EE

35. The EC funding ended, but
APQI is growing……
We just We are
begin…… seriously……

36. • Alex Huang (ICA China)
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Email: alexhuang@copper.org.cn
Tel: 86-21-63915816