1. Progress made, potential to be exploited -Greater attention to the heating and the transport sector and “energy system thinking” 2. Policies mostly in place, obstacles to implementation -Long-term and stable policy frameworks, which can adapt to changing environment, to sustain and increase investment levels 3. Attracting investment represents a major challenge -Establish and strengthen institutional, financial, legal, and regulatory support mechanisms -Improve information on distributed renewable energy markets in developing countries and improve access to up-front finance

1. 2015
UNECE Renewable Energy Status
Key messages on the status of renewables in
17 selected UNECE countries
Katarina Uherova Hasbani
Lead Author
kuhasbani@eirglobal.eu
Presented at the ADB-SEAS Workshop on
Renewable Energy Grid Integration,
Singapore, 7th November 2015

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3. Renewables Energy
2015 Global Status Report
Data on markets, industry, policies and
investment
www.ren21.net/gsr
is a multi stakeholder network dedicated
to the rapid uptake of
renewable energy worldwide.
UNECE Regional Status Report for
South-East & Eastern Europe,
Caucasus, Central Asia & Russia
http://www.ren21.net/status-of-
renewables/regional-status-reports/
Launch today 7 December 2015 at COP 21

4. 1. Progress made, potential to be exploited: Over the past two decades, 17
countries made initial strides into the realm of renewable energy but the
potential is to be fully exploited (RE in heating).
Key messages from UNECE Renewable Energy Status
in South-East and Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central
Asia & Russian Federation
2. Policies mostly in place, obstacles to implementation: Targets are spread
widely, FIT is the preferred support instrument but barriers hamper
growth, both economic (subsidies) and non-economic (red tape).
3. Attracting investment represents a major challenge: 17 countries
represented only 0.5% or USD 0.9 billion of global renewable energy
investment in 2014.

5. CAUCASUS
CENTRAL ASIA
The UNECE Renewable Energy Status Report
Launch today 7 December 2015 at COP 21

6. 1. Progress made, potential to be exploited
Energy overview
• Several countries are facing a number of regional energy challenges:
o Energy security
o Seasonal power outages
o Aging energy infrastructure
o High energy subsidies
o Administrative “red tape“
o Quality of energy access (heating, outages)

7. 1. Progress made, potential to be exploited
Share of Renewable Energy in Total Final Energy Consumption, 2012
• High numbers still
driven by traditional
use of biomass and
high shares of hydro in
Caucasus and Central
Asia
• Energy consumption
stemming from modern
renewables negligible –
even when looking at
preliminary 2014 data.

8. 1. Progress made, potential to be exploited
Renewable Energy for Power, Installed Capacity
in MW, 2014
• Big variations from country
to country ut generally low
non-hydro capacities.
• Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
are leading in non-hydro
technologies deployment.

9. 2. Policies mostly in place, obstacles to implementation
RE Policy and Target Landscape – UNECE (17)
• Targets are widely used and increasingly
accompanied by regulatory policies
• FIT is the preferred support instrument
(No FIT in Takijistan, Turkmenistan &
Uzbekistan)
• Only few examples of regional
mandatory RE targets – some countries
in Caucasus and Central Asia (Georgia &
Turkmenistan) without targets or reg.
Policies (Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan)
• Still apparent that non-economic barriers
hinder unfolding of full policy potential

10. 2. Policies mostly in place, obstacles to implementation
EE Policy and Target Landscape – UNECE (17)
• Energy Efficiency targets and policies are
being pursued directly or through
residential and public building initiatives
• Pushed by energy security concerns and
by support of international donors
• Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan
and Turkmenistan have no EE targets

11. 3. Attracting investment represents a major challenge
Global Investment in Renewable Energy
Global new investment
estimated USD USD 270.2
billion in 2014
Reasons for the increase:
• Increase in solar power
installations in China
and Japan
• Investment in solar
power up 25%
• Record investment in
offshore wind projects
in Europe

12. 3. Attracting investment represents a major challenge
Investment flows in UNECE (17)
Renewable Energy Investment Overview, 2004 - 2014
• The covered countries
only represent 0.5 % of
new RE investment in
2014 worldwide
• Downward trend in
investment activity
since 2012 (in Eastern
Europe & Russia)
• Caucasus & Central
Asia around 400
Million USD in 2014

13. 3. Attracting investment represents a major challenge
Investment flows in UNECE (17)
Renewable Energy Investment Overview, 2004 – 2014 – selected countries
• Investment is unevenly distributed (regionaly and by sector).
• 100 to 300 Million USD per country in Caucasus & Central Asia.
• Funding sources mainly originating in national governments,
international donors and multilateral development banks
(EBRD, World Bank, ADB)

14. Conclusion
Main takeaways from the global perspective:
1. Progress made, potential to be exploited
- Greater attention to the heating and the transport sector
and “energy system thinking”
2. Policies mostly in place, obstacles to implementation
- Long-term and stable policy frameworks, which can adapt to
changing environment, to sustain and increase investment
levels
Launch on 7 December 2015 at COP 21
3. Attracting investment represents a major challenge
- Establish and strengthen institutional, financial, legal, and regulatory support
mechanisms
- Improve information on distributed renewable energy markets in developing
countries and improve access to up-front finance

15. Check out UNECE Renewables Interactive Map
The map can be easily
integrated into existing
websites without IT know-how
Can be simply expanded with
data of future initiatives and
updates to the status report.
Contains all information
collected during the
development of the UNECE
Renewable Energy Status
Report
www.ren21.net/map/unece

16. THANK YOU
for your attention
What’s next?
1. Download the report http://bit.ly/1m5i1fO
2. Use the map www.ren21.net/map/unece
3. Contact me for future collaboration or inquiries
Katarina Uherova Hasbani
kuhasbani@eirglobal.eu