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Islands as Lighthouses for the
Global Transition to
Renewable Energy Dolf Gielen, Brussels, 16 June 2015
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The global Voice, Advisory Resource and Knowledge Hub for renewable energy
Currently 141 member countries, 31 Signatories / States in Accession
The International Renewable
Energy Agency
Renewable energy can:
Meet our goals for secure, reliable and sustainable energy
Provide electricity access to 1.3 billion people
Promote economic development
At an affordable cost
Renewable energy for Islands
• IRENA membership includes island nations and nations with islands
• Island Lighthouses one of six thematic areas in the IRENA Work
Programme
• Important programmatic activities in AIMS, Caribbean, Pacific region,
Mediterranean
• SIDS Lighthouses
• GREIN Global Renewable Energy Islands Network
• Also other work relevant for islands:
Costing and technology information
Project development assistance
Standards, quality control and certification
Capacity building/training (together with member countries)
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Malta Communique on Accelerating
Renewable Energy Uptake for Islands
• Ministers and others called on IRENA to establish a Global
Renewable Energy Islands Network (GREIN) as a platform
for pooling knowledge, sharing best practices and seeking
innovative solutions for accelerated uptake of clean and
cost-effective renewable energy technologies on islands.
• Information developed could be of value not only to island
states, but also to other countries with islands or minigrids
– which share the burden of high costs of energy from
distant sources which renewable energy may displace.
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GREIN GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
ISLANDS NETWORK
GREIN’s Six Interest Clusters:
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GREIN GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
ISLANDS NETWORK
Exchange of experiences and best practice between
member country experts, supported by IRENA analytical
work:
• Resource Assessment
• Technology Roadmaps
• Power Grid Integration
• Water Desalination Systems
• Waste-to-Energy Systems
• Tourist Sector Applications
www.irena.org/grein
Launched on 23 September 2014 at the Climate Summit
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE: • Enabling a sustainable energy transformation for people on the front line of climate change on
small islands around the world
• Enhancing energy independence and economic prosperity on SIDS
MAIN ELEMENTS: • Accelerated RE deployment in the power sector
• Well structured systems transitions
• Information Exchange
• Capacity Building
TARGETS by 2020: • USD 500 mil mobilized
• 100 MW of new solar PV
• 20 MW of new wind
• Significant quantities of other RE technologies
• All participating SIDS have RE roadmaps
SIDS Lighthouses Initiative
overview
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Eight Key Steps
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1. Progress report calendar
2. Set focal points
3. Monitoring tool
4. Develop work plans for SIDS
partners
5. Develop work plans for
development partners
6. Establish IRENA’s support
7. Mobilize funding
8. Foster exchange
SIDS Lighthouses Initiative
status
• 27 SIDS and 19 development partners • Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cape Verde, Cook
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Kiribati, Maldives, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
• Carbon War Room, Clinton Climate Initiative, ENEL, European Union, France, Germany, Indian Ocean Commission, IRENA, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, SE4ALL, Rocky Mountain Institute, UNDP, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, World Bank Group
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Martinique event 22-24 June 2015 with the Government of France
Focus RE resource assessment (wind, marine and geothermal)
RE desalination, biomass and waste-to-energy systems
Honolulu event 21-23 July 2015 with the Government of the USA
Bangkok event 6-7 August with the Government of Japan
Continued expansion of membership
Germany, Norway, New Zealand VCs
Progress since Climate Summit
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Facilitation team put in place
Grid assessments, RRAs, quick scans and roadmaps in progress
Island navigator module work started
Assessment of existing financing gaps
Project development facilitation
Financing for pre-feasibility studies
Progress since Climate Summit
September 2014
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Lighthouses builds on existing IRENA work
Renewables Readiness Assessment
• Starting Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas
• Completed Kiribati, Grenada, Fiji, RMI, Vanuatu
Grid stability
• Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cook Islands, Palau, Samoa, Fiji
Studies on tariff impact of RE
• Tonga
IRENA’s programmatic work
relevant for Lighthouses
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Objective:
• Assess the current situation in terms of enabling
conditions for RE deployment
• Gather available information and identify information
gaps
• Identify priority areas for action
• Involve government and private sector players
Approach: desktop review, phone interview plus 2-day visit
when necessary
Quickscans progress
Finalized the methodology
Completed for Bahamas, Kiribati, Mauritius, Fiji, New
Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Tuvalu
Ongoing for Barbados, Cook Islands, FSM, Nauru, Palau,
RMI and Vanuatu.
Requested by Belize and St. Kitts and Nevis
Timeline: complete assessment of SIDS partners before
COP 21
SIDS Lighthouses Initiative
Quick Scan
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• Roadmapping Baseline Report for Pacific SIDS: Pacific Lighthouses: Renewable Energy
Roadmapping for Islands
• Nauru Energy Road Map completed (with GIZ, SPC)
• Cyprus completed
• Mauritius ocean energy roadmap completed
• Maldives being completed
• Started Barbados and Kiribati
• Roadmap deployment support Cap Verde, Vanuatu (with GIZ)
• Island roadmap blueprint workshop planned for 2015
RE roadmaps for islands
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What is needed for a successful
RRA exercise?
The concept
• A holistic evaluation of a country’s conditions
• Identifies short- to medium-term actions
• A country led process with stakeholders
• IRENA technical support and expertise
Pacific leaders summit
12 Jan 2012, Abu Dhabi
RRA process
2011-2014
The scope
• energy policy and strategy
• institutions and markets
• resources and technologies
• business environment
• capacity needs evaluation
