Sustainable Energy for Future and for All:

Experiences from

Urban Energy Transition

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12 May 2015, Melaka

15th International Convention on Melaka Twin Cities

Emani Kumar,

ICLEI Deputy Secretary General and Regional Director-ICLEI South Asia

Secreteriat

Image Credit: http://thesolutionsproject.org

Introducing ICLEI-Local Governments for

Sustainability (ICLEI)

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• An international city network established in 1990 that advances local

sustainability.

• ICLEI‟s mission is “to build and serve a worldwide movement of local

governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability

with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local

actions.”

• 1000+ members in 86 countries, representing 660 million people in

mega-cities, super-cities, urban regions, large cities, small and medium-

sized cities & towns. Also States / Provinces as members.

• Main activities:

(i) Support our members with technical expertise, tools, guidance.

(ii) Facilitate city peer exchange, support networking.

(iii) Operate global processes

(iv) Conduct international advocacy and representation.

Offices around the world

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Sustainable Energy for All

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• Launched in September 2011 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-

moon to mobilize action from all sectors of society in support of

three interlinked objectives by 2030

• Buildings

• District Energy

Sustainable Energy for All

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• Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted the Climate Summit 2014 at UN

headquarters in New York on 23 September.

• Inviting world leaders from public and private sector to bring bold

announcements and actions to the Summit that will reduce emissions,

strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful

legal agreement in 2015.

Urban Energy is Key in Unlocking

Potential

• While cities occupy only 3% of global land area!

• Urban energy use projected to increase upto 75-80% by 2030

• Cities provide a number of high impact opportunities for

advancing RE and EE

– Efficient procurement practices in municipal services and infrastructure

– Retrofit of commercial, residential and public/municipal buildings

– Stringent building codes and appliance energy efficiency standards

– Use of rooftops for solar technologies and cool roof techniques

– Deployment of smart grids and grid integrated RE systems

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Sources:

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report; EEA (2015): Towards a more urban world; http://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/site/sustainableenergyforall/shared/Documents/SEFA-

Action%20Agenda-Final.pdf

Cities recognize the Need for Action

• Energy and climate action plans are being developed in many cities

7Sources: Working Group 3 Contribution to IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Challenges for Sustainable/Smart Energy

in Cities

• Disparity in investments in fossil fuel compared to renewables

• Limited local government capacity and availability of finance

• Goals must be linked to financing options and suitable policy

frameworks

• Varying degree of control over energy generation and

distribution assets by local governments

• Constraints in scaling up renewable energy supply to meet the

growing energy demand due to improved access and incomes

• Time-lags in achieving commercial viability of technological

solutions and build-up of manufacturing capacities

• Adequate and simultaneous development of supporting

infrastructure

8Source: Summary of REN21 RENEWABLES ACADEMY, Bonn, 2014

Key Enablers to Aid the Transition

Tiered and integrated local approach

Assess long term local resource availability and encourage their phased RE and EE utilization; factor in local institutional and governance framework and existing infrastructure

Transformative local and national policy framework and instruments

Leverage resources and create enabling mechanisms at local and national level such as feed-in-tariff, net metering, building codes, domestic manufacturing, municipal bonds, labelling & standards

Economics

Build a case for affordability and risk-free financing for RE& EE- RESCOs/ESCOs, priority lending

Political willingness

Leadership for supporting policy transformation and infrastructure creation

Awareness and engagement

Sensitize and create a sense of responsibility to trigger mass scale engagement within the civil society

Source: Hafen City University Hamburg and World Future Council Foundation (2010): 100% Renewable Energy - and Beyond - for Cities 9

Involving Cities in SE for All

• Local focus:

• Value for local governments:

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Capacity building – policy and technology

Access to information, knowledge, and a thematic network supported by experts

Practical support to project implementers for demonstration projects

Visibility and promotion of the leaders

Climate change

mitigation

Resilient energy

systems

Resource efficiency

Local renewables

Smart grids & systems

Use of ICT Skills

development Local job creation

Local benefits

ICLEI’s role is to support cities in SE for All

• ICLEI is the main city partner in both the District Energy in

Cities initiative and in the Building Energy Efficiency

Accelerator, working closely with the other partners.

• Support for local governments:

– Information and knowledge sharing

– Building capacity

– Step-by-step guidance to develop enabling policies

– Policy and technical support

– City twinning / exchange system to share experiences

among peers.

– Explore relevant financial mechanisms to help local

governments find suitable financing models

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A Global Initiative to Unlock the Potential of

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

In collaboration with:

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Impact of Leapfrogging to Modern District Energy Systems

Meet Tomorrow‟s Energy Needs

by

Leapfrogging to Modern District

Energy Systems Today!

Reduce CO2

emissions &

mitigate

climate

change

Accelerate

economic

developmen

t The Saldanha Industry Development Zone in South Africa

Savings on

electricity bills

increase

purchasing

power

Free power

generation

capacity for

development

District Energy Action Modules

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• Strengthen Capacities of City Planners and Policymakers to Develop, Manage and Implement DE strategies

Module 1

• Integrated Energy Planning and TargetsModule 2

• Geospatial Energy Infrastructure MappingModule 3

• Site Specific Feasibility StudiesModule 4

• Policy and Investment RoadmapModule 5

• Training on Business/Finance Models for Selected SitesModule 6

• Implementation guidelines and technical standardsModule 7

• Peer to Peer Capacity Building through City TwinningModule 8

• Establishment of Knowledge Management ToolsModule 9

• MRVs and Outreach (on results/leadership etc.)Module 10

Building Efficiency Accelerator

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NGOs / Associations

WRI / ICLEI / UNEP

US Green Building Council

World Green Building Council

3GF (Global Green Growth Forum)

TERI / REEEP / The Climate Group

Alliance to Save Energy / IIEC

Global Buildings Performance

Network

Clean Energy Solutions Center

Companies

Danfoss

Philips

Saint-Gobain

China Energy Conservation and Environmental

Protection Group (CECEP)

Alstom

What are cities signing up to?

With the help of the Building Efficiency Accelerator

partners:

• Commit to doubling the rate of building energy efficiency

by 2030 in targeted sectors within their jurisdiction.

• Implement one enabling policy and one demonstration

project to be announced at COP21 in Paris.

• Create a baseline of building energy efficiency

performance, agreeing to track and report annual progress,

and sharing experiences and best practices with other

governments.

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Buildings: Policy Menu of Options

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• Building codes to establish minimum requirements of energy performanceCodes

• Targets to align interests and spur action in the building sectorTargets

• Leadership programs and campaigns to recognize and promote actions in energy efficiencyLeadership

• Policies that generate data, baselines, and disclosure to support transparent building performance to the market

Benchmarking & Disclosure

• Programs and incentives to provide funding to building efficiency improvements

Financial Mechanisms

• Actions and programs for utility companies for energy efficiency progressUtility Programs

• Certifications including green buildings that allow market differentiation of key environmental attributesCertifications

ICLEI Experiences: Integrating Local

Renewables in Cities

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LR South – South Cooperation

“Local Renewables: South-south cooperation between cities in India,

Indonesia and South Africa”

• LR „model communities‟: Ekurhuleni and Yogyakarta

• South-South exchange: learning from relevant developing country

examples with similar contexts

• Combining ICLEI‟s LR approach with Solar Cities programme

approach

Coimbatore – Ekurhuleni – Yogyakarta

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LR South-South Co-operation: Project

Activities

Over 18 months, Coimbatore, Ekurhuleni and Yogyakarta exchanged

knowledge and experiences to successfully adopt the Local

Renewables initiative through:

• Milestone process

• Long term action planning

• Identifying potential for improving service delivery

• Catalyzing the community

• Transforming into Solar Cities

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0. Motivation 1. Assessment2.Target Setting

3. Action planning

4. Implementation

5. Monitoring and reporting

• 50+ cities are now a part of

the programme

• Detailed Action Plan to be

prepared targeting 10%

reduction in energy

baseline over 5 years

• 4 model cities - receive

implementation support

• 10 pilot cities - receive

partial implementation

support

Indian Solar Cities Programme

Energy status – Reduction target – Action plan – implementation –

Monitoring: LR – inspired process

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RAJKOT

AGRA

KALYAN DOMBIVLINAGPUR

THANE

GURGAON

KOHIMA

IMPHAL

AIZAWL

CHAMOLI GOPESHWAR

BHUBANESWAR

COIMBATORE

Assisting Indian Solar Cities Programme

HOWRAH

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Increase the use and integration of solar energy technologies in

communities across the country through

• Conducting outreach and sharing best practices for increasing

solar energy use with thousands of local governments across the

nation

• Working in partnership with industry experts and national

membership associations to enable local governments across the

United States to expand their local solar markets

• Providing information in relevant areas, such as solar policies and

regulations, financial incentives, workforce training, and utility

and community engagement.

SunShot Solar Outreach Partnership –

USA

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ICLEI USA in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and

the International City-County Management Association (ICMA)

Urban Low Emission Development

Strategies (Urban-LEDS) Project

• Main Objective: To enhance and promote low-emission urban

development strategies in the city planning process

• Partners: European Union, UN-Habitat

• Main outputs and outcomes

– Local Governments‟ political commitment to low emission urban

development.

– Increase Local Government´s capacity for the integration of a low

emission focus in their development strategies, policies and plans.

– Optimized tools to support cities in defining, implementing, and

monitoring Urban-LEDS.

– Measurable, Reportable, Verifiable (MRV) Local climate action data.

– Integration of local action with national and global climate initiatives and

processes.

– Reduce the rate of rise in GHG emissions cities in emerging economy

countries.

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• Target regions: Working with 8 Model and 20+ Satellite Cities in Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa and guided by select European Cities

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Urban-LEDS: Target Regions

Urban-LEDS: Project Activities

• Commitments secured and institutional structures setup

• Participatory approach to understand and reorient urban priorities

• Implementation in Cities

I.Analyze

Commit

& mobilize

Assess

frameworks

Identify

priorities

Develop

action plan

Prepare

& approve

III.Accelerate

II.Act

MonitorEvaluate

& report

Enhance

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4

5

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9Implement

policies

& actions

‒ Energy baselines prepared for project

cities

‒ LED Street lighting

‒ Exploring financing models such as ESCO

‒ Energy centres/parks and awareness

generation

‒ Solar rooftop systems in schools, public

and private buildings

‒ Decentralized Wastewater Treatment

System to generate biogas

‒ Energy Efficiency in Water Supply

‒ Solar water heaters bye-laws/ordinance26

• Build a local vision for Energy-safe Cities in East Asia with

100% renewable energy by 2030

• Build detailed energy-safe transition scenarios through

local scenario workshops in each participating city

• Build a national, regional, and international network of

energy-safe cities with 100% renewable energy

Energy-safe Cities: Eleven Local Governments

in East Asia

Energy-safe Cities East Asia Program

First

Stage

Expert

Symposium

Second

Stage

Local

Scenario

Workshops

in Cities

Third

Stage

Preparation

of Strategic

Paths for

Goal 2030

October 2014 ~ 26 months ~ 12 months

Energy-

safe Cities

Goal 2030

Conferen

ce

Cities

Announce

Strategic

Paths for

Goal 2030

Energy-

safe

Cities

Network

Symposiu

m

Cities Share

Scenarios

Goal 2030

100%

Renewable

Energy-safe

Cities

East

Asian

Cities

(December 2016) (December 2017)

ICLEI , Knowledge Partners, Local and Regional Experts, Businesses

Energy-safe Cities: Project Activities

Towards a new paradigm

• Partnerships with the Global 100% RE Network and

Renewable Cities Programme to facilitate and foster

the progress towards 100% Renewable Energy

among local governments

• To inspire change, promote 100% RE target setting,

strengthen and support local governments in achieving

sustainable fossil-free energy future

• To provide a platform for knowledge exchange,

engagement and policy dialogue

• To speed up the development of a clearly defined

roadmap towards 100% RE

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Emani Kumar, ICLEI Deputy Secretary General and

Regional Director-ICLEI South Asia Secreteriat

E-Mail: emani.kumar@iclei.org

Websites: www.iclei.org

www.southasia.iclei.org

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Thank You!