IN-SHP Newsletter

Welcome

The International Center on Small Hydro Power (IC-SHP) welcomes all members to August's newsletter. In this edition:

Main Contents of this Issue

SHP News

The Energy and Environmental Security Initiative

REEEP has funded the Energy and Environmental Security Initiative (EESI) at the University of Colorado School of Law to create the International Sustainable Development Assessment database of international energy agreements along with analysis of the implementation, social and economic impacts. The database includes information on 1700 international agreements covering 45 subject areas.

You can find out more about the project by downloading the press release from the Project page on REEEP¡¯s members area at: http://www.reeep.org/groups/sustainableenergyassessment.

New investment for hydropower development in Vietnam

The Vietnam Power Corp will invest 2.465 billion dollars for setting up 13 hydropower stations in the western area of Vietnam. This group also has built several hydropower stations in the area. The construction of the new stations is planned for the next 5 years.


IC-SHP News

SHP¡¯s presentations

You can read and share the presentations of the last INSHP¡¯s Conference in our web site:
http://www.inshp.org/main.asp.

New staff at INSHP

Ahmed el Gazzar
He is an Egyptian Civil engineer. Nowadays he is working on Project development in the Africa region. He has a good background on construction of hydropower plants and site supervision, focusing on potential small hydropower projects in rural areas in Africa.

Gary Martin
He has recently finished a Renewable energy degree at the University of Plymouth, in the UK, and has a background in biomedical chemistry.? He has 1 years experience in community- based energy saving partnership.? His latest project is research into biofuels, and potential markets for oil crops to contribute to a renewable transport fuel.

Meeting with the delegation of Kazakistan

The government of Kazakistan is extremely committed in the sustainable development of Small Hydropower. Last month a delegation from this country visited China in order to find mutual cooperation for future project development.
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For further details contact: garymartin@inshp.org.


Members' Forum

The UNIDO African Regional Center on Small Hydro Power was recently opened in Nigeria

The new UNIDO Regional Center on Small Hydro Power for the African Region was opened last June 27 th. ?The objectives of the RC are as follows:

  • To promote small hydropower development through technical cooperation among African countries.
  • To provide support to African Countries in the development of specific programmes for SHP implementation.
  • To provide support in skill development and project document preparation for SHP implementation within the African context
  • To exchange information on SHP development and management through workshops, seminars, publications, etc.
  • To undertake joint training, research and?? technology transfer among member states.
  • To advise on policy formulation in SHP among Member States.
  • To advise Member States in the formulation of appropriate legislative framework to encourage private investment in the development of SHP.
  • To assist in the development of an African Market for SHP technologies and expertise.
  • To encourage local production of affordable SHP equipment in Africa.

For more information visit: www.unidorc.org/nigeria,Email: unidorcabuja@yahoo.com.

RESEARCH AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN SMALL HYDRO POWER IN NIGERIA

The paper gives a general overview of research and capacity building as they relate to small hydropower in Nigeria. Definitions of some common terms were presented. Social or small hydropower models were examined while action plans for different levels were recommended. At the individual and national levels, training and information sharing are considered crucial to ensure sustainability and equity. At Government level, allocation and timely release of funds and other resources to small hydropower projects should be pursued vigorously. The paper further recommends that a multidisciplinary and multi-location research and development strategy should be adopted for small hydropower projects.

Meeting in Latin America

The Federation of Renewable Energy of Central America and the Caribbean (FERCCA) organize the "First Encounter of Investors in Renewable Energy of Central America and the Caribbean¡± to be held the October, 12th and 13th in the city of Panama.
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For further details contact: erikaimhof@inshp.org


Funding Opportunities

Japanese Award for the Most Innovative Development Project

For the winning institution whose project embodies a fresh approach to an important development need and holds the greatest promise for economically benefiting the poor in developing and transition countries, this award offers USD 50.000. The institutions of 2 other finalists will receive prizes of USD 5.000 each.

For more information visit: www.gdnet.org. Deadline: August 21, 2006.

Seventh Annual Global Development Awards and Medals Competition

Submissions are being accepted for the Seventh Annual Awards and Medals Competition, which carries prizes in cash and travel of over US $200,000!  Submissions can be for a new research proposal or for a completed research paper.  We welcome submissions from all branches of the social sciences. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary submissions are particularly encouraged. The finalists will present their papers and proposals at GDN's Annual Global Development Conference in Beijing, China in January 2007.

Enter the Most Innovative Development Project Competition 2006

As part of our annual awards competition, submissions are also welcome for the Most Innovative Development Project, which carries prizes in cash and travel of over US $70,000! The finalists will present their proposals at our Annual Global Development Conference in Beijing, China in January 2007. Submissions are being accepted for ongoing development projects implemented in developing or transition countries that hold the greatest promise for impacting local communities. Criteria include the degree of innovation and the potential for broad application of the project in other countries.

For more information visit: www.gdnet.org, Deadline for submission: August 21, 2006.

Call for Project Proposals for the Global Opportunities Fund (GOF)

Details of the 2007/08 Global Opportunities Fund (GOF) Climate Change and Energy (CCE) bidding round follow. The deadline for project implementers to(Embassies/High Commissions) is 31 August. All proposal ideas need to first be cleared by the UK Embassy / UK High Commission before you submit. Proposals should: demonstrate that host governments have been consulted and are supportive; demonstrate that local partnerships are already established; how, and over what timescale, will you evaluate the project's impact, as far as possible be written in jargon-free plain English, without acronyms.

http://www.fco.gov.uk for detailed information.

EU energy facility deadline extended

Due to the concerns about the short submission period for the EU Energy Facility Call for Proposals, the deadline has been extended. The new deadline, as of 27 July 2006, is Friday the 6th of October 2006 at 16h00.

The BlueSky Award is promoted by the UNIDO ¨CITPC in Shenzhen, China

Workshop and Training Specialist United Nations Industrial Development Organization-Shenzhen International Technology Promotion Center for Sustainable Development (UNIDO-ITPC).? The ITPC centre in Shenzhen promotes the BlueSky Award.? This is a UNIDO award to promote industrialized utilization of renewable energy in developing countries. The awards take place in mid October and is open to renewable energy design projects.? For more information or to enter your projects visit www.unido-itpc.org.
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(Mikel Aguirre and Gary Martin from IN-SHP traveled down to Shenzhen, south China, to meet with the awards teams and look at the on going projects.)

Contact garymartin@inshp.org for further details.


Upcoming Events

1. 2006 European Renewable Energy Policy Conference - First Announcement
September 12-14, Brussels
Organized by EREC, in collaboration with AEBIOM, EUBIA, ESHA, EWEA, EPIA, ESTIF, EUREC Agency and EGEC, and co-funded by the European Commission under the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme.
Contact information: EREC erec@erec-renewables.org.

2. Hydro 2006
September 25-28, 2006¨CPorto Carras, Greece
The next conference and exhibition, HYDRO 2006, will take place in Porto Carras, Greece with the theme "Maximizing the benefits of hydro". The event will take place from 25 to 28 September 2006. Supporting organizations include: The World Bank, ICOLD, GCOLD, ESHA, IEA and PPC.
Contact: mb@hydropower-dams.com.

3. 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management , Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
September 26-28-Bochum, Germany
This conference will be held under the auspices of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and is jointly organised by the Ruhr-University Bochum, UNESCO-IHE Delft and the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn.
Contact: Jana Radoi: water@conventus.de.
Web Address: http://www.conventus.de/water.

4. Hydropower Financing and Project Economy (HEC2006)
October 23-28, 2006-Trondheim, Norway
The International Centre for Hydropower (ICH) based in Norway announces The Hydropower Financing and Project Economy Training Programme. Application Deadline: 15th, April 2006.
Contact: line.fjellvar@ich.no, web: www.ich.no.

5. Renewable Energy 2006
October 9-13, 2006. Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.
The Renewable Energy 2006 Organizing Committee, founded through the cooperation of academia, industry and the Japanese government, is organizing the "Renewable Energy 2006" conference. It is also internationally co-organized with the International Solar Energy Society, as one of its external supported conferences.
Web address: http://www2.convention.co.jp/re2006/eng-conf/press/index.html.??

6. The great wall world renewable energy forum and exhibition 2006
October 24-28, 2006. Beijing. China.
The Great Wall World Renewable Energy Forum (GWREF) is a high level symposium, which is being organized in accordance with United Nations community cooperation principles for global renewable energy development.
More Info: http://www.gwref.org/eng/main.asp.

If you have any comments, contact us!
Erika Imhof: erikaimhof@inshp.org
Gary Martin: garymartin@inshp.org

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IN-SHP Member Survey

In order to build a clearer idea about what type of assistance IN-SHP members need IC-SHP to provide, we have recently sent survey to all IN-SHP members. If you have not sent your response to us yet, please do so. If you have not yet received the survey from IC-SHP or if you have any questions, please contact Mr. Wang Yansong at hic@mail.hz.zj.cn

We look forward to receiving comments, announcements, news, calls for cooperation or advertisements from our readers. We would like to include MEMBER contributions in our newsletter, so PLEASE CONTRIBUTE.