Letter from the Director General
Greetings from Hangzhou!
In this past month, an agreement was signed with Zimbabwe to establish an IN-SHP Sub-Centre. This Sub-Centre will further promote IN-SHP's SHP development activities in Africa. IN-SHP's Sub Centres aim to promote the localized development of SHP. IN-SHP's first Sub-Centre is in Kerala, India. IC-SHP's staff who traveled to Zimbabwe for the signing were also in Africa for a SHP promotion mission.
IN-SHP has two new services to offer members. They are assistance with CDM project development and sourcing investors for SHP projects. We hope to develop more services for members and would appreciate any feedback and suggestions.
We are also currently working on some CDM projects and are developing IC-SHP's CDM capacity. As IC-SHP learns from experience we would like to share these lessons with you and in this newsletter edition we give some tips to project developers for considering CDM project eligibility.
We would also like to wish our Chinese members a very happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!
Best regards,
Prof. Tong Jiandong.
IN-SHP Sub Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, to be opened soon
The cooperation Agreement for the Sub-Centre was signed on 12 January 2005.
This cooperation Agreement would help extend the reach of IN-SHP activities in Africa. The Agreement was signed in a meeting witnessed by high officials of the Ministry of Energy and Power Development of the Government of Zimbabwe. In March 2005, the Centre will be fully operational and will be hosted by Powermate International. Powermate has offered the office space and the initially required manpower and communications free of cost to IN-SHP. In order to boost the cooperation between IN-SHP and SHP stakeholders in Zimbabwe, the Minister of Energy and Power Development was invited to be the vice honorable chairman of IN-SHP.
The Zimbabwe Government has requested IN-SHP to help them with a Master Plan for the speedy implementation of identified SHP projects, and an IN-SHP 3-member team of experts visited several potential sites.
The first Sub-Centre of IN-SHP is established at the Energy Management Centre in Trivandrum, Kerala State, India.
For more information please send an email to hic@mail.hz.zj.cn.
IC-SHP's Team visited Africa for a SHP promotion mission
IC-SHP's team visited Zimbabwe and Mozambique from the 11th to 28th of January 2005.
IC-SHP's team was accompanied by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Energy and Power Development officials as well as colleagues from Powermate to visit sites in the East Highlands of Zimbabwe, where SHP potential is plentiful. Powermate International (plc) is a local Zimbabwean company that has been active in developing SHP resources in southern African countries for more than 10 years. As mentioned above, Powermate will host IN-SHP's Sub-Centre in Africa.
IC-SHP's team also traveled to Mozambique to undertake a UNIDO mission to identify two sites for pilot SHP projects. With the help of the National Directorate of Energy, Ministry of Industry and Commerce and UNIDO Mozambique, two sites (30kW each) with good hydraulic parameters were finalized.
For more information please contact Wang Yansong at hic@mail.hz.zj.cn.
New services for IN-SHP members
IN-SHP would like to offer members assistance with CDM project development and sourcing SHP investors.
Assistance with CDM Projects:
IN-SHP is able to assist members interested in CDM projects with assessing project CDM eligibility, CDM project cycle requirements and preparing CDM documentation. IN-SHP is able to assist members seek financing from CDM financiers. IN-SHP is also able to assist CDM financiers seek projects for cooperation.
Assistance with Sourcing Project Financing from Chinese Investors for Project Developers:
IN-SHP will assist members find Chinese project investors for projects that:
- Are financially viable with a reasonable financial return.
- Match IC-SHP's criteria for sustainable development.
- Capacity of at least several hundred kW (preferably in the MW range)
While assisting members find a Chinese project investor, IC-SHP will
- Assist members with communications with the Chinese investor
Service fees to IC-SHP from the project developer will be:
- Paid only if IC-SHP successfully finds an investor for the project.
- 1% of the transaction between the project developer and the investor.
For more information please contact Ms. Chin Ching Soo at chinching_soo@hotmail.com.
Tips for SHP projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
With the Kyoto Protocol entering force this month, the CDM is gaining more popularity and SHP projects have the potential to maximize CDM benefits.
CDM was designed as a tool of collaboration between Annex I (industrialized) states and those in developing countries for the dual benefit of sustainable development and emissions reduction. As such, SHP is amongst the perfect examples of technology that reflects these benefits. That being said, policymakers and project developers must keep in mind that while a marriage between the ideals of CDM and SHP is fully achievable, SHP development alone does not qualify for CDM funds and planning.
To be eligible for CDM funds, a series of complex studies and assessments must be done, but here are three basic points that one should consider prior to designating SHP projects for CDM:
- Additionality: Does the proposed SHP provide a concrete replacement or reduction of emissions that would have otherwise resulted from the status quo?
- What sort of grid is it connected to? Make sure the grid does not only consist of SHP's and that the proposed SHP will displace the output and emissions from otherwise emission producing power plants.
- Who will the SHP service and will the electricity provide a replacement for other emissions producing activities such as the use of traditional biomass? What communities, gender groups, industry, etc. might directly be affected or benefit from displacing emissions with clean electricity?
If at least the first two conditions cannot be met and the SHP is already in construction, they may not qualify for CDM. It is thus imperative to begin planning for a SHP project with the goals of the CDM in mind because here, producing electricity is not the goal itself: the goal is long-term sustainable development with clean electricity.
For more information please contact Edward Y. Sumoto at eys@inshp.org
Calendar of Events in this Month...
15-17 February 2005
RIO 5 - World Climate & Energy Event
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
More information: www.rio5.com
19 February
2005 International Workshop on Sediment Management
New Delhi, India
Contact: iha@hydropower.org
February 19-21 2005
INDIA HYDRO 2005
Organiser: Indian National Hydropower Association
iha@hydropower.org
www.indiahydro.org
1-3 March 2005
Carbon Market Insights 2005
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.pointcarbon.com
conference@pointcarbon.com
March 2-11 2005
Headworks design in steep sediment-loaded rivers
Kathmandu and Dhulikhel, Nepal
Organisers: ICH and HydroLab
www.hydrolab.org
line.fjellvar@ich.no or pmsp@hydrolab.org
Participants have already been selected by ICH
8-18 March 2005
International Training Course on Small Hydropower: option for rural electrification
Roorkee, India
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
E-mail ahec@iitr.ernet.in, ahec@vsnl.com
Web www.ahec.org.in
For more infomation about other events, please refer to our website by clicking here
IC-SHP Contacts
Let us know of any organizations that might be interested in us and let them know about us! Please refer to the contact details below of the IC-SHP staff for your region.
| Europe | Annalisa Tidona annalisatid@hotmail.com |
| Asia and Africa | Wang Yansong hic@mail.hz.zj.cn |
| South East Asia and Oceania | Chin Ching Soo chinching_soo@hotmail.com |
| North America | Chin Ching Soo chinching_soo@hotmail.com |
| Central and South America | Jenny Wang wxljenny@hotmail.com |
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
