Energy: Projects
Global
Energy
efficiency standards and labeling program
The development of energy
efficiency appliance standards and labeling programs represents an
unparalleled means for countries to reduce their energy demand and mitigate
emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
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World
Energy Assessment: stakeholder consultations
The World Energy Assessment (WEA)
was commissioned to provide the scientific and technical basis for discussion
in international forums and intergovernmental negotiation in pursuit of Agenda
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Middle East
National Energy Efficiency
Project
This project aims to increase
energy efficiency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sustainable
Energy for the Arab States
The project addressed increased
energy efficiency, renewable energy supply, and the environment, and also
promotes multi-sectoral themes with respect to management and administrative
performance, technology transfer and institution-building.
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Rehabilitation
of the electric power sector in northern Iraq
The goal of this project was to
implement under Security Council Resolution (SCR) 986 a project for
humanitarian assistance relating to the electric power sector in the three
Governorates that constitute the northern region of Iraq.
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Asia and the Pacific
Solar Home Systems in Fiji
The project will provide basic
electricity services, by means of solar photovoltaic (PV) home systems, to 170
rural households in Bua Province of Fiji.
SOPAC Demand Side Management Project
The SOPAC Demand Side Management
(DSM) Project aims to strengthen and continue development of a DSM programme
for electric power utilities in the South Pacific region.
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Kyoto Protocol: Challenges and
opportunities for sustainable development
The project was designed to assist
policy-makers in the Islamic Republic of Iran assess the pros and cons of
becoming a party to the Kyoto Protocol.
Human Security in rural
Timor-Leste
This pilot project in rural Timor
Leste adopts a holistic approach to both capacity and the promotion of human
security by integrating productive activities, social and community
development, and water and energy services.
Energy,
coal combustion and atmospheric pollution in NE Asia
In most countries, coal is used
primarily in thermal electric power generation, where the emission of
pollutants can be easily controlled. In northeast Asia, however, the situation
is complicated by the abundant use of coal in the industrial (45%), and
residential (16%) sectors, mainly for steam production and space heat,
respectively.
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Commercializing Renewable Energy
in India
The Commercializing Renewable
Energy in India (CREI) project aimed at strengthening local entrepreneurial
capacity for sustained commercial operation of rural micro- and small-scale
energy enterprises that harness renewable energy technologies (RETs) to
service productive use applications in select areas of Andhra Pradesh (AP),
India.
Assistance
to Petronas, Malaysia
This project helped Petronas
benchmark its in-house training programmes for petroleum sector managers.
China
Support
to Global Environment Facility energy efficiency program
Barrier
removal for CFC-free and energy efficient refrigerators in China
The project aims to promote the
widespread commercialization of energy-efficient refrigerators by removing
technical, market, commercial, information and other barriers to increased
market penetration of the technologies and products.
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Capacity-building
for rapid commercialization of renewable energy
This project promotes the
widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in China by
removing a range of barriers to increased market penetration of the
technologies.
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Air
pollution and public policy: human impact and sustainable development
This project investigated the
factors that promote and/or hinder policy implementation in public health and
environmental protection, with primary emphasis on air pollution derived from
coal combustion.
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Study
on wind resources concession
This study set out the elements of
a framework for establishing resources concessions, using specific conditions
in Jilin Province, including the necessary regulatory, financing and
institutional components.
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Capacity
development for nitrogen oxide pollution control in Guangzhou
The development objective of this
project was to reduce adverse social, environmental and economic consequences
associated with traffic pollution in Guangzhou city.
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Capacity-building
for widespread adoption of clean production for air pollution control in Benxi
The main objective of the project
was to reduce adverse social, environmental and economic consequences of air
pollution in Benxi through promoting clean production technologies.
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Recovery
and utilization of landfill methane
The main objective of the project
was mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through the capture of methane released
from landfills in China.
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Geothermal
resources development in China (Tibet)
This project contributed to
institution building and human resources training related to geothermal
resources development in China and abroad.
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Development
of coal-bed methane resources in China
The project provided assistance in
controlling emission of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, thereby contributing
to protecting the global and local environment.
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Africa
Commercializing water and energy
services for poverty eradication in rural Gambia
Energy
efficiency improvements
Egypt is well-endowed with energy
resources in the form of oil, natural gas, and hydro power. Unfortunately, the
abundance of resources and the historically low energy prices have contributed
to an over-utilization of resources in relationship to other economic
indicators.
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Phase
II of the transfer of technology for making bricks and tile in Northern
Somalia
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