Energy Efficiency in the EBRD s operations and opportunities

Energy Efficiency in the EBRD’s operations and opportunities for technical cooperation Aleksandar Hadzhiivanov, Energy efficiency specialist Bratislava, 4 March 2010

Outline • Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI), Phase 2; • Activities within SEI; • Technical Cooperation (TC) activities; • Projects of E 2 C 2 under preparation.

EBRD SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INITIATIVE (SEI), Phase 2 • SEI - a framework for Bank’s operations on sustainable energy • Main areas and results of SEI 1 (2006 -2008): Category € Million No. of Projects Industry, Agribusiness and Property sector 679 56 SEFFs 362 31 Clean power generation 1, 010 19 Renewable energy 227 14 Municipal infrastructure 388 46 Total 2, 665 166 • SEI, Phase 2 (2009 -2011) continue addressing the main areas with accent on some new specific priority topics: ● EE in Buildings; ● Stationary use of Biomass ● CC mitigation in natural resources sectors ● EE in Transport ● CC Adaptation ● Carbon market

Activities within SEI • • • Direct lending of large stand alone industrial, power production and municipal EE projects; Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities (SEFF) - “One. Stop-Shop” dedicated loan facilities through local banks for EE or RE small and medium size projects; EE technical assistance on projects within pipeline of banking teams i. e. Agribusiness, Municipal and Infrastructure, Property&Tourism, Transport, etc; Policy dialogue as assistance to national governments and regional authorities; Capacity and institutional building; Promotion and dissemination;

Technical Cooperation under SEI • Direct lending and EE technical due diligence: o Consultants providing energy audits, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, market and risk assessment, EIA, . . . – obviously, but not only under framework contracts; • Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities (SEFF): o Market demand study; o Project Consultant; o Verification Consultant; • Policy dialogue and institutional building: o Assistance on development of EE APs, policy and legal framework; o Development and up-grade of EE technical standards and regulations; o Assistance on development of institutional framework: energy auditing bodies, licensing authorities, business associations. . . ;

Sustainable Energy Financial Facilities - SEFF Donor Funded Contract Consultant Training And Marketing Assistance Support Technical Energy Audits REUPs EBRD Donor Funded Contract Credit € Line Participating Bank Independent Energy Expert Implementation Verification Loan € Agreement Sub-Borrower

SEFFs under operation: l 16 SEFFs in 14 countries; l EUR 900 millions committed, 32 local banks involved; l l Slovak Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance Facility, SLOVSEFF: www. slovseff. eu; Bulgarian Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Credit Line, BEERECL: www. beerecl. com; Residential Energy Efficiency Credit Line in Bulgaria, REECL: www. reecl. org; Georgian Energy Efficiency Financial Facility, ENERGOCREDIT: www. energocredit. ge; l Kazakhstan SEFF, KAZSEFF: www. kazseff. kz; l Ukrainian Energy Efficiency Programme – UKEEP: www. ukeep. org; l SEFFs operated in other countries: Armenia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Western Balkan countries

SEFFs under preparation: l Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia (MDS under preparation); l Uzbekistan (MDS prepared); l Turkey (under procurement): l Further opportunities: - Direct lending facility; - Industrial&SMEs energy efficiency credit line; - Residential facilities (Bulgaria, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine) - Green mortgage facilities (concept under preparation)

Projects of E 2 C 2 under preparations l Energy Performance Assessment (EPA) of built environment projects: – Two framework contracts on EPA; Procurement - 2 Q, 2010, Budget: ab. € 500, 000; l Policy dialogue in building sector – assistance of National Authorities on: – – – l Amendments of Housing Codes, Moldova; Procurement - 1 -2 Q, 2010, Budget: € 298, 000; Amendments of Housing Codes, Kyrgyzstan; Procurement - 2 Q, 2010, Budget: € 298, 000; Preparation of building regulatory, Russia; Procurement – 1 Q 2010, Budget: € 199, 000; Capacity building, awareness raising and regulatory development of EE in residential sector Ukraine, Procurement – 1 Q 2010, Budget: € 1, 000; Development of Energy Performance Contracting for public buildings: – l Law on Energy Efficiency of Buildings, Moldova; Procurement - 1 -2 Q, 2010, Budget: € 298, 000; Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia. Procurement – 1 Q 2010, Budget: € ab. 260, 000 each country; Small TC assignments on EE in buildings: Budget: < € 70, 000; – Roof up-grade technical assessment;

Energy Performance Assessment and Corporate Policy Support l Two framework contracts over period of 18 months; – Procurement start - 2 Q 2010; l Total budget: about € 500, 000; l Work plan: – EPA and (where applicable) energy certificate of up to 15 large commercial development projects; – – Advise on implementation of BMS; – Cost benefit analysis of specific EE investments; – l Corporate EE & environmental guidelines for at least 5 Developers; Capacity building and trainings of about 5 Developers; Consultant profile: – Technical expertise, qualification, references, knowledge of ISO EN and national standards; – Existence of local technical partners on regional basis; – Good communication skills and experience with capacity building;

Thank you! Alexander Hadzhiivanov Energy Efficiency & Climate Change Team European Bank for Reconstruction and Development One Exchange Square, London EC 2 A 2 JN tel: +44 207 338 7605 fax: +44 207 338 7642 e-mail: [email protected] com