Energy is essential to keep life, production, growth and development going. However, being the main contributor to climate change, energy also constitute one of the biggest challenges that the world and humanity face today. This calls for new green and sustainable energy solutions, behavioural change, not to mention new policies, on global and local scales. Danish consulting engineers play an active role in this necessary turnaround. For instance, when we work with national governments to enhance international cooperation to facilitate policy dialogue and access to shared sources of energy, when we design and implement stand-alone energy systems, provide technical assistance to local authorities, assist governments with energy efficiency strategies, or when we design integrated renewable energy solutions, including wind, solar, biomass and hydro.
PROJECT: RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, KARIMUNJAWA ISLANDS, INDONESIA
Design and implementation of stand-alone energy systems for the three small and remote islands of Parang, Nyamuk and Genting off the north coast of Java. Solar power will cover 95-100 percent of the consumption of the villagers. The 2,000 islanders will also bene t from integrated diesel generators and refurbishment of distribution cables for 24/7 provision of power – something which has not been common in the past. The project is part of COWI’s role to assist the Danish Embassy in Jakarta with the implementation of environmentally friendly, sustainable energy pilot projects in Central Java.
COUNTRY: INDONESIA
COMPANY: COWI A/S
SECONDARY GOALS: 11
PROJECT: ENERGY TO ZAMBIA
In Zambia, the government has launched several initiatives to develop renewable energy production and enhance energy efficiency. NTU is providing technical assistance to the Rural Electrification Authority of Zambia in the development of demonstration projects for renewable energy and energy efficiency. The project will help increase access to clean, reliable and affordable energy, and promote renewable energy production and energy efficiency in Zambia. NTU’s support is targeted to fostering the government’s rural electrification efforts, as well as the construction of resilient infrastructure in the energy sector, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and addressing energy poverty in rural areas. When the project is over, 1 million people in Zambia’s rural areas will have access to power.
COUNTRY: ZAMBIA
COMPANY: NTU INTERNATIONAL A/S
SECONDARY GOALS: 11, 13 & 16
PROJECT: DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM
The new district heating system in Shangri-La sets new standards for energy-efficient and emission-free heat production in China. It is based on hydroelectric power and heat pumps that provide great environmental bene ts for the city, which has previously been plagued by atmospheric pollution due to the use of wood and coal burning stoves for heating. The new system increases energy production by 200-300 percent and can supply heat to about 100,000 inhabitants. The project has already attracted a great level of interest from surrounding cities in China, including Beijing.
COUNTRY: CHINA
COMPANY: COWI A/S
SECONDARY GOALS: 13
PROJECT: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEKONG REGION
The objective is to improve livelihoods and climate resilience by reducing the vulnerability of local populations to climate change and natural disasters in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Phase 1 focused on stimulating the clean energy market through business development, capacity building and improved policy frameworks, while phase 2 integrates a results-based financing mechanism with a human rights-based approach to promote clean energy market deployment. The funding is focused on larger size projects to achieve sustainable impacts, targeting both project developers from the private sector as well as public-private partnerships and public sector entities.
COUNTRY:
COMPANY: NIRAS A/S
SECONDARY GOALS: 9 & 13
PROJECT: NATIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY STRATEGY – GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA
Supporting the Department of Energy in South Africa
in developing their post-2015 National Energy efficiency Strategy, the vision was to embrace the concept of energy efficiency, creating socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable economic growth, and boosting job creation while leading technological innovation across the region. The strategy aims to contribute towards reducing the national energy consumption across the economy by 29 percent by 2030. The strategy also recommends the introduction of various incentives and financing schemes that will encourage the uptake of energy efficiency by stakeholders within the key sectors, and the need for an enabling framework rooted in monitoring compliance, enforcement and periodic evaluation of progress.
COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA
COMPANY: DEM
SECONDARY GOALS: 13 & 17
PROJECT: ACP-EU ENERGY FACILITY MONITORING – EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DEM performs energy facility monitoring in order to help ensure that people in rural and peri-urban areas in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries can improve their access to affordable and sustainable energy services. Performing Energy Facility monitoring also contributes to an increase in global coherence, efficiency and visibility for projects which are being carried out, as well as ensuring verification of implementation and results that contribute to sustainable development. Information and knowledge sharing is made possible through a website and a database, which can generate automatic scorecards, graphics, tables and maps at different levels (project, national, regional or global level) based on data.
COUNTRY:
COMPANY: DEM
SECONDARY GOALS: 17