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Learning from national domestic biogas programmes in
Asia; mapping opportunities for developing and
resourcing of biogas sectors including carbon financing
Results and the way forward
Chengdu, PR China,
22 November 2012
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Day 1: Learning
Plenary session: Spotlight on China!
Country Team discussions: What did we learn?
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Day 2: BIOMA/exhibition/Hongqi/township visit
Well appreciated!
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Day 3: Mapping opportunities
Four issue presentations/ceremony/update regional debt
fund
Five parallel sessions A-E
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Did we achieve the workshop objective 1?
To evaluate the performance of the national programmes
on domestic biogas and to assess the outlook of these
programmes
Expected output is an outline of the main issues, lessons
learnt and prospects per country (SWOT)
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Main issues and lessons learnt: observations
General: Many contextual issues making it hard to copy & paste
from one country/region to another (i.e. gender)
Demand side:
Large market potential exists and will continue to exist
despite changes in culture and life style
Lack of awareness among potential biogas households!?
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Main issues and lessons learnt: observations (2)
Supply side:
Need to mobilise strong private sector organisations
requiring to allow higher profit margins in the costs of
the biogas plants (make it free market?)
Also strong need to mobilise financial institutions to
provide credit
Lack of skilled workers in the rural areas
R&D, transfer of technology?
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Main issues and lessons learnt: observations (3)
Enabling environment:
RE/biogas is increasingly recognised in national policies
and through the establishment of dedicated government
institutes Regulation and quality assurance
Budget allocation
Fossil fuel (and chemical fertiliser) subsidies
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Nepal
1992
268,418
19,246
Bangladesh
2006
23,611
5,049
Laos
2007
2,715
439
Vietnam
2003
140,698
23,372
Cambodia
2006
17,450
4,826
Pakistan
2009
2,097
860
Indonesia
2009
5,572
2,970
Prospects
Total production (officious numbers):
(up to mid 2012)
cum. production: 460,716 installations
production 2011: 56,802 installations
Operation rate: approx. 90%
Bhutan
2011
155
40
Philippines
Market
potential?
China
(40 million)
Innovation!
India
(4.5 million)
Innovation!
Sri Lanka
Market
potential
confirmed;
fund raising!
Myanmar
Market
potential
confirmed;
fund raising!
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Opportunities: observations (1)
Carbon financing:
Important progress made on the registration of CDM and
VGS projects, which will result in increased carbon
revenues for the sector in future
All steps related to carbon financing are/seem to be
complicated, time-consuming and costly
Sub-Working Group on Carbon Financing (SWG-CF) has
been established to exchange knowledge and experience
Carbon financing implies strong quality control
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Opportunities: observations (2)
Product development:
Great dynamics including private sector initiatives (new
concepts, construction materials, feedstock)
Different niches in the market
Perhaps missing: need for quick standardisation and
certification: how to prepare for that?
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Opportunities: observations (3)
Bio-slurry:
The potential of bio-slurry has not been fully tapped and
more efforts will be required on applied R&D and
extension
Difficulties to market the advantages of bio-slurry
compared to chemical fertiliser (Bhutan!)
Rename the national biogas programmes
In some areas, there is surplus (=waste)
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Opportunities: observations (4)
Credit facilities:
Big need for credit facilities, as up-front costs will remain
considerable despite the dynamic product development
Proposed regional debt fund may contribute to the
fulfilment of this need
Subsidised biogas credit vis--vis investment subsdies?
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Opportunities: observations (5)
Enabling environment:
Important roles to be played by the government on
policy and regulation. Also monitoring & evaluation?
Subsidy for end-users (for certain period)
Standardisation!
Carbon revenues are external or internal funds?
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What else?
Credit market assessments in Indonesia and the
Philippines (FS)
Offer from the Vietnam team to have the 2013
international biogas workshop in Vietnam
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Final question:
Did you experience sufficient:
refreshing tea
spicy food
(Mahjong playing) pleasure
over the last three days?
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