Organizing committee• DrBBandyopadhyay,Advisor,MNRE• MrAjitGupta,NationalProgrammeManager,UNDP/GEFGSWHProject

• MrBinuParthan,DeputyDirectorGeneral,REEEPInternationalSecretariat

• DrSNSrinivas,ProgrammeOfficer,UNDP• CEO,SolarThermalFederationofIndia• MrAmitKumar,RegionalProgrammeAdvisor,REEEPSouthAsiaSecretariat

27 October 2010India Exposition Mart Ltd. Greater NOIDA

DIREC 2010

Parallel event onSOLAR WATER

Global perspectivesHEATING SYSTEMS

Who should attendThe event is primarily meant for decision-makers, regulators,financialinstitutions,privatefinanciers,fundingagencies,utilities,developers,manufacturers,andacademia/R&Dcommunity.

About REEEPTheRenewableEnergyandEnergyEfficiencyPartnership(REEEP)isaglobalpublic-privatepartnership formed in2002during theWorldSummitonSustainableDevelopmentinJohannesburgandhasthestatusofaninternationalNGO.REEEPisanactive,globalpartnership thatworks to reduce thebarriers limiting theuptakeof renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies,with aprimary focus on emerging markets and developing countries.REEEP partners include governments, businesses, NGOs,financiers,andotherrepresentativesofcivilsociety.Byprovidingopportunitiesforconcertedcollaborationamongitspartners,REEEPaims to accelerate the marketplace for renewable energy andenergyefficiency.REEEPhas a network of Regional Secretariats on theground

around theglobe, ensuring that all activities are locally relevantand focused. The REEEP South Asia Regional Secretariat wasestablished in 2005 and is hosted and operated by the AsianEnergy Institute (AEI). It covers Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,Maldives,Nepal,Pakistan,andSriLanka.

ContactMsJenaWuuProgrammeOfficer,REEEPInternationalSecretariatTel:+431260263678Fax:+431213463678jena.wuu@reeep.org

MrWilliamAGracias,ProgrammeManager,REEEPSouthAsiaSecretariat.Tel:+91-11-41504900(extn.2176),Fax:+91-11-24682144,william.a.gracias@reeep.org

Ministry of New and Renewable EnergyGovernment of India

BackgroundThe Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC)2010isapartofaninitiativetakenatthe2002WorldSummitonSustainable Development in Johannesburg, acknowledging thesignificanceofrenewableenergiesforsustainabledevelopment—especiallyforcombatingpovertyandforenvironmentalandclimateprotection. DIREC, an international platform for government,privatesector,andnon-governmentalleaders,isthefourthglobalministerial-level conference on renewable energy. It is beinghosted by theMinistry of New andRenewable Energy (MNRE),Government of India from 27–29 October 2010 in New Delhi.DIREC’sinternationalforumwillendeavourtoaddressthegoalofadvancingrenewableenergyforsustainabledevelopment.UnderJawaharlalNehruNationalSolarMission,ambitioustargetshave been set to ensure that there is wide-scale penetration ofsolar water heating systems in domestic as well as industrialsectors. The goal, therefore, is to achieve 15 million m2 solarthermalcollectorareaby2017and20millionm2by2022.MNREisalsoimplementingaUNDP/GEFassistedprojecton‘Globalsolarwaterheatingmarket transformationandstrengthening initiative:Indiacountryprogramme.’ThisParallelEventisbeingorganizedbyREEEPandMNREalongwithTERIandUNDPagainst theaforementionedbackdrop,withanaim tobring together national and international actors in thefieldofsolarwaterheating.

ObjectivesThe broad objectives of this event are as follows.•Toprovideaplatformforsharingofexperiencesoftheinternationalexpertsandpractitioners

•Toderive learnings from theglobalprogrammes toacceleratepenetrationofsolarwaterheatingsystemsinIndia

About UNDP/GEF Global Solar Water Heating ProjectTheMNREisimplementingaUNDP/GEFassistedProjecton‘Globalsolar water heating market transformation and strengtheninginitiative:Indiacountryprogramme.’TheobjectiveoftheprojectistoaccelerateandsustainthegrowthofthesolarwaterheatingmarketinIndiathroughacombinationoffinancialandpromotionalincentives, and other support measures, so as to conserve

Tentative agenda1230-1400 hrs Registration

1400-1500 hrs Inaugural session

1500-1615 hrs Session I: Technology, policy, and financing

1615-1630 hrs Tea break

1630-1730 hrs Session II: Country perspectives

1730-1830 hrs Ministerial Roundtable

• MinistersfromAustralia,Austria,Brazil,China,Cyprus,Israel,SouthAfrica,andTunisia

• State Ministers from Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka,andMaharashtra

electricityandotherfossil fuels,apart frompeak loadshavingincitiesandtowns;andtousetheexperiencesandlessonslearnedtowardspromotingsimilargrowth inothercountries.Theprojectwillcontributepartiallyand leverage theEleventhFive-yearPlantarget through installation of 2millionm2 of solar water heatingsystems.Thiswill result inGHGemission reductionof11milliontonnesofCO2.