ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL

AMERICA

Advances during our First stage

Brussels, 21 of April 2006

Dr. Markku Nurmi

Chairman of EEP Steering Committee

BACKGROUND• Launched in the WSSD, Johannesburg 2002• Partnership involving public and private stakeholders• Seed money provided by the Ministry for Foreign

Affairs of Finland in coordination with CCAD and SICA• Joint effort of the Ministries of Environment and Energy of Central with Finnish Government• Other Partners: 30 European and 30 Central

American companies and institutions

OBJECTIVES• to promote the use of renewable energy sources

and clean technologies• to make energy services more accessible to the poor• to combat climate change

THROUGH:• Demonstrative projects• Legal and institutional barriers removal• Renewable energy market development•Capacity building and training (including CDM)

Ministry for Foreign

Affairs of Finland

SG-SICA

CCAD

PARTNERSHIP OPERATIVE STRUCTUREPARTNERSHIP OPERATIVE STRUCTURE

RegionalCoordination

Unit

National Coordinator(representative to the Steering Committee)

NationalTechnicalCommittee

National Coordination Unit(Country 1)

NationalCoordination

Unit(Country 2)

NationalCoordination

Unit(Country N)

76 APPROVED PROJECTS 3

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126

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16 REGIONALS

APROX EUR 3.000.000

BELIZE

Feasibility study for Sugar índustry Cogeneration (BSI)

Feasibility study for Hidro Potential

Hybrid system for Calabash Caye

EL SALVADOR

PV Projects, Methane Generation, Wind Potential, Biodiesel Plant

GUATEMALA

Industrial uses of geothermal energy

Jatropha plantations (biodiesel)

PV project in Mayan Villages

6 Maya indian villages, PV

Jatropha biodiesel plantations

Wärtsilä Biomass test laboratoryPV for Health CentersCENOSA waste to energy projectSolar pumping projects

HONDURAS

Wind generators for Rama communities,

Small hydro El Bote

NICARAGUA

PANAMAPV project in Kuna indianCommunity, Kuna Yala

PANAMÁ

PV project for 2 Kuna villages, Solar pumping for agriculture, Biogas generation

Kuna indian communityparticipation

Methan from pigfarm, Panama

EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS Y PANAMÁ

Solar pumping systems foragriculture

Panamá andGuatemala:

Feasibility for Windpower projects (Santa Fe, Buenos Aires)

Regional Forum twice a year

I Regional Forum, Panamá, 2003

II Regional Forum, Financing, Belize, 2003

III Regional Forum Biomass, Guatemala, 2004

IV Forum, Wind energy, Costa Rica, 2004

V Forum Smal hydro power plants (EXPO-ENERGIA), Honduras, 2005

VI Geothermal Forum, Nicaragua, October 2005

Participation: 250 peopleInauguration: Presidente Enrique BolañosField trip: Momotombo geothermal plantExhibition: 17 Stands

Incentives in Renewables and biofuels, El Salvador, 15.-17.2.2006

Participation in Expositions and Fairs: Partnership Stands in highly recognized events, as the International Conference Renewables2004 in Bonn, the World Congress on Renewable Energies in Mexico and other Central American events. Participation in World Sustainable Energy Days en Austria and Forum of Partnerships in Marrakech.

The Future

• The government of Finland, through theMinistry for Foreign Affairs has decided tocontinue with the program until 2009

* SUPER FORUM “EU Meets Latin America in Renewables”

Panamá 9 - 11 october 2006

Future Regional Activities

2007

* Forum for Finnacial mechanisms forRenewables, including CDM, Guatemala (February)

* Forum for Sugar industry and EnergyEfficiency, (Caribbean countries), Belize (october)

Future Activities

2008

* Forest biproducts for cogeneration, Honduras, (February)

* Off Grid rural electrification systems, Nicaragua (October)

Future Activities

2009

* Biomass and MSW for EnergyGeneration, Costa Rica, (February)

Future Activities

* High Tech Renewables, Partnership’s third Phase

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE INDEX (ESI) 2005

World Economic Forum 2005

FinlandNorway

UruguaySwedenIcelandCanada

SwitzerlandGuyana

ArgentinaAustria

BrazilAustralia

Costa RicaIrland

DenmarkPanama

JapanGermany

FrancePortugal

NetherlandsUSA

NicaraguaUK

ItalySpain

HondurasMexico

IndiaBelgium

GuatemalaEl Salvador

ChinaHaiti

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Muchas GraciasThank you

Kiitos

www.sgsica.org/energiaMinisterio para Asuntos Exteriores FINLANDIA