Mediterranean Action Plan

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ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
have formed an NGO named the "Egyptian energy services and businesses association –
EESBA". ECEP also organized an international study tour and training program to
encourage the Egyptian energy sector professionals to meet and develop alliances with
international counterparts and RUE providers (ESCOs) and regulators.
A data base on results from implemented projects including cost information and
performance evaluation.
Current RUE programs:
Energy Efficiency Improvement and greenhouse gas reduction project (EEIGGR)
The EEIGGR project started in February 1999 as a US$ 5.9 million joint effort between GEF,
UNDP, EEHC and OEP. The EEIGGR is supposed to have its last extension by the end of
2007. No other planned programs are under way.
The EEIGGR project was designed to remove technical and institutional barriers and to
establish a growing sensitivity to energy efficiency and the global environment concerns. The
project worked on demand and supply sides management, building consumer awareness of
energy efficiency issues, encouraging the use of energy-efficient appliances and proving
viability of alternative measures to the tendency of increasing generating capacity to meet
demand for power. The project consists of three main components:
Network Loss Reduction.
Energy Efficiency Market Support.
Cogeneration Promotion.
Selected project activities/results:
The project's efforts to reduce network transmission losses, load management and load
shifting have resulted in a reduction of transmission losses from 6.7 per cent in 1999 to
3.68 per cent at the end of 2005.
NGOs have become involved in energy efficiency activities and awareness campaigns
targeting households, industrial premises, commercial sector - particularly office
buildings, hotels, hospitals and schools - with information on energy saving and the use
of energy efficient appliances and efficient lighting.
Field surveys were conducted at five industrial companies to investigate the potential for
load shifting and a new Time of Use tariff option was developed. A cogeneration
guidebook was prepared and a cogeneration tariff developed.
Several demonstration projects on efficient lighting systems have been conducted. A
techno-economic study on the feasibility of replacing incandescent streetlights with
efficient compact fluorescent lamps was prepared for the Ministry of Electricity and
Energy.
Energy audit program included 200 audits made for government buildings, commercial
and industrial establishments between 1999 and 2003.
Training sessions on energy efficiency have been held for manufacturers of home
appliances.
The project has trained engineers in calibration and in measurement. Engineers have
also been trained in cogeneration, digital meters and in demand side management.
EEIGGR has established eight energy service companies (ESCOs) to provide advice in
energy efficiency and financing. The ESCOs have different expertise - one in utilities, two
in equipment supply, two in electro-mechanical contracting and three in consulting.
Capacity building has been provided to the ESCOs through training on energy auditing,
energy efficient technologies, economic and feasibility project evaluation, risk evaluation
and financing.