EWG 2009 Project Synopsis

EWG 2009 Project Synopsis
Please submit to EWG Secretariat by Monday 28 January 2008
Title of Project :
Fossil Power Plant Efficiency and CO 2 Emissions
Monitoring and Reporting in Developing Asian APEC
Economies
Project Number:
O3
(EWG Secretariat Use Only)
(Tick one) Operational Account APEC Support Fund
TILF Special Account
Name of Expert Group/ Task Force: Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy
Proposing APEC Economy: USA
Co-sponsoring APEC Economy (ies) : Australia, Japan, Korea
Project Overseer:
Name: Scott M. Smouse
Title: Chair, APEC Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Postal address: P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, USA
Tel: +1-412-386-5725
Fax: +1-412-386-4561
Email: scott.smouse@netl.doe.gov
Total cost of proposal :
US$ 120,000
Amount being sought from APEC Central Fund :
US$ 80,000
Type of Project:
Seminar/ symposium Short-term training course Survey or analysis and research
Database/website
Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………
Project start date: 2009 Project end date: 2010
Synopsis
Objective of Project:
The Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy has undertaken a number of projects over the past few years
aimed at assisting APEC developing economies reduce emissions of CO 2 from new and existing coalfired
power plants by technological and other means.
An important aspect of furthering environmental goals in regard to power generation is adequate
information availability and reporting. This is needed both to ensure that power plants are performing as
expected, and to confirm that they are in compliance with the applicable environmental regulations. For
new power plants, this is a question of ensuring that the design includes state-of-the art control and
monitoring technologies, and in many APEC economies, this is required by regulations. However,
existing coal-fired power plants, especially older ones in developing APEC economies, often have
limited environmental monitoring capabilities, and their contribution to local and regional environmental
impacts is difficult to measure. This issue was the stimulus for an APEC project presently in progress:

“Environmental Monitoring for Coal-Fired Power Plants in Developing Asian APEC Economies”.
As concern about greenhouse gas emissions grows, it becomes increasingly evident that more accurate
information on emissions of CO 2 from fossil fuel power plants will be needed. Since the determining
factors for this are coal characteristics and power plant efficiency, a good global database of actual, as
distinct from theoretical, efficiencies of operating plants needs to be assembled on an international basis.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has been carrying out a number of activities related to cleaner
fossil fuels, in response to a request by the G8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005, which invited the IEA to
review, assess and disseminate widely information on energy efficiency of coal-fired power plants; and
to recommend options to make best practice more accessible. The IEA response includes a coal-fired
power database, assessment of upgrading and replacement of older coal-fired plants in major coal using
economies and country-based coal-fired power sector reviews, new developments and case studies of
equipment and plant upgrades in different regions aiming at efficiency improvement.
Power plant efficiency data are more readily available for developed economies, but accurate information
for plants in developing economies is not systematically obtained. The APEC region contains
developing economies that are rapidly expanding their electricity generation sector based on fossil fuels,
especially coal, so it would be appropriate for APEC to complement the IEA effort with a project to
improve the availability of power plant efficiency information specifically targeted on these economies.
The objectives of this project are to:
• gather, synthesize, and assess experience in developing APEC economies with regard to fossil
power plant efficiency monitoring and reporting by individual (both existing and new) fossil
fuel-fired power generating plants;
• promote regulatory requirements for information gathering on fossil power plant efficiencies in
APEC economies where such requirements do not already exist; and
• coordinate development of an APEC database on fossil power plant efficiencies with that of
other international organizations, particularly the International Energy Agency.
Methodology:
The project will be initiated with a joint APEC/IEA workshop held in a developing APEC economy, and
will be carried out with the assistance of a qualified consultant, who would have the task of defining the
information needs in detail, assisting in organizing the workshop, analyzing the information available,
and writing a final report with recommendations for action. The emphasis of the project will be on coalfired
power plants, though consideration will be given to other fossil fuel plants. The consultant will
work closely with a steering team of EGCFE members and IEA representatives.
The workshop will bring together government and power industry representatives from APEC
economies, to define, identify, and exchange information relevant to the objectives of the project.
Among topics that the workshop will cover are:
• Availability of statistical information about coal quality on an individual plant basis.
• Availability of information on actual generating efficiencies of individual plants on an annual
basis.
• Factors affecting calculation of annual CO emissions from individual plants.
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• Current relevant reporting requirements in force in individual APEC economies, for new and
existing fossil power plants
• Recommendations for improving the availability of information on individual fossil power plant
generating efficiency and CO emissions in APEC economies.
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• Integration of an APEC database on fossil power plant efficiencies with that of other
international organizations.
How does the project proposal align with EWG and APEC-wide priorities:
This project will strengthen regional energy security by preserving the coal option while creating
essential conditions for improving environmental protection in the power generation sector.
The Declaration by APEC Energy Ministers meeting in Darwin in 2007 stated that improving energy
efficiency is a cost-effective way to enhance energy security and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
Ministers encouraged the development of cleaner and more efficient power generation technologies.
APEC Economic Leaders, meeting in Sydney in September 2007, addressed the challenges of climate

change, energy security and clean development, outlining their resolve on this issue in their Declaration
on Climate Change, Energy Security and Clean Development, which included the following statements:
• We, the APEC Economic Leaders, agree that economic growth, energy security and climate
change are fundamental and interlinked challenges for the APEC region.
• Our success has relied in part on secure supplies of energy, the use of which has also contributed
to air quality problems and greenhouse gas emissions.
• We are committed, through wide-ranging and ambitious actions, to ensuring the energy needs of
the economies of the region while addressing the issue of environmental quality and contributing
to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Fossil fuels will continue to play a major role in our regional and global energy needs, Cooperation,
including joint research, development, deployment and transfer of low and zero
emission technologies for their cleaner use, particularly coal, will be essential.
• Improving energy efficiency is a cost-effective way to enhance energy security and address
greenhouse gas emissions while promoting economic growth and development.
This project responds to the energy efficiency goals of APEC Energy Ministers, in that its overall
objective is to contribute to mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions by improving the availability of
information on the actual generating efficiencies and amounts of CO 2 emitted annually by existing fossil
fuel power plants in APEC economies.
The primary objective of the project is to contribute to mitigation of global climate change due to CO 2
emissions by means of improving the information available on emissions from fossil power plants in the
APEC region. Global climate change is expected to impact agricultural production and the availability of
water, and to cause sea levels to rise. These and other negative impacts of climate change more
significantly impact the poor and disadvantaged, including often women. These sectors of human society
are less able to afford to adapt to their changing surroundings.
To ensure that the women’s perspectives are adequately represented, active participation of and input by
women into the project will be sought through the members of the EGCFE steering committee.
Cooperation in this endeavour by representatives of the IEA will also be sought. The project itself will be
carried out by a consultant in response to a tender. In its evaluation of submitted bids, specific attention
will be given to qualified women proposed by the bidder to work on the project. The EGCFE members
involved will ensure that the winning submission adheres to the priorities of the Framework for the
Integration of Women in APEC (“Accelerate the progress of integrating women in the mainstream of
APEC processes and activities” and “Promote and encourage the involvement of women in all APEC
fora”). The APEC Framework, as well as the Gender Analysis Guide and other relevant documents, will
be made available to those involved in the project; their application will be monitored throughout the
project.

INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES
INTO EWG PROJECTS
Process for incorporating sustainable development principles:
1. Project Overseer complete self-assessment rating for each project proposal
2. For APEC-funded projects, Project Overseer incorporates the principles into the project tender, tender
assessment, and project implementation phases
3. On completion of a project, the Project Overseer describes how the principles were addressed and
their impact at the project evaluation phase (through a separate report).
Sustainable Development
Principle
Strengthening regional energy
security
Supporting energy market
reform and energy
infrastructure development
Promoting uptake of clean and
efficient energy and efficient
use of energy
Building capacity and technical
cooperation within APEC
economies
Building public-private
partnerships and strengthening
stakeholder engagement,
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including with the APEC
business community
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By helping to improve the availability of information
on generating efficiencies of individual coal-fired
power plants, and promoting effective reporting
requirements for generating efficiencies of new and
existing plants, this project will strengthen regional
energy security by preserving the coal option while
addressing the climate change issue.
The project will develop information that provides
incentives for improving the efficiency of new and
existing power generation infrastructure.
This project will promote the uptake of cleaner and
more efficient coal power generation technologies, as
well as improvement of the efficient use of energy in
existing power plants.
This project will help member economies build
capacity in power plant operational performance, and
provide opportunities for technical cooperation on
best practices in this area.
The project will strengthen public-private sector
dialog and encourage technologies and methods for
more efficient power generation, with private sector
involvement in APEC economies.