U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy: A Progress Report

PACE DEPLOYMENT (PACE-D) OVERVIEWThe Deployment component of PACE (PACE-D) isdesigned to support India’s accelerated transition toa high performing, low emissions and energy secureeconomy by tackling multiple clean energydeployment opportunities, including:• Energy efficiency and distribution reform;• Scaling renewable energy technologies;• Cleaner fossil technology and management;• Enhanced greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation• planning and programs; and• Engaging the private sector and mobilizinginvestment.A WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT EFFORTSeveral U.S. government agencies contribute toPACE-D efforts under the auspices of the U.S.-IndiaEnergy Dialogue. The U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) plays a lead role in shapingthe overall approach to PACE-D, supported byactive engagement from the U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE), U.S. Department of State, U.S.Trade and Development Agency (USTDA),Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), U.S. Department ofCommerce, and Office of the U.S. TradeRepresentative (USTR). This work is shaped to alarge extent by two separate bilateral agreementsbetween the two governments, one between USAIDand the Ministry of Power, and the other betweenUSAID and the Ministry of New and RenewableEnergy.ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DISTRIBUTIONREFORMThe energy efficiency and distribution reformcomponent of PACE-D is focused on:• Deployment of market driven energy efficienttechnologies such as Smart Grids, Net ZeroEnergy Buildings, Waste Heat Utilization, andHeating Ventilation and Air Conditioning.• Support for the Bureau of Energy Efficiency(BEE) through technical assistance and capacitybuilding activities to implement India’s NationalMission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency under theNational Action Plan on Climate Change.• Support for State Development Agencies todevelop and implement state EE action plans, andimprove regulatory environment for rapiddeployment of EE technologies.NEW USAID FIVE-YEARTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMIn June 2012, USAID launched a new fiveyear,$20 million PACE-D technical assistanceprogram that will work to increase India’ssupply of renewable energy, improve end-useenergy efficiency, and adopt and acceleratedeployment of cleaner fossil fuel technologies.In partnership with the Ministry of Power andthe Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE), the focus of the program will be onstrengthening the enabling environment,increasing access to finance, and enhancinginstitutional and human capacity to supportdeployment of clean energy at scale.• Facilitation for the development of innovativefinancial instruments and process for newinvestments deployment of energy efficiencytechnologies at scale.One example of this cooperation is the Bureau ofEnergy Efficiency (BEE) and Ministry of Power’simplementation of Energy ConservationBuilding Codes (ECBC). This collaborationstarted more than ten years ago -- USAID’s ECOprogram, launched in 2000, supported the creationof BEE and the establishment of India’s firstECBC – and continues today.Under PACE-D, USAID is providing technicalassistance support to implement ECBC, andDOE—with partners Alliance to Save Energy,Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) andPacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) —is supporting BEE with the roll-out of the codes atthe local level. This activity is also beingimplemented in coordination with the EnergyCooperation Program (ECP) and the U.S.-IndiaCEO Forum.