The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan took a critical step to establish the new national electricity corporation, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), laying the foundation for commercialization in the country’s energy sector that will lead to improved services for the Afghan people. DABS is owned by the Government of Afghanistan, but will introduce private-sector practices into its business operations, such as setting new salary rates for employees and more efficient billing and collection practices.
Graduates of Kabul Polytechnic University now have the opportunity to become better energy-sector engineers thanks to an innovative new two-year training program. Through classroom and on-the-job training in Afghanistan and India, participants will gain the skills and practical knowledge necessary to become skilled utility engineers able to operate and maintain Afghanistan’s power sector infrastructure.
The U.S. Agency for International Development contributed $6 million to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) trust fund facility, administered by the World Bank. The EITI trust fund facility helps countries with technical and capacity building assistance to implement principles of resource revenue transparency. The initiative calls for public disclosure and verification of oil, gas, and mining company payments to host governments and disclosure of the host government's revenue from industry.
The Energy Conservation and Commercialization (ECO) Program was signed between the Government of India (GOI) and USAID in January 2000 under a bilateral agreement with the objective to enhance commercial viability and performance of Indian energy sector and to promote utilization of clean and energy-efficient technologies in the sector.
President Hamid Karzai opened the first 35 MW block of a 100 MW diesel power plant in Kabul on August 5, significantly expanding power to the capital and surrounding area. Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan and U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry also attended the ceremony. The U.S. Government-funded Tarakhil Power Plant will provide power to approximately 200,000 residents in Kabul in its first phase. When finished later this year, the plant will provide power to more than half a million people.
Opportunities to finance clean energy projects drew more than 100 industry experts and investors to the Indonesia Clean Energy Investor Forum held in Jakarta in June 2009. The forum showcased projects from a competition sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Private Finance Advisory Network (PFAN). PFAN is a multi-lateral public-private partnership that was established by the International Energy Agency's Climate Technology Initiative and is managed by USAID in Asia.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Midland Refineries Co. opened an Information Technology (IT) Training Center at Daura Refinery today aimed at strengthening the management skills of professionals in the energy sector.
On March 11, Albania’s Minister of Economy, Trade, and Energy, Genc Ruli and CEZ representative, signed a $102 million strategic partnership agreement, privatizing 76 percent of the shares of Albania’s energy distributor, OSSH. USAID provided technical assistance to the Government of Albania, particularly on the key regulations that will govern the new system.
Sri Lanka will host the first energy efficient lighting Center of Excellence in South Asia, thanks to funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Regional Center for Energy Efficient Lighting (RCEEL) will serve as a research hub to develop new lighting technology to be used in Sri Lanka and South Asia. The Sri Lanka-based center will bring public and private enterprises together to focus on energy efficient lighting that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, be more cost-effective, increase consumer accessibility to energy, and promote energy efficiency throughout the region.
Ten years ago most urban Vietnamese rode bicycles, but over the last decade rapid industrialization has contributed to a sharp rise in the use of motorized vehicles. These vehicles create emissions containing lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone and fine particulate matter — and cause significant health impacts. In 2001, USAID began working with the Ministry of Transportation to improve urban air quality. The government formed a partnership with the private sector and, in less than a year, had phased out leaded gas nationwide. The phase-out of leaded gasoline has reduced lead exposure for millions of city dwellers — particularly the poor, who tend to live along congested roads.
Krishnappa is a small farmer in a rural district of the south Indian state of Karnataka. He received assistance from a USAID-supported program to switch 3.25 acres of his 6.5 acre plot from flood irrigation to drip irrigation. This improvement reduced the use of his electric water pump from 84 hours to 25 hours a week.
Liberians who live, study, or work outside the limited electric grid of the capital, Monrovia, do not have affordable, reliable light. Less than two percent of rural areas and about ten percent of the urban capital area have modern energy sources. Renewable energy is emerging to fill the need for power, allowing the rebuilding country to leapfrog over polluting fuels into “green” energy using the country’s abundance of sun and water.
In Paraísopolis, the second largest ‘favela’ (slum) in São Paulo, almost all the households and businesses had illegal electricity connections, were exposed to dangerous network and wiring conditions and did not pay for service. Households and businesses consumed high amounts of electricity – on average 325 kWh/ month – due to the very poor condition of household appliances and electrical equipment and a lack of price signal to encourage consumers to use electricity wisely. In late 2006, USAID, the International Copper Association (ICA), and AES Eletropaulo, the electricity distribution company serving São Paulo, embarked as partners on an ambitious project in São Paulo, Brazil to test an integrated approach to slum electrification and loss reduction. This project aimed to reduce electricity losses from theft and non-payment while bringing more reliable and safer electricity service to its residents and dramatically reducing their electricity consumption to affordable levels.
PoweringHealth.org is a web based resource designed by USAID’s Energy Team with the objective of disseminating information and best practices on the provision of reliable energy services to developing country health facilities.
Over the years, significant effort and funds have been dedicated to providing energy services to rural health facilities – with a particular focus on expanding the vaccination cold chain. The global push to deliver antiretroviral drugs and services to HIV-positive patients worldwide, have introduced new demands for electricity in health facilities with little or no access to reliable power.
Some Harvard Business School students now have the opportunity to volunteer as unpaid consultants at USAID offices around the world during their winter break.
More than 100 Harvard students applied for 11 available slots in a program developed by the Agency’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade.
Energy is a need. Somehow, it has everything to do with all the other sectors. The environment is in trouble because of energy. Everything else, from the health of the ordinary man to the pesewa he can earn, all depend, in a very mysterious way, on energy.
There have been discussions about hydro, nuclear, solar, wind and oil & gas as sources of energy. Seldom does anyone mention biomass which includes wood fuel. The Kumasi Institute of Energy Technology and Environment is one organisation that seeks to address the issue of biomass. Its Director, Mrs. Harriette Amissah-Arthur, laments that the nation has not paid proper attention to biomass.
The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), has just approved a grant for US$1.65 million to subsidize part of the costs of electricity connection and wiring for inhabitants of the Shivajinagar slum in Mumbai.
Up to 26,000 slum households or approximately 104,000 slum dwellers are expected to eventually benefit from the scheme, either through new electricity connections or regularization of existing connections.
On April 6, electricity flowed for the first time in Dodarak village in Nangarhar Province. Supplied by a new 60 KWH micro-hydropower plant funded by USAID, the electricity will improve the villagers’ quality of life and open the door for new business opportunities. Currently, the plant provides 1,200 residents with electricity, allows local shops to sell cold food and drinks, and has the capacity to serve 600 additional households in neighboring villages.
The USAID-funded National Capacity Development program, locally known as “Tatweer,” brought together 22 MoO and 14 MoE managers from Baghdad, Basra, Babil, Mosul, Kirkuk and Diwaniyah provinces. The six-month Program Manager Cycle (PMC) training was the latest in a series of programs to modernize the skills of public officials and encourage cooperation between the ministries in an effort to improve delivery of services to the Iraqi people.
The lack of access to clean energy – and often energy in any form – makes life extraordinarily difficult for many women in South Asia. Household chores become far more labor-intensive, taking time from women that could be better spent on family life or income-generating activities. And daughters may be taken out of school to help their mothers with chores, virtually guaranteeing the perpetuation of poverty for future generations of women.
The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy (SARI/Energy) program is working to change this situation through its South Asia Women in Energy (SAWIE) activity. Formed in April 2008, SAWIE brings together women energy sector professionals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to understand, identify and develop sustainable approaches to providing low-cost efficient energy to poor women and men in rural and urban areas throughout the region.
Energy conservation efforts are expanding in Pakistan, resulting in the promotion of energy audits for commercial enterprises, consumer awareness campaigns to highlight the importance of efficiency in household appliances, the introduction of low-energy applications in new building construction, and renewed attention to power losses between transformers and household connections. Recurring power shortages have made energy conservation increasingly important. Some estimates indicate that 1,500 megawatts per year could be saved with an effective national campaign.
Empowering Agriculture: Energy Options for Horticulture is a guidebook developed to assist USAID, its partners, and the developing country clients whom they serve with practical, application-specific information about energy supply options and ways to improve energy efficiency in horticulture operations.
Powering Tourism provides information to help tourism professionals understand and evaluate the range of options for meeting their off-grid energy needs, highlighting efficient and sustainable use of energy. The guide provides a seven-step approach to guide the reader through the process of creating a reliable and affordable energy system by working with staff and visitors, equipment vendors, installers, financial institutions, and energy service providers. Powering Tourism illustrates each step through hypothetical and real life case studies.
Most rural indigenous people of Latin America live in poverty in communities that rely heavily on biomass and other solid fuels for cooking and heating. Communities at higher elevations in particular are often exposed to severe levels of indoor smoke from inefficient burning of fuels in open fires or rudimentary stoves in poorly ventilated spaces. Exposure to indoor air pollution (IAP) poses a serious health risk of respiratory infection, causing illness and even death for those who spend the most time in the home cooking environment, namely women and children.
METHANE TO MARKETS PARTNERSHIP: A STRATEGY FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
– Introduction
– Why Methane is Important
– The World is Not Running Out of Waste: Landfill Gas Energy Opportunities
– Solving the Problems of Livestock Waste
– Coal Mine Methane Provides Opportunity for Power Generation
– Greener Production of Oil and Gas
– Developing Energy Markets to Fuel Economic Growth
– Gas to Power
– India: Advancing Methane to Markets
– India: Redesigning a Municipal Solid Waste System in West Bengal
– Brazil: The Fortaleza Initiative
– Mexico: Developing Cost-Effective Methane Recovery Models
– Ukraine: Improving Coal Mine Safety Through Underground Methane Capture
– Methane to Markets Project Highlights from EPA
ANNOUNCEMENT
– USAID Call for Public-Private Alliance Proposals for Methane to Markets Partnership
– Stay Tuned: 4 day infrastructure course
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Liberia: Small Light Today, Big Light Tomorrow!
SPECIAL REPORT
TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN EUROPE AND EURASIA
– Europe and Eurasia Energy Regulatory Development: From National to Regional
– Power Sector Reform and Privatization: Observations from Ukraine, Moldova, and Bulgaria
– Romania Electricity Sector Restructuring and Privatization
– Energy Reforms in the Caucasus Region
– Energy Restructuring and Privatization in Macedonia and Albania
– Caspian Pipeline Startup Highlights USAID Leadership in Regional Cooperation and Global Energy Security
– E&E Energy Efficiency Programs
– Southeast Europe Regional Investment
– A Central-South Asia Energy Corridor
– Regional Energy Market Development: The Athens Energy Community
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– World Bank’s GPOBA Approves First USAID Project
NEWS & EVENTS UNCSD 15: Focus on Energy
– Addressing Climate Change through Better Governance: Forestry and Electricity
SPECIAL REPORT
FUELING HEALTH SOLUTIONS: THE ENERGY-HEALTH NEXUS
Energy for Improved Health Care Service Delivery
– The View from Maternal Health
– Energy and Health: Fatal Consequences
– Partnering with PEPFAR
– Powering Health: Electrification Options for Rural Health Centers
– Energy Efficiency in Hospitals
Energy for Clean Water and Better Health
– Energy, Clean Water, and Health
– Power for Water
– Testing Solar Water Pumps
Energy, Air Pollution, and Disease
– Household Energy and Health
– Reducing Indoor Smoke and Illness for Women and Children: A Model Project in Peru
– The Health Effects of Fuel and Vehicle Emissions in Developing Countries
– Understanding Air Pollution Levels in Accra and the Links to Health
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Monrovia Lights Up: A First Step in Liberia’s Stabilization
SPECIAL REPORT
GLOBAL INTERCONNECTIONS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORLD FORUM ON ENERGY REGULATION III
– Investment in Energy Infrastructure
– Regional Energy Markets
– Access and Affordability
– Regulatory Partnership Summit
– Roundtable on Consumer Issues and the Energy Sector
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– The Southern African Power Pool: USAID supports regional energy integration through institutional development
NEWS & EVENTS
– Kevin Warr Departs USAID
– India-Sri Lanka Electricity Interconnection
– Nigeria: Bayelsa, USAID, Shell to Raise $25 Million for Niger Delta
SPECIAL REPORT
ENERGY: ENABLING PEACE AND SECURITY IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED COUNTRIES
– An Interview with USAID’s Gordon Weynand
– Restoring Electricity Service in Afghanistan
– Energy, Protection, Conflict and the Environment in Darfur
– Repowering Southern Sudan: Peace Dividends Begin to Pay Off
– Electricity Support Program Aims to Restore Infrastructure and Increase Citizen Involvement in Angola
– The Struggle for Power and Light in Iraq: An Interview with Krista Donaldson, former AAAS fellow
– AMORE Program: Lighting the Way to Peace and Development in Mindanao, Philippines
– Internally Displaced Persons Employed Through Nepal’s Hydropower Development Program
– Enguri Hydropower Plant Rehabilitation in the Abkhazian Conflict Zone, Republic of Georgia
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– The Southern African Power Pool: Milestones to Private Sector Investment in Southern Africa
NEWS & EVENTS
– Sharon Hsu Joins USAID/EGAT/Energy Team
SPECIAL REPORT
USAID AND PARTNERS SHOWCASE ENERGY ACTIVITIES AT THE 14TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
– U.S. Government / USAID’s Participation At CSD-14
– CSD-14 Events, Outcomes, and Useful Links
– “Moving Forward On Energy At The CSD%rdquo; – An interview with U.S. State Department’s Jonathan Margolis
– Partnership Fair Events
– Learning Center Events
– Side Events
– Aid Effectiveness in the Energy Sector: A Gender Perspective
FEATURE ARTICLE
– Clean Power for Trade and Investment in West Africa
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Philippine Development Innovation Marketplace: Development with Equity
NEWS & EVENTS
– USAID’s Jacqueline Schafer Receives International Energy Leadership Award
– USAID to Promote Integration of South and Central Asian Energy Markets
– USAID Energy Programs Highlighted in Testimony to U.S. Congress
COMMENTS & QUIBBLES
– Response to “Making Room for Public Interests,” Energy Update, March/April 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
MAKING ROOM FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS IN ELECTRICITY SECTOR DECISION-MAKING:
NEW APPROACHES AND INSIGHTS FOR THE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGE
– The Electricity Governance Toolkit
– Building Analytic Capacity in Karnataka, India
– Empowering Consumer Participation in Bangladesh
– Georgia NGO Initiatives: Institution Building the Grassroots
– Arusha Conference Urges Bridging the Social Divide
NEWS & EVENTS
– USAID Work in Georgia Recognized at Management Consultancies Association (MCA) Awards
– Patricia Flanagan Transitions to ICT Team
SPECIAL REPORT
THE SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/E) – PAST AND FUTURE:
THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA
– Facilitating Cross Border Energy Trade
– Improving Electricity Access and Services
FEATURE ARTICLE
– Helping Georgia Weather the January 2006 Energy Crisis
NEWS & EVENTS
– USAID Signs New Global Development Alliance with General Electric
– World Bank Presentation: Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid
CALENDAR
– United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development – Focus on Energy
– World Bank Energy Week 2006
CALENDAR
– United Nation Commission on Sustainable Development: Focus on Energy in 2006-2007
– World Bank Energy Week 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
GLOBAL VILLAGE ENERGY PARTNERSHIP (GVEP):
INCREASING ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY SERVICES
– Brazil’s Light for All Program and GVEP Action Plan
– Journalists Participate in GVEP Partners’ Assembly and Media Training Workshop
– GVEP Action Program Fund (GAPfund) Launched
– Increasing Access to Microfinance for Energy Services
– Senegal GVEP Action Plan Wins Award
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Effects of Oil Prices on Electric Utilities
– Oil Prices Predicted to Stay High
NOTES FROM THE FIELD – PROJECT UPDATES
– Improving Access to Heat in Armenia
– South East Europe Energy Integration
NEWS & EVENTS
– New Global Development Alliance with International Copper Association
– New Eco Energy Alliance
– Long Term Energy Outlook
– Obituary: Matthew Buresch
– Mark Murray Joins PDAM
– Energy Team Reorganization
CALENDAR
– United Nation Commission on Sustainable Development: Focus on Energy in 2006-2007
– World Bank Energy Week 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
THE ROLE OF REGULATION IN EXPANDING ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
– The Dominican Republic: A Test Case for Restructuring
– The Role of Regulation in Expanding Access to Electricity: Reform in the Philippines
– Improving Access to Electricity through Sound Public-Private Partnerships: Central America
– The Regulator’s Role in Promoting Electricity Access: Perspectives from NARUC
– An Examination of Pro-Poor Regulatory Design and Stakeholder Participation
– Donor Workshop on Electricity Access in Africa
FEATURE ARTICLE
– Building an Effective Regulator in Egypt
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Program updates from Zambia, South Asia, Africa, Bangladesh, and the Eastern Caribbean.
RECENT EVENTS
– USAID’s Weynand elected to GVEP Board of Directors.
SPECIAL REPORT
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, RESOURCE FLOWS
– Resource Flows - Oil and Gas Revenues: Managing a Mixed Blessing
– Transparency
– Case Study 1: Trinidad & Tobago
– Case Study 2: Kazakhstan Must Find Cure for Dutch Disease
FEATURE ARTICLES
– EITI aims for proper accounting of revenues from extractive industries
– Extractive Industry Review: World Bank
– Bottom of the Barrel: Africa’s Oil Boom and the Poor
– How High Oil Prices Impact the Global Economy
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– USAID Partners with BP to Develop Indonesia’s Energy Resources
– Angola to Improve Transparency in Oil and Gas Sector
RECENT EVENTS
– USAID’s Belt Addresses US Energy Association Annual Meeting
– New Program Manager for South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy
SPECIAL REPORT
AIR QUALITY
Three articles highlight USAID initiatives to mitigate the impacts of ambient and indoor-air pollution caused by rising vehicle usage and domestic fuel consumption in developing countries.
– Cleaning Up Diesel Emissions in Mexico City
– Nepal Pioneers Use of Electric Vehicles
– Developing Sustainable Air Management Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Performance Contract to Save Water, Energy in South Africa
– Cooking Cleaner in Bangladesh, Peru
– USAID Facilitates Investment in Energy Conservation in India
– Philippines Hosts Pilot Area for Clean Cities Program
– Energy Efficiency Financing in the Europe & Eurasia Region
WHAT’S NEW
– New Task Order Supports Sustainable Municipal Energy Services
– New Global Development Alliance for Efficient Energy Use in the Developing World
– EPA and USAID Promote Grants to Promote Better Home Cooking, Heating Practices
RECENT EVENTS
World Bank’s Energy Week 2005: USAID’s Energy Team Reports Progress in Power Distribution Reform, Slum Electrification
PUBLICATIONS
– Nexus between Energy Sector Reform and Democracy and Governance
– Accelerating Power Distribution Reform
– Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs
– Innovative Approaches to Slum Electrification
CALENDAR
– Infrastructure and Economic Growth Course
FEATURE ARTICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO APPLICATION: USAID IN REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATION
– West Africa Gas Pipeline Project
– Energy Community for Southeast Europe (ECSEE)
– Promoting Standards through Harmonization - CLASP Incorporates as Stand-alone, Nonprofit Corporation
UPDATE FROM MISSIONS
– USAID/Nepal: Increasing Private Sector Investments in Hydropower Development
– Rwanda: Women Empowered Through Biomass Energy Production
RECENT EVENTS
– EGAT/Energy Team Sponsors Course on “Infrastructure Policy and Regulation”
– 2004 World Energy Outlook
– Message to Missions
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Shedding Light on Sustainability
– Ecological Equilibrium on the Mesoamerican Reef
– Luz Para Todos: Electricity for All by 2008
– USAID Awards Grant to Solar Light for Africa, Ltd.
– Methane to Markets International Partnership
– Caribbean Utility Regulators Annual Meeting
– Supporting Private Sector Development in Energy in Namibia
– Global Regulatory Network in the News
RECENT EVENTS
– Development Credit Guarantee Approved for Central American Renewable Energy and Cleaner Production Facility
– Energy and Development Handbook for Journalists
– Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs: International Experience and Best Practices
– Global Development Alliance Award for Chevron-Texaco and Non-Profit Partners
FEATURE ARTICLES
– USAID’S Experience in Institutional Reform in the Energy Sector
– Project Spotlight: Russia - Forest Resources and Technologies at Work
– Project Spotlight: India - Indian Village Uses Biofuel as Replacement for Diesel
– Clean Energy Initiative - Message from EGAT/EIT/Energy Team on OPIN Reporting
RECENT EVENTS
– World Energy Congress: Delivering Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Industry
– Gordon Weynand Highlights U.S. Energy Partnership at 2004 World Energy Congress
– Seminar on Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs – International Experience and Best Practice
– Second Annual Global Regulatory Network Conference
– Foundations Course in Utility Regulation in Africa
– South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy - Wind Mapping in Sri Lanka
ENERGY TEAM NEWS
– EGAT/EIT/Energy Team Announces New Awards
MAIN ARTICLE
– New Director for Office and Energy and Information Technology
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– Uganda: EGAT/Energy Team Supports Solar Electrification of African Clinic where AIDS was Discovered
– India: Electrifying 230,000 Households in Ahmedabad
– India: Public Understanding and Participation – Safe and Legal Connections for Consumers in Slum Communities in New Delhi
– Mali: Feasibility Study for Agricultural Waste-to-Energy
– Southern Africa: Increasing Journalists’ Understanding of Energy & Environmental Issues
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Methane to Markets: New Bush Administration Initiative
– Southern Africa: Impact of HIV/AIDS on Energy Sector
– The Presidential Clean Energy Initiative
RECENT EVENTS
– Global Village Energy Partnership Announces New Host and Manager
– USEA, California, and Washington Distribution Companies Share Best Practices with Dhaka Electricity Supply Company of Bangladesh
NEW REPORTS
– Energy and Environment Training Program (EETP) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) Report
ENERGY TEAM NEWS
– New Energy Pages on Agency’s Website
– USAID Funds Eritrean Participants to Attend Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting
– Development Credit Authority (DCA) Review Board Approves Two Energy Activities
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– Zambia: Public Health and Safety in Zambia Linked to Electricity Problems
– Honduras: La Esperanza Hydroelectric Plant
– Philippines: Alliance for Mindanao Off-Grid Renewable Energy (AMORE)
– West African Power Pool (WAPP)
RECENT EVENTS
– Workshop on Innovative Approaches to Slum Electrification
– International Energy Partnership Volunteers Honored
– USAID/Peru and EGAT/EIT Collaborate on Training Energy Service Companies on Market Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Energy Project Structuring
– Clean Energy Initiative Showcased at 12th Session of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development
UPCOMING EVENTS
– USEA/USAID Workshop on Southern African Trade: The Economic Development Benefits of Low Cost Electric Power and Electric Utility Strategies to Combat HIV/AIDS
THE PRESIDENTIAL CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE
– Fiscal 2004 First and Second Quarter Reporting on the Clean Energy Initiative
NEW TECHNICAL REPORTS
– Increasing Energy Access in Developing Countries: The Role of Distributed Generation
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Energy Team News
– Recent Events: Symposium on Public Understanding and Participation in Energy
– Outreach Products
– Technical Reports
THE PRESIDENTIAL CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE
– Guidance for Reporting on the Clean Energy Initiative
– Capacity Building Assistance for Zambia’s Participation in the Global Village Energy Partnership
– Update on Zambia’s Participation In the Global Village Energy Partnership
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– EGAT/EIT/ Energy Team Assists the Private Sector in Nicaragua to Increase Energy Access
– USAID/Russia: Forest Resources and Technology Project
– USAID/Guatemala and EGAT/EIT Collaborate on Using Renewable Energy to Support Economic Growth in Rural Areas of Guatemala
IN THE NEWS
– USAID/Brazil featured in Frontlines Magazine
ENERGY TEAM NEWS
– Energy Team under New Leadership
– New Staff
– Patricia Flanagan new Rural Energy Services Program leader
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MISSIONS (OCT 2003 – JAN 2004)
NEW CONTRACT MECHANISMS
– New Energy Technical Assistance Indefinite Quantity Contract Awards
– New People, Energy and Development (PED) IQC Awards
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– Improving Electrical Access in Informal Urban Settlements in India
– Providing Access to Energy in Brazil’s Amazon for Telecenters
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP
– Clean Energy Initiative (CEI)
– Clean Energy Initiative – FY 03 Results
OUTREACH EFFORTS
– Global Village Energy Partnership
– The Use of Modern Technology in Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Development of Desert Areas in Egypt
– Taking Power: Social Dynamics of the Energy Sector
UPCOMING EVENTS
– Symposium on Public Understanding and Participation in Energy
NEW TECHNICAL REPORTS
– United States Energy Association and USAID Energy Partnership Assessment
– “Angola Energy Sector Needs Assessment: Emergency Response Study,” and “Mid-Long Term Vision and Needs Assessment”
