Implications of Power Sector Restructuring on Green IPPs

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Implications of Power Sector Restructuring on
Green IPPs

• Niclas Svenningsen
• United Nations Environment Programme
• UNEP

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UNEP at a Glance

• Mission To advance the environmental agenda at
  all levels and in all sectors of society.
• Resources 650 staff members. Annual budget of
  roughly US 250 million.
• Location Headquarters in Nairobi and regional
  offices and centers around the world.
• Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)
  located in Bangkok and covers 54 countries

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UNEP concerns

• Top issues
• Climate change and other energy related issues
• Depletion of the ozone layer
• Loss of biodiversity and habitats, including
  coral reefs
• Over-consumption and over-population
• Use of hazardous chemicals
• Desertification
• Lack of access to fresh water and sanitation
• Waste generation
• Urban management and transportation systems
• ...and so on

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World Summit on Sustainable Development

• Johannesburg 24/8 - 4/9
• Focus on how to implement Agenda 21
• 60 000 participants
• Key output
• Political Declaration
• Plan of Implementation
• 23 specific recommendations on energy

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Power Sector Restructuring

• 1. Restructuring is taking place all over the
  world as a way to achieve economic and efficiency
  benefits, for political reasons, and as means to
  separate different roles of the government
• 2. The time of power monopolies is coming to and
  end.

3. Economic, social and environmental aspects
are becoming integrated aspects of power
business.
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Environmental aspects of energy production and
use

• climate change
• particulates and gases
• acidification
• contamination
• depletion of natural resources
• deforestation
• noise pollution

• Access to education
• information
• empowerment of the poor
• business development
• heating/cooling
• health care
• transportation
• sanitation

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Power Sector Restructuring

• Deregulation of power markets
• Smaller scale generation facilities
• Unbundling of generation, transmission and
  distribution
• Creation of "Green power sales".

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Recommendations to support Green IPPs

• Enact stable frameworks for IPP
• Ensure a level playing field
• Enforce a uniform environmental standard on all
  forms of power generation
• Promote renewable energy portfolio standards
• Encourage distributed power generation
• Raise awareness and understanding of these issues
  among the stakeholders

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The Future is Now

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Thank You!