Support to Viet Nam for the implementation of the Paris Agreement II (VN-SIPA II)

Support to Viet Nam for the implementation of the Paris Agreement II (VN-SIPA II)
by TUEWAS|May 21, 2024
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Objective

Viet Nam’s development pathway is consistent with a just Net Zero 2050 transition in line with the Paris Agreement, Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.

Description

The project enables the Vietnamese Ministry of Environment to better coordinate and integrate climate, energy and biodiversity considerations.

It also supports efforts to switch to low-carbon freight transport in the transport sector, which is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

In the agricultural sector, the project strengthens expertise in the Ministry of Agriculture and two provinces to develop nature-based solutions for climate adaptation.
In all areas, nationally and regionally, the project promotes knowledge management, dialogue and gender-responsive approaches.

The project also serves as an interface for the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in Viet Nam: it coordinates IKI projects in the country and provides information on climate policy processes. This also includes supporting the political dialogue between the German IKI ministries and their Vietnamese counterparts.

Field of intervention

Building on efforts of its successful predecessor project (VN-SIPA I), the project

  • works with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to address the ministry’s specific capacity gaps related to coordination and transparency mechanisms that continue to be a barrier to the integration of climate and biodiversity considerations across key ministries and at the provincial level.
  • The transport sector is supported through the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to promote a low-carbon transition of the freight sector.
  • The agriculture sector is targeted through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and selected provinces to boost capacity on nature-based solutions for adaptation (NbSA).
  • VN-SIPA II provides technical assistance and thematic insights through studies to support its partners in implementing the climate and biodiversity goals. This is accompanied by targeted capacity development measures.
  • In its service delivery the project prioritizes digital measures.
  • Local Subsidies and grants will enable partners in the provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh to upscale the successful climate-smart agricultural models developed under VN-SIPA I.

Targeted beneficiaries

  • The ministerial target groups of the project are as follows: Department of Climate change(DCC)/MONRE; Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Agency (NBCA)/MONRE, Ministry of Transport (MOT), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
  • Farmers, farmer’s associations, private sector, general public (young people specifically).
  • Academia, non-govermental organisations (NGOs), civil society, and community organisations.
  • Two provinces Quang Binh and Ha Tinh
  • Women in rural communities like Quang Binh and Ha Tinh

Achievements

At the end of the project, it is expected that:

  • Viet Nam submits its second NDC in 2025 increasing ambition, aligned with its long-term strategy, and leading the way for the Net Zero 2050 target.
  • Viet Nam passes further regulations and stakeholders to increase their knowledge necessary for the implementation of the NBSAP and the GBF.
  • Technical and policy analyses result in new or enhanced policy instruments, that promote climate mitigation and adaptation implementation as well as biodiversity protection in priority sectors identified in Viet Nam’s NDC, National Climate Change Strategy and NBSAP.
  • Facilities in the waste and other sectors subject to emission reduction obligations under Decree 06 are enabled to regularly report their GHG inventories. They are also able to plan and implement suitable emission reduction measures.
  • The implementation of the respective NDC measures has led to an increase of the load factor in freight transport.
  • Via the online monitoring and evaluation system, relevant MARD departments and provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development report on the 44 adaptation indicators facilitating evidence-based policy making.
  • The provincial governments in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh apply more integrated planning processes addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as biodiversity.
  • At least 3000 farmer household in the provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh increase their resilience through NbSA in the agricultural sector making them less vulnerable to climate change.
  • Annual IKI Networking Workshops and quarterly newsletters, highlighting gender sensitive climate and biodiversity issues, ensure regular knowledge exchange on climate, energy and biodiversity-related policy developments and activities in Viet Nam.

Publications/Knowledge Products

COUNTRY

Viet Nam

DURATION

April 2023 - March 2028

Commission Agency

 BMWK

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Participant asking a question in a consultative workshop on the Transformation of the Construction in Pakistan.; Copyright: GIZ Pakistan
Transformation of the construction sector to promote energy efficiency in buildings in Pakistan – Bauwende
by TUEWAS|February 19, 2024

Objective

Pakistan is taking its first steps towards a more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly construction industry.

  • Political, legal and/or regulatory documents contain a draft of aspects relating to making the construction sector sustainable.
  • Political and private-sector stakeholders have access to evidence-based data and information relating to the sustainable construction of new buildings.
  • The feasibility of selected measures with dissemination potential to implement a transformation of the construction sector in Pakistan is demonstrated in a pilot scheme.

Description

The project supports the Pakistani Government and private-sector actors in the construction industry in introducing an ecological transformation in the construction industry. It promotes environmentally friendly solutions that protect the climate and environment and use resources efficiently. Examples include measures to improve material and energy efficiency in the production of building materials and on building sites, the promotion of a longer service life of buildings and the renovation of existing building to improve energy efficiency.

Field of intervention

The project operates in the following three areas:

  • Expertise is provided to support the government and relevant authorities in integrating guidelines for environmentally sound building construction into policy and legal/regulatory documents.
  • Political and private sector actors are given access to evidence-based data that facilitates energy-efficient and environmentally sound construction.
  • Support is provided to a pilot project that demonstrates the measures and feasibility of environmentally conscious construction and can thus trigger change in the construction industry.

Achievements

  • Project has Identified existing gaps in the political, legal and regulatory framework for a transformation of the construction sector and developed recommendations for updating relevant political, legal/regulatory documents;
  • Project has provided National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (NEECA) with technical advice on reworking the Building Code of Pakistan to include aspects of green building.
  • As a result of the momentum developed by the project, Ministry of Energy (MoE) has issued an statutory regulatory order (SRO), making Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC) compliance mandatory.
  • Project has developed life cycle analyses for three typical types (151 Square Yards, 303 Square Yards and 605 Square Yards) new building construction.
  • Two pilot projects have been selected with dissemination potential, high visibility and fast implementation.
  • For knowledge dissemination on energy effficency in building sector, project is organizing webinars with building experts for public and private stakeholders.
  • Technical assistance has been extended to Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) and Capital Development Authority (CDA) to integrate ECBC into their bylaws.
  • Online tools for energy assessment in building and check list for compliance of energy conservation in building codes have been developed.

Publications/Knowledge Products

COUNTRY

ASIA , Pakistan

DURATION

December 2022 - December 2024

Commission Agency

 BMZ

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Liveable and Inclusive Cities for All (LICA)
by TUEWAS|October 26, 2023

Liveable and Inclusive Cities for All (LICA)

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Objectives

The ability of local and national governments to promote inclusive and climate-sensitive urban environmental management in selected cities in Bangladesh is improved.

Description

Bangladesh faces the dual challenge of managing its rapid urbanisation in sustainable ways while also adapting to the enormous impacts of climate change. Urban areas, especially near the coast or along rivers, are severely affected by climate change, for example by flooding, overheating and other extreme weather events. The government of Bangladesh projects that between 2011 and 2050,16-26 million people will be forced to leave their homes and migrate to cities.

Because they are growing so rapidly, cities encounter complex challenges which they are not well equipped to address. The increasing degradation of the urban environment particularly affects valuable “green spaces” (such as public parks, recreation areas, playgrounds, riverbanks) and “blue spaces” (surface waters such as reservoirs, canals, and rivers). Their functions as air filters, floodplains, and drainage areas and the role they play in heat reduction and biodiversity are becoming lost in the dense urbanisation. This is exacerbated by poor management, in which poor urban waste treatment is a key element.

Approach/Field of intervention

The project aims to enhance the quality of urban life through improved inclusive environmental management services in selected cities by developing and implementing:

  • targeted measures to strengthen the competencies of relevant actors in Bangladesh’s growing municipalities, flanked by dialogue and exchange between national and local institutions
  • institutional development concepts in the cities Khulna, Satkhira, Rajshahi and Sirajganj tailored to their specific needs and priority strategic measures to improve their urban environmental service provision
  • inclusive and gender-sensitive participatory platforms (“Urban Labs”) with demonstration projects for environmental management service delivery
  • management models based on local experiences to develop and disseminate a national guideline for urban environmental management.
COUNTRY

Bangladesh

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 BMZ

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Discussion of future plans for coal mine in Jharkhand; Copyright:GIZ / Joscha Rosenbusch 2022
Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition
by TUEWAS|May 15, 2023

Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition

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Objectives

Key stakeholders in coal regions in developing and emerging economies plan for and implement just energy transition pathways away from coal and towards a low-carbon energy system, consistent with the Paris Agreement and the ILO Just Transition Guidelines

Description

The coal phase-out will have economic and social effects in coal regions in developing and emerging countries, threating local livelihoods, economic activities and jobs.

A Just Energy Transition ensures that workers, communities and employers are prepared to cope with challenges posed by the energy transition, through the joint development of plans for the creation of new and decent jobs and targeted policies that address underlying social inequalities, reducing structural and cultural barriers to the participation of affected groups, especially women.

The project supports a just transition away from coal while ensuring inclusive and sustainable economic development and the creation of decent work and social protection in selected coal regions in Asia, Africa and Latin America. IKI JET includes:

  • Just Energy Transition in Coal Regions (JET-CR) – Interregional Platform, supporting the exchange between coal regions in the global south via an International Network, policy dialogue and a Knowledge Hub. The platform is jointly funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)
  • Two country components, supporting the development of just energy transition plans in coal regions in Indonesia (East Kalimantan and South Sumatra) and India (Jharkhand).

IKI JET is implemented by GIZ and Climate Action Network International (CAN I), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Just Transition Center of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) (participation under review) and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

Approach/Field of intervention

  • Potential transformational measures: economic diversification and regeneration, social protection, green and decent job creation
  • Social dialogue and stakeholder engagement
  • Co-creation of knowledge

Targeted beneficiaries

Population in the target countries / regions that will be positively or negatively affected by induced transformational changes around the coal industry.

Publications/Knowledge Products

COUNTRY

Chile , Colombia , India , Indonesia , Mongolia , South Africa , Thailand , Viet Nam

DURATION

December 2022 - July 2026

Commission Agency

 BMWK

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Indo-German Support Project for Climate Action in India
by TUEWAS|September 29, 2022

Indo-German Support Project for Climate Action in India

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Objectives

  • The project supports the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) with the coordination and implementation of Indian climate and biodiversity policies, in particular India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).
  • The project focuses on the development of methodologies for the accounting of climate co-benefits, measured in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions or sinks, for programmes of the Government of India that do not have a specific climate focus. The methodologies will be developed in the focus areas of circular economy/resource efficiency and biodiversity/forests.
  • The project started the process for developing climate co-benefits-based methodologies so that mitigation and adaptation impacts can be reported to support India’s NDC commitments and the Paris Agreement. Further, the methodologies can be used by public and private sector companies for accounting and trading on international and national carbon markets, thus accelerating investments in low carbon pathways.
  • The project is cooperating with public sector enterprises including the umbrella organisation Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) as well as with the private sector and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). SCOPE members include giant state enterprises for coal, gas, steel, oil and are responsible for 87% of India’s GHG emissions.
  • The project implements the IKI India Interface function. Currently 43 IKI projects in India are aligned for networking and knowledge exchange to build and foster synergies of the IKI portfolio in India.
  • Further, the project supports German Ministries in implementation of the new Indo-German Green and Sustainable Development Partnership (GSDP), the multilateral Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and the German support on request of the MoEFCC for India’s G20 presidency 2023.

Description

  • The project focuses on the development of methodologies for the accounting of climate co-benefits, measured in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions or sinks, for programmes of the Government of India that do not have a specific climate focus. The methodologies will be developed in the focus areas of circular economy/resource efficiency and biodiversity/forests.
  • The project started the process for developing climate co-benefits-based methodologies so that mitigation and adaptation impacts can be reported to support India’s NDC commitments and the Paris Agreement. Further, the methodologies can be used by public and private sector companies for accounting and trading on international and national carbon markets, thus accelerating investments in low carbon pathways.
  • The project is cooperating with public sector enterprises including the umbrella organisation Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) as well as with the private sector and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). SCOPE members include giant state enterprises for coal, gas, steel, oil and are responsible for 87% of India’s GHG emissions.
  • The project implements the IKI India Interface function. Currently 43 IKI projects in India are aligned for networking and knowledge exchange to build and foster synergies of the IKI portfolio in India. Further, the project supports German Ministries in implementation of the new Indo-German Green and Sustainable Development Partnership (GSDP), the multilateral Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and the German support on request of the MoEFCC for India’s G20 presidency 2023
COUNTRY

India

DURATION

01 April 2021 - 31 March 2026

Commission Agency

 BMWK

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Waste to Value: Scaling up Waste Collection and Recycling Systems for Reducing Plastic Waste Entering Landfills in Sri Lanka
by TUEWAS|September 28, 2022

Waste to Value: Scaling up Waste Collection and Recycling Systems for Reducing Plastic Waste Entering Landfills in Sri Lanka

Objectives

  • To increase plastic waste collection in the selected local authorities
  • To increase the plastic feedstock to recycling companies from selected local authorities
  • To present the model as a potential Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) model which can be adopted in regulations

Description

GIZ Sri Lanka entered into Public-Private Partnership with Coca-Cola in Sri Lanka, Nestle Lanka PLC and Unilever Sri Lanka (Pvt) Limited to launch a project for plastic waste management in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The main aim of the project is to reduce the plastic waste leaks into the environement- specially to landfills. The project aims to contribute to SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).

To reach the aim, project has a 2 way approach.

  1. Support the local authorities to increase plastic waste collection and recycling
  2. Support private sector to increase plastic waste collection and recycling

In three years, the project aims to deliver below activities:

  • Raise public awareness on the importance of proper waste disposal and recycling
  • Provide training and education to waste collectors and other value chain actors
  • Provide infrastructure, machinery and equipment for local authorities or private collectors for plastic waste sorting
  • Link with potential recyclers and support increasing revenue at local authorities

Approach/Field of intervention

  • Awareness and education
  • Material recovery facility (MRF)
  • Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Targeted beneficiaries

Local authorities, Recyclers, community

Highlight activities /Achievements

Conducted baseline survey to understand the plastic waste generation in 49 local authorities in the Western Province of Sri Lanka

COUNTRY

Sri Lanka

DURATION

February 2022 - February 2024

Commission Agency

 BMZ

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Indo German Energy Program- Access to Energy in Rural Areas-II (IGEN Access-II)
by TUEWAS|September 27, 2022

Indo German Energy Program- Access to Energy in Rural Areas-II (IGEN Access-II)

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Objectives

  • Strategic and long-term energy planning for selected Indian states
  • Proven models and instruments for improving basic energy supply disseminated (specifically on building capacities of the Village Level Entrepreneurs for selling DRE products and services through DRE products and improving access to finance)
  • Conceptual basis is in place for improving energy supply and quality under specific conditions (like improving energy access for improved health care; flood relief; DRE for productive applications etc)

Description

IGEN Access II aims to deliver by adopting a holistic approach in overall planning by assisting the states in developing Energy Action Plans, disseminating proven models and instruments for improving the basic energy supply, and establishing a conceptual basis for enhancing the energy supply.

Decentralised renewables present an opportunity to contribute towards sustainable energy access for household consumers as well as for productive uses of energy. In addition, achieving overall energy security through decentralised sources, coupled with better planning would also reduce the burden on exchequer.

The program outcome will result in improving the access to energy hence improving the quality of life for citizens of India. It will also provide new opportunities for income generating activities for low- income group.

Approach/Field of intervention

  • Development of energy action plan to strategize the clean energy interventions
  • Technical Assistance for Development of Renewable Energy City
  • Access to finance in rural area to increase the adoption of clean energy sources
  • Capacity building of Village Level Entrepreneurs for selling DRE products and services through DRE products
  • Improving the quality of energy supply under certain specific conditions are implemented.

Targeted beneficiaries

  • Central Government
  • State Government
  • Local City Bodies
  • Rural Population
  • Marginal Income Population

Highlight activities /Achievements

  • Supporting six federal states for the development energy action plan based on supply and demand side data modelling.
  • Access to finance for the adoption of solar energy for rural livelihood. The program has been highly inclusive in terms of reaching out to the Energy Users considering the categories of age, gender, socio-economic indicators, remoteness of villages covered by the project. Under the project more than 1 lac addition loan provided to purchase renewable energy based solutions. Also, more than 3,500 women renewable energy system provider were supported by the project.
  • Implemented pilot to demonstrate that distributed solar systems can play a crucial role in flood relief work by catering to the energy needs of the affected people. The outcome of this pilot will be considered in the development of Distributed Renewable Energy Policy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India.
  • Various concepts for improving the quality of energy supply under specific conditions were developed, e.g. Livelihood through mini/micro grids (ph 1), upscaling of mini grid (ph 2), DRE in health intervention, DRE in street Lighting, DRE for Medical kit, Water purifier, DRE for communication (Mobile charging) etc.
  • Support in development of DRE policy to MNRE: White paper, concept note on DRE for livelihood (MNRE)- DRE policy demand assess., impact assessment framework, Biomass market-place (Biomass std, local biomass exchange), DRE online portal – IREAP, RE roadmap for fishery value chain.

Success stories

Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) is emerging as a commercially mainstream, potential cost-effective solution to energy poor households. The program has strengthened the ‘Village Level Entrepreneur – VLE’ model for DRE product sales across 12 states and 85 districts with a reach of more than 2675 VLEs. The program built an ecosystem for community engagement, behaviour change and collective participation through extensive awareness campaigns, product demonstrations and behaviour change activities through VLEs. Program has been able to demonstrate its ability of being highly inclusive and relevant to cover socially and economically marginalized communities and more than 50 per cent of target beneficiaries seeking reliable power supply. Its relevance is further reinforced by the fact that more than 40 per cent of the beneficiaries reported increase in productivity and income. In addition to solar lights, the Program was able to facilitate access to high end DRE products for livelihoods applications.

A flooded area can be cut off from clean drinking water, sanitation, and connectivity with other villages and towns. However, as soon as the power grid fails, restoring access to these aspects becomes more difficult. In addition to worsening the daily life conditions of communities already grappling with floods, the lack of power also hampers relief and recovery efforts. People living in rural Bihar commonly use diesel-based generators to tackle power outage. To tackle the challenge, several innovative solar based solutions have been piloted e. g. moveable solar trolley is an e-rickshaw mounted with solar panels, a wearable solar backpack, solar-powered maternity care unit.

Simple, low-cost solar-powered products can greatly improve the lives and livelihoods of rural communities during times of floods. These products are simple to use and can easily be handled and maintained by trained individuals within a community, making them ideal for a state like Bihar, where we can assume that flooding will continue to be an issue for much time to come.

COUNTRY

India

DURATION

April 2019 - March 2024

Commission Agency

 BMZ

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Sustainable Urban Mobility – Air Quality, Climate Action, Accessibility
by TUEWAS|September 16, 2022

Sustainable Urban Mobility – Air Quality, Climate Action, Accessibility

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SMART-SUT

Objective

  • National, state and municipal institutions promote climate- and environmentally friendly, low-emission and socially balanced urban mobility systems.

Description

The Government of India is seeking to reduce CO2 emissions while also achieving sustainable urban development pathways. To this end, it is adopting several policy programmes to drive forward a sustainable urban mobility transition with cross-sectoral relevance.

While integrated urban mobility planning holds the potential to make an impact beyond the sector itself, certain pre-requisites are indispensable to reap the full benefits. Even before local authorities can start the participatory process of mobility planning together with all relevant stakeholders (incl. local governments, public transport authorities, civil society groups & community), an evidence-base needs to be established to understand the interrelated challenges of CO2 emissions, air quality control and accessibility for urban populations. The full potential of synergies between these three aspects can only be fully realized, if relevant data bases are developed, cross-sectoral coordination mechanisms are functional and individual capacities strengthened.

GIZ and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) are jointly implementing the SUM-ACA project to advance the sustainable mobility transition in Indian cities. Adopting a multi-level approach, the project cooperates with partner institutions at national, state and local level to enhance capacities while implementing concrete activities which directly benefit the urban population as target group in several Indian cities and states.

  • Support to the Indo-German Green Urban Mobility Partnership (GUMP)
  • Participatory development of evidence-based integrated urban mobility plans
  • Strengthening capacities of institutions and individuals

Field of intervention

  • Integrated Mobility Planning
  • GHG reduction
  • Air Pollution Control
  • Data management
  • Non-motorized transport
  • Capacity Development
  • Alternative Fuels
  • Tactical Urbanism

Targeted beneficiaries

  • Indian citizens
  • decision makers
  • mobility and urban planners

Publications/Knowledge Products

Video

Kovai Connect – Celebrating Public Spaces
Safe School Precinct – Coimbatore
e-Bus Adoption and Integration: Lessons from Europe and Middle East
Smart Planning, Scheduling and Charging of Electric Buses
e Bus Adoption and Integration: Lessons from South Asia and Latin America
Future Mobility in a post COVID -19 world!
CROSSCUT 4 KOVAI
MoBus in Bhubaneshwar
Training on safe street design and enabling non-motorised friendly infrastructure
COUNTRY

India

DURATION

July 2022 - June 2025

Commission Agency

 BMZ

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IN-Solar (Innovative New Solar Areas)
by TUEWAS|September 15, 2022

IN-Solar (Innovative New Solar Areas)

Objective

  • The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will have an improved decision-making basis for the promotion of area-efficient PV from domestic production.
  • Organizations in the field of Research and development can assess the suitability of innovative solutions for space-efficient PV use.
  • To provide policy advice to strengthen India technology, leadership, application oriented research.

Description

The project is working on the development of innovative areas of PV, which have not been identified as potential but would be required to be developed to meet the country target of 450GW by 2030. The main aim is the improved conditions for use of innovative, low competition areas for use of land for the expansion of photovoltaic.

Field of intervention

  • Evaluation of expert opinions of internationally recognized research institutes on suitability on the basis of practical testing or feasibility studies and/or peer-reviewed articles regarding technical suitability and land requirements.
  • Research and development (R&D) cooperations for the suitability testing of novel, area-efficient PV tech-nology applications for the Indian market were estab-lished between Indian and German research institutes and/or companies.
  • Capacity building activities for marketing tools and instruments for rooftop PV among different sectors.
  • To demonstrate use of solar in public space known as Urban PV, the project supported for the demonstration of a ‘plug-n-play’ solar PV at various prominent places to create awareness and business models for public charging stations powered by Solar.
  • To meet electricity requirement through Renewable Energy, the project is supporting in solarizartion of an Indian state in the concept development and providing consultancy and implementation support.

Targeted beneficiaries

  • National Level – Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • State Level – State Nodal Agency, Electricicty Distribution Companies, State Government Departments
  • Municipal Level – Municipal Corporation, Electrcicty Consumers (Residential, Commercial and Government)

Highlight activities

  • 5 new space-efficient PV technology applications- Agri PV, Floating PV, Building Integrated PV, Urban PV and Road Integrated PV for the Indian market were demonstrated.
  • To demonstrate use of solar in public space known as Urban PV, the project installed 2 such systems at Akhshardham Temple, New Delhi.
COUNTRY

India

DURATION

April 2021 - March 2024

Commission Agency

 BMZ

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Indo-German Solar Energy Partnership (IGSEP) – Rooftop 2
by TUEWAS|September 15, 2022

Indo-German Solar Energy Partnership (IGSEP) – Rooftop 2

Objective

  • The project is developing market forces while introducing enabling mechanisms and facilitating investments in rooftop PV systems.
  • The core focus of the project is to develop the market through competition and to work systematically in selected project areas in association with the four core actors namely
    • State Nodal Agencies (SNAs)
    • Distribution Licensees (DISCOMs)
    • Municipal Corporations, licensing authorities and local enterprises in selected municipal areas
    • Market participants (project developer, investors, etc.)
  • The project operates in four different activities, to achieve the aforementioned objective
    • Ensuring a long-term commitment on the part of DISCOMs
    • Creating conducive local (municipal) conditions
    • Promoting and implementing successful business models
    • Disseminating information and upscaling
    • Capacity building of Solar rooftop industry

Description

  • The project is being implemented in cooperation with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in India. The project is active in 11 Indian States namely – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh.
  • The project objective to achieve newly installed capacity (in megawatts [MW]) of rooftop PV systems that is added each year has doubled overall in the states in which the project is active (e.g. works with municipal corporations, distribution companies.

Field of intervention

  • Implemented selected business models to stimulate the installation of PV rooftop systems, some with integrated electric battery storage systems
  • Cooperation with munical actors for developing prerequisites to make decisions for an accelerated expansion of PV rooftop systems.
  • Cooperation with selected electricity suppliers for developing prerequisites to adapt their business to an increase in PV rooftop systems.
  • Identified and analyzed causes of sub-optimal performance, quantify those in terms of contribution to loss in generation and propose cost-optimal solutions to fix the quality issues and focus on logistics related aspects of installed rooftop PV Systems.
  • Analysis of Indian distribution systems for the integration of high shares of rooftop PV / Integration of renewable energies in the Indian electricity system (I-RE)

Targeted beneficiaries

  • National Level – Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • State Level – State Nodal Agency, Electricicty Distribution Companies, State Government Departments
  • Municipal Level – Municipal Corporation, Electrcicty Consumers (Residential, Commercial and Government) and Students.

Highlight activities

  • The project has achived 3000MW of solar rooftop capacity installations in the 11 States.
  • Created online portals for selected Indian states to ease out the installation process of distributed solar PV for all the relevant actors.
  • Conducted virtual/digital training on the topic “Solar Rooftop testing and Inspection” in the state of Gujarat.
  • Launched an online training platform- Solar PathSala to offer Solar PV related courses to the DISCOMs and other stakeholders
  • Provided tools to GUVNL (DISCOM) for smooth inspection of systems and management of applications.
  • Installation of a hybrid system of solar power and battery energy storage system to decongestion of LT network, improvement in power system reliability, managing load during peak time and managing the distribution transformer loading.
  • Empowered the young unemployed skilled workforce through upskilling and vocational training- Indian Solar PV Rooftop Installer Skilling and Employment (IRISE)
  • Awareness campaigns to help consumers take advantage of the range of benefits of rooftop solar.
COUNTRY

India

DURATION

January 2017 - December 2022

Commission Agency

 BMZ

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