Report to the ExCo Meeting for the IEA Implementing Agreement on

Demand Side Management

Energy Technology Co-operation with China

The IEA-China "Framework for Energy Technology Co-operation" was signed on 28 August 2001 between the IEA and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the Government of the People's Republic of China. The main purpose of the agreement is to facilitate MOST's participation in the IEA Implementing Agreements. We have informed all Agreements on this important step in our collaboration with China and several of you have responded and asked the Secretariat to facilitate China’s participation in the Programme.

The IEA plans to conduct with China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Beijing on either 16th or 17th May 2002. The purpose of this event is to present our Implementing Agreement activities to Chinese energy researchers and experts from research institutions and energy-related organisations. We also hope to get more concrete results regarding Chinese interest in participating in the Implementing Agreements.

CERT and EUWP Strategic Plans

Both the CERT and the EUWP has adopted a new strategic plans, (see comparison in Attachement 3). Both are emphasising the need for a better follow-up of the Implementing Agreements achievements in order to better understand and convey the results as well as to assist in finding the proper resources for the work.

IEA OPEN

the IEA’s Office of Energy Efficiency, Technology and R&D (EET) is launching an on-line information bulletin, the OPENEnergy Technology Bulletin (Attachment 1). This will ultimately be e-mailed to subscribers world-wide. You will find attached a briefing note entitled "Getting Value from the OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin" (Attachment 2). This highlights the important role the Bulletin can play in giving visibility to your activities.

If you have any information to contribute, suitable for widespread public dissemination, we should be very grateful to hear from you. Items should of course relate to energy technology developments (R&D, policy, deployment, markets), and there should be an IEA-connection of some sort. As you will see from the sample issues, we are also interested in items on workshops, conferences and publications, including conference proceedings.

EUWP: facilitating the overview and the co-operation

The Quick-Minutes from the EUWP meeting on 10-11 April 2002 are attached (Attachment 4). The EUWP has produced an Annual Report for all the 17 Implementing Agreements that shows their turnover to be in the area of 30 M€ per year and that the work corresponds to more than 100 persons time per year.

Building Co-ordination Group meeting

BCG met in Rome on 30-31 January 2001 in connection with a meeting of the European Energy Network (EnR). One task for the BCG would be to work out stronger relations between the BRIAs and the IEA Secretariat, in particular focusing on the theme of “sustainable buildings” (see attachment 5).

New work on Electricity Transmission and Distribution Technologies (see attachment 6)

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OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin
Issue No. 1, 28 March 2002
The Secretariat of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Agency’s Committee on Energy Research and Technology are pleased to bring you this On-line Publication of Energy News.

HTML version can be found here:

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HEADLINES IN THIS ISSUE

1. Strong progress on regulatory reform in IEA countries, says annual IEA study, but weaker progress on climate-change policies - Energy Policies of IEA Countries - 2001 Review.

2. Award for IEA’s One-Watt Initiative: a 2nd prize at Energy Globe Awards 2002 for IEA’s programme to cut electricity losses from appliances in stand-by mode (Linz, Austria).

3. A sure bet formeasurement of wind speed: best practice guidelines from IEA collaborative project.

4. From air-flow to cash-flow: IEA programme centralises ventilation technology information for optimum energy-saving building design.

5. IEA Clean Coal Centre: a free-access database, ad hoc consultation, focus on the developing world.

6. Energy Efficiency Certificate Trading Workshop - Milan (Italy), 17th April 2002.

7. Technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – key conclusions from ten years of studies by the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

1. Energy Policies of IEA Countries - 2001 Review provides an objective round-up of information and analysis on energy policy and market developments in the Member countries of the IEA. Changes in energy demand and supply over the past decade come under the microscope, along with fuel price trends in the past two years. Member countries’ progress with electricity and gas regulatory reform is examined, as well as less marked achievements in curbing growth in greenhouse gas emissions. Incorporated in the report are summaries of recent in-depth reviews of energy policies in Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Spain and Turkey. Also included are briefer reviews of policy developments in Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Switzerland, along with a short review of developments in selected non-Member countries, including China, India, Russia and Saudi Arabia. For further information:

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2. Award for IEA’s One-Watt Initiative: a 2nd prize at Energy Globe Awards 2002 for IEA’s programme to cut world-wide electricity losses from appliances in stand-by mode. In a televised awards ceremony, the IEA Secretariat won acclaim in Linz (Austria) on 6 March for its campaign to stem power wastage by appliances in stand-by mode. This “leaking electricity” is thought to account for between 5% and 15% of power used in homes in OECD countries. The IEA’s three-year-old initiative carried off a handsome second-prize trophy in the Private and Public Initiatives Category in this year’s Energy Globe Awards, whose five categories attracted some 1,300 submissions from 98 countries. See the Energy Globe pages at the World Sustainable Energy Day website: For more about the IEA One-Watt Initiative: For details on IEA’s book on the subject, Things That Go Blip in the Night:

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3. A sure bet for measurement of wind speed: best practice guidelines from IEA collaborative project. When evaluating or testing wind turbine performance, uncertainty in the measurement of wind speed contributes to overall uncertainty in predicting annual energy yield. This ultimately translates into financial risk and more costly energy. To enhance measurement performance, many companies, manufacturers and research institutes are now turning to tried and tested methodologies produced by the IEA’s Implementing Agreement for Co-operation in the Research and Development of Wind Turbine Systems. Focusing on use of cup anemometry, this set of methodologies addresses issues such as selection of anemometer type, calibration, mounting, quality assurance and dealing with uncertainty. Entitled “Wind Speed Measurement and Use of Cup Anemometry”, the guide has been produced as part of the programme’s Base Technology Information Exchange work (for more information: To obtain the document, contact the Operating Agent: . For more about the IEA Wind Energy Implementing Agreement, visit its homepage: For its database on wind characteristics:

This international project is one of some forty created within the IEA’s international energy technology collaboration framework of Implementing Agreements. For more information on the framework:

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4. From air-flow to cash-flow: IEA programme centralises ventilation technology information for optimum energy-saving building design. Non-industrial buildingsaccount for roughly one third of primary energy use. And ventilation and air infiltration account for at least 25% to 50% of a building’s space heating or cooling energy demand. Getting ventilation systems right is therefore a crucial part of designing energy-efficient, health-friendly buildings. Airflow behaviour, climatic influences, occupancy patterns and pollutant emission characteristics all make the task complex. Access to extensive technical and practical information on ventilation technology, including details of publications and a newsletter, can be found at the website of the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC): The centre was created in 1979 under the aegis of the IEA Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems Programme, an international project within the IEA’s energy technology collaboration framework (website:

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5. IEA Clean Coal Centre: a free-access database, ad hoc consultation, focus on the developing world. A world-class leader in researching and providing information on sustainable, efficient coal supply and use, IEA Coal Research at the Clean Coal Centre produces a steady flow of studies on every imaginable aspect of clean coal technology. Subject headings: coal-mining, production and preparation; coal properties and analysis; combustion, power generation and utilisation; environmental issues. The Centre is now focusing increasingly on technology dissemination to developing countries. Its Clean Coal Technologies database can be accessed free of charge, along with profiles of its publications:

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6. Energy Efficiency Certificate Trading Workshop - Milan (Italy), 17th April 2002. Trading in certificates is a current hot topic, but these certificates deal only with renewable energy at present. Certificates for energy efficiency have been proposed in Italy and the United Kingdom. They are intended to bridge the gap between regulation and the economic efficiency of market-based trading mechanisms. This new instrument will be examined from every angle at this IEA workshop in Milan, which will feature maximum on-line communication for those unable to be on the spot. The gathering will take place in association with the 19th meeting of the IEA Demand-Side Management Programme’s Executive Committee. For more information:

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7.Technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – key conclusions from ten years of studies at the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme. A decade of studies and findings on greenhouse gas R&D technologies are reviewed in the 10th Anniversary Report from the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme. The Programme comes within the international energy technology collaborative framework of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Since its formation in 1991, the Programme has carried out nearly 90 separate studies on technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Specific topics are CO2 capture and storage, non-CO2 greenhouse gases emissions, climate-friendly production of hydrogen from fossil fuels, abatement opportunities in industry and much more. The IEA GHG Programme also publishes the widely read newsletter "Greenhouse Issues". For the 10th Anniversary Report and further information: IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme, The Project Director, Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 7RZ, United Kingdom. Tel (Fax) +44 1242 680753 (758); . Contact address: .

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Getting Value from the

OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin

- Information When and Where it is Needed –

What is the OPEN Bulletin?

The OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin is a service providing On-line Publication of Energy News. Issued periodically from the IEA Secretariat by e-mail, it circulates news of activities, findings, events and publications originating within the “IEA Family”[1], and notably within entities coming under the guidance of the IEA’s Committee on Energy Technology Research and Technology (CERT). It is a vehicle to generate broader cross-fertilisation of energy technology information and ideas between different players in the energy policy community, between different energy technology disciplines and among different countries, both within and outside IEA membership. Its goal is to create wider awareness of the results of work carried out within the IEA Family.

Why the OPEN Bulletin format?

According to a survey carried out among members of the IEA energy technology network, some 80% of respondents prefer to receive information of this sort through electronic bulletins offering summaries and links to more detailed material. Conducted as part of the CERT’s broader Communication, Information and Publications Strategy (CIP), this survey sought feedback on how best the IEA Secretariat could respond to the widely felt need for speedier, more systematic circulation of information.

How can Implementing Agreements benefit from the OPEN Bulletin ?

The OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin offers enhanced visibility for the programmes and achievements of Implementing Agreements. Such visibility can be crucial if new membership and funding is sought. News of your activities is broadcast spontaneously to other IEA Implementing Agreements and to members of the CERT, the CERT Working Parties and their expert groups, also to a world-wide readership outside the IEA Family. Similarly, regular, updated news from other Implementing Agreements, and from the CERT network in general, is delivered direct to your screen, creating an instantaneous link to a wide range of sources. Implementing Agreements thus benefit also from a steady incoming flow of broad-based, recent information on energy technology R&D developments in a variety of sectors.

How does the OPEN Bulletin function?

You can send information items to the OPEN team at IEA Headquarters easily, using a dedicated electronic input form. This can be found at: You will be asked to suggest a headline and a summary, and to provide a link giving access to the source material in question. The OPEN team will process items of input and integrate them into a forthcoming issue of the OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin. Each issue will be e-mailed to subscribers both inside and outside the IEA Family. Contributors themselves are responsible for deciding which items of their material should be given wide circulation via the OPEN network.

What information can be contributed?

Information should be related to energy technology research, development, demonstration and deployment (RDD&D); it should originate from within the IEA Family; and it should be of interest to subscribers in both IEA Member countries and non-Members of the IEA. The objective is to provide updated information on energy technology status, technology availability and markets – and notably information produced or collected by the IEA Implementing Agreements – as well as RDD&D policy studies and analysis. For example, so long as there is an IEA-connection of some sort, items can report on the following:

  • Technology breakthroughs;
  • Surveys of technology development status, technology availability, market information;
  • Awards for technology achievements (e.g. to industry for energy-efficient appliances);
  • Upcoming events – workshops, conferences, seminars, symposia – in which IEA entities are organisers;
  • Proceedings from such events;
  • Forthcoming publications, including technical data books; lists of already existing publications;
  • Ongoing projects (Implementing Agreement programmes, links with other national/international projects);
  • Initiation of new projects, both within the Implementing Agreements and under other national or international auspices;
  • Initiatives by national governments (e.g. partnerships with industry);
  • National energy technology programmes and results of studies and analysis.

How should input be presented?

To ensure homogeneity, but also to protect ownership and raise the profile of IEA energy technology activities, a few simple guidelines need to be followed. OPEN Bulletin contributors from IEA Implementing Agreements are notably requested to ensure that their source material includes:

  • A clear statement of the origin of the material (for example, where applicable, the name of the Implementing Agreement, the number and title of the annex);
  • An acknowledgement that the work is the output of an IEA Implementing Agreement, plus a brief description of the IEA’s collaborative programme (for example, “This report was produced by the Implementing Agreement on . . . , which forms part of a programme of international energy technology collaboration, undertaken under the auspices of the IEA.”);
  • Links, where appropriate, to further relevant information.

Information provided for distribution through the OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin will be freely available to any subscriber, in both IEA Member countries and non-Member countries. Implementing Agreements wishing to restrict the availability of reports to participants in their programmes may prefer to provide access to only an abstract or summary through the OPEN Bulletin.

The IEA Secretariat welcomes feedback on the service provided by the OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin, which has been designed to help meet your information requirements. You can contact the OPEN Bulletin’s editorial team at : .

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CERT / EUWP
Vision / become the pre-eminent player in clean energy technologies supporting sustainable economic development, environmental protection and global energy security. / All decisions involving the design, installation, construction and operation of equipment and systems that use energy shall be made with special consideration regarding energy efficiency over the life-time of the system/product. To facilitate such decisions there should be products available that enable a more efficient use and there should be sufficient tools to support the more well informed choice.
Mission / ...to support the IEA’s mission and goals by promoting the development and deployment of clean and advanced energy technologies through international networking, co-operation, collaboration, analysis and policy advice. / To achieve for end-use technologies an increase of application of efficient technologies by contributing IEA’s leadership to the collective effort to accelerate technology development and market deployment:
  • adding value to its Implementing Agreements;
  • supporting the CERT, Governing Board and other IEA working parties and committees on end-use energy matters;
  • clarifying the status and value of efficient end-use technology and management techniques, and the conditions necessary for the widespread market uptake; and
  • creating collaborative efforts with other stakeholder organisations, including other multilateral organisations, Member and Non Member country government agencies, and the business and financial communities

Objectives/strategies /
  • better identify and promote effective and innovative policies that stimulate energy technology research, development, demonstration and deployment.
  • more clearly define and analyse energy technology issues and opportunities, and to enhance development of analytical tools that inform and support policy and program development in Member countries.
  • more vigorously foster international networking and collaboration in energy technology research, development, demonstration and deployment.
  • more effectively communicate the key lessons learned through CERT's activities to IEA Member-country governments and agencies, the research community and other interested parties.
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  • The EUWP should maintain a strong support through dialogue and networking for Implementing Agreements to improve the strategic responsiveness of their programmes. The EUWP should continually monitor the general operation of the Implementing Agreements within its remit. It should also identify potential new collaborations (Implementing Agreements and Annexes) and facilitate their establishment.
  • The EUWP should continue strong support for collaboration between Implementing Agreements through dialogue and net-working.
  • The EUWP should develop and help implement recommendations for accelerated market deployment of end-use energy technologies, including a broad range of outreach measures and establishment of partnerships with relevant stakeholders.
  • The EUWP should continue its role as a primary source of analysis and information on end-use energy technologies for IEA committees and offices, and other stakeholders.
  • The EUWP should, in co-operation with EEWP when appropriate, identify, describe and help develop the broad range of policies and financial and other market-related factors that affect market deployment of end-use energy technologies.

There are clear differences between the strategies that mirrors the different roles of the two bodies: