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Energy policies and strategies

AES performs studies on a variety of energy-related subjects, which serve policy makers, legislators and international bodies in developing sustainable energy policies and programmes. Subjects addressed in recent studies and articles include: barriers and perspectives of sustainable energy in Latin America; the role of legislation and regulation in the energy efficiency policies of the European Union and the Member States; energy sector reforms in Latin America and EU - Latin American energy co-operation; energy market integration in the European Union and in the MERCOSUR; proposals of strategies for the national energy efficiency programmes of Argentina and Peru; strategies for sustainable energy development in Chile and strategies for demonstration and dissemination of innovative energy technologies in Europe, Latin America and Asia. AES acts as advisor to the Energy Charter Secretariat in its in-depth reviews of energy efficiency policies and programmes of signatory states (Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia). In cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commision for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), AES has initiated a research project on barriers and perspectives for energy efficiency and sustainable energy in Latin America.

Sustainable project development

Sustainable project development refers to both the micro and the macro level. AES acts as initiator and facilitator of such projects, focussing on feasibility studies, the mobilisation of actors, the identification of financing sources and the elaboration of business plans. Examples of recent activities include the promotion of energy efficiency standards and labelling in the Andean Community and the promotion of biogas production from horse dung in the Netherlands. AES is also interested in the promotion of energy efficiency standards in other regions, like the MERCOSUR. AES advised the Algerian National Agency for the Promotion and Rationalisation of Energy Use (APRUE) on the development and implementation of energy efficiency standards and labelling for household appliances, and is advising the Energy Secretariat of Argentina on the development and implementation of the National Energy Conservation and Efficiency Programme.

International energy policy dialogue and know-how transfer

AES has fostered the energy policy dialogue between Europe and Latin America in the framework of the project "Promotion of Energy Efficiency in Latin America", a project jointly organised by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the European Commission, DG Transport and Energy. Participants in this dialogue were policy makers, parliamentarians, regulators and experts from both regions. AES also served as advisor to the Associated OPET Mercosur, which has been established by UN-ECLAC in the framework of the OPET Network of the European Commission.

AES organises study tours on energy - related subjects in Europe and Latin America. An example is a study tour on electricity sector regulation in Europe, organised in 1999 on the request of the Vice-Minister of Mines and Energy of the Republic of Paraguay. The tour included eight European countries.

AES has been involved in training and training needs assessments in the field of energy efficiency and management in Argentina, Chile and Thailand.

Expertise

AES provides a range of expertise-related services directed at government bodies, international organisations and private enterprises. These include strategic advice; industrial energy audits and studies; evaluations of energy policies, programmes and projects; technology assessments and specific contributions to international and national fora.

Organisations which have benefited from these services include: industrial enterprises in Chile, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania; various R,D&D and international co-operation programmes of the European Commission (THERMIE, ENERGIE, PHARE, EC-ASEAN COGEN, ALURE, Rio Energy Forum), the OPET Network of the European Commission, the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy, the Romanian Ministry of Industry, the Energy Charter Secretariat and the Climate Technology Initiative of the International Energy Agency.

In 2002, AES has started with the elaboration of country analyses of energy efficiency policies and programmes in Latin America. These profiles are available for interested parties on our website. So far, analysis reports have been elaborated for Argentina, Brazil and Chile; reports for other countries are under preparation. More web-based information on actual energy issues, in particular in Latin America, will be part of the services of AES and ESENERG in the near future.

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