The document discusses energy challenges and opportunities in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. It provides examples of UNDP projects that promote energy efficiency and renewable energy. Key points include: - Countries in the region face issues like energy insecurity, inefficient energy use, and vulnerability to climate impacts. UNDP supports the transition to more sustainable energy through projects in areas like buildings, district heating systems, and small hydro power. - Projects aim to boost energy efficiency, shift to renewable sources, and attract public and private investments through actions such as establishing regulatory frameworks, building capacity, and demonstrating pilot initiatives. - Sustainable Energy for All is seen as an opportunity to accelerate regional efforts to create an enabling environment for investments in energy efficiency

1. Energy
Eastern Europe and CIS
Some key challenges and opportunities
New York, 3 October 2012
Martin Krause
UNDP

2. Energy as a development issue in Central Asia
Premises Category Temperature ⁰C
Classroom: 1st degree 6,9
Classroom: Russian language # 1 6,4
Classroom: Russian language # 2 7,1
Staff room 7,7
Classroom: 3rd degree 7,8
Classroom: 4th degree 9,7
Classroom: English language 8,1
Classroom: 7th degree 5,1
Classroom: 2nd degree 5,7
Corridor 4,35
Heat supply system and in-door temperature in a representative rural school in Central Asia
Sources: UNDP-GEF Project report, Uzbekistan, 2010 1

3. Energy Efficiency in Buildings
BEFORE - Savings on electricity/ hot water
bills
- Increased living comfort
- Reduction of GHG emissions
- Employment opportunities
AFTER
- Reducing energy imports
Source: UNDP/GEF Project Booklet, Bulgaria 2

4. Energy – Emissions – Vulnerabilities in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
• Karakalpakstan lost 20% of GDP
during the drought of 2000
• Climate change increases frequency
of droughts
1.0 Karakalpakstan
0.8
0.6
• # of days with higher than 40oC more 0.4
than doubled in Karakalpakstan and 0.2
wider Aral region
0
• Aridification = Stress on water 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2006
resources = falling yields and land
productivity = already observed
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5. UNDP-supported Energy Portfolio in ECIS
UNDP-GEF Sustainable Energy Por olio in $ Grant/ 600m $ Co-financing
63 programmes/ 166m
Europe and CIS
Energy efficiency and
Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Sustainable Urban Transport conservation:
$100m (GEF) + $371m in
co-financing
11%
Renewable energy (on-
grid, off-grid, thermal):
$52 m (GEF) + $133m in
co-financing
25%
64% Sustainable urban and
transport systems:
$14 m (GEF) + $ 96m co-
financing
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6. Energy Challenges in context of SE4ALL
Creating conditions
Energy Inefficiency for public and private
investments in energy
Energy Security, Access and efficiency and
Inefficiency
renewable energy
projects:
- Removing Barriers
Energy Security and Access
related to legal,
institutional,
administrative,
financial, professional
Energy Use/Capita and Energy Intensity in Central Asia, 2008
skills
Sources: Non-OECD and OECD Energy Balances 2009 5

7. Energy Inefficiencies
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8. Energy Efficient District Heating - Armenia
- New legal and regulatory framework
for rehabilitation of DH systems,
including feed-in tariff for power
generation
- USD 10m direct foreign (private)
investments leveraged into new DH
system (Avan district of Yerevan, 213
Multi-apartment panel building with
buildings, 30.000 residents) exhaust chimney from gas heater
installed in one apartment
- System features combined heat and
electricity and introduced apartment
level metering
- 640 new contracts signed between
customers and heat supply
companies in the pilot areas Heat meter installed at the entrance to an apartment in
Avan district of Yerevan 7
Source: UNDP-GEF Project Report, photos by Grant Ballard-Tremeer 7

9. Energy Efficient Buildings - Turkey
Reduce energy
consumption and GHG
emissions in buildings
by
- raising building
energy performance
standards
- improving energy
enforcement of
building codes
- enhancing building energy management and
- introducing EE integrated building design approach
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10. Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Clean Sources
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11. Renewable Energy
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12. Montenegro – Small Hydro Power
Issue:
30% of electricity imported
Only 17% of hydro potential used
Action:
Project intervention: Create conditions for sHPP by
 simplifying application procedures
 collecting basic data for investment decisions
 setting attractive but competitive business terms
for investors
Preparation of pilot project municipality
Andrijevica  Streamlining tendering process
Results:
Successful tender for 10 water streams
Spatial planning guidelines
Simplified admin. procedures >1MW power plants
23 sHPPs getting construction license and additional
12 sHPPs starting same procedure
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13. In Summary…
 Energy is closely connected to human development
 Energy IN-efficiency deprives people, municipalities, governments
of resources and causes damage (global warming)
 Opportunities for public and private investments in EE and RE are
huge – but significant barriers exist
 SE4ALL is a chance to accelerate efforts, create a conducive
environment for public and private investments in EE, RE
Tajikistan, Armenia, Montenegro and Kyrgyzstan have already made
formal commitments to SE4ALL.
UNDP-RBEC will continue to
 advocate for SE4ALL;
 support to countries to formulate national action plans;
 creating partnerships, in particular with the private sector;
 technical support for RE and EE action at country level.
Photos: UNDP-GEF Projects in Armenia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Croatia 12

14. How can we support creation of conditions for
investments in Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy in the context of SE4ALL???
Many Thanks
Martin Krause
Team Leader – Environment & Energy
ECIS
martin.krause@undp.org
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