Energy Innovation Center

@ the Energy Division

PSLO Energy Mission November 7th 2013

Annette Hester

Objectives

• Why Innovation in Energy Systems?• Why the InterAmerican Development Bank?• Why the Energy Division?

To deliver on the GC9 mandate of supporting mitigation and adaptation efforts while meeting developmental and energy requirements. And to meet the target of 25% of total lending to a greater portfolio of climate change, environmental sustainability and renewable energy.

The Concept

To be a catalyst for innovation in energy in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Applied Energy Research Capacity Building Pilot Projects

Secondment Program

• Government, company, and university experts come to the EIC as members of the team for up to two-years.

• Government of Alberta, Canada• Government of Korea• Japan International Cooperation Agency• Abengoa, Spain• Scottish Development International• Vestas, Denmark• Enel Green Power, Italy• KOGAS, Korea• Philips, Netherlands

Applied Energy Research

Database• Open Linked Energy Flows and Institutional Datasets

Applied Energy Research Publications

• A new interactive series on Energy Innovation

Capacity Building Special Seminars

• JICA Seminar on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Promotion, October 2010, Tokyo, Japan.• Smart Grids and its Applications in Latin America and the

Caribbean, April 2012, Jejun Island, Korea.• Natural Gas Training Program, November 2012, KOGAS

R&D Training Center, Seoul, Korea.• Marine Energy and Isolated Energy Systems, September

2013, Orkney and Edinburgh, Scotland• Wind Energy Training Seminar, forthcoming 2014, Vestas

Colorado, US.

Pilot Projects

Interactive, Innovative

GraciasThank You Obrigada

Merci

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