Clean Energy

Dutch Cooperation Fund for Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PREGA)

The main objective of PREGA is to promote investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement technologies in developing member countries that will increase access to energy services by the poor, realize other strategic development objectives, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Activities

To achieve this, PREGA:

• develops capacities of national policymakers, technical experts, and staff of financing institutions for promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement
• supports policy-regulatory, and institutional reforms, including removal of energy pricing distortions
• facilitates access to private-sector financing

Under the first phase, PREGA was implemented in these 14 developing member countries in coordination with National Counterpart Agencies (NCAs), National Implementation Committee (NICs), and National Technical Experts (NTEs):

The second phase started in January 2005 and ended in December 2006. Additional countries that participated in Phase 2 are the following:

• Azerbaijan
• Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Kazakhstan
• Tajikistan

Outputs

PREGA has carried out pre-feasibility/feasibility studies of investment projects for financing consideration through commercial, multilateral, and bilateral sources, including specialized treaty-linked mechanisms such as the Global Environment Facility and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Read the Pre-Feasibilty Format [ PDF: 150kb | 6 pages ] and Feasibilty Format. [ PDF: 166kb | 7 pages ]

PREGA also generated reports on policy and institutional barriers to the dissemination of renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement technologies, and financing models for such investment projects.

There were 49 pre-feasibility studies, 7 feasibility studies, 8 project design documents (PDD), 10 project idea notes (PIN) and 5 technical studies prepared.

Read summary of PREGA results Clean Energy Applications in Asia and the Pacific. [ PDF: 1,520kb | 54 pages ]

Workshops, both on regional and national levels, were held from 2001 to 2006.

Outcome

PREGA has provided significant capacity building to the participating countries in conducting pre-feasibility/feasibility studies of renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement (REGA) projects. It has built the capacity of government agencies, consultants, the academe, and other stakeholders in preparing PINs and PDDs which could be finances under the CDM.

For more information about the project outputs, follow the links below:

Program Management

The Steering Committee [ PDF: 48kb | 1 page ] of REACH provides overall guidance and supervision of the Netherlands Cooperation Fund.

The Working Group of REACH [ PDF: 54kb | 1 page ] is responsible for coordinating and managing the activities under the Netherlands Cooperation Fund, in close collaboration with each participating country. It has the following bodies with corresponding tasks and responsibilities assigned to them under the PREGA project:

• National Counterpart Agency (NCA) [ PDF: 82kb | 2 pages ]


• focal point for ADB
• chairs the National Implementation Committee
• coordinates the activities of the National Technical Experts


• National Implementation Committee (NIC)


• provides guidance to the National Technical Experts and National Counterpart Agency
• reviews country work plan
• monitors activities of the National Technical Experts


• National/International Technical Experts [ PDF: 109kb | 5 pages ]


• design and implement the country work plan
• prepare background studies
• review PREGA related policies
• identify barriers and needs
• conduct pre-feasibility studies