Renewable Energy Workshop
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Renewable Energy Workshop Center for Renewable Energy Development and Application (CREDA) of Yayasan Gemi Nastiti (GENI) and Sustainable and Peaceful Energy Network Asia (SPENA) In co-operation with the Energy Project Introduction For hundreds of years, the world has depended on fossil fuels for energy, especially oil and coal. As a result, we are facing many environmental and social problems - climate change, air pollution, human right abuses, and localised environmental disasters. Rapidly increasing populations and continued economic growth are driving continued increases in energy demand. Developing countries, in particular, are in a period of rapid growth. Energy consumption is likely to double over the next twenty years. According to the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook-2000 projections, global energy demand is expected to increase by 30% by 2010 relative to 1997, and by nearly 60% by 2020. If this huge demand is met using conventional fossil fuels its will inevitably deplete environmental quality and natural resources, and affect human health and livelihoods. By contrast, renewable energy can offer energy without negative environment and social impacts. Energy derived from solar power, wind, biomass, and even water has a huge potential to satisfy energy needs, is cleaner and safer, and more compatible with the objectives of sustainable development. Along with greater emphasis on energy efficiency, it is widely expected that renewables will come to contribute significantly to the world's energy portfolio. However, it is difficult to implement renewable energy in developing countries due to a number of factors. The first is technology and market share. Most renewable technologies and markets are controlled by a few large industry players. Research and development costs and the associated need to recoup costs and profit have contributed to the high price of photovoltaic and wind energy in particular. A government preference for providing subsidies for fossil fueled and nuclear power has contributed to greater costs of developing renewable technologies. The second factor relates to technical barriers. People in developing countries, who commonly use simple technologies, do not easily accept new technologies. Besides, lacking education and skills, it is quite difficult for those living in remote areas to maintain renewable energy systems, which need constant monitoring to perform optimally. Third are financial barriers. Some renewables, such as solar and wind, are too expensive for most people in developing countries. Another factor is the lack of information on renewable technology with many people in developing countries unaware that such technology could be made available to them. Still another factor is policy barriers. Most developing countries governments have failed to recognize the importance of utilizing renewable energy as an alternative to fossil fuels and have not integrated it into their national development policy. While keeping very low electricity tariffs for fossil fuels, they set high taxes on renewables, which has increased their price. As a result, particularly in developing countries, renewables have become even more uncompetitive in the market. This workshop is partly aimed to overcome those barriers mentioned above. The need to introduce and disseminate renewable energy technology to people is very urgent. People need not only to know about renewable energy but more important for them need to choose and develop one or more renewable energy technologies to meet their energy needs. This means that providing basic knowledge and skills about energy is very important. Objectives
Venue The workshop will be held at Balai Budaya Sinduharjo, Jl. Kaliurang Km. 8,5 Jaban, Sinduhardjo, Ngaglik, Sleman, Yogyakarta 55581, Indonesia. Date 2 - 6 October 2001 Participants The participants are NGOs/POs activists, academicians, energy experts/researchers, public institutions involved or interested in energy related activities. Number of participants: +/- 35 people (10 overseas, 25 local). Program (Tentative schedule and program) Day 1 (October 3rd, 2001) Public Seminar Morning - Afternoon:
Afternoon - Evening
Day 2 (October 4th, 2001): Technical Workshop Morning - Afternoon:
Afternoon - Evening:
Day 3 (October 5th, 2001): Technical Workshop Morning - Afternoon:
Day 4 (October 6th, 2001): Field Trip
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