GEA GEOEXPO+GGA Working Session

GLOBAL GEOTHERMAL ALLIANCE:

A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Gurbuz Gonul

Senior Programme Officer – Regions

Sacramento, 25 October 2016

HIGH UPFRONT COSTS AND RISKS

ASSOCIATED WITH RESOURCE

ASSESSMENT

POLICY

UNCERTAINTY

ENVIRONMENTAL

CONCERNS AND

LICENSING

SHORTAGE OF

SKILLED

PROFESSIONAL

LACK OF

INSTITUTIONAL

CAPACITY

LOW AWARENESS AND LIMITED

INFORMATION IN DECISION MAKERS

Why the modest growth?

Can international cooperation and partnerships

help overcome key geothermal challenges?

Geothermal Power Installed Capacity Worldwide

6,8327,972 8,933

10,89712,635

63175

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10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035

MW

Up to 5x geothermal power

More than 2x geothermal heat

Source: IRENA Remap 2030

Launched at COP21 in Paris as a global platform for improved dialogue, cooperation and coordinated action to scale up geothermal deployment

GGA concept introduced

GGA Joint Statement announced

Consultations with GGA partners

Consultations with IGA and geothermal

associations

Ascent meeting

UN Climate Summit

IRENA 5th Assembly

World Geothermal Congress

2014 2015

Multi-stakeholder meeting to finalize

GGA concept

Kenya15 June 2015

Long and windy road…

GGA Action Plan adopted

First Call for Proposals launched

June 2016

May 2016

Dec 2015

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GGA MEMBER COUNTRIES - 41 COUNTRIES ACCROS THE GLOBE

• Bolivia

• Chile

• Colombia

• Costa Rica

• Ecuador

• El Salvador

• Guatemala

• Honduras

• Mexico

• Nicaragua

• Peru

• Saint Vincent & Grenadines

• USA

• IDB

• OAS

• US Geothermal Association

• Canadian Geothermal

Association

AMERICAS / CARIBBEAN

• France

• Iceland

• Italy

• Netherlands

• Poland

• Romania

• Switzerland

• Turkey

• Nordic Fund

• European Geothermal

Energy Council

• German Geothermal Cluster

• Iceland Geothermal Cluster

EUROPE

• India

• Indonesia

• Malaysia

• Pakistan

• Philippines

ASIA

• Burundi

• Comoros

• Djibouti

• Egypt

• Kenya

• Tanzania

• Uganda

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

• AfDB

• AUC

• EAPP

• NEPAD

• RCREEE

• SAPP

AFRICA

• Fiji

• New Zealand

• Papua New Guinea

• Solomon Islands

• Tonga

• Vanuatu

• SPC

PACIFIC / OCEANIA

GGA PARTNER INSTITUTIONS - 14 REGIONAL & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS,

7 INDUSTRY PARTNERS, AND 9 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND ACADEMIA

• IRENA

• International Geothermal Association

• IsDB

• UNEP

• WB ESMAP

GLOBAL

Strong Commitment to GGA

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GGA Action Plan

endorsed in May 2016

Resource and Market Assessment

Needs and Obstacles Assessment

Enabling Frameworks

Global Geothermal Network

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Res

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Identify and map:

* Resources for development

* Existing and potential geothermal market status and near term projects in the pipeline

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Scope the needs for assistance w/ focus on:

* Countries with transformative potential, including, where pilot projects have been identified

* Removal of obstacles of policy, regulatory, funding or capacity building nature

GGA Action Areas

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s * Assist with creation of enabling frameworks

* Enhance awareness on and improve risk mitigation funds / financing mechanisms

* Facilitate access to financing & risk mitigation instruments and support project development tools

* Capacity building

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* Establish a global network of geothermal experts building upon existing networks

* Promote geothermal energy’s key role in supporting decarbonisationstrategies and support implementation of countries’ climate plans (INDCs)

GGA Action Areas

How does GGA Operate?

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Neutrality and transparency no preferential treatment

for a particular country, technology, scheme

Build on structures, programs and facilities on the

ground avoid overlaps, duplicated efforts

No complicated administrative structures, processes

avoid bureaucracy, focus on actions

Unlocking geothermal projects facing policy, legal,

regulatory, fiscal, funding, capacity building challenges

Enabling most mature projects or countries with

transformative potential that would result in high impact

Operationalizing

the GGA Action Plan

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Selection Criteria

• National commitments

• Near-term impacts

• Long-term sustainability

• Complementarity

• Replicability

Team 1

Team 2

Team X

Call for proposals for implementation

under Action Plan

Test proposals against selection

criteria

Short list qualified

proposals

Invite Members and Partners to

support and fund

Establish Task Teams per

Activity

First Call for Proposals

• Launched in June 2016

• 20 applications received

from governments,

industry, IO

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Activity proposals

Types of ApplicantsTypes of Requests

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

International outreach forpartnerships

Access to financing

Capacity Building

Techical assistance

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Governments

Industry

International Organizations

12

Activity proposals

Canada

USA

Caribbean

Europe

Egypt

Pakistan

Indonesia

Tanzania

Comoros

Zimbabwe

Namibia

Papua New

Guinea

Pacific

UgandaKenya

IRENA’s Role in the GGAGGA Coordinator and Facilitator

Advocacy at energy and climate platforms

Geothermal as part of decarbonisation strategy

Effective communication to increase visibility (website,

newsletter, networking)

Administrative and substantive support

Development of GGA Action Plan

Call for Proposals process

Organization of the GGA meetings

Facilitate knowledge and information exchange

IRENA’s Role in the GGAIRENA Tools

Project initiation, development and access to financing

Project development tools(geothermal energy component)

IRENA-ADFDRE Project Financing Facility

Enrichment of the geothermal datasets

IRENA’s Role in the GGARegional TA & CB Initiatives

Geothermal capacity building programme

in the Pacific

Geothermal skills needs assessment

in Central America

Geothermal financing and risk mitigation in East Africa

• Legal and Regulatory Frameworks- Peru workshop (Nov 2013)- Geothermal policy & regulation report

• Technical – Environmental Licensing & Reservoir Modelling- Chile workshop (May 14)

• Finance and Risk Mitigation - Colombia workshop (Sep 15)

• Geothermal Skills Needs Assessment Methodology

THANK YOU.

Gurbuz GonulSenior Programme Officer – Regions

ggonul@irena.org