Saturday, September 9, 2017

Philippines: New energy efficiency program to be launched in 2018

Philippines: New energy efficiency program to be launched in 2018

AS THE Switch to High Efficiency Motors (Hems) project funded by the
European Union would end by December this year, a new project called
Leadership and Energy Efficiency Actions in the Philippines (Leeap) will be
launched sometime next year to continue with the electricity efficiency
initiatives of Hems in the country.

Hems project was launched in 2014 with the aim of reducing electricity
consumption of local industries in the Philippines.

"The specific objective of this program is to increase the deployment of
high-efficiency motors in the Philippine industries. One of the
sustainability strategy that is recommended by the European Union is to
ensure that even after the program ends in 2017, this coming December, there
should be an intermediary. The Energy Service Company (Esco) will continue
what Hems project has been doing and engaging the different industries and
end users to replace their old motors with high-efficiency motors," said
project manager Marvin Ryan Bathan.

One of their stakeholders is the Esco, which "acts as project developers for
a wide range of tasks and assume the technical and performance risk
associated with the project."

Bathan said in Davao City there are about six to seven Esco partners that
Hems is currently working with. Starting December 2017, the HEMs project
will already be terminated which will be followed by Leeap, a new project
that aims to continue what HEMs has started.

According to Bathan, traditional motors of industrial plants equipment are
replaced with high efficiency motors which would help increase energy
efficiency of electricity-intensive industries, cut down electricity
consumption, and reduce contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

"Actually the cost is higher but what we are trying to advocate is that for
consumers not to look at the first cost alone. They should also look at the
economic life of the motors or of the equipment and then consider its total
ownership cost because if you do that, then in the long run, your higher
efficiency equipment will be the better option and will give you practically
a better value for your money," Bathan said.

The project is targeting about 55 percent of potential of electricity
savings of companies that would invest in using high-efficiency motors.

The Hems project assistance include development of financing program,
building the capacity of banks to evaluate Hems investment, and building the
capacity of Escos and service providers to implement projects among others.

Bathan said with the transition of the project from Hems to Leeap, they are
looking forward to talking with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and
Industry Inc. and the Davao City Investment and Promotions Center to better
implement it.

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Link to Original Article:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/business/2017/09/09/new-energy-efficiency-pr
ogram-be-launched-2018-563110


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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com

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