Capacity building in ASEAN for Clean Technologies in Industry & Transport (CTIT)

The main role of CD in this ASEAN Clean Transport and Energy promotion project is to help identify and mobilize programme participants from the public and private sectors, both in EU and ASEAN countries.  CD is also running a project on promotion of New & Renewable Energy and Small Power Stations in Indonesia promoting use of EU equipment suppliers and Export Credit facilities.

Rapid economic growth in ASEAN means demand for Clean Technologies for Transport and Energy for industry. The main renewable transport option is biodiesel from palm oil or from Jatropha, and ethanol from sugarcane. The main clean energy trend is towards new & renewable energy, especially biomass based cogeneration systems from plantations & municipal waste. There are also non-oil and clean energy options for industrial sectors (e.g. mini hydro, waste to energy, diesel-gas conversions and clean coal).

The Capacity Building in Clean Technologies in the Industry & Transport Sectors (CTIT) project is supported by the EU Asia Pro Eco Programme and supports operational dialogue on best technologies between Belgium, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Vietnam, along with Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos PDR., Thailand and Philippines.

The Capacity Building in Clean Technologies in the Industry & Transport Sectors (CTIT) project is supported by the EU Asia Pro Eco Programme and supports operational dialogue on best technologies between Belgium, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Vietnam, along with Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos PDR., Thailand and Philippines.

This clean transport & clean energy project comprises an ASEAN regional survey on biomass fuels & technologies followed by preparatory workshops in Jakarta and Hanoi in February 2006 on biomass to energy and biomass to transport fuel, respectively, followed by EU-ASEAN conferences in September promoting Best Available Techniques including energy-efficiency bench-marking.

CD is helping evolve an innovative EU-ASEAN Promotion Strategy in support of this Clean Transport and Clean Energy programme. CD will help mobilize ASEAN public sector decision makers via the ASEAN Centre for Energy. CD will also identify and mobilize EU-ASEAN private sector participants interested in Clean Transport and Clean Energy technologies. The private sector and EU-ASEAN Research and Development Centres are expected to produce most of the specialist papers for the workshops & conferences. CDP support staff and advisors will work on these issues in EU and ASEAN Member States, identifying potential partners for trade & investment.