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Compendium of LBNL Activity in India

DRAFT

Prepared by

Jeff Harris and Satish Kumar

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

1 Cyclotron Road

Berkeley, CA 94720

Submitted to

Office of Policy

US Department of Energy

1000 Independence Ave. SW

Washington, DC 20585

June 28, 2005

List of Energy Efficiency Project Activities In India

1.  Cool Roof Project

USAID (Global Climate Change Office and India Mission) is supporting the
work on cool roofs in India. We drafted an approach paper earlier this
year that evaluated the energy efficiency, local and global mitigation
benefits of cool roofs in about 30+ cities each in Brazil, India, and
Mexico. Due to its hot climate, and coal-based electricity generation,
the above benefits are largest for India. We are in the proces of
identifying a building in India for a monitored demonstration of cool
roof technology in Hyderabad or Mumbai. This will be followed by
outreach activities and air pollution modeling of the benefits of cool
roofs in these cities. We plan to work with private manufacturers of
cool roofs in US and India on this project. USAID India Mission has
agreed to fund part of the work beginning this year.

2.  Using Energy Efficiency to Reduce Electricity Shortage in
    Maharashtra

USAID India Mission is supporting an analysis of the economic benefits
of using energy efficiency as a means to reduce the electricity shortage
in Maharashtra, India. Our analysis shows significant economic benefits
to consumers and the electric utility company. More importantly, it
shows that removal of the shortage has the potential to eliminate 15-20%
of the state government\'s revenue deficit. Indirect employment and tax
revenue amount to almost twice the direct benefits. Based largely on
this analysis, and other USAID-supported work on energy efficiency, the
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued an order
allocating about US \$10 million for a 100 MW energy efficiency
conservation pilot program.

3.  Using Energy Efficiency to Reduce Electricity Shortage in India

USEPA supported earlier work on the economic benefits of using energy
efficiency as a means to reduce the electricity shortage in India. The
national level analysis clearly showed that energy efficiency had the
potential to remove all of the electricity shortage, increase
employment, and reduce capital investment needs of the sector.

4.  climate change Mitigation (Land Use Change) Study

USEPA is also supporting work on forestry and climate change projects
and national analysis of India\'s mitigation potential in the land use
change sector.

5.  Standards and Labeling Activities

Funded by the UN Foundation, USAID and US EPA to help BEE implement its
energy efficiency standards and labels program. CLASP initiated work in
India in early 2001 with a scoping mission and in October 2001 with the
passage of the Energy Conservation Act (EC Act), a comprehensive work
plan was initiated. S&L is one of the priority action items under the EC
Act. CLASP works on a day-to day basis with the Bureau of Energy
Efficiency (BEE), the statuary agency for EC Act implementation. The
goal of CLASP\'s overall program is to develop standards and labels for
improving energy efficiency for up to three products by 2005 while
simultaneously building the institutional capacity necessary to maintain
the program beyond CLASP\'s period of intervention.

UN Foundation, USAID, and USEPA fund current CLASP activities in India.
These activities were started in October 2002 and are nearing
completion. Major task elements are:

-   Baseline and Market Assessment for S&L Target Products: Efficiency
    baseline, international comparisons study and GHG impact analysis
    for refrigerators and air-conditioners

-   Expansion of Testing Capacity: Reporting on test protocols, lab
    accreditation, testing capacity (complete). Action plan for use of
    current vs. new test facilities (Help and advice being provided to
    BEE as required).

-   Technical support to develop MEPS for a New/Target Product
    (refrigerators or air-conditioners)

-   Technical support to develop Information Label for a New/Target
    Product (refrigerators or air-conditioners -- design and procedures
    ready for the launch, contract for media campaign design will be
    awarded soon)

-   Develop criteria for a new label

-   Conduct an External Evaluation of Progress to Date and Program
    Efficacy

-   Finalized content and format of techno-economic analysis training
    workshop

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-   Issued a labeling communication campaign solicitation

-   Initiation of Labeling for Consumer Electronics (CE)

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-   Report identifying CE products, and labeling Roadmap, and resulting
    emissions savings

Past S&L related activities include:

-   SARI/Energy - A USAID initiative to develop energy links in South
    Asia (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan & Maldives). LBNL
    participated via CLASP in the Energy Efficiency component in 2003.
    Our contributions were reports and workshops in two areas: Regional
    Harmonization of standards (myself) and Test Facilities (Peter
    Biermayer). Steve Wiel can give you more info on this.

-   Refrigerator and Air Conditioner S & L Program Development - LBNL is
    currently collaborating with IIEC via CLASP towards technical
    training and development of a labeling program, to be followed by
    MEPS. Jim Lutz and Mirka are leads on this.

-   Copper Association Report - Jim McMahon, I and others will soon be
    delivering a report comissioned by the International Copper
    Association to assess the cost-effective potential for efficiency
    improvement in India for four products: refrigerators, motors (5-15
    kW), room air conditioners, and distribution transformers. Jim can
    give more details in my absence.

6.  Promoting Energy Efficiency in the State of Maharashtra

USEPA and USAID India Mission is supporting LBNL and IIEC to promote
energy efficiency in the public sector to reduce the impact of a 3 GW
gap in electricity supply and demand. LBNL is helping the government of
Maharashtra implement the Public Building Partnership program and reduce
energy consumption by 20% in public buildings as outlined in the
Strategic Energy Conservation Plan. The project was launched in February
2005 and the first phase of the project will be completed in January
2006. More information can be found at
<http://www.pepsonline.org/countries/india.html>.

7.  Motor System Energy Efficiency Program

There was very strong interest in India for a motor system energy
efficiency program similar to the DOE Motor Challenge (now
BestPractices) program in 1998. An idea currently being discussed
internally is to take the motor system optimization training that
LBNL\'s BestPractices team piloted in China to India. A possible first
step would be to fund a mission/workshops to see how such a program
could develop in India.

8.  Safe drinking water for rural communities

WFO, non-LBNL, but initial research partially funded by DOE

9.  Tsunami survivors water-supply provision

WFO, non-LBNL, but initial research partially funded by DOE

10. Design and build a low-cost solar water heater for rural domestic
    use

WFO, non-LBNL

11. CFL promotion in low and mid-income urban households

Project concepts and templates developed and tried several years ago
from LBNL, WFO-funded, for India, but only now being implemented by
Indian agencies.