Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy
Technologies
Asia Pacific Economic Co-Operation Energy Working Group
Terms of Reference
(Draft)
Revised in November 2005 at EGNRET 23
Revised in January 2007 at EGNRET 28
Revised on March 30, 2017 at EGNRET 48
Revised on March 22, 2018 at EGNRET 50
Revised on september 12, 2018 at EGNRET 51
Revsied on June 25, 2021
I.MISSION
I.
1.
The mission of the APEC Expert Group on New
and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
is to facilitate an increase in the use of
new and renewable energy technologies in the
APEC region. The activities of the EGNRET
will be directed towards meeting the energy
challenges identified by APEC Leaders and
Energy Ministers. In addition, the EGNRET
will develop and implement projects that
contribute to the EWG’s objectives and
strategic initiatives. The projects will be
implemented primarily through the following
Initiatives and Leaders’ Declarations:
APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy
Development Initiative;
Energy Smart Communities Initiative
(ESCI);
APEC Smart Grid Initiative (ASGI);
Doubling the share of renewables in
the APEC
energy mix by 2030
II.OBJECTIVES
II.
2.1
The purpose of aforementioned APEC Energy Minister
endorsed initiatives is to advance the use of renewable
energy to promote sustainable economic development and
growth within the APEC region. The initiatives address the
principal objectives of the APEC EWG by fostering a common
understanding of regional renewable energy technology
issues, facilitating trade and investment in new and
renewable energy technologies and services, and reducing the
environmental impact of the energy sector through
applications of new and renewable energy technologies.
2.2
In addressing these objectives, the Expert Group may be
involved in the following types of activities, depending on
the level of available funding and member-economies’
priorities relating to renewable-energy development:
developing effective policy recommendations for addressing
impediments to the increased use of renewable energy
technologies and for including renewable energy in domestic
energy plans;
implementing renewable energy resource assessments to
facilitate a thorough understanding of the availability of
adequate resources in APEC-member economies;
promoting the commercialization of renewable energy
technologies in such a way as to make them economically
viable in a wide range of applications;
establishing procedures and mechanisms for the routine
exchange of pertinent information among member economies,
focusing especially on officials responsible for decisions
on energy supplies and operators and maintainers of
renewable energy systems;
identifying and mobilizing, as appropriate, industry,
financial institutions, and government sources of financing,
technical assistance and education programs by making these
sources more aware of the benefits of renewable energy
applications and the issues associated therewith;
recommending and organizing activities to promote
renewable-energy technology co-operation, so as to utilize
existing technical expertise in APEC-member economies;
promoting the development of the renewable-energy
technological and services infrastructure to provide a basis
for an effective, quality system of installation and
maintenance;
promoting the development of renewable energy technologies
for specific applications that demonstrate the effectiveness
of using these technologies to achieve specific economic or
social goals of APEC-member economies;
engaging in renewable-energy technology-assessment and
related activities to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of
renewable-energy applications;
developing the human resource base to improve the
analytical, technical, operational and policy capacity
within member economies in the area of renewable-energy
development;
facilitating improved reliability and stability in the
provision of energy supply to meet demand;
conducting research related to reduction of carbon
intensity in the APEC region;
promoting urban sustainable development in the APEC region
through smart cities development and the exchange of best
practices on deployment of new and renewable energy
technologies combined with smart grid, energy efficiency,
etc.;
conducting research related to doubling the share of
renewables by 2030 in APEC’s energy mix;
strengthening collaboration with other APEC fora such as
APERC, EGEE&C, EGEDA, APSEC, LCMT Task Force, PPFS, Policy
Partnership on Science, Technology, and Innovation (PPSTI),
and disseminating results of related APEC projects, e.g.,
PRLCE, PREE, and LCMT;
collaborating with International Energy Agency (IEA),
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Energy
Research Institute Network (ERIN), Clean Energy Solutions
Center from the Clean Energy Ministerial, and International
Copper Association Ltd. (ICA) on promotion of renewable
energy in the APEC region.
III.STRATEGIES
III.
3.1
In carrying out the above tasks, the Expert Group is to
be guided by the following strategies:
to foster technology transfer for renewable energy based
on local and regional industrial development;
to engage industry, financial institutions, government
officials, and NGOs, as appropriate;
to improve the level of information exchange between
member economies on existing initiatives to address market
barriers;
to assess the potential for replicating successful
initiatives to breakdown market barriers;
to identify and pioneer new initiatives to breakdown
market barriers;
to establish links with - and use of - existing
technology-information databases and clearing houses;
to encourage the development and use of energy planning
tools that include renewable energy.
IV.ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS and OPERATION
IV.
4.1
The Terms of Reference of EGNRET will be reviewed every
two years.
4.2
The chair and vice-chair of the expert group are elected
by consensus at expert group meeting for a two-year term of
office.
4.3
An EGNRET secretariat will be established to assist the
chair in organizing EGNRET meetings and provides
administrative support to the EGNRET. The secretaries will
be nominated by the chair, and endorsed by EGNRET
Representatives to hold the EGNRET secretariat.
4.4
In the event that the chair cannot attend a specific
EGNRET meeting, then the vice-chair will serve as chair for
that meeting, or alternatively the chair may designate the
EGNRET secretariat or co-chair to chair the meeting on
his/her behalf.
4.5
The hosting of expert group meetings is on a voluntary
basis. The EGNRET meetings will be held once or twice per
year depending on whether there are member economies
volunteering themselves to host. The host economy shall do
its best to assist with the conduct of expert group
meetings, including the provision of support/secretarial
staff.
V.Quorum
V.
5.1
Quorum for EGNRET meetings constitutes attendees from 14
economies. Should the EGNRET fail to meet quorum for two
consecutive meetings it will be referred to Senior Officials
for a decision on whether it should continue to exist.
VI.SUNSET CLAUSE
VI.
6.1
EGNRET has a term of four years starting from1 January
2022 to 31 December 2025. At the expiration of this and any
subsequent term, EGNRET and its ToR shall be reviewed (by
EGNRET and EWG) and a recommendation on renewal put to EWG
for approval.