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European Study Tour

Europe leads a global movement towards increase utilization of renewable energies. Though results vary within member states, Europe is moving ahead with its community-wide targets of increasing substantially the share of renewables in energy consumption. A two-leg European study tour, one in UK and the other in Denmark, was organized for the Philippine banks to provide them first-hand knowledge of successful RE investments and networking opportunities. The study tour was composed of workshops and dialogues with European RE investors and financiers and of site visits to operational RE systems.

First Leg – United Kingdom

Visit to Waste Resource Group Landfill Gas Plant
Aveley, Essex, UK
Workshop on Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities in the Philippines (20 February 2006)
- Overview of United Kingdom Trade and Industry’s Role in the Promotion of RE, Mr. John Buckley, RE Trade Promoter, UKTI
- Overview of IT Power’s Activities, Mr. Bernard McNellis, IT Power
- Overview of the Project, Ms. Laurie Navarro, IRG-P
- Overview of the three Participating Philippine Banks
  Land Bank of the Philippines
  First Metro Investment Corporation
  Equitable PCI Bank
- Financial structuring of small onshore UK wind investments, Mr. Steven Read, Ventus VCT Fund (Climate Change Capital)
- Bronzeoak Group and Biomass Project Development, Ms. Jessica Chalmers, Bronzeoak
- Mott McDonald experience in Hydro Projects, Mr. Paul Bowden, Mott McDonald Generation Business Division
Workshop on Carbon Business Opportunities in the Philippines (21 February 2006)
- Brief overview of Clean Development Mechanism & Climate Change Project Office (CCPO) activities, Mr. Jonathan Thomas, CCPO
- The CDM Process, Dr. John Green, IT Power
- The CDM market, Mr. Greg Dunne, ICECAP
- Carbon Ring, Dr. Andy Kerr, E3 International
- CDM Transactions and the Role of Carbon Funds, Mr. Tim Atkinson, Natsource
- The European Emissions Trading Scheme, Mr. Mark Meyrick, EDF Trading
- Examples of Successful CDM Projects, Ms. Belinda Kinkead, Eco Securities

Second Leg - Denmark

Visit to Danish Energy Agency
(23 February 2006)
- Danish Renewable Energy Policy
  Mr. Anders Hasselager, Danish Energy Authority
- CO2 Regulation in Denmark
  Mr. Signe Caspersen, Danish Energy Authority
Visit to Nordea Bank
(23 February 2006)
- Wind Power: The Art of spreading the risk
  Mr. Henrik Brink, Nordea Bank
Visit to DANIDA (in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
(23 February 2006)
- Mixed Credit Programme
  Mr. Soren Mensal Kristensen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Visit to UNEP Risoe and hageshold Wind Energy Farm
(24 February 2006)

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