Projects

Global Clean Cooking Fuels Initiative  26/10/2004
This is a new effort of the International Energy Initiative aimed at catalyzing a worldwide shift from solid cooking and heating fuels (biomass and coal) in developing countries to cleaner fluid fuels by 2020 with an emphasis on the poorest households gaining access to them.

Sustainable Energy Solutions in North and South  02/06/2003
This is a partnership project among International Energy Initiative (IEI), Tanzania Traditional Energy Development and Environment Organization (TaTEDO), and Sweco Grøner. The project is financially supported by the Norwegian Fredskorpset and it started in February 2003.

Energy Efficiency Standards  02/06/2003
The general objective of this project is to support the Brazilian energy efficiency law by elaborating the technical aspects and introduce minimum limits of energy efficiency in the domestic electrical appliances. In particular this project deals with one-door refrigerators and domestic air conditioners. The project will establish the technical aspects which will lead to reduction in the consumption of electrical energy and reduction in the environmental degradation. The "Life Cycle Cost Analysis", LCCA, is applied to evaluate the socioeconomic impacts of the technical innovations which could result into increased costs of production and the prices of the appliances. This project has been supported by FAPESP, IEI, the Collaborative Labelling and Appliance Program - CLASP, and the International Energy Agency - IEA.

Energy Technology Foresight  08/10/2003
Contribution to formulation of energy science and technology policy in Brazil. This is a Delphi exercise conducted by agencies from the Brazilian Ministry of Sciency and Technology, coordinated by the Centre for Management and Strategic Studies (CGEE) with IEI's participation. The results of this project will provide recommendations for investments in Energy Research and Development in Brazil.

GASEIFAMAZ  20/08/2003
This is a project of comparison between the biomass gasification technologies existing in Brazil and in other countries and formation of human resources in the northern region, GASEIFAMAZ. The central objective of the project is to develop a sustainable alternative to meet the growing demand for electrical energy in the isolated communities of the Northern Region of Brazil. The project develops the biomass gasification technology for electricity generation and evaluates the viability of the technology in Brazil.

Energy Library  24/06/2003
The library is an online collection of energy related books, articles, journals, manuals, CD-Roms and reports. Some of the documents are available for download.

Public Interest Energy R&D  02/06/2003
The public interest energy R&D is one of the subjects in the IEI global project on expanded provision of public benefits in the developing countries following the ongoing power sector reforms. In the recent years, the IEI Latin American office has been involved extensively on this subject in Brazil and internationally.>