Energy conservation and efficiency

The SP will (l) demonstrate energy-conserving technologies in private and public industrial and commercial facilities; and (2) promote replication of these technologies. The SP will install some 60 energy-efficient, commercially viable technologies, 50% to be placed in the private sector (targeting the chemical, metallurgical, and cement industries, although participation will be open to all private firms), and 50% in the public sector. Specific technologies will include microcomputer and microprocessor-based process controls, and systems for electronic energy systems, automatic combustion control, waste heat recovery, and cogeneration. Focus will be on technologies that have been proven in other countries, especially the United States. TA will be provided in all aspects of the technology application process, including energy auditing, and application design, installation, and operation. This TA will be provided to private firms by Cairo University"s Development Research and Technological Planning Center (DRTPC), and to public firms by the Ministry of Industry"s Tabbin Institute for Metallurgical Studies (TIMS). The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) will be responsible for promotional activities in both sectors. Financing incentives will be available for participating firms in the form of grants of 15%-40% of the foreign exchange (FX) costs of small technology applications (less than $100,000 in FX) and 25%-50% of larger applications. The remainder of the costs will be paid through loans (from commercial banks for private firms, and from public banks for public firms). To promote the replication of successfully applied technologies by other enterprises, the SP will undertake the following activities: (1) training for DRTPC, TIMS, and FEI to ensure that energy conservation technologies will continue to be applied after the project ends; (2) development of a comprehensive data base of industrial plant characteristics; (3) workshops, publications, special studies, etc; and (4) analysis of policy and regulatory barriers (e.g., energy pricing, import duties, taxes) that affect technology adoption. All in all, in-country or U.S. training will be provided to 1,200 persons from the DRTPC, TIMS, FEI, public and private companies, and commercial banks. Amendment of 9/20/93 redesigns the SP to give equal status to energy conservation and environmental protection, and renames it the Energy Conservation and Environment (Sub)Project (ECEP). ECEP will move away from the provision of high-cost equipment to stress demonstration and replication of low-cost energy conservation technologies that have significant environmental benefits. Activities will include environmental assessments of production facilities, TA and training in environmental management, ten studies of energy and environmental issues in the industrial and transportation sectors, and a pilot vehicle emissions reduction program. (PD-ABH-784) Amendment of 9/6/95 extends PACD 2 years to 9/98 and increases the number of targeted plants adopting improved technologies, and the expected environmental benefits. Refined outputs include: (1) continued expansion of managerial, technical, and training expertise in energy conservation and environmental management in ECEP"s implementing agencies; (2) intensified demonstration of medium-, low-, and no-cost energy efficiency technologies, with a target of 28 energy efficiency demonstrations and 200 low-cost energy efficiency demonstrations; (3) implementation of pollution prevention technologies by at least 10 plants and of low or no-cost technologies by another 40; (4) ten policy analyses to provide a technical base for government reforms in industrial energy use policy; and (5) creation of a clearinghouse to disseminate pollution prevention information. (PD-ABL-875)