Energy cooperation in development

Project aims to substitute coal in the power sector, increase the efficiency of energy use in buildings, and develop AE systems for water pumping. The U.S. Department of Energy will implement the project with help from subcontracted U.S. laboratories and ASEAN energy institutions, principally the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). LIPI will take the lead in selecting 30 participants, six from each ASEAN country, for an intensive 9-week course in coal utilization at the U.S. Argonne National Laboratory. Five weeks will be spent studying coal combustion and conversion, especially gasification, liquefaction, and fluidized bed combustion, and such other topics as coal resource assessment, mining, transportation, the international coal market, and coal port facilities. Students will spend 4-week internships in laboratories and field plants. The U.S. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories will assist the University of Singapore to develop a computerized simulation model for energy conservation in urban buildings using the Overall Thermal Transfer Valve method. Tasks include reviewing and updating existing analytical tools and applying them to prototypical buildings in Singapore; matching computer outputs with building code requirements; evaluating the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of various energy technologies and policies; and disseminating the completed model to other ASEAN countries through a final symposium to be held in Singapore. To develop alternatives to centrally-generated electricity in rural areas, the U.S. Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) will assist Malaysia"s Standard and Industrial Research Institute (SIRIM) to adapt, test, and evaluate solar, wind, and biomass powered water pumps at three sites. Short-term U.S. training of 15 ASEAN country scientists, engineers, and rural development specialists will include meetings with U.S. AE manufacturers and marketers and a tour of related installations and production facilities. A US-ASEAN conference will be held on solar systems and biomass technologies for water pumping.