1. 1 Innovation Energie Développement Distributed Energy Management Tools for Cambodia and Laos - DEMT Dr. Tuan A. Nguyen, IED Final meeting and Dissemination Workshop, Vientiane June 19-20, 2006 Co financed by the European Commission through the EC – ASEAN Energy Facility Project activities and its implementation

2. 2 Innovation Energie Développement  Introduction to the DEMT project –Project’s fact sheet, Project’s objectives, Partners  Activities  DEMT implementation and outputs  Conclusions Presentation plan

3. 3 Innovation Energie Développement  Title : Distributed Energy Management Tools for Cambodia and Laos - DEMT  Duration : 16 months  Total effort : 15.5 man-month for international and 90 man-month for local staff  Contracting authority : EC – ASEAN Energy Facility  Beneficiaries : REEs, PESCOs, Rural population, local private, ministries and authorities Project’s fact sheet

4. 4 Innovation Energie Développement Partners  IED, France –Leader, global management, software development  Power Development (Belgium) –Software adaptation, billing system  MIME, Cambodia –Software Development, training activities, survey  MIH, Laos –Software Development, training activities in Laos, survey  EDC, Cambodia –Provincial towns, billing system, training

5. 5 Innovation Energie Développement Project’s objectives  Ensure long term sustainable operation (technical & managerial) of small ESCO off-grid  provide tailor made software tools  Institutional capacity building at policy level to formulate and implement and monitor the small ESCO.  Increase efficiency  improving economic viability  Contribute to providing access to energy services.

6. 6 Innovation Energie Développement Perceived needs & constraints  Perceived needs –Professional private sector RE operators –Develop performance indicators of rural operators –Monitor performance  Constraints –Adapted, easy to use management tool not available –Week managerial capabilities of ESCO –Little experience of public staff in energy management

7. 7 Innovation Energie Développement Project’s Activities & Implementation 1. Devel. of tools adapted to national needs 2. Pilot installation & testing 3. Training & dissemination 4. Monitoring & management Start March 2005 End June 2006

8. 8 Innovation Energie Développement Project’s Outputs & results 1.Software and user manuals  MG manager in English & Khmer  PV manager in English & Lao

9. 9 Innovation Energie Développement Project’s Outputs & results (2) 1.6 ASEAN experts have got training in France to ensure full transfer of know-how 2.Trained on software : about 60 REE staff, 20 EDC provincial staff in Cambodia, 14 PESCO staff in Laos PDR 3.Specific analysis of EDC billing system 4.3O REE and 6 PESCO have got subsidies on PC purchasing to use the software for better management

10. 10 Innovation Energie Développement Conclusions 1.Multiplier effects Contribute towards strengthening the rural electrification actions  can be adopted by others ESCO Approach and its software can be adapted for other countries & institutions 2.Impacts & Sustainability Building the global partnership with private sector, public authority, financial community to ensure the sustainability; Significant improvement of management methods Replication of whole approach, methodology, tools, network, capacity building, setup the process.

11. 11 Innovation Energie Développement Recommendations Close works between local partners are much needed  more local support in the future Close follow-up actions must be ensured for monitoring of the performance and links with other programs Capacity building for countries at both institutional level and end-user level is very important