The purpose of the CEEDS Phase 3 Workshop #2 is to report on progress, issues, & future plans since Phase 3 Workshop #1 in September. Background of CEEDS The objective of the APEC CEEDS (Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability) project is to promote “high-performance” energy efficiency policies and measures in economies in the APEC […]
Event Overview: On October 31, the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings and the Hoover Institution’s Energy Task Force hosted experts from the public and private sectors for a series of discussions to address the potential of Distributed Power Systems in the United States. Following introductory remarks by Brookings President Strobe Talbott and Hoover Institution Distinguished […]
The Taiwan Smart Green City Summit 2011, sponsored by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the foremost non-profit trade promotion organization in Taiwan, and held in conjunction with Building Taiwan 2011, sought to facilitate discussions and provide a platform for exchange for those from businesses, government, and academia interested in green-energy industries in Taiwan […]
A portion of the agenda was devoted to EV infrastructure and standardization. This included discussion of connectivity standards for EVs and their potential harmonization….
Agenda Item 1: Opening Remarks Japan as a chair of the Low-Carbon Model Town Task Force (LCMT-TF), to deliver opening remarks. Agenda Item 2:Welcome Remarks Chinese Taipei as a host economy of the Low-Carbon Model Town Workshop, to deliver welcome remarks. Agenda Item 3: Brief Overview of the APEC Low Carbon Model Town Project Japan, as an […]
The 42nd meeting of the Energy Working Group was held in October, 2011, in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. A full agenda is linked at right, but the ESCI-KSP will highlight, and make available material from, the specific events that relate directly to its mission. These agenda items are as follows: Report on Transportation and Energy Ministerial Conference Progress […]
Introduction and Welcome Opening Remark: Wan-Siang Huang, Council for Economic Planning & Development Welcoming Remark: Gary G. Oba, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Session 1: Keynote Speech This session will address the key components of the ESCI projects, especially for the development of energy smart communities promoted by APEC members. It will provide an introduction to the progress […]
Agenda Item 1: Introduction to CEEDS Workshop focal areas, workshop linkages with APEC Ministerial Conference on Energy and Transport a. Opening Remarks (Kobayashi, APERC President; Kakuno, CEEDS Overseer; McDermott, USDOT; Skeer, USDOE; Tat, co-host representative) Agenda Item 2: Kick-off Session to share expected outcome of CEEDS workshops a. Presentation on CEEDS Project Phase 3 and Workshop Objectives (Kenji […]
The United States hosted first-ever joint Transportation and Energy Ministerial Conference in San Francisco on September 13, 2011. Ministers and other high-level officials from almost all the APEC economies participated, along with senior executives from the private sector, experts from non-governmental organizations, municipal planners, and leading professors from academia. Participants exchanged views in four public-private […]
The USA APEC 2011 Host Committee organized an event on the evening of September 13th to showcase state-of-the-art electric, hybrid-electric and other alternative fuel vehicles, and sustainable transport technologies. The exposition was part of the official U.S. Government agenda for Ministers and other high-level officials participating in the Ministerial.