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Stakeholders discuss draft review of energy efficiency policy |08 February 2016

Key stakeholders in Seychelles’ energy and climate change sectors on Thursday met in a daylong working session to discuss recommendations proposed with regard to energy efficiency in order to  update the existing 2010-2030 Energy Policy.

The recommendations have been developed under the GOS-UNDP-GEF Resource Efficiency project after a review of the existing Energy Policy 2010-2030.

The Seychelles Energy Policy for 2010-2030 (SEP 2010-2030) was adopted as the official government energy policy in 2010. It recommends a sustainable development of the energy sector with more emphasis on energy efficiency, renewable energy and reducing the dependence on imported fossil fuel to improve energy security.

The policy sets a target of 5% and 15% share of renewable energy in the country’s energy base for 2020 and 2030 respectively.

The SEP 2010-2030 also represents the first formal recognition by the government of the importance of energy efficiency, as well as renewable energy production.

Now that the SEP is five years old, it needs to be reviewed and updated to include certain components such as:

- quantification of energy objectives and targets;

- definition of measures to allow the sustained growth of renewable energy and energy efficiency markets (in quantity and quality);

The Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Change Didier Dogley launched the working session.

Addressing everyone present he noted that the SEP is a very broad and comprehensive document which contains a wide scope of activities aimed at developing a robust institutional framework to ensure access to an affordable and sustained energy supply and promote its sustainable use.

“But as in the case of all policy documents it cannot be cast in stone, it needs to remain a living document that can be changed or updated as and when it is warranted,” he pointed out.

He added that the recommendations can be used as an extension to the existing SEP or use to formulate a completely new policy.

The proposals, in a draft document, are grouped in five chapters and they include the efficient and rational use of energy, efficient and sustainable supply of energy and cross-cutting provisions regarding energy efficiency.

These proposals will be taken into consideration by the department of energy and  climate change of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change.  

 

 

 

 

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