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Renewable Energy DevelopmentRenewable Energy Development Program: Evaluation of Proposals for CBSF and FSSF

The work included evaluation of proposals from Universities for support to develop new capacity building programs, and from companies to conduct feasibility studies on biomass and wind power plants.
RMA’s lead consultant worked as the Team Leader (International) of the three member team, conducted a comprehensive evaluation of proposals received from six universities for initiating a new course for in-house and external students, on subjects and themes related to electricity production from renewable energy sources. Five proposals from companies for support for the conducting of feasibility studies on wind and biomass power plants were evaluated. Reviewed the evaluation methodology and comprehensively revised it, and completed the evaluation and the report. A workshop too was conducted for applicants to the round 2 of the feasibility study financing facility.

Electricity Utility Planning Energy Efficiency & Demand Management National Energy Policy & PlanningPower Sector Regulation in the Maldives

Working together with MECADOS Energy Markets, RMA provides technical and regulatory support to establish new rules and regulations, to streamline the licensing of electricity system operators, authorized persons to design and implement electricity distribution systems, labeling of appliances for energy efficiency, and to develop a system of evaluation for proposals from private entities to generate electricity in various islands.

Electricity Utility Planning Energy Economics & Pricing National Energy Policy & PlanningCapacity Building for Power Sector Regulation in Sri Lanka

This project is to build capacity with the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) and the Transmission/Distribution Licensees to implement tariff and other regulatory measures, since the implementation of the new regulatory regime under the Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009. RMA provides counterpart services and hands-on support to PUCSL in the development and implementation of the Tariff Methodology, other allowed charges, revenue filing by licensees and analysis, support for conducting public consultations, development of end-use customer tariffs, development of codes for retail services, distribution and grid operations. The work also includes the development of a tariff reform and subsidy rebalancing road map to return the loss-making power industry to profitability by year 2015. RMA staff developed Distribution and Grid codes for Sri Lanka.

Energy Economics & PricingIndia – Sri Lanka Grid Interconnection

RMA was selected by the Government of Sri Lanka to conduct the economic, trade and legal components of the feasibility study on the planned interconnection between the electricity grids of Sri Lanka and India. Through a multidisciplinary team established for the purpose in association with Sri Lanka Institute of Policy Studies, RMA conducted extensive studies on the costs, routing options, trading options and business models for the grid interconnection, and modeled the expected transfers to derive the financial and economic and indicators of project feasibility.

Energy Efficiency & Demand ManagementProject Development for Energy Efficiency Improvement

In view of identifying an organising the candidate projects to be funded under the proposed Energy Efficiency Improvement Fund to be established in Sri Lanka with JICA assistance, JICA consultant, J-Power assigned RMA to develop a project pipeline. This assignment included reviewing of energy audit reports recently done in Sri Lanka, carrying out technical and financial review of these study findings, selecting promising projects for immediate development and processing three selected energy efficiency projects for development as show case projects.

Electricity Utility Planning National Energy Policy & PlanningSEIER Project, Vietnam

RMA’s senior consultant conducted an analysis and developed the lessons learned on the Vietnam’s System Efficiency Improvement, Equitization and Renewable (SEIER) project. The project aim was to develop or rehabilitate small community based renewable energy projects. Also conducted an assessment of the progress on the Small Power Development (SPD) program in Vietnam, identifying the gaps, information and regulatory requirements to further accelerate the SPD projects. Conducted a 10-day visit for a 15-member delegation from Vietnam to Sri Lanka, to study Sri Lanka’s small power development program, with deep insight into the issues related to licensing, resource allocation, pricing, and technical issues of the program.

Electricity Utility Planning National Energy Policy & Planning Renewable Energy DevelopmentReview of Sri Lanka Renewable Energy Pricing Policy

Working on the invitation by the Ministry of Power and Energy in Sri Lanka (on a honorary basis), senior consultant of RMA played a lead role in a Working Group to review the policy of pricing small power developer inputs to the national grid. Conducted numerous scenario analyses under avoided cost-based and technology-based tariff options, and developed reports, analysed documents and presentations. Conducted many stakeholder seminars over 2007-9, including those for investors/developers, to discuss optional pricing policies and results of calculations. Analysed the tariff impacts on utility finances and impacts on customers. Sri Lanka has since moved, in 2008, from the previously avoided-cost based pricing policy to a technology-specific, cost-reflective, tiered tariff policy, and currently experiences an accelerated development of renewable energy-based small power developments.

Electricity Utility Planning Energy Efficiency & Demand Management National Energy Policy & Planning Renewable Energy DevelopmentPPTA: Sri Lanka Sustainable Power Sector Support II Project

This project preparatory technical assistance was to formulate the next ADB loan for the Sri Lanka Energy Sector, consisting of transmission, distribution, renewable energy and energy efficiency sub-projects, amounting to an estimated investment of USD 120 million. In association with AECOM of New Zealand, RMA provided expert assessment of transmission options and distribution strengthening requirements, rural electrification project formulation, requirements for distribution strengthening for the absorption of renewable energy to the national grid, and assessment of other renewable energy and energy efficiency interventions required. RMA successfully prepared the application for the Clean Energy Finance Partnership Facility of Japan/ADB, to finance a DSM pilot project in lighting, an appliance testing laboratory to launch the energy efficiency appliance labelling regulations, and for conducting of energy audit training. In parallel, the ADB loan project includes a credit line for the rehabilitation of micro-hydro projects in estates for grid connection under net metering rules recently announced by Sri Lanka.

The project formulated by the joint AECOM-RMA team has since been approved by ADB and is presently being implemented in Sri Lanka.

Renewable Energy DevelopmentMampuri Wind Power Plant

RMA was the engineering consultant for the first commercial wind power plant in Sri Lanka, commissioned in May 2010. RMA supported the developer company with wind resource assessment studies, equipment selection, tariff studies, financial modeling of the project, review of project contracts, designing of electrical system including the transmission network and supervision during project execution.

The project is one of the four small power producer facilities approved under the new cost-based pricing policy of the Government, to encourage a diversity of renewable energy sources for electricity generation to reach the national target of 10% by 2015.

Energy Efficiency & Demand Management National Energy Policy & PlanningEnergy Efficiency Improvement Promotion Project in Sri Lanka

As the consultant of JICA for its energy efficiency Technical Assistance (TA) program to the Sri Lankan Government, J-Power engaged RMA to carry out a baseline survey in 2008 at the commencement of the TA program. The survey included a national level energy intensity analysis, industrial benchmarking, appliance market energy efficiency status and the status of Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) operating in the country. Once the national level energy efficiency baseline was established, in 2009 and 2010, surveys and analyses were carried out to identify the effect of the specific activities carried out within the TA program to improve the energy efficiency of the country. In addition to these surveys and analyses, the impact of demand side management on the power system, especially on the system load curve, was studied with load forecast done for three years ahead.

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