Difference between revisions of "Global Geothermal Alliance"

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|Starting year=2015
 
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|Secretariat=International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
 
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Masdar City
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PO Box 236, Abu Dhabi
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United Arab Emirates
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Tel: +971 2 417 9000 "
 
Contact: Salvatore Vinci and Luca Angelino <LAngelino@irena.org> <gga@irena.org>
 
Contact: Salvatore Vinci and Luca Angelino <LAngelino@irena.org> <gga@irena.org>
 
|Organisational structure=Governance by a committee formed by members; membership open to all national governments, development partners, international and regional organisations, national, regional, and international industry associations, and academia. An Action Plan is developed by GGA members, in consultation with GGA partners, as laid down by the GGA Joint
 
|Organisational structure=Governance by a committee formed by members; membership open to all national governments, development partners, international and regional organisations, national, regional, and international industry associations, and academia. An Action Plan is developed by GGA members, in consultation with GGA partners, as laid down by the GGA Joint
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Furthermore, through collaboration with key partners, the Alliance is promoting standardisation in the way resource assessments are classified and reported to promote a better understanding of the true potential and value of geothermal prospects. In this regard, a project with IRENA, International Geothermal Association and World Bank/ESMAP  trained more than 100 local stakeholder and tested the application in pilot countries (Indonesia, Ethiopia, and a cluster of Eastern Caribbean islands) of the Specifications for the application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC-2009) to Geothermal Energy Resources. To this end, three technical sessions were held in Indonesia (Match 2018), St. Lucia (Dec 2018), and Ethiopia (Feb 2019).
 
Furthermore, through collaboration with key partners, the Alliance is promoting standardisation in the way resource assessments are classified and reported to promote a better understanding of the true potential and value of geothermal prospects. In this regard, a project with IRENA, International Geothermal Association and World Bank/ESMAP  trained more than 100 local stakeholder and tested the application in pilot countries (Indonesia, Ethiopia, and a cluster of Eastern Caribbean islands) of the Specifications for the application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC-2009) to Geothermal Energy Resources. To this end, three technical sessions were held in Indonesia (Match 2018), St. Lucia (Dec 2018), and Ethiopia (Feb 2019).
|How are you tracking progress of your initiative=Monitorning of installed capacity for the power sector and generation for the heat sector.
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|How are you tracking progress of your initiative=Monitoring of installed capacity for the power sector and generation for the heat sector.
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Assessed the geothermal market conditions in East Africa, identified main barriers to deployment of geothermal technologies and made key recommendations to policy makers.
 
|Available reporting=Publications available at http://www.globalgeothermalalliance.org/
 
|Available reporting=Publications available at http://www.globalgeothermalalliance.org/
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http://www.irena.org/events/2018/Jan/Regional-Workshop-on-Geothermal-Financing-and-Risk-Mitigation-in-Africa
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http://irena.org/events/2018/Apr/GGA-Side-Events-Iceland-Geothermal-Conference
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https://www.irena.org/events/2018/Dec/Regional-Geothermal-Resource-Data-Gathering-UNFC-Classification-and-Training-Workshop
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https://irena.org/events/2019/Dec/Energy-Solutions-for-Cities-of-the-Future
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https://irena.org/events/2020/May/Integration-of-low-temperature-energy-sources-into-existing-district-energy-networks-and-buildings
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Revision as of 09:08, 10 March 2021

General

Name of initiative Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA)
LPAA initiative Yes
NAZCA Initiative Yes
Website address http://www.globalgeothermalalliance.org/
Related initiatives
Starting year 2015
End year
Secretariat International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Masdar City PO Box 236, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 2 417 9000 " Contact: Salvatore Vinci and Luca Angelino <LAngelino@irena.org> <gga@irena.org>

Organisational structure Governance by a committee formed by members; membership open to all national governments, development partners, international and regional organisations, national, regional, and international industry associations, and academia. An Action Plan is developed by GGA members, in consultation with GGA partners, as laid down by the GGA Joint

Communique. GGA member countries and partners are not required to contribute a membership fee.

Geographical coverage Global
Name of lead organisation International Renewable Energy Agency – IRENA
Type of lead organisation International organisation
Location/Nationality of lead organisation United Arab Emirates

Description

Description The Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) is designed to ramp up the share of geothermal energy in the global energy mix both in the areas of geothermal power generation and the direct use of geothermal heat. The GGA serves as a platform for dialogue and knowledge-sharing among governments, international financing institutions, private sector investors and other practitioners as well as a coalition for action to increase the share of installed geothermal electricity and heat generation worldwide.
Objectives Key objectives of the Alliance are to:

- identify and promote models for sharing and reducing risks associated with the geothermal business to be able to attract timely and efficient private investments and to integrate geothermal facilities into energy markets. - help create enabling regulatory and institutional conditions for timely and efficient private investments and efficient operation of geothermal resources and associated network infrastructure. - help streamline ongoing outreach and awareness-raising efforts in order to give geothermal energy greater visibility in the energy and climate debates at global, regional and national level. The alliance goal is a five-fold growth in the installed capacity for geothermal power generation and at least two-fold growth for geothermal heating by 2030, compared to 2014 levels.

Activities Areas of support would include the creation of enabling regulatory and institutional conditions for investment; the promotion of innovative financing and risk mitigation mechanisms for geothermal drilling; the design of effective incentive schemes for geothermal power supply and direct use; and capacity building and technical assistance f.
One or two success stories achieved Eastern Caribbean countries embrace international geothermal resource classification system (joint IRENA-IGA-World Bank/ESMAP project under the umbrella of the Global Geothermal Alliance): https://www.irena.org/newsroom/articles/2018/Dec/Caribbean-Embraces-New-Geothermal-Resource-Classification

Monitoring and Impacts

Sustainable Development Impact:
E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-07.png  
Function of initiative Political dialogue, Technical dialogue, Capacity building, Implementation
Activity of initiative Policy planning and recommendations, Knowledge production and innovation, Training and education, Knowledge dissemination and exchange, Awareness raising and outreach, Advocacy, Goal setting (ex-ante)
Indicators
Knowledge dissemination and exchange — Workshops and meetings for exchanging the knowledge
Year2016201720182019
Value (#)2253
Goal setting (ex-ante) — Total Mitigation
Year2030
Value (MtCO2e/yr)200
Goals Long term objective:

Contribute to the realisation of geothermal energy potential to achieve a five-fold growth in the global installed capacity for geothermal power generation and two-fold growth for geothermal heating by 2030

The Action Plan adopted by all Member Countries in 2016 envisages four priority action areas.

1. Mapping of geothermal resources as well as identification of existing and potential geothermal markets and near terms projects in the pipeline.

2. Scoping of the needs for assistance to countries with transformative potential with a view to contributing to the removal of obstacles of policy, regulatory, funding or capacity building nature.

3. Supporting the development of effective enabling frameworks and associated mechanisms to achieve national objectives for geothermal energy deployment.

4. Establishing a robust global network of geothermal practitioners building upon existing networks. Additionally, the GGA aims to promote geothermal energy’s role in supporting decarbonisation strategies and the implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions.

Comments on indicators and goals The CO2 reduction goal is taken from the report: "Individual actors, collective initiatives and their impact on global greenhouse gas emissions", New Climate, PBL, and Yale 2018.
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals Since the launch of the initiative, efforts have focussed on the operationalization of the Alliance. To this end, through an intensive consultative process within the GGA constituency a concise plan of action for the Alliance (GGA Action Plan) was finalized and endorsed by the GGA Members in May 2016.

Following recommendations from leaders in the Florence Declaration, issued at the first High-Level Conference in 2017, the GGA began a focused work on direct use. In April 2018, IRENA co-organised the event “Geothermal Direct Utilisation and Food Security” with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland and the Iceland Geothermal Cluster. During the meeting, key factors behind successful experiences were identified, lessons shared, and partnerships highlighted. Outcomes and case studies from the workshop were presented and discussed at the regional level. This process formed the basis of the IRENA publication entitled Accelerating geothermal heat adoption in the agri-food sector: Key lessons and recommendations, launched in January 2019. Follow-up capacity building for policy-makers and key stakeholders are under preparation.

Furthermore, through collaboration with key partners, the Alliance is promoting standardisation in the way resource assessments are classified and reported to promote a better understanding of the true potential and value of geothermal prospects. In this regard, a project with IRENA, International Geothermal Association and World Bank/ESMAP trained more than 100 local stakeholder and tested the application in pilot countries (Indonesia, Ethiopia, and a cluster of Eastern Caribbean islands) of the Specifications for the application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC-2009) to Geothermal Energy Resources. To this end, three technical sessions were held in Indonesia (Match 2018), St. Lucia (Dec 2018), and Ethiopia (Feb 2019).

How are you tracking progress of your initiative Monitoring of installed capacity for the power sector and generation for the heat sector.

Assessed the geothermal market conditions in East Africa, identified main barriers to deployment of geothermal technologies and made key recommendations to policy makers.

Available reporting Publications available at http://www.globalgeothermalalliance.org/

http://www.irena.org/events/2018/Jan/Regional-Workshop-on-Geothermal-Financing-and-Risk-Mitigation-in-Africa

http://irena.org/events/2018/Apr/GGA-Side-Events-Iceland-Geothermal-Conference

https://www.irena.org/events/2018/Dec/Regional-Geothermal-Resource-Data-Gathering-UNFC-Classification-and-Training-Workshop

https://irena.org/events/2019/Dec/Energy-Solutions-for-Cities-of-the-Future

https://irena.org/events/2020/May/Integration-of-low-temperature-energy-sources-into-existing-district-energy-networks-and-buildings

Participants

Participants Number Names
Members 82  
Companies 0
Business organisations 12 Association GeoEnergy Celle e.V. (Germany),  Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (Canada),  Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation - CARILEC (Saint Lucia),  Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association - CREIA (China),  European Geothermal Energy Council (Belgium),  Geothermal Canada (Canada),  GEODEEP - Geothermal Cluster for Heat and Power (France),  Geothermal Resources Council (USA),  Geothermal Power Plants Investors Association (Turkey),  Iceland Geothermal Cluster Initiative (Iceland),  International Geothermal Association (Germany),  Macedonian Geothermal Association (Macedonia).
Research and educational organisations 6 AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland),  Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (Chile),  Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Geotérmica (CeMIEGeo),  Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (Croatia),  Serbian Geological Society (Serbia),  United Nations University - UNU GTP - University of Geneva (Switzerland).
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 46 Argentina,  Bolivia,  Burundi,  Chile,  Colombia,  Comoros,  Costa Rica,  Djibouti,  Ecuador,  Egypt,  El Salvador,  Ethiopia,  Fiji,  France,  Germany,  Guatemala,  Honduras,  Iceland,  India,  Indonesia,  Italy,  Japan,  Kenya,  Netherlands,  Malaysia,  Mexico,  Nicaragua,  New Zealand,  Pakistan,  Papua New Guinea,  Peru,  Poland,  Portugal,  Romania,  Saint Vincent & the Grenadines,  Switzerland,  Philippines,  Solomon Islands,  United Republic of Tanzania,  USA,  Tonga,  Turkey,  Uganda,  Vanuatu,  Zambia,  Zimbabwe.
Governmental actors 2 Iceland GeoSurvey - National Energy Authority (Iceland).
Regional / state / county actors 0
City / municipal actors 0
Intergovernmental organisations 8 African Union Commission (Ethiopia),  International Renewable Energy Agency (United Arab Emirates),  Organization of American States (USA),  Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (Saint Lucia),  Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (Egypt),  Pacific Community (Australia),  United Nations Environment Programme (Kenya),  United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO (Austria).
Financial Institutions 6 African Development Bank (Ivory Coast),  Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (China),  Inter-American Development Bank (USA),  Islamic Development Bank (Saudi Arabia),  Nordic Development Fund (Finland),  World Bank (USA).
Faith based organisations 0
Other members 2 New Partnership for Africa’s Development (South Africa),  Southern Africa Power Pool (Zimbabwe).
Supporting partners 0
Number of members in the years
2018
39
2019
61
2019
85
Have only national states as participators No


Theme

Transport Agriculture Forestry Business Financial institutions Buildings Industry Waste Cities and subnational governments Short Term Pollutants International maritime transport Energy Supply Fluorinated gases Energy efficiency Renewable energy Supply chain emission reductions Adaptation Other Resilience Innovation Energy Access and Efficiency Private Finance
No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No
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Not only have national states as participators