1. RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT COMPETITION ASEAN ENERGY AWARDS 2011: Submission and Guidelines ASEAN Centre for Energy

2.  Category  Criteria Pre-Qualification Regional Competition  Distribution of Scores  Format of Presentation  Submission  Judging/Scoring/Announcement of Winners  Prizes  Awarding Ceremony CONTENTS

3. GUIDELINES 3 CATEGORY NO. OF WINNERS OFF – GRID 1 – REGIONAL WINNER 2 – RUNNERS-UP ON – GRID* 1 – REGIONAL WINNER 2 – RUNNERS-UP COGENERATION - do - CRITERIA A.PRE-QUALIFICATION: The project must be in operation for at least one (1) year. Note: * - Applicable to utility grid and local-based grid.

4. GUIDELINES B. 5 MAJOR CRITERIA: 1.ORIGINALITY 2.ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATION 3.TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MARKET CONSIDERATION 4.OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SCHEME 5.REPLICABILITY

5. GUIDELINES 1. ORIGINALITY Design, Application, Approach (e.g.multi-sectoral, etc.) 2.ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATION Amount of emissions avoided (CO2, etc. in tons/yr) Community/People Participation Benefits - User, community, country Other features

6. GUIDELINES 3. TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MARKET CONSIDERATION - Installed capacity - Technical Design - Technical Performance - Investment cost - Financial scheme / livelihood projects - Funder (Government and Non-Govt) - Market size (potential within 5 years) - Local Manufacturing / Content of System - Amount of energy avoided

7. GUIDELINES 4. OPERATING & MAINTENANCE SCHEME Operational hours (day/month/year) Maintenance scheme (In-house, Contracted out service, Government, others) Other Maintenance measures (training, after- sales service) Local service content 5. REPLICABILITY - Relevance, Impact, Efficiency - Cost Effectiveness (No, Low, High cost) - Sustainability of project - Others (specify)

8. GUIDELINES – Distribution of Scores No. Criteria (On-Grid & Off-Grid)In % 1.Originality10.00 2.Environmental & Social Consideration 15.00 3.Technical, Economic & Market Consideration 35.00 4.Operating & Maintenance Scheme20.00 5.Replicability15.00 6.Presentation of Document5.00 Total100.00

9. GUIDELINES No Criteria (Cogeneration)In % 1.Technical Merits - Quality and completeness of documentation - Heat utilisation, reliability, technical soundness and equipment efficiency - Fuel supply security 25.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 2.Commercial viability - Project IRR - Quality and status of contractual/security arrangements 25.00 15.00 10.00 3.Environmental/National/Social benefits - Global impact (CO2, CH4, N2O) - Local impact (NOx, SOx, particulates) - National, social, and community impact 25.00 10.00 5.00 4.Demonstration value/Replicability - Geographical spread, replicability, and sustainability - Technical and environmental improvement compared to - baseline 25.00 15.00 10.00 Total100.00

10. GUIDELINES Presentation Format: Max. 15 pages DISCUSSION AREAS NO. OF PAGES 1. Originality (Item 1&2) 2 2. Energy & Environmental Consideration 3. Technical, Economic, Market (Item 3-5) 7 and Social Consideration 4. Operating and Maintenance Scheme 5. Replicability 6. Figures, Tables, Photo 5 7. Title Page 1 A4 size / 12 cpi / Times Roman

11. GUIDELINES SUBMISSION A. DEADLINE - 16 May 2011 - 15 PAGE – SUBMISSION (advanced copy) must be received by ACE 10 days before the final judging. B. REQUIREMENT - Endorsement letter from the RE-SSN Focal Point - Authorization letter from the owner to visit the project - 10 original copies in a sealed envelope to be brought by the Focal Points or may be mailed to the Focal Point of a hosting country. C. MAXIMUM SUBMISSION/COUNTRY: 2 Projects/Category

12. GUIDELINES JUDGING/SCORING/ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS: 1. One country one vote system. 2. Each project will be reviewed simultaneously by the judges for a period of 30 minutes. Score sheet may be filled up temporarily within the given period. 3. A Judge must not be allowed to evaluate NRSE project entry/ies that originate from the country that she/he represents. 4. At the end of the judging session, the judges will be given 30 minutes to review and compare the points given to each of the project entry. Final score sheet for each candidate will be placed in an envelope with proper identification of the judges (name and signature).

13. GUIDELINES JUDGING/SCORING/ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS: 6. No questions will be entertained during and after the judging process. Submissions must be judged on the merit of the presentation. 7. Individual tally sheets will be tabulated by ACE and two witnesses, nominated by the Board. 8.Final Tally Sheets will be handed over to the ACE Coordinator, immediately after the individual score sheets have been tallied bearing the authentic signatures of the ACE representative and 2 witnesses. 9.The Chairman of the Board shall report the proceedings of the judging including the official announcement of winners at the Annual Meeting of the NRSE-SSN.

14. GUIDELINES PRIZES - FOR THE WINNERS : TROPHY AND PLAQUE - NON-WINNERS : PLAQUE OF APPRECIATION AWARDING CEREMONY: - In conjunction with the official dinner of 29 th AMEM/SOME and AEBF 2011, Brunei Darussalam, September 2011