1. INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PROMOTION OF ENTERPRISES (ICPE) Dr Štefan Bogdan Šalej, Director-General

2.  ICPE is an international intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Ljubljana (Slovenia)  It originates from the International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, set up on a United Nations initiative in 1974 with 45 developing countries as its member states from Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa  Later in 1997, the formal name of the Center was changed to International Center for Promotion of Enterprises  Organizational structure: slim, clean and lean ABOUT ICPE

3. Vision:  To become a hub of excellence in financial and social responsibility performance for public enterprises Mission:  To pursue and promote international cooperation in areas related to the transfer of technology, sustainable entrepreneurship and promotion of knowledge-based societal change through research, training, consultancy and information services in these fields  To become an important partner for efficient and productive public enterprise management with the participation and interaction of a broad range of stakeholders ICPE VISION & MISSION

4.  Sunlight reaching the land surface of the Earth: ~ 26.000 TW (much more than current global energy use 26 TW)  Today's civilization could be run on solar energy on Earth alone (but price of photovoltaic cells must decrease)  Global Biomass production: plant material growing on the Earth is equivalent to ~ 100 TW (but competition with food production is an issue; hydrogen producing bacteria are probably a better solution)  Geothermal global potential: 44 TW (but most of it can’t be captured economically)  Wind energy global potential: about 80 TW (but not very predictable)  Hydropower: still available, however there are environmental side effects RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

5. Selected renewable energy indicators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy Selected global indicators200720082009 Investment in new renewable capacity (annual) 104130150 billion USD Existing renewable power capacity, including large-scale hydro 1,0701,1401,230 GWe Existing renewable power capacity, excluding large hydro 240280305 GWe Wind power capacity (existing)94121159 GWe Solar PV capacity (grid-connected)7.613.521 GWe Solar hot water capacity126149180 GWth Ethanol production (annual)506976 billion liters Biodiesel production (annual)101517 billion liters Countries with policy targets for renewable energy use 687585

6.  Solar energy - thin film technology (on Earth today, in the deserts within a decade, in space within 2-3 decades)  Nuclear fusion (ITER, experimental power plant within 4 decades)  Hydrogen producing bacteria (great potential, genetic modification probably necessary, timeline unknown)  … (new discovery?)  Potential cooperation: Microwaves research for energy transport Transfer of information, knowledge and know-how Transfer of technologies from developed to developing countries PERSPECTIVES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

7.  Existence of the Low Carbon Transformational Technologies  Joint research and partnerships  Transfer of technologies - from whom to whom  Emerging world to developing world - ODA and Technologies Transfer LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY

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