Pakistan: Renewable Energy Initiatives

Malaysia: MIEEIP Project

Project aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion from manufacturing
industries in Malaysia, which accounts for about a quarter of total, by promoting efficient and rational energy use and removing barriers. Since inception, 50 factories audited, 5 demonstration projects have been commissioned and more than a thousand industry professionals have benefited from the project.

Date Implemented: 2000-2006

Malaysia: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010)

The Ninth Plan strengthens the initiatives for energy efficiency and renewable energy put forth in the Eighth Malaysia Plan that focused on better utilisation of energy resources. An emphasis to further reduce the dependency on petroleum provides for more efforts to integrate alternative fuels.

Date Implemented: 2006-2010

Status: In Force; Framework Policy

Malaysia: Memorandum of understanding on new biomass technologies (China, Malaysia)

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin said a study would be conducted to set out the scope of cooperation and the possible joint R&D projects relevant to biofuel and biomass technologies. The cooperation is prompted by China’s growing interest in securing supply of feedstock for its biofuel industry and Malaysia’s interest in the development of biofuel using oil seeds such as rapeseed as an alternative to palm oil. 

Malaysia: National Biofuel Policy

Costa Rica: Sustainable Development Strategic Partnership Among Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica (Program for South-south Cooperation)

China: National Energy Strategy

China: Strategic Plan for Industrial Efficiency

Within the 11th Five-Year Period, China’s strategic plan for energy efficient industrial processes involves equipment renovation and the design and implementation of process optimization and management measures. Targetting the metallurgical industry, petrochemical industry, and chemical industry, the Chinese state aims to improve energy efficiency and industrial competitiveness to “the highest level or close to the world’s front-runners.”

China: Market Transformation Programme - Partnership with the UK

China: Energy Conservation in Government