About The COGEN Programme
Background
The EC-ASEAN COGEN Programmes were economic co-operation initiatiated by the European Commission (EC) and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). They were funded by the European Commission.
Three phases of the COGEN Programme were succesfully implemented in the period 1991-2004
COGEN Phase I
COGEN Phase I, which took place between 1991 and 1994, was essentially a technically focussed identification phase for what was to become COGEN Phase II.
COGEN Phase II
COGEN Phase II (1995-1998) was a demonstration phase combining technical and business expertise. The purpose of COGEN Phase II was both to demonstrate that proven European Technologies are available to support biomass-based cogeneration in ASEAN countries, and to enhance the EU-ASEAN economic co-operation.
COGEN II focused on 16 Full Scale Demonstration Projects promoting real reference projects using proven biomass-based technologies.
COGEN Phase II directly increased EU-ASEAN economic co-operation by
- approximately 60 million Euro
- contributing 354 MWth/74MWe to the ASEAN energy supply
- avoiding 250,000 tonnes of carbon equivalent/year of emissions
- increasing ASEAN awareness of indigenous biomass resources (up to 6,000 MWe total capacity)
- increasing the availability of European technologies
- increasing European supplier's competitiveness and the European image in the ASEAN market
COGEN 3
COGEN 3 was the third phase of the EC-ASEAN co-operation programme. COGEN 3 was an enlargement both in terms of new member countries within ASEAN and in terms of an expanded range of fuel. Now, in addition to Biomass, also cogeneration technologies for Coal and Gas were promoted. The programme was co-ordinated in ASEAN by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand and in Europe by Carl Bro International AB, Sweden. COGEN 3 started its operation in January 2002 and will continue until December 2004.
The objective of COGEN 3 was to promote and create business opportunities for the use of co-generation to generate power and heat using biomass, coal or gas as fuel. This was achieved through partnerships between ASEAN industries and power producers and European equipment suppliers.
COGEN 3 was endowed with a team of experts covering the different aspects of cogeneration. These experts committed to help accelerate the implementation of cogeneration projects.
COGEN 3 acted as a business facilitator serving the cogeneration market in South East Asia, in defining and matchmaking appropriate technology supplied by European Equipment Suppliers to ASEAN end-users. In addition assistance was provided throughout the process to ensure smooth implementation of the projects.
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