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Energy For All is focused on action, with a goal to provide access to energy to 100 million people in Asia and the Pacific region by 2015.
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Energy in the developing world: Power to the People
03 September 2010

Providing energy in a bottom-up way has a lot to recommend it. There is no need to wait for politicians or utilities to act. Local, bottom-up systems may be more sustainable and produce fewer carbon emissions than centralised schemes. The developing world has an opportunity to leapfrog the centralised model, just as it leapfrogged fixed-line telecoms and went straight to mobile phones. read more…

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THE CHALLENGE:
Firewood, dung, coal, and other forms of fuel are bad for the environment and even worse on people’s health. But how can they get access to LP Gas in remote locations?

OUR APPROACH:
Providing remote communities with LP Gas as an alternative to other fuels while creating sustainable markets at the same time.

THE WORKING GROUP:
This working group is convening workshops for bringing sustainable LP Gas distribution systems to rural, urban and peri-urban communities.

THE CONVENER:
World LP Gas Association

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The Liquified Petroluem (LP) Gas working group

Not only does cooking with wood, coal, dung, and other materials produce toxic smoke that can affect health, but any time or money people spend finding or buying cooking fuel could be better applied to more productive needs. One solution is Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP Gas).

LP Gas access can drive enterprise development through the creation or modernization of small commercial manufacturing enterprises like food preparation, food processing, agriculture, cleaning, sanitation, and metal works. It can also improve the health of those who switch to using it. But to achieve market growth and contribute to broader development objectives, LP Gas must be affordable, accessible, safe, and reliable in the local marketplace.

To these ends, the LP Gas working group provides poorer Asian communities with the means to better allocate their time and money by delivering cleaner, modern LP Gas as an alternative to other fuels. What’s more, it’s creating sustainable markets to facilitate LP Gas’s consumption and use.

This working group leverages the World LP Gas Association’s experience, in partnership with UNDP in the LP Gas Rural Energy Development Challenge, to bring sustainable LP Gas distribution systems to rural, urban and peri-urban communities. The working group convenes workshops to discuss challenges, explore opportunities, and create solutions with a wide range of organisations—including government officials, representatives of local industry, development agencies, NGOs and multi-national companies with local operations.

Planned Activities

  • Reducing the price/deposit of the cylinder and burner, or increasing local access to credit.
  • Initiating the manufacture or introduction of smaller LP Gas cylinders.
  • Initiating the local manufacture of LP Gas burners.
  • Creating small local bottling facilities or mobile filling stations.
  • Providing training for LP Gas operating personnel and customers, including safety and the safe handling of LP Gas cylinders.
  • Utilizing or expanding existing non-LP Gas product distribution networks.
  • Expanding storage capability for imported LP Gas.
  • Introducing small business and consumer financing schemes.

Recent news

ENERGY FOR ALL WORKSHOP IN TIMOR LESTE, NOVEMBER 2009

On 13th November 2009, The Government of Timor Leste and the WLPGA jointly hosted a one-day workshop in Dili to discuss how LP Gas and other energy options could assist in the development of the country. Attended by nearly 50 participants and sponsored by the Asian Development Bank through its Energy For All program, participants included representatives of four member companies of the WLPGA: Origin Energy, Pertamina, Shell, and Wesfarmers. Other organizations represented at the workshop included Conoco-Phillips, the European Commission, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and several Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

The workshop included an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing Timor Leste, the benefits that LP Gas can provide, an examination of overseas models, and other issues like social impact, job creation, and alternative energies. The Government of Timor Leste agreed to establish a Working Group, consisting of representatives from the workshop, to examine all the issues and recommend a strategy to move forward with LP Gas in Timor Leste.

The WLPGA will continue to work closely with the government through the Energy For All Partnership to help the country address its energy needs utilizing LP Gas. Read more about this event.

WLPGA ASIAN LP GAS REGIONAL SUMMIT, 23 February 2010

Bringing together over 100 stakeholders from the LP Gas industry, this event featured discussions about target countries with LP Gas Markets—especially those with populations struggling to gain access to affordable modern energy. Its main theme focused on how remote populations can gain access to LP Gas in a safe, efficient, and affordable way. The Energy For All Partnership secretariat has archived the presentations from each session:

Session I: Why LP Gas is the Right Fuel for Asia

  • Mr Makoto Arahata - Japan LP Gas Association              
  • Ms Sophie Punte - CAIA                                                
  • Mr Hanung Budya - Pertamina                                        
  • Mr Trond Inge Flones  - Ragasco                                   
  • Mr Michael Kelly - WLPGA     

Session II: Development Models that Work for Asia

 

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