AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, CHINA, HONG KONG, CHINA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, VIET NAM: Ninth Meeting of APEC Energy Ministers: Fukui Declaration on Low Carbon Paths to Energy Security: Cooperative Energy Solutions for a Sustainable APEC

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2010
Effective Start Year: 
2010
Scope: 
Multilateral
Document Type: 
Other
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
Coal, Oil, Power, Gas, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Solar, Wind, Other
Issued by: 
The Energy Ministers of Member Economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Source: 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
File: 
Ninth Meeting of APEC Energy Ministers
Overall Summary: 
The Energy Ministers of the APEC economies, gathered in Fukui, Japan on 19 June 2010, to discuss Low Carbon Paths to Energy Security: Cooperative Energy Solutions for a Sustainable APEC. Such solutions should be integral to the APEC Growth Strategy. The themes discussed included: Enhancing regional energy security; Fossil fuels; Oil supply disruptions; Natural gas; Improving energy efficiency; Peer Review on Energy Efficiency (PREE); Aspirational energy intensity reduction goal; Energy-efficient buildings and appliance; Fuel-efficient vehicles; Renewable energy; Nuclear Power; Smart Grid Technologies; Carbon capture and storage and enhanced cooperation with other multilateral fora.
Efficiency
EE targets: 
We instruct the EWG to assess the potential for reducing the energy intensity of economic output in APEC economies between 2005 and 2030, beyond the 25 percent aspirational goal already agreed by the APEC Leaders, with assistance from APERC, EGEDA and EGEEC.
EE action plans: 
We instruct the EWG to conduct a series of workshops on the potential fuel and carbon savings from electrification of the transport sector, energy efficient freight, transit-oriented development and other energy efficient transport strategies, in cooperation with the TWG.
Cooperation in EE: 
We instruct the EWG and EGEEC to strengthen the APEC Energy Standards Information System (ESIS) and to conduct a series of Collaborative Assessments of Standards and Testing (CAST) for the energy-intensive appliances [...].
Renewable Energy
RE action plans: 
We instruct the EWG to start an APEC Smart Grid Initiative (ASGI) to evaluate the potential of smart grids to support the integration of intermittent renewable energies and energy management approaches in buildings and industry.
Cooperation in RE: 
To enhance energy security and accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies throughout the APEC region, we encourage enhanced cooperation with other multilateral fora and with the private sector in our region whose experience and investment will be vital to this endeavor. ---We instruct the EWG to start an APEC Smart Grid Initiative (ASGI) to evaluate the potential of smart grids to support the integration of intermittent renewable energies and energy management approaches in buildings and industry.
Environment
Pollution control action plans: 
We instruct the EWG to explore mechanisms to encourage economies to set individual goals and action plans for introducing low-emission power sources[...].---We instruct the EWG to undertake a Nuclear Power Emissions Reduction Potential Study (NUPERPS) on the potential for existing and planned nuclear powerplants in interested APEC economies to reduce carbon emissions.
Decarbonization strategy: 
We instruct the EWG to extend and reinforce its analysis of technology options for CCS and its dissemination of best practices for applying these technologies to new and existing powerplants, working with the EGCFE and other multilateral fora.---We instruct the EWG to establish a Task Force to implement an APEC Low-Carbon Model Town Project. The Low-Carbon Model Town Task Force should develop the concept of a Low Carbon[...].---We remain committed to the 2009 Leaders' Declaration to rationalize and phase out over the medium term fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, while recognizing the importance of providing those in need with essential energy services.---We also instruct the EWG to work with the IEA to analyze remaining inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption with a view to their rationalization and phase out.
Pricing
Fossil fuel subsidies: 
We remain committed to the 2009 Leaders' Declaration to rationalize and phase out over the medium term fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, while recognizing the importance of providing those in need with essential energy services.
Cooperation in energy pricing: 
We also instruct the EWG to work with the IEA to analyze remaining inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption with a view to their rationalization and phase out.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
We instruct the EWG to conduct an Unconventional Gas Census to evaluate the potential of unconventional resources and to recommend cooperative actions which could increase natural gas output [...].
Investment
Public Private Partnerships: 
We encourage the EWG and member economies to [...]promote technology diffusion through the public-private partnership. ---We instruct the EWG to continue its assessment of renewable energy options for reducing carbon emissions, spurring investment and creating new jobs, in cooperation with EGNRET and the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Working Group. --- To enhance energy security and accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies throughout the APEC region, we encourage enhanced cooperation with other multilateral fora and with the private sector in our region whose experience and investment will be vital to this endeavor.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
APEC economies should continually strengthen their ability to respond to oil supply disruptions through further development of emergency response mechanisms, improved real-time information sharing and establishment and effective management of strategic oil stocks as appropriate.
Coordination with regional energy associations: 
We instruct the EWG to assess the potential for reducing the energy intensity of economic output in APEC economies between 2005 and 2030, beyond the 25 percent aspirational goal already agreed by the APEC Leaders, with assistance from APERC, EGEDA and EGEEC. ---We instruct the EWG to extend and reinforce its analysis of technology options for CCS and its dissemination of best practices for applying these technologies to new and existing powerplants, working with the EGCFE and other multilateral fora.
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
We instruct the EWG to undertake a Nuclear Power Emissions Reduction Potential Study (NUPERPS) on the potential for existing and planned nuclear powerplants in interested APEC economies to reduce carbon emissions.
Clean energy technology deployment: 
We [...] urge continued technology development efforts to further reduce their costs, standardize products, develop supply sources, and share best practices to accelerate their use in electricity generation, buildings and transport sectors. ---Clean coal technologies are available to make the use of coal more efficient and lower-emitting. We therefore urge redoubled efforts to develop and deploy such technologies and share information on them through multilateral fora. ---We instruct the EWG and BTF to continue assessing the resource potential for biofuels to displace petroleum-based fuels[...].---We instruct the EWG to develop APEC Technology Development Roadmaps for key energy technologies in cooperation with the IEA, the Major Economies Forum (MEF) and others that accelerate collective efforts to deploy such technologies.
Low-emission and cleaner coal technology: 
We [...] instruct the EWG and EGCFE to develop an initiative for deploying advanced clean coal technologies such as Ultra Super Critical (USC) and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) to make coal-fired powerplants more efficient.
Natural gas transportation technology: 
We instruct the EWG to conduct an Unconventional Gas Census to evaluate the potential of unconventional resources and to recommend cooperative actions which could increase natural gas output [...].
Technology collaboration with other member States: 
We [...] urge continued technology development efforts to further reduce their costs, standardize products, develop supply sources, and share best practices to accelerate their use in electricity generation, buildings and transport sectors. ---We instruct the EWG to start an APEC Smart Grid Initiative (ASGI) to evaluate the potential of smart grids to support the integration of intermittent renewable energies and energy management approaches in buildings and industry. ---We encourage the EWG and member economies to contribute to the implementation of the Copenhagen Accord taken note of at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15) in December 2009 and promote technology diffusion through the public-private partnership.