Project

Promoting Sustainable Bio-energy Production from Biomass

Lead country

Timor Leste

Participating countries

Timor Leste

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From September 26, 2014 to October 6, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
  2. 8.4 Improve resource efficiency, decouple growth and degradation

Project ID: 4250

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Energy access
  • Energy efficiency

Sub-area(s)

  • Clean cooking
  • Appliances

Landscape(s)

N/A

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use
  • Other sectors

UNDP role(s)

  • Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Governance
  • Food and agricultural commodities
  • Finance economy

Sub-strategy

  • Institutional framework
  • Partnerships
  • Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
  • Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
  • Alternative energy sources
  • Energy finance

Social inclusion

  • Local community/CSOs
  • Private sector
  • Women

Gender equality

  • Women's access to and control over resources

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • People pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
  • 8.4 Improve resource efficiency, decouple growth and degradation

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Capital providers

Hot topic

  • Public-private partnership
  • Poverty reduction
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The Promoting Sustainable Bio-energy Production from Biomass (SBEPB) Project is a four-year programme contributing to the reduction of greenhouse emissions through removal of barriers to sustainable production and utilization of biomass resources in Timor-Leste and application of biomass energy technologies to support local economic, environmental and social development. The objective of the Project will be achieved through enhancing the capacity of all relevant public and private stakeholders, developing policy and legal bioenergy frameworks for end-use appliances and scaling up of 16,000 improved cook stoves (ICS) and 400 bio-digester units in the country. The project will assist the Government of Timor-Leste in mainstreaming sustainable biomass energy in policy formulation and consequently help in mitigating the national emission of greenhouse gases resulting from deforestation and the use of non-renewable biomass. The Project will help to increase Timor-Leste's access to clean bioenergy and also create employment through inclusive businesses.

Objectives

Removal of barriers to sustainable production and utilization of biomass resources in Timor-Leste and application of biomass energy technologies to support local economic, environmental and social development that leads to GHG mitigation.

USD $1,798,000

Grant amount

USD $6,955,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($1,798,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Timor Leste

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Promoting Sustainable Bio-energy Production from Biomass