To date, 32 pledges have been submitted in total and new pledges continue to be made. We welcome and expect more pledges until end of the year (December 2010)! Governments, industry and non-profit stakeholders can still showcase their leadership and join the front-runners who have already pledged their commitments.

During DIREC 2010, strong pledges were announced by the Government of India (6), Germany (4), Norway (2), and Switzerland (1). Local Governments in Japan lead the way with pledges from the government of Tokyo (1) and Yokohama (1). 10 pledges were made by the private sector representing India (9), Bangladesh (1) and Nigeria (1). 7 pledges were submitted by NGO’s representing India, Canada, Europe and West Africa.

India submitted 6 pledges to promote renewable energy technology financing, development and deployment for grid and off grid power generation in rural areas. This included the creation of a global competition to develop and deploy affordable, efficient and clean cookstove technologies as part of India’s National Biomass Cookstoves Initiative; the installation of 1180 water pumping windmills and 608kW cumulative capacity of wind-solar hybrid systems by 2013; on-grid and off-grid biomass and biogas applications; target of 200 MW of off-grid solar installations by 2013 for hot water and lighting in rural areas; and decentralized bioenergy applications for rural areas.

Germany submitted 4 pledges based on the new German Energy Concept, the International Climate Initiative (ICI), the national Development Plan on Electro mobility and the bilateral program for development cooperation on renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE). In detail, Germany pledged to increase the share of gross final energy consumption in Germany to 18% in 2020, incrementally increasing each decade to 60% by 2050. In conjunction with the national plan on electro mobility, pledges were also made on the integration of Germany’s electricity grid into the European grid network as well as electric vehicle and transportation deployment. Germany also committed to a 300 billion euro contribution annually (from 2010 to 2012) for capacity building and development cooperation on RE and EE in developing countries.

Norway submitted 2 pledges targeting policy development and financing. Norway committed to double for the promotion of clean energy in developing countries from NOK 800million to 1.6billion by 2011. Domestically, Norway also pledged to reach its new national combined target for renewable energy and energy efficiency of 30 twh increased annual production from 2001-2016 and to allocate NOK 1.85 billion (USD 310billion) to RE and EE in 2011.

Switzerland pledged to continue the strengthening of their FIT law. The new FIT law, effective in 2009, increases the overall money for FITs 12 fold against the previous FIT. Qualified projects will receive approximately CHF 260 Mio as they come on line.

Japan local governments took the lead submitting two pledges. Tokyo pledged to increase the use of renewable energy through the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Cap and Trade program and cooperation among regions. Yokohama pledged to increase the use of renewable energy 10-fold by 2025 in comparison to a 2004 baseline through public private partnership.

Non Profit: Pledges made by non-profit organizations represented India (such as the Indian Institute of Technology, World Vision India, Himalayan Water Service), Canada (Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance), West Africa (ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency) and Europe (European Renewable Energy Council).

More details can be accessing the pledge database.

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