ANNEX A
DOST-PCIEERD Call for Proposals under its Priority Programs
Department of Science and Technology
Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD)
I. ENERGY SECTOR
Call Rationale
The policy under the RA 9513 or the Renewable Energy Act is geared towards harnessing indigenous and renewable energy resource which can offer clean, abundant, and efficient supply of energy.
The Philippines has pushed for rural electrification in the past years. Recently, it has achieved 100% electrification at the village level. At the household level, however, many areas are still unelectrified, including off grid, and unviable areas in parts of Regions 5 (Bicol), 4B (MiMaRoPa) and 8 (Eastern Visayas) and in Mindanao. Several agencies and organizations have developed programs to provide electricity to these areas. These, however, did not attain sustainability.
Most of the technologies used in rural electrification rely on Renewable Energy (RE) due to its ability to produce 24-hr electricity, applicability to mountainous, off grid, and Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) areas and ease of installation and operation.
Currently, there are about 102 micro-hydro operational installations, while 490kW of micro hydro power is planned in the coming years. A more strategic and comprehensive action plan to address and support the technology need for the micro hydro industry is largely to be seen and to support the development of the 260,000 MW resource potential scattered over the country.
However, renewable energy development in recent years needs to improve its uptake since developers who choose to invest in RE face many risks, even though the risks in every stage of the project’s life cycle and their cost implication have been identified. It is believed that a RE project implemented by a private group would be successful once these risks are effectively managed. Some identified risks associated with RE technology are social, economic, sustainability, technical, supply chain and market problems.
This program will contribute to the current uptake of the technology via the development and improvement of the local industries to support RE technology development, utilization, and application for larger generation capacity, introduction of hybrid RE, microgrid system to off grid and island community and technology design innovation. Furthermore, it is expected that this program will push for a more comprehensive policy to support RE in the country. Most of the challenges in developing RE system, specifically in remote community is the availability of technology, including equipment and components. Several installed systems in the country rely on importing components from nearby Asian countries. Localization of these components would be useful in reducing supply chain cost, greater control, and flexibility of in dealing with the needed technology.
Call Objective
The objective of this call is to provide S&T intervention in the development and deployment of Renewable energy technology through localization, standards development, and innovative technologies not yet introduced or used locally to provide energy to unserved and unelectrified communities.
ANNEX A
DOST-PCIEERD Call for Proposals under its Priority Programs
A. RENEWABLE ENERGY
1. Solar, Wind, Ocean and Hydro Power Systems (100M)
a) Solar PV Marine Floating Platform Innovation and Optimization b) Integration of Solar PV system to building infrastructure,
c) Innovative Wave and Tidal Energy harvesting system
d) Novel wind blade design and small wind system for urban application e) Micro siting tools for small wind applications
f) Innovative turbine design for irrigation channel applications
g) Localization of Load controllers and balance of systems (BOS) for RE application
2. Waste to Energy and Hydrogen System & Technologies (120M)
a) Cost effective and efficient advance algal and other biofuel production system b) New catalyst and innovative catalytic and separation process
c) Membrane technologies
d) Hydrogen production and carrier technologies from indigenous resources
3. Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency and Conservation (100M)
a) Innovative battery system from indigenous materials and process b) Integration of energy system for off/on grid applications
c) Innovative energy recovery systems d) HVAC energy management system Additional Call Document Requirements
• Letter of Commitment from an industry partner or end user. Specific involvement must be identified in the letter (e.g. investor in technology development, adopter of the R&D output) as well as their counterpart support in project implementation (e.g. funding, or in-kind donation – equipment, personnel technical support, provisions for service facility)
• Detailed Risk Management Plan
• Detailed Sustainability Plan after the Project Completion
• Initial Feasibility Study (FS) that describes the current need/situation of the target community
• For project leaders with on-going or recently completed projects updated reports for their respective projects should be submitted (i.e. technical progress and terminal and audited financial report)
