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This mission builds on the first U.S.
Clean Energy Technologies Trade
Mission, which took place in April 2007
and brought 17 U.S. companies to China
and India. The trade mission takes place
within the context of both the
President’s new international
framework on climate change, energy
security, and economic growth
involving the 15 major economies (the
Global-15), as well as the Asia-Pacific
Partnership on Clean Development and
Climate (APP).
On May 31, 2007, President Bush
announced an effort to develop and
implement the Global-15 framework by
2012, which would complement the
current United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change and
advance the APP. The APP is a publicprivate partnership in which member
countries work together to facilitate
commercial deployment of technologies
that reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and enhance energy security.
DATES: Recruitment will begin
immediately and will close on
November 5, 2007. The Trade Mission
will take place January 8–17, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Rathke, U.S. Department of
Commerce, E-mail:
cleanenergymission@mail.doc.gov,
Telephone: 202–482–7916, Mission Web
site: https://www.export.gov/
cleanenergymission.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
International Trade Administration
Commercial Setting
Clean Energy Trade Mission, China
and India, January 8–17, 2008
China
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The United States Department
of Commerce is organizing a Clean
Energy Trade Mission to China and
India, January 8–17, 2008. The trade
mission will target a broad range of
clean energy technologies such as
renewable energy, biofuels, energy
efficiency, clean coal, and distributed
generation, and be led by Assistant
Secretary of Commerce David Bohigian.
ITA seeks to match participating U.S.
companies with prescreened partners,
agents, distributors, representatives,
licensees or retailers in each of these
important sectors. In addition to one-onone business meetings, the agenda will
also include meetings with national and
local government officials, networking
opportunities, country briefings, and
site visits.
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To decrease its dependence on
traditional fossil energy, China seeks to
lower its share of fossil fuel
consumption in its energy mix and
increase its use of alternative energy
sources over the next five years.
Recently, China unveiled an energy
strategy as part of its Eleventh Five-Year
Plan (2006–2010). The plan aims to
double the country’s renewable energy
supply by 2020.
In another promising move, the
Chinese Government passed the Law on
Renewable Energy, which seeks to
promote cleaner energy technologies
and seeks to increase renewable energy
to 10 percent of the country’s electricity
consumption by 2020 (up from roughly
3 percent in 2003). This law is partly
responsible for the increase in new
renewable energy projects, particularly
in the areas of wind, solar, and biomass.
Achieving the targets for wind energy
alone (30 GW from 1.2 GW in 2005) will
require $21–28 billion in investment.
China invested $7 billion in renewable
energy capacity in 2005.
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More recently, China announced its
first national plan to address climate
change. The plan calls for a 20 percent
reduction in energy consumption per
unit of GDP by 2010 while increasing
the use of renewable energy. The
Chinese Government specified wind,
nuclear and hydropower, as well as
more energy-efficient coal-fired plants,
as the technology approaches that it
would use to achieve the reductions.
All these initiatives underscore
China’s intention to deploy cleaner and
more efficient technologies. U.S.
technology providers with accurate
market information and a sound
business strategy have the potential to
take advantage of the growing Chinese
clean energy market.
Beijing: With a population of over 15
million, Beijing is China’s largest city.
Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was
$84 billion in 2005, an increase of
11.1% from the previous year. As the
national capital, Beijing offers
unparalleled access to Chinese
policymakers. Since China’s energy
sector is regulated by the central
government, interaction with these
officials can be critical to a companies’
success.
There is also a strong local market for
clean energy technologies in Beijing,
due to its size, its political and
economic importance, and the poor
environmental conditions caused by
development. Beijing is unique in China
in that it has provincial status, which
enables its municipal government to
approve independent foreign
investment projects up to a value of $30
million. This has positioned Beijing as
an attractive location for foreign
investment in China. The selection of
the city as host of the 2008 Summer
Olympic Games has spurred substantial
government investment in projects that
improve environmental quality.
To facilitate trade and investment in
clean energy technologies and help
create commercial opportunities for
mission participants, ITA is working
with the Chinese Government to hold
the first U.S.-China Clean Energy
Technologies Industry Forum (CETIF).
The creation of a U.S.-China CETIF
would establish an annual forum
designed to establish dialogue between
U.S. and Chinese industry and
appropriate government representatives
on a variety of energy and
environmental trade, technology, and
policy issues. This event is expected to
take place on Wednesday, January 9,
2008, and is open to all mission
participants.
Guangzhou: Guangzhou is the
economic center of the Pearl River Delta
and is the heart of one of China’s
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leading commercial and manufacturing
regions. With an estimated population
of 12 million, Guangzhou is the third
most populous metropolitan area in
China. Its proximity to Hong Kong has
provided the region with an influx of
investment and fostered a Western
business culture that has made
Guangdong province one of the most
developed provinces in the Pearl River
Delta. In 2005, Guangdong’s GDP rose to
$278.9 billion, ranking first in the
country and accounting for about 10
percent of the national GDP. By the end
of 2006, Guangdong had received
$177.37 billion in total stock of foreign
direct investment (FDI), representing
one fourth of the national total, and
accounted for 40 percent of all
international trade between China and
other countries.
The Pearl River Delta has experienced
serious environmental problems due to
its rapid industrialization and heavy
manufacturing base. The Guangdong
Government has budgeted 3 percent of
its GDP for overall environmental
spending during the Eleventh Five-Year
Plan, more than $8 billion.
Strong commercial prospects for
Guangdong include energy efficiency
and cleaner production technologies,
combined heat and power, wind energy,
solar energy, hydropower, biogas, and
waste-to-energy. The Guangdong
Government plans to spend $726
million between 2005 and 2010 and
$1.93 billion between 2010 and 2020 on
wind power projects, and China’s
renewable energy law contains
incentives to make wind power more
cost competitive with coal-fired
generation. The city of Guangzhou plans
to treat 90 percent of its solid waste
using waste-to-energy plants.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong is affected by
pollution from the mainland and
particularly from Guangdong Province
and the Pearl River Delta. The Pollution
Prevention and Energy Efficiency (P2E2)
environmental financing program is
designed to address this issue and to
develop business opportunities for U.S.
companies. Through financial support
from the Asian Development Bank,
International Finance Corporation, and
U.S. Export-Import Bank, the P2E2
program encourages Hong Kong-based
Environment and Energy Service
Companies (EESCOs) to develop
pollution prevention and energy
efficiency projects throughout mainland
China and other developing Asian
countries. These projects focus on
correcting production and energy
consumption inefficiencies in existing
manufacturing plants and other
facilities, thereby creating cost savings
while addressing the region’s growing
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pollution problem. The technology
upgrades required to complete these
projects provide significant
opportunities for American technology
vendors.
India
India is experiencing dramatic
economic growth and a rapidly
increasing demand for energy. Currently
the world’s sixth-largest energy
consumer, India will be the third largest
by 2030. Both India’s cities and villages
lack adequate energy supply, so there is
need to add on-grid and off-grid power
generation. The Government of India
has specified renewable energy in its
development plans and has developed
numerous government incentives. The
federal government has set a goal of
electrifying 18,000 remote villages and
meeting 10 percent of its energy demand
with clean energy by 2012. The Indian
market for clean energy is estimated at
$600 million with an annual growth rate
of 25 percent. The current 8,000 MW of
installed capacity is expected to reach
20,000 MW by 2012.
The clean energy market in India
offers strong business prospects to U.S.
companies, particularly in solar,
biomass, gasification, wind, hydro, and
solid and industrial waste-to-energy.
The market for energy efficiency is
estimated to be about $2 billion,
concentrated especially in energyintensive industries such as cement,
aluminum, fertilizers, pulp and paper,
petrochemicals, and steel.
Kolkata: With a metropolitan
population of 13 million, Kolkata
(formerly Calcutta) is the capital of the
state of West Bengal. Kolkata is the main
commercial and financial hub of eastern
India, which is home to a population of
280 million people living in 12 states
and contributing 22 percent of India’s
annual net domestic product. The
Communist party-led state government
has in recent years adopted more
investor-friendly policies, which has led
to regional growth, consistently among
the highest in all of India. Over 100 U.S.
firms have a presence in Kolkata in
sectors such as IT, mining, chemicals
and petrochemicals, food processing,
financial services, consumer goods, and
engineering. Significant opportunities
are emerging in infrastructure
development projects, including power
generation.
West Bengal is implementing one of
the largest clean energy programs in
India, covering a broad spectrum of
energy technologies such as solar
thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind
turbines, micro-turbines, biogas plants,
biomass gasifiers, small hydro and tidal
power. The total current generation
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from renewable sources is about 62 MW,
and another 100 MW in renewable
power capacity is being added through
$183 million in private investment in
the next two years. Much more private
investment is being sought to meet the
State’s rapidly growing energy demands.
Bangalore: With a population of 7
million, Bangalore is the capital of the
State of Karnataka and is ‘‘the Silicon
Valley of India.’’ Also known as the
Knowledge Capital and Biotechnology
Capital, the city is India’s high-profile
Information Technology (IT) center. In
addition to its thriving IT and biotech
sectors, Bangalore is the hub of India’s
aerospace, electronics, machine tools,
automation and food processing
industries. These growing industrial and
commercial entities need access to
reliable energy and the State of
Karnataka is known for its clean energy
initiatives.
The state agency in this sector, the
Karnataka Renewable Energy
Development Ltd. (KREDL), is widely
known as one of the most progressive in
India and has many programs to
promote clean energy. Karnataka
currently has 1,600 MW of installed
renewable energy capacity. This is
expected to reach 2,500 MW by 2012.
The wind sector is witnessing very high
growth rates, and the State has plans to
increase installed wind capacity
(especially in and around the
Chitradurga area of the State) at the rate
of 200 MW per year. Biomass
cogeneration, solar, and small hydro are
also areas of high growth.
Mission Goals: The Trade Mission
will facilitate market entry or increased
sales into these significant markets for
U.S. clean energy technologies and
services firms, and to assist mission
participants in gaining first-hand market
information and access to key
government officials and potential
business partners.
Mission Scenario: In China and India,
the International Trade Administration
will:
• Provide a market briefing
highlighting opportunities in the clean
energy technologies sectors.
• Schedule one-on-one appointments
with potential business partners for
each participant.
• Provide a venue for the one-on-one
appointments and provide interpreters
as needed.
• Provide networking opportunities
with the private and public sectors.
• Organize relevant site visits.
Proposed Mission Timetable:
Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Arrive in
Beijing, Embassy Briefing, Welcome
Reception.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008. U.S.China Clean Energy Technologies
Industry Forum, One-on-One Business
Meetings, Networking Reception.
Thursday, January 10, 2008. Meeting
with China’s National Development and
Reform Commission, Site Visit, One-onOne Business Meetings (Optional),
Depart Beijing, Arrive Guangzhou.
Friday, January 11, 2008. Consulate
Briefing, Local Government Meetings,
One-on-One Business Meetings, Depart
Guangzhou, Arrive Hong Kong.
Saturday, January 12, 2008. Clean
Energy Finance Seminars and
Networking Events in Hong Kong.
Sunday, January 13, 2008. Depart
Hong Kong, Arrive Kolkata.
Monday, January 14, 2008. Consulate
Briefing, Local Clean Energy Market
Briefing, One-on-One Business
Meetings, Networking Reception.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008.
Depart Kolkata,
Arrive Bangalore,
Local Clean Energy Market Briefing,
Consulate Briefing,
Dinner or Reception.
Wednesday, January 17, 2008.
Government/Business Meetings,
One-on-One Business Meetings,
Dinner or Reception.
Thursday, January 18, 2008.
Depart Bangalore.
(It is possible for companies to
participate in one or both countries of
this trade mission.)
Criteria for Participation:
• Relevance of the company’s
business line to the mission scope and
goals;
• Potential for business in the
selected markets;
• Timeliness of the company’s
completed application, participation
agreement, and payment of the mission
participation fee;
• Provision of adequate information
on the company’s products and/or
services and communication of the
company’s primary objectives to
facilitate appropriate matching with
potential business partners;
• Certification that the company’s
products and/or services are
manufactured or produced in the United
States or, if manufactured/produced
outside of the United States, the
products/services must be marketed
under the name of a U.S. firm and have
U.S. content representing at least 51
percent of the value of the finished
goods or services; and
• Diversity of sectors represented.
Any partisan political activities of an
applicant, including political
contributions, will be entirely irrelevant
to the selection process.
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The mission will be promoted
through the following venues: ITA’s
Export Assistance Centers, the Energy
Team, the Asia Pacific Team, the Africa,
Near East, and South Asia Team, Global
Trade Programs; the Trade Events List
https://www.export.gov; industry
newsletters; the Federal Register; the
Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean
Development and Climate; relevant
trade publications; relevant trade
associations; past Commerce trade
mission participants; various in-house
and purchased industry lists; the
Commerce Department trade missions
calendar: https://www.ita.doc.gov/doctm/
tmcal.html; and the Web: https://
www.export.gov/cleanenergymission.
Recruitment will begin immediately
and will close on November 5, 2007.
Qualified U.S companies/applicants
will be selected on a rolling basis. The
trade mission participation fee will be
U.S.$3,500 per company. (If a company
would like to participate in just the
China or India portion of the trade
mission, the participation fee will be
$1,750) There will be an additional fee
of $750 per country for each additional
participant a company sends. The
participation fee does not include the
cost of travel, lodging, some ground
transportation, or some meals.
Participation is open to 25 qualified
U.S. companies. Invited companies
must submit the trade mission
participation fee and completed
participation agreement within two
weeks of receipt of their invitation in
order to secure their place in the
mission. After that time other
companies may be invited to fill that
spot. Applications received after the
closing date will be considered only if
space and scheduling constraints
permit.
Dated: September 12, 2007.
Stephen Jacobs,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Market Access & Compliance.
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Administration
Announcement of Great Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve Revised
Management Plan Including a
Boundary Expansion
Estuarine Reserves Division,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
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ACTION: Notice of Approval and
Availability of the Revised Management
Plan for the Great Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), U.S.
Department of Commerce has approved
the revised management plan and
expansion of the boundary for the Great
Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve.
The Great Bay Reserve was designated
in 1989 pursuant to section 315 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,
as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. The reserve
has been operating under a management
plan approved in 1989. Pursuant to 15
CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise their
management plan every five years. The
submission of this plan fulfills this
requirement and sets a course for
successful implementation of the goals
and objectives of the reserve.
The mission of the Great Bay Reserve
is to promote informed management of
the Great Bay estuary and estuarine
habitats through linked programs of
stewardship, public education, and
scientific understanding.
The management plan establishes
goals consistent with the reserve’s
mission. These goals cover three general
areas: (1) Protect and improve habitat
and biological diversity within the
boundary of the Reserve, (2) improve
decisions affecting estuarine and coastal
resources, and (3) promote education,
stewardship, and scientific research
focusing on estuarine ecosystems.
Organized in a framework of
programmatic goals and objectives, the
Great Bay Reserve’s management plan
identifies specific strategies or actions
for research, education/interpretation,
public access, construction, acquisition,
and resource protection, restoration, and
manipulation. Overall, the plan seeks to
accomplish the mission of the reserve
by facilitating scientific research,
encouraging stewardship, and
addressing the local education and
outreach needs.
Specifically, stewardship is
encompassed under resource protection,
habitat restoration, and resource
manipulation plans. These plans
address reserve efforts to evaluate
natural and anthropogenic processes
that affect the reserve and its habitats,
support for research and monitoring of
important resources, restore and protect
natural habitats and to actively educate
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Clean Energy Trade Mission, China and India, January 8-17, 2008
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Commerce is organizing a Clean
Energy Trade Mission to China and India, January 8-17, 2008. The trade
mission will target a broad range of clean energy technologies such as
renewable energy, biofuels, energy efficiency, clean coal, and
distributed generation, and be led by Assistant Secretary of Commerce
David Bohigian.
ITA seeks to match participating U.S. companies with prescreened
partners, agents, distributors, representatives, licensees or retailers
in each of these important sectors. In addition to one-on-one business
meetings, the agenda will also include meetings with national and local
government officials, networking opportunities, country briefings, and
site visits.
This mission builds on the first U.S. Clean Energy Technologies
Trade Mission, which took place in April 2007 and brought 17 U.S.
companies to China and India. The trade mission takes place within the
context of both the President's new international framework on climate
change, energy security, and economic growth involving the 15 major
economies (the Global-15), as well as the Asia-Pacific Partnership on
Clean Development and Climate (APP).
On May 31, 2007, President Bush announced an effort to develop and
implement the Global-15 framework by 2012, which would complement the
current United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and
advance the APP. The APP is a public-private partnership in which
member countries work together to facilitate commercial deployment of
technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance energy
security.
DATES: Recruitment will begin immediately and will close on November 5,
2007. The Trade Mission will take place January 8-17, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Rathke, U.S. Department of
Commerce, E-mail: cleanenergymission@mail.doc.gov, Telephone: 202-482-
7916, Mission Web site: https://www.export.gov/cleanenergymission.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Commercial Setting
China
To decrease its dependence on traditional fossil energy, China
seeks to lower its share of fossil fuel consumption in its energy mix
and increase its use of alternative energy sources over the next five
years. Recently, China unveiled an energy strategy as part of its
Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2006-2010). The plan aims to double the
country's renewable energy supply by 2020.
In another promising move, the Chinese Government passed the Law on
Renewable Energy, which seeks to promote cleaner energy technologies
and seeks to increase renewable energy to 10 percent of the country's
electricity consumption by 2020 (up from roughly 3 percent in 2003).
This law is partly responsible for the increase in new renewable energy
projects, particularly in the areas of wind, solar, and biomass.
Achieving the targets for wind energy alone (30 GW from 1.2 GW in 2005)
will require $21-28 billion in investment. China invested $7 billion in
renewable energy capacity in 2005.
More recently, China announced its first national plan to address
climate change. The plan calls for a 20 percent reduction in energy
consumption per unit of GDP by 2010 while increasing the use of
renewable energy. The Chinese Government specified wind, nuclear and
hydropower, as well as more energy-efficient coal-fired plants, as the
technology approaches that it would use to achieve the reductions.
All these initiatives underscore China's intention to deploy
cleaner and more efficient technologies. U.S. technology providers with
accurate market information and a sound business strategy have the
potential to take advantage of the growing Chinese clean energy market.
Beijing: With a population of over 15 million, Beijing is China's
largest city. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was $84 billion in 2005,
an increase of 11.1% from the previous year. As the national capital,
Beijing offers unparalleled access to Chinese policymakers. Since
China's energy sector is regulated by the central government,
interaction with these officials can be critical to a companies'
success.
There is also a strong local market for clean energy technologies
in Beijing, due to its size, its political and economic importance, and
the poor environmental conditions caused by development. Beijing is
unique in China in that it has provincial status, which enables its
municipal government to approve independent foreign investment projects
up to a value of $30 million. This has positioned Beijing as an
attractive location for foreign investment in China. The selection of
the city as host of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games has spurred
substantial government investment in projects that improve
environmental quality.
To facilitate trade and investment in clean energy technologies and
help create commercial opportunities for mission participants, ITA is
working with the Chinese Government to hold the first U.S.-China Clean
Energy Technologies Industry Forum (CETIF). The creation of a U.S.-
China CETIF would establish an annual forum designed to establish
dialogue between U.S. and Chinese industry and appropriate government
representatives on a variety of energy and environmental trade,
technology, and policy issues. This event is expected to take place on
Wednesday, January 9, 2008, and is open to all mission participants.
Guangzhou: Guangzhou is the economic center of the Pearl River
Delta and is the heart of one of China's
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leading commercial and manufacturing regions. With an estimated
population of 12 million, Guangzhou is the third most populous
metropolitan area in China. Its proximity to Hong Kong has provided the
region with an influx of investment and fostered a Western business
culture that has made Guangdong province one of the most developed
provinces in the Pearl River Delta. In 2005, Guangdong's GDP rose to
$278.9 billion, ranking first in the country and accounting for about
10 percent of the national GDP. By the end of 2006, Guangdong had
received $177.37 billion in total stock of foreign direct investment
(FDI), representing one fourth of the national total, and accounted for
40 percent of all international trade between China and other
countries.
The Pearl River Delta has experienced serious environmental
problems due to its rapid industrialization and heavy manufacturing
base. The Guangdong Government has budgeted 3 percent of its GDP for
overall environmental spending during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, more
than $8 billion.
Strong commercial prospects for Guangdong include energy efficiency
and cleaner production technologies, combined heat and power, wind
energy, solar energy, hydropower, biogas, and waste-to-energy. The
Guangdong Government plans to spend $726 million between 2005 and 2010
and $1.93 billion between 2010 and 2020 on wind power projects, and
China's renewable energy law contains incentives to make wind power
more cost competitive with coal-fired generation. The city of Guangzhou
plans to treat 90 percent of its solid waste using waste-to-energy
plants.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong is affected by pollution from the mainland and
particularly from Guangdong Province and the Pearl River Delta. The
Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency (P2E2) environmental
financing program is designed to address this issue and to develop
business opportunities for U.S. companies. Through financial support
from the Asian Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, and
U.S. Export-Import Bank, the P2E2 program encourages Hong Kong-based
Environment and Energy Service Companies (EESCOs) to develop pollution
prevention and energy efficiency projects throughout mainland China and
other developing Asian countries. These projects focus on correcting
production and energy consumption inefficiencies in existing
manufacturing plants and other facilities, thereby creating cost
savings while addressing the region's growing pollution problem. The
technology upgrades required to complete these projects provide
significant opportunities for American technology vendors.
India
India is experiencing dramatic economic growth and a rapidly
increasing demand for energy. Currently the world's sixth-largest
energy consumer, India will be the third largest by 2030. Both India's
cities and villages lack adequate energy supply, so there is need to
add on-grid and off-grid power generation. The Government of India has
specified renewable energy in its development plans and has developed
numerous government incentives. The federal government has set a goal
of electrifying 18,000 remote villages and meeting 10 percent of its
energy demand with clean energy by 2012. The Indian market for clean
energy is estimated at $600 million with an annual growth rate of 25
percent. The current 8,000 MW of installed capacity is expected to
reach 20,000 MW by 2012.
The clean energy market in India offers strong business prospects
to U.S. companies, particularly in solar, biomass, gasification, wind,
hydro, and solid and industrial waste-to-energy. The market for energy
efficiency is estimated to be about $2 billion, concentrated especially
in energy-intensive industries such as cement, aluminum, fertilizers,
pulp and paper, petrochemicals, and steel.
Kolkata: With a metropolitan population of 13 million, Kolkata
(formerly Calcutta) is the capital of the state of West Bengal. Kolkata
is the main commercial and financial hub of eastern India, which is
home to a population of 280 million people living in 12 states and
contributing 22 percent of India's annual net domestic product. The
Communist party-led state government has in recent years adopted more
investor-friendly policies, which has led to regional growth,
consistently among the highest in all of India. Over 100 U.S. firms
have a presence in Kolkata in sectors such as IT, mining, chemicals and
petrochemicals, food processing, financial services, consumer goods,
and engineering. Significant opportunities are emerging in
infrastructure development projects, including power generation.
West Bengal is implementing one of the largest clean energy
programs in India, covering a broad spectrum of energy technologies
such as solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind turbines, micro-
turbines, biogas plants, biomass gasifiers, small hydro and tidal
power. The total current generation from renewable sources is about 62
MW, and another 100 MW in renewable power capacity is being added
through $183 million in private investment in the next two years. Much
more private investment is being sought to meet the State's rapidly
growing energy demands.
Bangalore: With a population of 7 million, Bangalore is the capital
of the State of Karnataka and is ``the Silicon Valley of India.'' Also
known as the Knowledge Capital and Biotechnology Capital, the city is
India's high-profile Information Technology (IT) center. In addition to
its thriving IT and biotech sectors, Bangalore is the hub of India's
aerospace, electronics, machine tools, automation and food processing
industries. These growing industrial and commercial entities need
access to reliable energy and the State of Karnataka is known for its
clean energy initiatives.
The state agency in this sector, the Karnataka Renewable Energy
Development Ltd. (KREDL), is widely known as one of the most
progressive in India and has many programs to promote clean energy.
Karnataka currently has 1,600 MW of installed renewable energy
capacity. This is expected to reach 2,500 MW by 2012. The wind sector
is witnessing very high growth rates, and the State has plans to
increase installed wind capacity (especially in and around the
Chitradurga area of the State) at the rate of 200 MW per year. Biomass
cogeneration, solar, and small hydro are also areas of high growth.
Mission Goals: The Trade Mission will facilitate market entry or
increased sales into these significant markets for U.S. clean energy
technologies and services firms, and to assist mission participants in
gaining first-hand market information and access to key government
officials and potential business partners.
Mission Scenario: In China and India, the International Trade
Administration will:
Provide a market briefing highlighting opportunities in
the clean energy technologies sectors.
Schedule one-on-one appointments with potential business
partners for each participant.
Provide a venue for the one-on-one appointments and
provide interpreters as needed.
Provide networking opportunities with the private and
public sectors.
Organize relevant site visits.
Proposed Mission Timetable:
Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Arrive in Beijing, Embassy Briefing,
Welcome Reception.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008. U.S.-China Clean Energy Technologies
Industry Forum, One-on-One Business Meetings, Networking Reception.
Thursday, January 10, 2008. Meeting with China's National
Development and Reform Commission, Site Visit, One-on-One Business
Meetings (Optional), Depart Beijing, Arrive Guangzhou.
Friday, January 11, 2008. Consulate Briefing, Local Government
Meetings, One-on-One Business Meetings, Depart Guangzhou, Arrive Hong
Kong.
Saturday, January 12, 2008. Clean Energy Finance Seminars and
Networking Events in Hong Kong.
Sunday, January 13, 2008. Depart Hong Kong, Arrive Kolkata.
Monday, January 14, 2008. Consulate Briefing, Local Clean Energy
Market Briefing, One-on-One Business Meetings, Networking Reception.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008.
Depart Kolkata,
Arrive Bangalore,
Local Clean Energy Market Briefing,
Consulate Briefing,
Dinner or Reception.
Wednesday, January 17, 2008.
Government/Business Meetings,
One-on-One Business Meetings,
Dinner or Reception.
Thursday, January 18, 2008.
Depart Bangalore.
(It is possible for companies to participate in one or both countries
of this trade mission.)
Criteria for Participation:
Relevance of the company's business line to the mission
scope and goals;
Potential for business in the selected markets;
Timeliness of the company's completed application,
participation agreement, and payment of the mission participation fee;
Provision of adequate information on the company's
products and/or services and communication of the company's primary
objectives to facilitate appropriate matching with potential business
partners;
Certification that the company's products and/or services
are manufactured or produced in the United States or, if manufactured/
produced outside of the United States, the products/services must be
marketed under the name of a U.S. firm and have U.S. content
representing at least 51 percent of the value of the finished goods or
services; and
Diversity of sectors represented.
Any partisan political activities of an applicant, including
political contributions, will be entirely irrelevant to the selection
process.
The mission will be promoted through the following venues: ITA's
Export Assistance Centers, the Energy Team, the Asia Pacific Team, the
Africa, Near East, and South Asia Team, Global Trade Programs; the
Trade Events List https://www.export.gov; industry newsletters; the
Federal Register; the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development
and Climate; relevant trade publications; relevant trade associations;
past Commerce trade mission participants; various in-house and
purchased industry lists; the Commerce Department trade missions
calendar: https://www.ita.doc.gov/doctm/tmcal.html; and the Web: https://
www.export.gov/cleanenergymission.
Recruitment will begin immediately and will close on November 5,
2007. Qualified U.S companies/applicants will be selected on a rolling
basis. The trade mission participation fee will be U.S.$3,500 per
company. (If a company would like to participate in just the China or
India portion of the trade mission, the participation fee will be
$1,750) There will be an additional fee of $750 per country for each
additional participant a company sends. The participation fee does not
include the cost of travel, lodging, some ground transportation, or
some meals. Participation is open to 25 qualified U.S. companies.
Invited companies must submit the trade mission participation fee and
completed participation agreement within two weeks of receipt of their
invitation in order to secure their place in the mission. After that
time other companies may be invited to fill that spot. Applications
received after the closing date will be considered only if space and
scheduling constraints permit.
Dated: September 12, 2007.
Stephen Jacobs,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 07-4681 Filed 9-21-07; 8:45 am]
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