Purpose

To develop an innovative toolkit with the Panzhihua Sustainable Energy City Plan and Action Plan, to improve Panzhihua's capacity of RE&EE policy & market development and establish an integral system with cross-sectoral mechanism.

Main Activities

• Investigate and assess Panzhihua clean energy status quo
• Train local stakeholders on renewables and energy efficiency
• Develop Guidelines of Panzhihua SEC Planning and Sustainable Energy Project Manual
• Develop Panzhihua SEC Plan & Action Plan
• Mobilise Local stakeholders to develop plans
• Develop two pilot sub-projects within framework of Panzhihua SEC Plan
• Summarise and disseminate experiences
• Establish a Public-Private-Partnership based network

Expected Impact

• Mainstreaming of sustainable energy plans into city planning system
• Ensure enough energy supply, environment improvement and economic development by promoting sustainable energy
• Act as a showcase for illustrating that local participation at city level is the effective and optimal approach to achieving clean energy
• Disseminate the methodologies and toolkit of energy planning and management to local stakeholders
• Encourage city energy planners to follow the approach to integrate energy issues with other issues, directly contribute to achieving the MDGs
• Facilitate additional REEEP outcomes relating to REEEP priorities through its synergistic relations with Sustainable City Programme in Panzhihua.