At your service – worldwide

Policy consultancy:

• Developing macro- and micro-level policy measures for the energy sector.
• Defining framework conditions for energy supply scenarios, which are economically advantageous and environmentally sound.

Advice on sector reform, commercialisation and privatisation:

• re-definition of legal and institutional frameworks
• formation of supervisory and regulatory agencies
• introduction of efficient regulatory instruments
• capacity building for partner institutions.

National and regional energy planning:

• utilization of energy information and analysis systems
• design of operational plans for the expansion of energy systems
• planning of decentralised rural energy supply systems
• environmental impact assessment for energy systems.

Regional cooperation:

• Promotion of regional cooperation between countries by providing advisory support to supra-national institutions.

Integrated climate change mitigation:

• Advice on the development of strategies to reduce and abate greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector.
• Design of strategies and projects for the "Clean Development Mechanism" of the Kyoto Protocol.
• Integration of measures for climate protection in activities not directly related to energy (industry, transportation,
• waste disposal management, forestry, rural development).

Clean air in urban areas and consultancy services for municipalities:

• collection of data, establishing of pollution monitoring systems and records
• modelling of emissions and their dispersal, impact analysis
• technical, legal, economic and behavioural measures for the control of air pollution.