Day: Wednesday, May 2, 2018.Time: 9:00- 10:30 am (CST, Costa Rican time)Check the time according to your location: http://bit.ly/2Fm47zj
Agenda
Introduction. Laura Camila Cruz. Coordinator of the Community of Practice in Electric Transportation, LEDS LAC Platform. | Download presentation
MOVE Initiative. Esteban Bermúdez Forn. Electric Mobility and Sustainable Energy Specialist, UN Environment. | Download presentation
Electric mobility law in Costa Rica. Jesús Valverde. Associate, Costa Rican Electric Mobility Association of Costa Rica (ASOMOVE). | Download presentation
Electric mobility project at EPM, Medellín (Colombia). Jorge Ramírez Orrego. Professional of the Energy Transactions, Transmission and Distribution Unit, Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM). | Download presentation
About the webinar
According to projections by the International Transport Forum, the share of emissions resulting from transport in developing countries is expected to increase as a result of growing economies and higher transport demand (ITF 2017). As part of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), countries in the LAC Region have identified electric transport as a key measure to meet their targets.
With this in mind, the LEDS LAC Platform and the LEDS GP Transportation Working Group, together with several partners, are launching the Electric Mobility Community of Practice, an ongoing collaborative space to enable peer-to-peer learning and provide a deeper understanding of the options available to overcome barriers. This webinar will present the MOVE initiative and the experiences of the city of Medellin (Colombia) and Costa Rica on the barriers facing electric mobility and the approaches they are using to overcome them.
The webinar will be held at Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
He works for the Latin America and the Caribbean Office of UN Environment and is the Coordinator of MOVE. MOVE is a regional platform that seeks to accelerate the transition to electric mobility in Latin America. Esteban is an electrical engineer by profession and holds a master's degree from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in Sustainable Energy Technologies. He has 10 years of experience as a consultant in energy and electric mobility, a Master's degree in e-commerce and extensive experience working in electric mobility. He is a founding member of the Latin American Association of Electric Mobility (ASOMOVE), from where he accompanied the Government of Costa Rica in the development and approval of Law 9518 for the generation of incentives for electric transport.electrical engineer with a Master's degree in Engineering with emphasis on Transmission and Distribution of Energy, has over 8 years of experience in public utilities. He is currently part of the team leading the Electric Mobility project at EPM.
Additional material
The virtual platform that promotes the transition to electric mobility in Latin America.According to the report, the automobile fleet in the region will reach 200 million units by 2050, which will imply an increase in fuel demand and emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants harmful to health. Such an increase would call into question the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.
Currently the incremental cost of a light electric car compared to a similar conventional one is 9,000 Euros, which is estimated to drop to less than a thousand by 2025 (conservative estimates), mainly due to the steady reduction in the price of batteries.
The report provides information on the incentives, policy instruments and financial mechanisms that are serving to accelerate the transition to electric mobility around the world, as well as their specific application in the countries of the region. It also suggests a regional roadmap to accelerate the transition to electric mobility, with a special emphasis on urban public transport as a sector that could lead this change in Latin America.
According to the study, Latin America presents the best conditions globally for electric vehicles to deliver their greatest benefits in terms of emissions reduction, since electricity is largely generated with renewable energy. The deployment of electric mobility in Latin America could also mean fuel savings of approximately US$85 billion by 2050.The Costa Rican Electric Mobility Association ASOMOVE is a national non-profit association composed of users and stakeholders in electric mobility.
It was born out of the need to promote electric mobility in order to support the transition to a society less dependent on fossil fuels and with proper charging infrastructure and incentives for the advancement of this type of public and private mobility.