- Thai-German Energy Dialogue (TGED) fosters a virtual dialogue on Energy Efficiency Networks (EENs) through sharing of success stories and challenges from German and international contexts.
- EENs serve as collaborative platforms to support energy transition in the public and private sectors through cross-corporate knowledge exchange, capacity building, monitoring and partnerships.
On 9 December 2024, the Thai-German Energy Dialogue (TGED) hosted a webinar entitled ‘An Introduction to Germany’s Energy Efficiency Network Initiative’. This virtual dialogue was part of TGED’s bilateral mission to promote energy efficiency and transition through exchange with political partners, the public and private sectors and other stakeholders between Thailand and Germany.
Dr Apiradee Thammanomai, Director of the Strategy and Planning Division at the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE), Thailand’s Ministry of Energy, and Martin Stoessel, Policy Officer from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany (BMWK), provided the opening remarks for this event. The webinar featured Dr Akamitl Quezada, Team Leader Energy Efficiency at Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena), and Philipp Poferl, International Project Leader at Arqum GmbH as speakers, who shared their insights on EEN initiatives in the context of Germany and Asia.
An ‘Energy Efficiency Network (EEN)’ serves as a voluntary and goal-oriented collaborative platform for participating companies and/or municipalities to exchange experiences, ideas and good practices for energy efficiency. Essentially, it enables companies to effectively implement energy efficiency measures with solid data and support from experts.
To learn more, please click here to visit the website about the EEN Initiative in Germany.
The Thai-German Energy Dialogue (TGED), funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and implemented by GIZ, is part of Germany’s efforts to promote the transition towards renewable energy internationally. The partnerships combine governmental dialogues with technical exchange with relevance for concrete steps towards improving energy efficiency in the private sector.
