Draft2:Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum that facilitates economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. APEC operates on the basis of non-binding commitments, open dialogue and equal respect for the views of all participants.
An integral component of this process is the APEC Energy Working Group (EWG), a cooperative effort in which the United States, China, and other energy stakeholders work together to strengthen energy security in the region.
DOE relevance
- DOE runs the Energy Working Group
Other energy organizations under APEC
Energy Working Group
APEC’s Energy Working Group (EWG), launched in 1990, seeks to maximize the energy sector's contribution to the economic and social well-being of the people in the APEC region, while mitigating the environmental effects of energy supply and use.
Biofuels Taskforce
The biofuels industry in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region consists of two distinct sectors, ethanol and biodiesel. Fuel ethanol production within the region in 2007 was estimated at approximately 27,600 million liters, mainly produced in the United States; China; Canada; Australia; and Thailand. Biodiesel production in 2007 was approximately 4,400 million liters with the majority of the production coming from the United States; Indonesia; Malaysia; China; Australia; and Canada.
Biofuels in the APEC region are produced from a variety of first-generation feedstock using well-established conversion technologies. For ethanol production, these include: starches from grains (cereals, feed, and grains), tubers (cassava and sweet potatoes), sugars from crops (sugar beets, sugarcane, and sweet sorghum), and food-processing byproducts (molasses, cheese whey, and beverage waste). First-generation biodiesel feedstocks used in the APEC economies include vegetable oil (mainly soybean, rapeseed, and palm oil), used cooking oil, and animal fat (tallow and cat fish oil). Second-generation feedstocks for ethanol production include lignocellulosic material, such as crop and forest residues. Economies with large-scale agriculture and forestry operations such as Canada; the United States; and China have set up demonstration projects using lignocellulosic biomass for ethanol production. An advanced biodiesel feedstock includes microalgae, and few companies in the United States and New Zealand have started pilot projects to grow algae.
See https://www.egnret.ewg.apec.org/Summary_of_APEC_Biofuels_Activities.html for more details.
Members
APEC's 21 member economies are:
- Australia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Canada
- Chile
- People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong, China
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Republic of Korea
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Russian Federation
- Singapore
- Chinese Taipei
- Thailand
- United States of America
- Vietnam
Domain POCs
From https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=www.ewg.apec.org
Name: Ronald Go
- Organization: Asia-Pacific Economic Coop Secretariat
- Mailing Address: 35 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119616 SG
- Phone: +65.68919688
- Fax: +65.68919690
- Email:rcg@apec.org