Objective and Mandate

General Objective

Contribute to the promotion of RE&EE at the regional level for the implementation of transformative projects at industrial, commercial, services and residential sector; that support the innovative technologies markets.

SICREEE’s Mandate

The SICREEE has been established by the SICA’s Council of Energy Ministers under the following geographic scope of intervention:

Support actions and execute activities related to renewable energy and energy efficiency at a national, multi-country and/or regional level.
Focuses on activities and projects that have a high potential to expand its coverage and allows its regional replication.
Works in urban and rural areas, emphasizing on decentralized RE&EE technologies and services for rural areas related to the agricultural sector.

Additionally, the Centre promotes the following energy technologies/solutions:

High energy efficiency technologies.
Technologies for the energy generation based on renewables, included hybrid systems mainly based on RE.
Includes cross-cutting issues, such as the incorporation of environmental assessments and standards for planning and approval of actions, products, the energy-water-food nexus, gender integration and the circular economy, among others.
Use of urban and agricultural waste for energy generation.
Small and medium-scale hydroelectric projects
Geothermal (due to the high potential of the region to generate significant amounts of energy and heat)
Actions on biofuels that proved to be sustainable. In this context, SICREEE considers second generation biofuels that do not compete with food crops for available land.

SICREEE’s Key Actors

General Secretariat of the Central American Integration System (SG-SICA).
Governmental institutions
Ministries
Electrification agencies
Private, public or public-private companies (SMEs, ESCO and others).
Municipalities
Individual Consultants and project developers
Academic institutions
NGOs and cooperatives
Civil society
International organizations

Technical Approach

The SICREEE focuses on 2 main areas:

Renewable energy

Bioenergy (efficient stoves, power generation)
1. Biofuels (biodiesel, bioethanol)
2. Biogas
3. Waste to energy
Geothermal energy
Hydroelectric power plants (medium, small, micro, peak)
Solar energy
1. Photovoltaic (on/off-grid, lighting, pumping and others)
2. Solar thermal energy (water heating, cooling, heat, solar stove and dryers)
Wind power
Tidal energy
Energy Access: mini hybrid networks, isolated systems and others
Sustainable energy storage (batteries, hydrogen)