The Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) was established in July 1996 in Tokyo following the directive of APEC Economic Leaders in the Osaka Action Agenda. The primary objective of APERC is to conduct researches to foster understanding among APEC members of regional energy outlook, market developments and policy.

 

APERC’s activities for the current year onwards, including work on (1) Energy Demand and Supply Outlook, (2) Peer Review on Energy Efficiency, (3) Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability, (4) Peer Review on Low Carbon Energy Supply, and (5) Low Carbon Model Town Project, are directed at helping APEC members address these challenges.

 

Research and Analysis

APERC's energy research is designed to foster understanding among APEC economies of global, regional and domestic energy issues facing the region.

 

APEC Cooperative Activities

In addition to research, APERC coordinates several projects which cooperate directly with APEC member economies to realize their energy policy goals. These projects include peer reviews and workshops involving experts from both within and outside the APEC region. These projects are called APEC "Cooperative Activities".

 

Know-How Transfer Program

This programme refers to special training sessions which are conducted on a regular basis in order to build the capacity of APEC member economies in energy data management and in projecting energy demand and supply. The program is sponsored by APERC, but coordinated by the International Cooperation Group of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ).

 

Energy Data Network Service

This service is sponsored by APERC, but coordinated by the IEEJ's Energy Data and Modelling Center (EDMC) under the supervision of the APEC Expert Group on Energy Data and Analysis (EGEDA). EDMC began compiling energy statistics for APEC economies after the first meeting of the Energy Data Expert Group (EDEG) - the predecessor to EGEDA - held in Tokyo in 1990.