Clean Energy Technology Evaluation and Rating Method
BeijingEnergy Club，April 2016
The Clean Energy Technology Evaluation and Rating Method was developed by Beijing Energy Club in order to provide aquantitative result for an unbiased and fair assessment of various clean energy technologies, under the framework of theClean Energy Technology Assessment System.
1. Summary of Evaluating and Rating Method
TheClean Energy Technology AssessmentSystem evaluates one particular technology according to four dimensions i.e.technology attractiveness, market potential, regulatoryand policy environment and health, safety and environment (HSE). For each dimension, a technology isscored from 0 (lowest) and 5 (highest).
For any particular technology, the highest scores of four dimensions are 23, 15, 10 and14 respectively. Eachtechnology is assessed based on the aggregated scores of four dimensions.
2. Technology Attractiveness
The technology attractiveness is ratedbased on the following eight sub-dimensionsand the technology attractiveness isdetermined by aggregated scores ofsub-dimensions ：
a.Technology readinesslevels （referring tothe TRL – Technology Readiness Levels)，streamlined into five levels）
·Technologyconcept 1 Point
·Laboratoryprototype 2 Points
·SuccessfulPilotProjects 3 Points
·Commercialization 4 Points
·Deploymentatscale 5 Points
b.Number oftechnology patents
·Nopatent 1 Point
·A fewtechnologies/productspatented or application in process
2 Points
·A largenumberof technologies/products patented or application in process
3 Points
c.Technology complexity
·Easilyreplicatable 1 Point
·Possiblyreplicatable 2 Points
·Impossiblytoreplicate 3 Points
d.Substitutionand replacement
·Very likelybyother technologies 1 Point
·Possiblybyother technologies in short term 2 Points
·Impossible byother technologies innear term 3 Points
e.Supply chainmaturity
·Earlyphaseand immaturity 1 Points
·Moderatelevel 2 Points
·Maturemarketand supply chain integration 3 Points
f.Contributionsto a larger technologysystem
·Notessential 1Point
·Relativelyimportant 2Points
·Significant /indispensable 3Points
g.Technology leadership
·Notsignificantlyleading position 1Point
·Advancedtechnology 2Points
·Cutting-edgetechnology 3Points
h.Descriptionof key technology indicators
3. Market Potential
Market Potentialis evaluated and scoredbased on following three sub-dimensions:
a.Targetedmarket size in the next fiveyears
·Small(lessthan 100 million RMB) 1 point
·Smalltomedium (between 100 million and 1 billion RMB) 2 points
·Medium(Between1 billion and 10 billion RMB) 3 points
·Large(Between10 billion and 50 billion RMB) 4 points
·Verylarge(Greater than 50 billion RMB) 5 points
b.Growth rateof targeted market in the nextfive years
·Verylimited(<2%) 1 point
·Limitedtomoderate (2-8%) 2 points
·Moderate（8-12%） 3 points
·Fast（12-20%） 4 points
·Very fast（>20%) 5 points
c.Economic viabilityof the technology
·Not readyforcommercialization 1point
Still at the early R&D stage withrelativelyhigh risk
·Notverycompetitive 2 points
The cost is more expensive compared withtheconventional technologies or solutions, and no sign to become theleadingtechnology in the sector very soon
·Emerging 3 points
More expensive than theconventionaltechnologies or solutions, but the cost is gradually decreasing andhasstronger competitive advantages than the other technologies
·Attractive 4 points
Similar cost with conventional solutionsandwill likely become leading standard of the sector
·Veryattractive 5 points
Lower cost compared withconventionalsolutions and is leading standard of the sector
4.Regulatory & Policy Environment
Regulatory& policy environment isevaluated and rated through following two sub-dimensions
a.Extent ofthe industrial policy support
·None 1 points
·Limited 2 points
·Moderate 3 points
·Supportive 4 points
·Verysupportive 5 points
b.Marketopenness
·Strictlyconfined 1 point
·Confined 2 points
·Partiallyconfined 3 points
·Openwithcertain restriction 4 points
·Fullyorlargely open 5 points
5. Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)Impact
a.Whether itwill have significantlynegative effect on human health during the process ofmanufacture and use of thetechnology and/or product?
·Yes The overall score of HSE assessment to be 0 point
·No Proceed to the following questions
b.Whether use of the technology and/orproduct will have a huge safety risk
·Yes the overall score of HSE assessment to be0point
·No Proceed to the followingquestions
c.During themanufacturing process:
i.Reducing energy consumption?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
ii.Reducing water consumption?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
iii.Reducing the consumption of raw materials?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
iv.Any pollution to water or soil, etc.?
·Yes 0 point
·No 1 point
v.Reducing theemission of CO2 and/or other industrial gases (such as SO2，NOx、smog and dust, etc.)?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
vi.Reducing solid waste?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
vii.Any recycling and reuse of wastere sources?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
d.During use:
i.Reducing energy consumption?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
ii.Reducing water consumption?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
iii.Reducing the consumption of rawmaterials?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
iv.Any pollution to water or soil, etc.?
·Yes 0 point
·No 1 point
v.Reducing theemission of CO2 and/or otherindustrial gases (such as SO2，NOx、smog anddust, etc.)?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
vi. Reducing solid waste?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
vii.Any recycling and reuse of waste resources?
·Yes 1 point
·No 0 point
6.Prospect of technology development
·Futuredevelopmentdirection of the technology
·Theprospectof related technologies on upstream and downstream production chainsanddependence among different technologies (such as materialtechnology,information technology, power grid technology, etc.)
·Thepotentialbreakthrough of the technology
7. Key risks and uncertainties of technologyapplications
·What are the potential risks during the commercialization process of thetechnology?Including technology risks, market risks, competition risks, andregulatory& policy risks, etc.?
·Uncertainties of the technology application