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[[File:REEEP Logo Tagline.png|thumb|The logo of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), including tagline "Investing in Clean Energy Markets"]] |
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[[File:REEEP RGB JPG Primary Green.jpg|thumb|The logo of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), including tagline " Developing Clean Energy Markets"]] |
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The '''Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership''' ('''REEEP''') is a Vienna-based |
The '''Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership''' ('''REEEP''') is a Vienna-based Quasi-International Organisation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Österreich |first=Außenministerium der Republik |title=NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations,%20https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |language=en-GB}}</ref> that advances markets for [[renewable energy]] and [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]] with a particular emphasis on the [[emerging markets]] and [[developing countries]]. |
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REEEP was originally launched by the government of the [[United Kingdom]], along with other partners, at the Johannesburg [[World Summit on Sustainable Development]] (WSSD) in August 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2 March 2005 |title=The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmenvaud/381/381.pdf |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=UK Government publications}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Clean Energy Initiative and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership |url=https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/pi_iec/098b7ef980004219.pdf |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=Department of Energy}}</ref> Since 2004 it has been headquartered at the [[United Nations Office at Vienna|United Nations Office in Vienna]]<ref name=":4" /> and is supported by the [[Government of Austria]]<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Austrian Development Agency |url=https://www.entwicklung.at/en/projects/detail-en/renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-partnership |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.entwicklung.at |language=de}}</ref> among others. |
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REEEP was originally launched by the government of the [[United Kingdom]], along with other partners, at the Johannesburg [[World Summit on Sustainable Development]] (WSSD) in August 2002. |
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REEEP develops and implements programmes which use a combination of financial instruments, capacity building, facilitation of stakeholder cooperation and technical assistance to encourage private sector investment in clean energy markets, primarily in low- and middle income countries. |
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==Origins== |
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In 2002, accelerating the development of [[renewable energy]] and [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]] technologies was one of the priorities of a large group of countries at the [[World Summit on Sustainable Development|WSSD]]. Margaret Beckett, then UK Minister for the Environment announced the initiative to form REEEP at the summit's closing session. It grew from an agreement with other committed governments, businesses and [[NGO]]s to deliver [[World Summit on Sustainable Development|WSSD]] commitments others, in particular to take forward the key recommendations of the [[G8]] Renewable Energy Task Force. |
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==Origins and funders== |
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From January 2003 until May 2004, the REEEP was housed within the UK [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] (FCO) where it continued following the UN Type II Partnership<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm|title=United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Partnerships for Sustainable Development|website=www.un.org|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> process of stakeholder consultation. In June 2004, REEEP obtained formal, legal non-profit status as an [[NGO|international NGO]] and has since been located at the UN complex in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. In 2016, REEEP was granted status as a ''quasi-international organisation'' in Austria, along with four other organisations. |
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In 2002, accelerating the development of [[renewable energy]] and [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]] technologies was one of the priorities of a large group of countries at the [[World Summit on Sustainable Development|WSSD]].<ref name=":0" /> Margaret Beckett, then UK Minister for the Environment announced the initiative to form REEEP at the summit's closing session. It grew from an agreement with other committed governments, businesses and [[NGO]]s to deliver [[World Summit on Sustainable Development|WSSD]] commitments others, in particular to take forward the key recommendations of the [[G8]] Renewable Energy Task Force.<ref name=":0" /> |
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From January 2003 until May 2004, the REEEP was housed within the UK [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] (FCO) where it continued following the UN Type II Partnership<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm|title=United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Partnerships for Sustainable Development|website=www.un.org|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201115/https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> process of stakeholder consultation. In June 2004, REEEP obtained formal, legal non-profit status as an [[NGO|international NGO]] and has since been located at the UN complex in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. In 2016, REEEP was granted status as a Quasi-International Organisation in Austria,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Österreich |first=Außenministerium der Republik |title=NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations,%20https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |language=en-GB}}</ref> along with four other organisations. |
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==Business model== |
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As of 2024, the organisation has been funded primarily by governments including: [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Canada]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[The Netherlands]], the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]] and the [[European Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs |url=https://sdgs.un.org/statements/renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-partnership-reeep-8527 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=sdgs.un.org}}</ref> |
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It pursues its market catalyst role via an approach it calls "Invest – Learn – Share": |
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==Projects== |
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A typical REEEP Invest-Learn-Share effort begins with a country or regional level analysis to determine market gaps and opportunities for clean technology deployment; a stakeholder landscape to understand key players and influencers; and an assessment of medium to long-term (5 to 15-year) market potential for delivering climate and sustainable development outcomes. These assessments are synthesised into a project strategy outlining technology and sector targets; investment vehicles and volumes; policy and regulatory considerations; ecosystem stakeholders and evidence requirements; and engagement strategies. |
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In the first phase of its existence (2002-2014) REEEP acted largely as a re-granting institution. The majority have targeted [[emerging markets]] such as [[India]], [[China]], and southern Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=REEEP awards €3.95 million to 28 clean energy projects |url=https://www.vienna-energy-club.at/index.php/news/30-reeep-awards-3-95-million-to-28-clean-energy-project |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=www.vienna-energy-club.at}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=REEEP to fund 49 clean energy projects |url=https://sciencebusiness.net/news/69359/REEEP-to-fund-49-clean-energy-projects |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Science{{!}}Business |language=en}}</ref> |
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Since 2014, REEEP has focused its work toward the targeted "de-risking" of specific markets and sectors, such as solar-powered irrigation systems in East Africa, solar-powered dairy cooling in Bangladesh, or innovative decentralized mini-grid models in Tanzania. |
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The investment solicitation and selection process begins once capitalisation has been secured through donor agreements. The process is typically launched via a call for proposals. Specifics of the call are adaptable, and depend on the realities of the market, as well as upon timing and administrative requirements of donors and local stakeholders. In some cases, multiple capital pools may be combined into a single call for proposals; in other cases, beneficiaries are identified through recommendations from expert networks and approached on an ad hoc basis. |
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Regionally, REEEP has shifted concentration to low- and middle-income countries, although it continues to work in India and South Africa, which are generally considered to be emerging markets. |
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In those cases where capitalisation is provided through a debt-issuing revolving fund, smaller calls for proposals may be issued as the fund is recapitalised by loan repayments. These innovative vehicles represent a promising new approach to growing investment in sectors that have fallen through the finance cracks due to ticket sizes (too large for microfinance, too small for private equity or commercial debt). |
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It designed and implemented the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia |url=https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/financing-for-climate-friendly-investment/beyond-the-grid-fund-for-Zambia |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=unfccc.int}}</ref> funded by [[Sweden]], which won the [[Ashden|Ashden Award]] in 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) - Ashden Climate Solutions |url=https://ashden.org/awards/winners/reeep/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=ashden.org |language=en-GB}}</ref> and delivered energy service subscriptions to over 1 million Zambians.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia has reached one million Zambians |url=https://www.swedenabroad.se/de/botschaften/zambia-lusaka/news--events/news/the-beyond-the-grid-fund-for-zambia-has-reached-one-million-zambians/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Sweden Abroad |language=en}}</ref> The programme has been expanded into the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa<ref name=":1" /> which as of 2024 aims to reach over 8.6 million people across Burkina Faso, DRC, Liberia, Uganda and Zambia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lia |date=2024-02-07 |title=Solar water pumps in Uganda are securing better yields for farmers |url=https://beyondthegrid.africa/news/solar-water-pumps-in-uganda-are-securing-better-yields-for-farmers/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=BGFA |language=en}}</ref> |
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As part of a proposal SMEs are required to submit an application form, including a draft business plan, demonstrating their ability to provide a viable, clean technology-based product or service to a market in a least developed country (LDC) or middle-income country (MIC). SMEs are challenged to demonstrate how a business plan will lead to certain outcomes connected to REEEP's core principles: reducing the effects of climate change and building local prosperity. In some cases, these outcomes may be integrated into the selection processes as specific procurement objectives, allowing for results-based financing. |
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REEEP's other completed projects include: |
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After initial application and due diligence process, successful applicants develop a strategic plan incorporating a stakeholder analysis, key activities, outputs and outcomes, benchmarking and key performance indicators (KPIs), and contingency planning, among other elements. |
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* Powering Agrifood Value Chains - a project to develop evidence-based intervention guidance for energy utilisation in the food-producing agricultural sector.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |title=PAEPARD - FARA: Powering Agrifood Value Chains Portfolio |url=https://paepard.blogspot.com/2015/06/powering-agrifood-value-chains-portfolio.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=PAEPARD - FARA}}</ref> |
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* Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water Works in Southern Africa - a joint REEEP-UNIDO project to accelerate market-based solutions for energy-related investment to improve municipal water works in Southern Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2024 |title=Independent Terminal Evaluation SOUTH AFRICA Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa. Promoting market-based deployment of clean energy technology solutions in municipal waterworks: Pilot initiative in South Africa |url=https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2019-11/140341_South%20Africa_Climate%20Change_Clean%20Energy_Urban%20Water.pdf |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=United Nations Industrial Development Organization}}</ref> |
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This strategic plan forms the basis of entry as a project investment. Throughout its work, REEEP uses Results-Based Finance methods to verify project progress. |
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* SWITCH Africa Green - a project to support African countries in their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices and patterns.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Projects {{!}} SWITCH Africa Green |url=https://www.unep.org/switchafricagreen/projectitems?phase=16 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.unep.org}}</ref> |
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* Climate Knowledge Brokers Group - a community of practice that furthers improvements and efficiency gains in the global climate knowledge system.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=REEEP – a vanguard of knowledge brokers |url=https://gggi.org/reeep-a-vanguard-of-knowledge-brokers/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=GGGI - Global Green Growth Institute}}</ref> |
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===Learn=== |
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REEEP utilises a mixed methodology approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning designed to handle the complexity of the situations our investments face on the ground and the multiplicity of stakeholders involved, and to manage the various types and volumes of information flowing in and out of the project environment. |
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REEEP uses a Theory of Change as a high level project strategy guide, taking into account market context and cross-cutting considerations. For each investment REEEP makes as part of a market acceleration project, it develops a SME-specific strategic plan that incorporates a stakeholder analysis; key activities, outputs and outcomes; benchmarking and key performance indicators (KPIs); and contingency planning, among other elements. This strategy typically includes a Logical Framework Approach (Logframe) template. |
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The plan is designed to ensure that the investment logic will lead to project objectives. We internally test the business plan, including activities, structure and strategy for growth, to confirm they have been adequately planned to deliver a high probability of success. In cases where intelligence and evidence from similar projects would suggest altering the business plan, we will consult with the submitter on making appropriate changes. |
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REEEP also works with entrepreneurs to perform Outcome Mapping, a critical element of any project that relies on specific actions or behavioural changes from a broad group of stakeholders amid imperfect market settings. The Outcome Mapping begins with an analysis of stakeholders — individuals, organisations, government bodies, etc. — who influence the ability of a project to reach an objective. In doing so, REEEP tests entrepreneurs’ understanding of the stakeholder landscape: Are they aware of existing and potential competitors? Do they understand customer needs and unique characteristics? Are they relying upon a policy change in the future for their business model to be viable, and if so what are they doing to bring the change about? We track identified behavioural changes (or non-changes) that occur throughout the project. By understanding people, relationships and behaviours we can allow for real-time reflection and rapid reaction. |
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Finally, REEEP captures significant changes and impacts through a method of storytelling with an open format dialogue. These changes — known as Most Significant Changes — can be planned or unplanned, positive or negative, and the precise nature of these changes may be equally unknown beforehand. By recording and processing these elements we can adjust business plans, project scope or overall strategy if necessary. Combining these components leads to a holistic framework greater than the sum of its parts, which captures a broad range of key information and variety that make up the complex systems in which we are operating. |
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===Share=== |
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Market intelligence produced by the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning process is directed into three information flows: the first is a dynamic feedback loop into the Theory of Change and project strategy review; the other two are outward flows of business intelligence and policy intelligence, respectively. |
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Commercial intelligence comprises the full range of business and investment-related data and insights, which are further processed to derive actionable commercial best practices. These are anonymised and synthesised to advise other SME investments in the REEEP portfolio on best practices. At the same time, REEEP generates actionable investment intelligence, which can influence or even lead to concrete investment pipelines for larger investors (multilateral development banks, impact investors, venture (growth) capital funds, mezzanine funds etc.). This intelligence is a critical de-risking mechanism for specific downstream investors, as well as the investment climate in general. |
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Policy intelligence, comprising data and information on the ecosystem conditions of specific markets (including legal, regulatory, economic and political circumstances that act as external influencers on business and market activity), are further processed to derive actionable practice-based policy learning and recommendations. These can be utilised by partner organisations and decision makers involved in legislation and/or other policy and regulatory development processes. The form of REEEP's practiced-based policy will vary depending upon case to fit the needs of the policy making process in question. |
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Although there is a logical sequence to the ''Invest-Learn-Share'' approach, this does not imply rigidity in timing; rather, it is an iterative process, in which stakeholders, such as regulators, policy makers and financial actors, are included early and at regular intervals in the project throughout its lifetime. |
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To date{{when|date=September 2016}} the organisation has been funded primarily by governments including: [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Canada]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[The Netherlands]], The [[United Kingdom]], The [[United States]] and the [[European Commission]]. |
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==Project interventions== |
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In the first phase of its existence (2002-2014) REEEP acted largely as a ''re-granting'' institution, funding nearly 200 projects. The majority have targeted [[emerging markets]] such as [[India]], [[China]], [[South Africa]] and [[Brazil]]. |
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These REEEP projects attempted to address two key barriers to clean energy development, and gather and aggregate information on them: |
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* Policy and regulation: promoting clear government policies and favourable, transparent and stable regulatory frameworks that will encourage long-term investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency |
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* Innovative finance and business models: supporting new forms of financing, risk mitigation and business models to make small-sized renewable and energy efficient projects bankable. |
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Since 2014, REEEP dramatically focused its work toward the targeted "de-risking" of specific markets and sectors, such as solar-powered irrigation systems in East Africa, solar-powered dairy cooling in Bangladesh, or innovative decentralized mini-grid models in Tanzania. |
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Regionally, REEEP has shifted concentration to low- and middle-income countries, although it continues to work in India and South Africa, which are generally considered to be emerging markets: |
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* East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
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* Southern Africa: South Africa, Zambia, Botswana |
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* Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Myanmar |
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* South Asia: India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
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REEEP's ongoing projects include: |
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* Power Africa: Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia - a major fund to stimulate markets for off-grid electrification solutions in Zambia |
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* Powering Agrifood Value Chains - a project to develop evidence-based intervention guidance for energy utilisation in the food-producing agricultural sector. |
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* Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water Works in Southern Africa - a joint REEEP-UNIDO project to accelerate market-based solutions for energy-related investment to improve municipal water works in Southern Africa. |
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* SWITCH Africa Green - a project to support African countries in their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices and patterns. |
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* Climate Knowledge Brokers Group - a community of practice that furthers improvements and efficiency gains in the global climate knowledge system. |
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==Internet-based resources== |
==Internet-based resources== |
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===Climate Tagger=== |
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Climate Tagger is a project to help organizations catalog their data and information in a consistent manner. |
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===reegle.info=== |
===reegle.info=== |
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[[reegle]] (in lower-case) is a clean energy information portal designed to provide easy access to highly reliable information on [[renewable energy]] and [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]]. The website draws information from eight different open data sources such as the World Bank, UNdata, OpenEI, the CIA Factbook, and the REEEP Sustainable Energy Regulation Network publications to provide understanding of energy issues. |
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The portal has four main components: |
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* '''country energy profiles''' that bring energy statistics together with current policies, regulations and stakeholder contact information together in one single dossier for each nation |
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* a '''climate change glossary and thesaurus''' covering the broad fields of climate change mitigation, adaptation, international development, incorporating 1,700 terms with links to synonyms as well as broader and narrower terms. |
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* a '''clean energy web search''' which offers a "mind map" based search refinement |
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* a '''catalogue of key stakeholders''' involved in renewable energy and energy efficiency. This contains information and links to governmental ministries, companies and other green organisations, cross-referenced by geographical area and subject matter. |
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reegle was developed by REEEP in collaboration with [[REN21]], and was funded by the governments of Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom. As of March 2012, the website attracted an average of 220,000 users per month. During 2011, 59% of its users came from Africa and Asia, underlining the site's character as an information resource for developing countries and emerging markets. |
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reegle was developed by REEEP in collaboration with [[REN21]],<ref name=":3" /> and was funded by the governments of Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwarz |first=Ariel |date=January 27, 2009 |title=Reegle: Google for Renewable Energy? |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1275007/reegle-google-renewable-energy |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=Fast Company}}</ref> reegle was an advocate of the Linked Open Data movement, which seeks to make public data available on the web in open formats that are machine-readable.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bauer |first1=Florian |last2=Recheis |first2=Denise |last3=Kaltenböck |first3=Martin |chapter=Data.reegle.info – A New Key Portal for Open Energy Data |date=2011 |editor-last=Hřebíček |editor-first=Jiří |editor2-last=Schimak |editor2-first=Gerald |editor3-last=Denzer |editor3-first=Ralf |title=Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of eEnvironment |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21 |series=IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |volume=359 |language=en |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer |pages=189–194 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21 |isbn=978-3-642-22285-6}}</ref> |
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reegle is an advocate of the Linked Open Data movement, which seeks to make public data available on the web in open formats that are machine-readable. |
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==Partners== |
==Partners== |
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As of 2023, REEEP has 385 partners, 45 of which are governments, including all the [[G7]] countries and key government agencies from India and China, other emerging markets and the developing world. Partners also include a range of businesses, [[NGO]]s and civil society organisations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2023 |title=REEEP Members |url=https://reeep.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/REEEP-Members-October-2023.pdf |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=REEEP}}</ref> |
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Among other organisations, REEEP has worked with the [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]],<ref name=":2" /> the [[International Renewable Energy Agency]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=IRENA and REEEP forms partnership |url=https://www.edie.net/irena-and-reeep-forms-partnership/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=edie.net |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2010 |title=Access to Energy from Renewables in Small Islands |url=https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Articles/2010/Oct/access_to_energy_in_SIDS.pdf?la=en&hash=74DE0E254BF9AD0FB4971463AFD64399CF0C4EE3 |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=International Renewable Energy Agency}}</ref> the [[International Energy Agency]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations: Southeast Asia Region – Analysis |url=https://www.iea.org/reports/regional-energy-efficiency-policy-recommendations-southeast-asia-region |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=IEA |date=9 July 2015 |language=en-GB}}</ref> the Global Village Energy Partnership,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.energy4impact.org/|title=Energy 4 Impact|website=Energy For Impact|language=en|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-date=2019-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829232329/https://www.energy4impact.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> CLASP<ref>{{Cite web |title=Compendium of US Best Practices |url=https://www.clasp.ngo/research/all/compendium-of-us-best-practices/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=CLASP |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2024 |title=Other Examples of Partnership Activity |url=https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/casestudies/e2_ec.pdf |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=United Nations}}</ref> |
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REEEP operates within a diverse constellation of players, and collaborates with other international structures and organisations to maximise replication and minimise duplication of efforts. Among other organisations, REEEP is actively engaged with the [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] (UNIDO), the [[International Renewable Energy Agency]] (IRENA), the [[International Energy Agency]] (IEA), MEDREP, the Global Village Energy Partnership <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.energy4impact.org/|title=Energy 4 Impact|website=Energy For Impact|language=en|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> (GVEP),CLASP, the [[Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition]] (JREC), GNESD, EREC, NAIMA, EURIMA, [[e-parliament]] and GFSE. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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{{portal|Renewable energy|Energy}} |
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* [[ |
* [[Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition]] |
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* [[Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition]] (JREC) |
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* [[reegle]] – an information gateway for renewable energy and energy efficiency |
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* [[Renewable energy commercialization]] |
* [[Renewable energy commercialization]] |
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* [[REN21|Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century]] |
* [[REN21|Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century]] |
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* [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]] |
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* [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] (UNIDO) |
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* [[Earth Summit 2002|World Summit on Sustainable Development]] |
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* [[Earth Summit 2002|World Summit on Sustainable Development]] (WSSD) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.irena.org/ |
* [http://www.irena.org/ International Renewable Energy Agency] |
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* [http://www.reeep-sa.org/ REEEP Southern Africa Secretariat] |
* [http://www.reeep-sa.org/ REEEP Southern Africa Secretariat] |
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* [http://www.reegle.info Reegle.info] |
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* [http://www.reeep.org/ Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)] |
* [http://www.reeep.org/ Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)] |
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* [http://ase.org/content/article/detail/5273 The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Tackles Energy Poverty] |
* [http://ase.org/content/article/detail/5273 The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Tackles Energy Poverty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611133052/http://ase.org/content/article/detail/5273 |date=2010-06-11 }} |
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The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is a Vienna-based Quasi-International Organisation[1] that advances markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency with a particular emphasis on the emerging markets and developing countries.
REEEP was originally launched by the government of the United Kingdom, along with other partners, at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in August 2002.[2][3] Since 2004 it has been headquartered at the United Nations Office in Vienna[4] and is supported by the Government of Austria[4] among others.
REEEP develops and implements programmes which use a combination of financial instruments, capacity building, facilitation of stakeholder cooperation and technical assistance to encourage private sector investment in clean energy markets, primarily in low- and middle income countries.
Origins and funders
[edit]In 2002, accelerating the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies was one of the priorities of a large group of countries at the WSSD.[2] Margaret Beckett, then UK Minister for the Environment announced the initiative to form REEEP at the summit's closing session. It grew from an agreement with other committed governments, businesses and NGOs to deliver WSSD commitments others, in particular to take forward the key recommendations of the G8 Renewable Energy Task Force.[2]
From January 2003 until May 2004, the REEEP was housed within the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) where it continued following the UN Type II Partnership[5] process of stakeholder consultation. In June 2004, REEEP obtained formal, legal non-profit status as an international NGO and has since been located at the UN complex in Vienna, Austria. In 2016, REEEP was granted status as a Quasi-International Organisation in Austria,[6] along with four other organisations.
As of 2024, the organisation has been funded primarily by governments including: Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Commission.[7]
Projects
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In the first phase of its existence (2002-2014) REEEP acted largely as a re-granting institution. The majority have targeted emerging markets such as India, China, and southern Africa.[8][9]
Since 2014, REEEP has focused its work toward the targeted "de-risking" of specific markets and sectors, such as solar-powered irrigation systems in East Africa, solar-powered dairy cooling in Bangladesh, or innovative decentralized mini-grid models in Tanzania.
Regionally, REEEP has shifted concentration to low- and middle-income countries, although it continues to work in India and South Africa, which are generally considered to be emerging markets.
It designed and implemented the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia,[10] funded by Sweden, which won the Ashden Award in 2019[11] and delivered energy service subscriptions to over 1 million Zambians.[12] The programme has been expanded into the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa[12] which as of 2024 aims to reach over 8.6 million people across Burkina Faso, DRC, Liberia, Uganda and Zambia.[13]
REEEP's other completed projects include:
- Powering Agrifood Value Chains - a project to develop evidence-based intervention guidance for energy utilisation in the food-producing agricultural sector.[14]
- Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water Works in Southern Africa - a joint REEEP-UNIDO project to accelerate market-based solutions for energy-related investment to improve municipal water works in Southern Africa.[15]
- SWITCH Africa Green - a project to support African countries in their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices and patterns.[16]
- Climate Knowledge Brokers Group - a community of practice that furthers improvements and efficiency gains in the global climate knowledge system.[17]
Internet-based resources
[edit]reegle.info
[edit]reegle was developed by REEEP in collaboration with REN21,[17] and was funded by the governments of Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom.[18] reegle was an advocate of the Linked Open Data movement, which seeks to make public data available on the web in open formats that are machine-readable.[19]
Partners
[edit]As of 2023, REEEP has 385 partners, 45 of which are governments, including all the G7 countries and key government agencies from India and China, other emerging markets and the developing world. Partners also include a range of businesses, NGOs and civil society organisations.[20]
Among other organisations, REEEP has worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization,[16] the International Renewable Energy Agency,[21][22] the International Energy Agency,[23] the Global Village Energy Partnership,[24] CLASP[25] and the Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition.[26]
See also
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- Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition
- Renewable energy commercialization
- Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- World Summit on Sustainable Development
References
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- ^ a b c "The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002" (PDF). UK Government publications. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "The Clean Energy Initiative and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership" (PDF). Department of Energy. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Austrian Development Agency". www.entwicklung.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Partnerships for Sustainable Development". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations". www.bmeia.gv.at. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "REEEP awards €3.95 million to 28 clean energy projects". www.vienna-energy-club.at. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
- ^ "REEEP to fund 49 clean energy projects". Science|Business. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
- ^ "Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia". unfccc.int. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) - Ashden Climate Solutions". ashden.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ a b "The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia has reached one million Zambians". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ Lia (2024-02-07). "Solar water pumps in Uganda are securing better yields for farmers". BGFA. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "PAEPARD - FARA: Powering Agrifood Value Chains Portfolio". PAEPARD - FARA. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Independent Terminal Evaluation SOUTH AFRICA Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa. Promoting market-based deployment of clean energy technology solutions in municipal waterworks: Pilot initiative in South Africa" (PDF). United Nations Industrial Development Organization. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Projects | SWITCH Africa Green". www.unep.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ a b "REEEP – a vanguard of knowledge brokers". GGGI - Global Green Growth Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ Schwarz, Ariel (January 27, 2009). "Reegle: Google for Renewable Energy?". Fast Company. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Bauer, Florian; Recheis, Denise; Kaltenböck, Martin (2011). "Data.reegle.info – A New Key Portal for Open Energy Data". In Hřebíček, Jiří; Schimak, Gerald; Denzer, Ralf (eds.). Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of eEnvironment. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Vol. 359. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 189–194. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21. ISBN 978-3-642-22285-6.
- ^ "REEEP Members" (PDF). REEEP. October 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "IRENA and REEEP forms partnership". edie.net. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Access to Energy from Renewables in Small Islands" (PDF). International Renewable Energy Agency. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations: Southeast Asia Region – Analysis". IEA. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Energy 4 Impact". Energy For Impact. Archived from the original on 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ^ "Compendium of US Best Practices". CLASP. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "Other Examples of Partnership Activity" (PDF). United Nations. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.