http://www.reeep.org The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is an active, global partnership that works to reduce the barriers within policy, regulatory and financial structures that bar and limit the up take of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and projects. en REEEP - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, Vienna International Centre, A-1400 Vienna, Austria REEEP - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, Vienna International Centre, A-1400 Vienna, Austria Copyright 2010 REEEP - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, Vienna International Centre, A-1400 Vienna, Austria hourly 1 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17392 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z 15.07.2010 - In 2009, for the second year in a row, both the US and Europe added more power capacity from renewable sources such as wind and solar than conventional sources like coal, gas and nuclear, according to twin reports launched on 15th July by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17305 2010-07-12T00:00:00Z 12.07.2010 - REEEP activities in West Africa are getting a boost thanks the formation of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE). The ECREEE Secretariat is based in Cape Verde and has the mission of establishing an enabling environment for renewable energy and energy efficient technologies in West African countries. In cooperation with its national focal institutions in all ECOWAS member states, the ECREEE Secretariat will support policy development, assist in the creation [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17327 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z 08.07.2010 - Some 45 key movers from REEEP's seventh programme cycle consisting of governments, financial institutions, industry and civil society from over 20 countries gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil for the third REEEP Project Leaders Meeting on 8-9 July 2010. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17265 2010-07-05T00:00:00Z 05.07.2010 - REEEP's Director General Marianne Osterkorn delivered a keynote address during the opening session of the first Asian Solar Energy Forum in Manila. She spoke to a gathering comprised of 300 stakeholders drawn from governments, utilities, businesses and international organisations from around the Asia Pacific region. The event was organised by the Asian Development Bank with the support of the IEA, UNIDO and REEEP. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17267 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z 02.07.2010 - Organisations promoting clean energy around the world have been honoured at an awards ceremony in London. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17239 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z 01.07.2010 - The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN), initiated by the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI), acts as a financing, coaching and investor matchmaker service to guide clean energy projects to successful close. As part of a current project, REEEP is co-funding the expansion of PFAN's activities to Mozambique and Uganda. During the course of May, three Project Development & Financing Workshops were held in May 2010 in Kampala, Maputo and Johannesburg. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17196 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z 24.06.2010 - Everyone from the World Bank, Deutsche Bank and Bianca Jagger discussed the need for transition to a low carbon economy the annual REEEP Wilton Park conference. With the support of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators, the event brought together key energy regulators and policy-makers from some 27 countries from Italy to India. The event opened with keynote addresses from Ingrid Fiskaa, State Secretary from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chris Snary from the UK Department [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17182 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z 23.06.2010 - A special review on China and the status of RE in its provinces has been launched today by the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) at REEEP's Wilton Park Conference 2010. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17172 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z 14.06.2010 - The honours keep piling up for RETScreen, the free decision support software that is helping 253,000 users in 222 countries evaluate the cost and impact of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16954 2010-06-11T00:00:00Z 11.06.2010 - In a tangible example of how REEEP project funding helps to make a difference to poor households at the micro-level, a women's self-help group (SHG) in the Chittur district of India's Andhra Pradesh is becoming a solar entrepreneur, providing solar-powered lighting points for street vendors. The project has been implemented working with SELCO India, a REEEP partner organisation with the mission of providing sustainable energy services to underserved communities through a combination of doorstep [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17007 2010-06-03T00:00:00Z 03.06.2010 - "China and India are both making major strides in energy efficiency," noted Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP's Director General at a conference focusing on energy efficiency held by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and co-sponsored by the American-Turkish Council, "China aims to reduce its energy intensity by 20% by 2030 and India has just launched an energy efficiency mission which will boost EE across all sectors in India. With Asia accounting for the heaviest growth in energy consumption in the coming [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17016 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z 02.06.2010 - . http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17054 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z 02.06.2010 - . http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16961 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z 01.06.2010 - During 2009, REEEP marked the fifth anniversary of its operation as a public-private partnership. In a new article for the 2010 edition of the Energy for Sustainable Development journal, REEEP has synthesised some of the key lessons learned from 129 projects that have been offered funding and moved to implementation. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17055 2010-05-26T00:00:00Z 26.05.2010 - The World Bank estimates that by 2015, half of the world's new building construction will take place in China. The nation's eleventh five-year plan (2005-2010) aims for a 50% reduction in building energy consumption, and related new policy measures include energy efficiency (EE) standards and labeling for buildings. But there is still a strong need for capacity-building in energy efficiency-oriented design and technology for the design and construction professionals who make new development happen [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17009 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z 21.05.2010 - Electricity regulators, stakeholders, and experts from South Africa, India, Mexico, and Brazil convened in Cape Town from 19-21 May, to explore the challenges of regulating the electricity sector to support renewable energy and energy efficiency. Regulators from these emerging economies shared their experiences promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency, and managing the politics associated with sustainable energy programmes. The discussions explored how information sharing, stakeholder [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16921 2010-05-20T00:00:00Z 20.05.2010 - Three leading energy efficiency and renewable energy organizations - the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP, an international body), the Alliance to Save Energy (Alliance) and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) - have jointly released their Compendium of Best Practices: Sharing Local and State Successes in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from the United States, in which state and local governments share the key elements of their programs, lessons learned [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=17015 2010-05-20T00:00:00Z 20.05.2010 - In much of sub-Saharan Africa, households rely on costly, inefficient and often hazardous fuel-based products such as kerosene lamps or candles that consume up to 30% of household incomes. Lighting Africa, an initiative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank aims to transform the lives of 2.5 million people by 2012 by developing a commercially viable platform for the development of low-cost off-grid lighting. It aims to reach 250 million people by 2030. According to [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16789 2010-05-11T00:00:00Z 11.05.2010 - The green energy search portal www.reegle.info has announced that its web search function - the heart of the website - is now powered by google, ensuring fast, accurate and comprehensive search results from the market leader. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16871 2010-05-11T00:00:00Z 11.05.2010 - The EE Global Forum and Exposition in Washington DC was the setting for the honouring of several champions of energy efficiency from around the world. At the plenary luncheon on May 11th, four awards were given, in front of an audience of 500 stakeholders. The first award went to Dr. Joseph Oteng-Adjei, Minister for Energy in the Republic of Ghana, who promptly credited the people of Ghana for the country's energy efficiency gains, while noting that international cooperation between the U.S. [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16786 2010-05-06T00:00:00Z 06.05.2010 - On May 6th, the Hon. Martin Ferguson, Australia's Minister for Resources and Energy met with Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP's Director General, and Eva Oberender, the head of REEEP's Southeast Asia- Pacific Secretariat. They discussed future opportunities for REEEP, developments in the Pacific region, and particularly how REEEP can share its strong track record in the Pacific region by developing proposals on how to support IRENA activities there. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16751 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z 03.05.2010 - Marianne Osterkorn addresses Australian CEC 2010 National Conference More than 700 senior managers and key decision makers in the Australian clean energy industry have gathered in Adelaide for the annual conference of the Clean Energy Council (CEC), the organisation hosting the REAP Southeast Asia- Pacific Secretariat. The annual event was opened by South Australian Premier the Hon. Mike Rann. In a midday session on May 3rd entitled Driving renewables globally - policy success and failure [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16706 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z 27.04.2010 - REEEP's very first project in the Southeast Asia Pacific Region has won the National Energy Globe Award for 2009 for the Solomon Islands. The "Pacific Micro Energy Services Company" initiative has brought solar-powered LED lanterns to remote rural households in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, replacing the default kerosene lighting, which is expensive and has harmful health effects. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16655 2010-04-21T00:00:00Z 21.04.2010 - . http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16611 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z 16.04.2010 - The African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR) is developing a memorandum of understanding with REEEP which will commit the two organisations to close collaboration in generating ideas to address problems in key energy areas. In the document, REEEP will agree to support AFUR by providing specific information on renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) policies and programmes, particularly those that have worked elsewhere in a similar context. REEEP will also assist AFUR in the development [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16604 2010-04-14T00:00:00Z 14.04.2010 - . http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16610 2010-04-08T00:00:00Z 08.04.2010 - During a recent meeting with the Department of Clean Energy at the South African Ministry of Energy, REEEP was asked to provide input to three different working groups of the Inter-Ministerial committee (IMC) on Energy. This committee has set up a variety of work streams addressing different aspects of the energy challenge. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16472 2010-03-30T00:00:00Z 30.03.2010 - In its report "The Governance of Power: shedding light on the electricity sector in South Africa", the Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) makes a series of recommendations on how to promote open, transparent, and accountable decision-making processes in the South African electricity industry. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16448 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z 25.03.2010 - A passive office building in Manchester, England with a glass facade - facing north! A post-war housing block in Frankfurt, where a Passivhaus renovation cut energy consumption from 290 kWh/m² per year down to less than 20 kWh/m². A building control system that takes the weather forecast for the next 24 hours and uses this to adjust windows, external shades and other systems to keep the interior comfortable, even on sweltering summer days. A hotel in Platja de Palma where the renovation didn't just [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16412 2010-03-15T00:00:00Z 15.03.2010 - Three layers of innovation are critical to promoting clean technologies in an international context, noted Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP's Director General in a statement given in Johannesburg on March 15th. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16284 2010-03-10T00:00:00Z 10.03.2010 - New animation tool on reegle visualises energy trends in European countries over time http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16268 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z 08.03.2010 - Ashoka and the Canopus Foundation, initiators of the Solar for All initiative, are running the "Solar for All" contest for innovative low-cost photovoltaic systems and customer financing schemes. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16269 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z 08.03.2010 - A Request for Quotations has been put out by SOPAC for a feasibility study for Standards and Appliance Labeling in Samoa and Vanuatu. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16224 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z 03.03.2010 - European Energy Service Initiative announces Call for Projects for the fifth annual European Energy Service Awards. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16149 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z 19.02.2010 - In January, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) of India announced renewable energy certificate (REC) norms in an attempt to encourage investments in the renewable energy sector. A REEEP-funded project together with IREDA is currently working to outline the specifics of the implementation. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16110 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z 17.02.2010 - CTI PFAN has just launched the Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF), of which REEEP is a sponsor, including a Clean Energy Business Plan Competition for clean energy projects from the African region, specifically from (but not limited to) Mozambique and Uganda. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16073 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z 09.02.2010 - Reducing fossil fuel dependence in the Pacific Islands Luse Kinivuwai from the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) in Fiji is looking for a small victory - to wean Pacific Islanders off kerosene. It's a bit like trying to get someone to give up smoking or stop biting their nails. Like smoking, kerosene is both expensive and a health hazard. It also leaves its users at the mercy of sudden price spikes. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16019 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z 04.02.2010 - At the same time as the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, a REEEP co-sponsored capacity-building event aimed to bolster the efforts of architecture and engineering schools in India to more incorporate energy efficiency and related codes into their curricula, and provide IT-based tools for providing information on standards, products and energy efficiency assessment tools to the building sector education stakeholders. Just as importantly, it aimed to create a network of stakeholders to ensure [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=16018 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z 03.02.2010 - A one-day special event alongside the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2010 on 3rd February examined how the private sector can complement the government efforts in achieving the targets set under India's National Solar Mission. Discussions centered around what kind of enabling environment that would be required and the role of international links in the process, particularly with an eye towards low carbon technology. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15933 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z 28.01.2010 - Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP's Director General answers some pointed questions about the outcome of Copenhagen and REEEP's continuing role in catalysing low-carbon development. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15934 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z 28.01.2010 - On Thursday, 25th March in Brussels, a REEEP side event during EU Sustainable Energy Week will look at real, achieved successes in buildings energy efficiency from a range of sectors, covering both new buildings and retrofitting. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15833 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z 19.01.2010 - At the 2010 World Future Energy Summit, REEEP has highlighted several key issues surrounding low-carbon energy regulation in developing Countries. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15810 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z 18.01.2010 - 28 January and 25 February 2010 http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15835 2010-01-17T00:00:00Z 17.01.2010 - Marianne Osterkorn, Director General of REEEP, attended the Third Session of the Preparatory Commission for IRENA on 17 January 2010 in Abu Dhabi. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15726 2010-01-11T00:00:00Z 11.01.2010 - CDM must work to promote low-carbon energy http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15647 2009-12-22T00:00:00Z 22.12.2009 - Many thanks for your efforts to accelerate the market for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in 2009. We look forward to working with you in 2010. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15577 2009-12-16T00:00:00Z 16.12.2009 - Against the background of the slow progress at COP15, two panel discussions organised by ClimateOne and REEEP highlighted the importance of sub-national states, provinces, cities and private business in meeting the climate change challenge. During the two discussions which were recorded for public radio in the United States, moderator Greg Dalton quizzed Governor Schwarzenegger, Huang Ming, the CEO of Himin Solar, Dr. Pachauri the Chairman of IPCC and Caio Koch-Wesser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15612 2009-12-16T00:00:00Z 16.12.2009 - Despite the uncertain outcome of COP15, Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP's Director General highlighted that regardless of what the final deal looks like, there are countless sub-national players who will move forward in tackling climate change, even in the absence of national commitments. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15531 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z 11.12.2009 - In a very crowded environment of activities around COP15, nearly 200 people attended the REEEP-SouthSouth North side event on accelerating low carbon energy development. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15504 2009-12-04T00:00:00Z 04.12.2009 - Can buildings be a fast track to a climate accord? http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15436 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z 01.12.2009 - REEEP will be taking advantage of the concentration of key environmental stakeholders at COP15 in Copenhagen with a full slate of activities surrounding the UNFCCC conference: http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15476 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z 01.12.2009 - Last week a new feature called "energy statistics Europe" was launched on reegle. The aim of the underlying project was to create a tool to visualise renewable energy and relevant energy statistics on the reegle worldmap. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15435 2009-11-24T00:00:00Z 24.11.2009 - A recent REEEP project looked into building a business case for rural integrated energy service utilities (IEU) in several African countries. The basic idea was to look at how a rural utility there could supply on-grid, off-grid and thermal energy needs in rural communities in a way that could present a viable business model. The project budget was €114,850. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15378 2009-11-17T00:00:00Z 17.11.2009 - It is both a potent portrayal of the effects of climate change and an urgent call to action. On 22 October, David Miliband, The UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Ed Miliband, the UK Secretary of State of Energy and Climate Change publicly released a world map developed by the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, showing the implications for the world of four degrees of warming. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15361 2009-11-16T00:00:00Z 16.11.2009 - A majority of India's poor population has no access to affordable, let alone clean energy. REEEP Partner Organisation ennovent is looking in India and around the world for proven, for-profit solutions that can meet some of the critical energy needs of India's poor. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15362 2009-11-16T00:00:00Z 16.11.2009 - The European Commission is inviting project coordinators in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, clean transport or bio fuels to apply to the Sustainable Energy Europe Awards Competition 2010. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15351 2009-11-12T00:00:00Z 12.11.2009 - Professor Huang Ming, President of the China Himin Solar Energy Group, spoke at a REEEP event on 12 November in Vienna. A pioneer of China's clean energy industry, and a moving force behind that country's Law on Renewable Energy, Mr. Ming presented an overview of the Himin business model, and details of the China Solar Valley, a vast eco-complex that is arising around the city of Dezhou in Shandong Province. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15310 2009-11-09T00:00:00Z 09.11.2009 - The industrial boomtown of Panzhihua, China has adopted an exhaustive long-term roadmap to bring the city to the cutting edge of sustainable energy in China. The plan, partially funded by REEEP, a Vienna-based NGO that promotes renewable energy in emerging markets, was drawn up by the Administrative Center for Panzhihua's Agenda21 (ACPA) with the support of city officials. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15147 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z 03.11.2009 - The May 2009 World Economic Forum report Towards a Low Carbon Travel & Tourism Sector notes that "tourism destinations that pro-actively work on sustainability initiatives will be better positioned than their competitors to survive" in an era when European and US tourists are growing more environmentally conscious in choosing their holiday destinations. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15275 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z 03.11.2009 - REEEP project will enable key tourism sector players to create a bundled CDM project http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15309 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z 03.11.2009 - The RETScreen Team, developers of the free green energy deicision-making software, won the 2009 Summit Award for Leadership in Green Procurement on November 3, 2009. The award was presented in Victoria, British Columbia at the Canadian Public Procurement Council annual forum. Gregory J. Leng received the award on behalf of the RETScreen team. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15262 2009-11-02T00:00:00Z 02.11.2009 - The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), is seeking feedback and suggestions on a proposed "Common Methodological Framework for GHG Lifecycle Analysis of Bioenergy" which was released as 'Version 0' in June 2009. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15246 2009-10-30T00:00:00Z 30.10.2009 - REEEP warmly welcomes the establishment of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators, which was announced at the World Forum on Energy Regulation. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15155 2009-10-22T00:00:00Z 22.10.2009 - China's existing buildings have an area in excess of 43 billion square metres. Most of them have poor insulation properties and less efficient heating/air conditioning systems than is the case with buildings in developed countries. Recognising the opportunity for increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions, the Chinese government has set an ambitious target of doing energy efficiency retrofitting on 150 million sq. m of residential buildings and 65 million sq. m of large-scale public buildings [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=15222 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z 21.10.2009 - On October 21, 2009 the Congress' Alternative Energy Sources Commission convened a hearing at which it approved a reform to Brazil's current renewable energy legislation. The reform enables the creation of a special fund to finance research and development in wind and solar energy, and to promote its deployment. The Brasilia-based NGO RENOVE (Rede Nacional de Organizações da Sociedade Civil para as Energias Renováveis) contributed to this achievement with funding from REEEP. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14958 2009-10-02T00:00:00Z 02.10.2009 - The Directors General of IRENA and REEEP met in Vienna on Monday, 28 September for a first face-to-face discussion on collaboration between the two organisations. The meeting between Mrs. Hélène Pelosse and Marianne Osterkorn was wide-ranging, but focussed particularly on IRENA's immediate challenge of setting up structures, on lessons learned from REEEP's experience in clean energy projects, and on how the reegle search engine platform could be a focus of cooperation in information sharing. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14815 2009-09-21T00:00:00Z 21.09.2009 - Gregory J. Leng, creator of RETScreen, the free Canadian green project management software, was one of three finalists for the Leadership Award at the Euromoney and Ernst & Young Global Renewable Energy Awards. These awards, which have been dubbed the "Green Oscars" recognise projects, companies and individuals who have made a significant contribution to the global renewable energy sector. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14752 2009-09-16T00:00:00Z 16.09.2009 - Renewable energy provision in the developing world could receive a vital boost after the announcement of a new initiative which will look at how to stimulate investment in a low-carbon future for the world's poorest people. Gareth Thomas, International Development Minister, announced the initiative on Wednesday 16 September in a speech at the Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Conference in Wilton Park. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14673 2009-09-11T00:00:00Z 11.09.2009 - One of the world's leading green energy awards calls for entries for 2010 http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14644 2009-09-10T00:00:00Z 10.09.2009 - A single loan for approximately €1.4 million will support the development of jatropha nursery plantations, to raise seedlings for distribution to over 26,000 farmers in six states in India. This transaction, developed by YES Bank Ltd (YBL) is the second one to close under a finance bundling project that is executed in partnership by YBL and Environment Energy and Enterprise Ventures (e3V), with some financial support from REEEP. REEEP's financial contribution covered some of the administrative [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14622 2009-09-09T00:00:00Z 09.09.2009 - Between now and 30th September, REEEP is inviting applications for Independent Experts to help the Partnership on an ad hoc basis with project assessments, impact evaluations, analysis of markets and other possible tasks requiring specific expertise. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14576 2009-09-03T00:00:00Z 03.09.2009 - American organisations are encouraged to submit their own successful renewable energy and energy efficiency practices for possible inclusion in a Compendium of Best Practices supported by the US Department of State. The deadline is September 18th, and a wide variety of categories for submissions include: http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14575 2009-08-27T00:00:00Z 27.08.2009 - The August 27 issue of The Economist magazine led its science and technology section with a 3-page report resulting from The 2009 North American Biochar Conference. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14424 2009-08-12T00:00:00Z 12.08.2009 - Funding from REEEP will assist in creating a monitoring, targeting and verification (MTV) tool for RETScreen, the free-of-charge project analysis software made available by the Government of Canada. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14403 2009-08-10T00:00:00Z 10.08.2009 - Vulnerable groups and communities of poor end-users in Brazil, the groups who are most drastically affected by energy policy, should be much more actively involved in decision-making during its development, according to the Brazilian Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) team. This can mean steps as simple as holding consultation hearings in locations that are easily accessible, and documenting and communicating the input gathered. It is essential for the public to understand how decisions are [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14381 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z 03.08.2009 - At first glance, the industrial boomtown of Panzhihua, China is an unlikely place for cutting edge sustainability efforts. To most Chinese, the city's name is synonymous with "Pangang" or the Panzhihua Iron and Steel Company, southwestern China's largest steel producer. The industry was drawn by the area's mineral resources, accounting for 21% of the country's titanium deposits and more than 75% of its vanadium, according to the Panzhihua News. The city's growth trajectory is also breathtaking: [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14354 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z 29.07.2009 - The U.S. and China, two of the world's largest producers of greenhouse gases, signed an agreement yesterday, which elevates climate change in our bilateral relationship, recommits the Unites States and China to reach a successful international agreement and expands cooperation to accelerate the transition to a sustainable low-carbon global economy. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14002 2009-07-27T00:00:00Z 27.07.2009 - South Africa is a powerhouse of the African continent, but its growth in demand for energy is outstripping supply. This makes it one of the first in the world to look seriously at the widescale adoption of a renewable energy technology, solar water heating (SWH), as a mechanism for coping with a mismatch between energy supply and demand. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13919 2009-07-22T00:00:00Z 22.07.2009 - In a bid to improve the lives of the estimated 3.6 billion persons who live on farms of less than two hectares, and of the one billion people who lack access to modern forms of energy, the Fiorello H. LaGuardia Foundation - LGF (www.laguardiafoundation.org) of New York City and Consorzio Etimos (www.etimos.it) of Padua, Italy have established the Energy Millennium Development Goal Financing Facility (E-MDG-F). http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13918 2009-07-16T00:00:00Z 16.07.2009 - Thanks to a REEEP project, cash-poor Pacific island villagers who often have no access to banking systems are able to trade cassava, dalo, bananas and other crops as payments for an LED solar lighting system to replace kerosene lanterns. This also leads to a considerable savings in fuel costs: in the Solomon Islands, kerosene will cost a typical household the equivalent of about €0.63 per day, while the value of the crops traded for solar LED amounts to less than half that, at €0.28 per day. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=14418 2009-07-10T00:00:00Z 10.07.2009 - As the demand for energy in southern Africa booms, the importance of managing the demand side is increasingly seem to be as important as the actual expansion of generating capacity. This is mirrored in numerous Energy Ministries across the region, who are charged with developing legislation and regulations for energy efficiency measures. Against this background, the REEEP Southern Africa Secretariat and the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) convened an Energy Efficiency Workshop on 9-10 [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13746 2009-06-30T00:00:00Z 30.06.2009 - REEEP has welcomed the selection of Abu Dhabi as the interim headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency, and congratulates Ms. Hélène Pelosse, the agency's new Director General. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13892 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z 26.06.2009 - Canada and the US already have a variety of local and regional renewable energy financing and awareness initiatives, including Local Improvement Charges (LIC), the Climate Smart Loan Program, and the PowerHouse program. But how can local communities really use them to drive the uptake on the ground? http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13727 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z 26.06.2009 - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has provided € 667,500 in seed funding for eight new finance projects to accelerate the clean energy market in the developing world. Piloting innovative finance methods is one of the Vienna-based NGO's key priorities in its small-scale project funding, designed to have a wide ripple effect. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13696 2009-06-23T00:00:00Z 23.06.2009 - In a speech at the International Energy Conference in Vienna on June 23rd, Marianne Osterkorn, Director General of REEEP has pleaded for non-governmental organisations such as REEEP to have a more formal status in the international community, to complement government efforts to create a low-carbon energy future. The Vienna conference, hosted by UNIDO, IIASA and Austrian Development Cooperation, offers a forum for policymakers, civil society and senior business figures to discuss how to secure [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13728 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z 17.06.2009 - On June 17th, Kazakhstan's Parliament passed the final amendments to a Law on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources, which establishes a full regulatory framework for renewables in that country: the result of a REEEP-funded project implemented by UNDP. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13291 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z 12.05.2009 - One single transaction worth nearly 15 million Euros has successfully bundled 25,000 farming households across the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan together in a deal to finance the purchase of energy-efficient drip irrigation systems, with a loan averaging about 594 Euros per household. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13228 2009-05-06T00:00:00Z 06.05.2009 - REEEP has announced that it will fund forty-nine new clean energy projects in 25 countries, all designed to help kick-start the uptake of renewables and energy efficiency. This seventh funding round is the largest ever, representing a 46% increase over the sixth disbursement in June 2007. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13723 2009-05-06T00:00:00Z 06.05.2009 - On May 6th, 2009, REEEP announced the forty-nine new clean energy projects in 25 countries which will be funded in the seventh call. With a total disbursement of €4.7 million, this is the Partnership's largest funding round ever, representing a 46% increase over the sixth disbursement in June 2007. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13290 2009-04-28T00:00:00Z 28.04.2009 - When REEEP hosted a round table on low-energy housing alongside the ee Global conference in Paris on April 28, 2009, the panel quickly shifted from a discussion on the barriers to new net-zero energy construction, to what they saw as the more critical issue: the need to retrofit existing buildings to a low- or zero energy standard. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13121 2009-04-27T00:00:00Z 27.04.2009 - A searchable global map forms the new heart of www.reegle.info, the specialist search engine for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Users can now click on a specific location and get the latest events, news, and a sampling of green energy development projects in that area. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13242 2009-04-27T00:00:00Z 27.04.2009 - Coinciding with the Pacific Energy Ministerial Meeting (PEMM) in Tonga in April 2009, REEEP met with a number of Pacific Island Energy Ministers to explore synergies and partnership opportunities. New partnership agreements were signed with the governments of Tonga, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13128 2009-04-23T00:00:00Z 23.04.2009 - IDEAAS in Brazil wins two prestigious awards for a project originally financed by REEEP. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13052 2009-04-09T00:00:00Z 09.04.2009 - Small amounts of REEEP funding can transform the lives of the poor. This is the message in seven encouraging case studies from SELCO India, a REEEP partner that has used funding to remove financial barriers and test finance and product innovation at the grassroots level. In the process, it has refuted many general assumptions about the affordability of renewable energy services targeted at the poor. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13039 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z 08.04.2009 - Following an 18 month REEEP-funded study to investigate the potential for using financial and market-based mechanisms to improve energy efficiency in building in China, a final report has been published by Camco Advisory China and the Energy Research Institute of China. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13041 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z 08.04.2009 - Restio Energy Ltd has made available an indepth case study of an Integrated Rural Energy Utility in Africa, NuRa. This is the second report emanating from a REEEP-funded project entitled 'An Integrated Rural Energy Utility Roadmap for Africa' and seeks to understand the feasibility of establishing Integrated Rural Energy Utilities (IREUs) in Africa. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13043 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z 08.04.2009 - A literature review on Integrated Rural Energy Utilities (IREUs) published by Restio Energy Ltd as part of a REEEP-funded project suggests an IREU would make sense in each of the countries reviewed and that there is a strong interest from various parties in Uganda to continue with development. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12993 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z 01.04.2009 - Do you have a great project and want to present it to a broad (inter)national audience? Then participate in the ENERGY GLOBE Award 2009 and exploit this chance to showcase your ideas. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12948 2009-03-27T00:00:00Z 27.03.2009 - Many developing countries, such as India, are hungry for energy and cannot get enough of it, because they are cultivating and creating industries. But efforts over the last 20 years to build new electricity generating capacity to supply this demand have not gone according to plan, and India for some years has been searching for other ideas to satisfy its needs. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13049 2009-03-27T00:00:00Z 27.03.2009 - Eva Oberender, Regional Director REEEP Southeast Asia Pacific and Mark Fogarty, Chair of REEEP Southeast Asia and Pacific, were appointed as Members of the Steering Committee for the Asia Development Bank's Energy for All Partnership. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12912 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z 19.03.2009 - South Africa needs to set ambitious renewable energy targets and implement feed-in-tariffs (Refit) to drive the implementation of renwewable energy policy and increase investment in the sector, World Wildlife Fund representative Richard Worthington said on Thursday. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12896 2009-03-18T00:00:00Z 18.03.2009 - Investments in improved water services and energy efficient street lighting save more than $800,000 annually. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12857 2009-03-11T00:00:00Z 11.03.2009 - REEEP activities achieve overproportionately high results for the level of funds disbursed, according to a study conducted by Consortium Le Groupe-conseil baastel ltée and Econoler International which analyzed the outputs and outcomes from 47 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the emerging markets and the developing world. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12860 2009-03-11T00:00:00Z 11.03.2009 - Woodland in Brazil is being cut down, day after day. The local people say they need it to make a living. This is not the Amazon rainforest deforestation, but the woody landscape of Caatinga in the North Eastern corner of Brazil. Caatinga's inhabitants are cutting wood for cooking. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=13050 2009-03-10T00:00:00Z 10.03.2009 - REEEP's Energy Efficiency Coalition has brought together the major energy efficiency stakeholders in Mexico to sign a joint MoU committing the organisations to the development of a joint action plan. The objective is to implement energy efficiency in buildings at state and municipal level across Mexico. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12818 2009-03-05T00:00:00Z 05.03.2009 - Dr. Osterkorn is featured in an interview by the Alliance to Save Energy as part of the "EE Global Voices" series. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12780 2009-03-02T00:00:00Z 02.03.2009 - The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering (CAAE) and Environmental and Energy Development Consulting Ltd. (EED) have released a REEEP-funded report "National Action Plan for Rural Biomass Renewable Energy Development in China", which provides detailed measures to enable China to achieve its biomass development target in the medium and long term. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12732 2009-02-24T00:00:00Z 24.02.2009 - Indian lawyers and project developers from across the country met in New Delhi to learn about legal issues surrounding clean energy projects. Clean energy is a relatively new industry in India and policies, laws, and regulations are evolving in a highly dynamic environment. Many lawyers and law firms, and not only in India, have little experience in developing documents for clean energy projects. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12728 2009-02-23T00:00:00Z 23.02.2009 - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a UK government department, has purchased carbon credits from four low carbon projects in emerging markets to offset air travel emissions. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12819 2009-02-23T00:00:00Z 23.02.2009 - Ontario is proposing sweeping new legislation to attract new investment, create new green economy jobs and better protect the climate. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12693 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z 17.02.2009 - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed into law February 17, 2009 by President Barack Obama, is the most significant U.S. economic package in decades and good news for energy efficiency and renewable energy industries and advocates. REEEP said the new law will create millions of "green" jobs and jumpstart the nation's ailing economy by investing billions of dollars of federal spending and tax relief for energy [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12653 2009-02-11T00:00:00Z 11.02.2009 - MEP Silvia Adriana Ţicău, Rapporteur for the revision of the Buildings Directive gave the keynote introduction to the DECC/REEEP conference on "Accelerating investment in energy efficiency with a focus on the buildings sector." In it she outlined her vision for a significantly broadened EPBD, and then took questions from participants. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12609 2009-02-06T00:00:00Z 06.02.2009 - Today the government of Norway officially became a Partner of REEEP in a signing ceremony at the Delhi Summit on Sustainable Development, represented by the Honourable Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12552 2009-01-26T00:00:00Z 26.01.2009 - Some 75 countries signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at its founding conference on Monday, 26 January in Bonn. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12575 2009-01-26T00:00:00Z 26.01.2009 - President Obama addresses the public on his commitment to building a new energy future. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12576 2009-01-26T00:00:00Z 26.01.2009 - States best practices for energy efficiency loan programs. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12525 2009-01-23T00:00:00Z 23.01.2009 - Cash, a precious resource in the Solomon Islands, runs through villagers' hands as quickly as water from the archipelago's beautiful lagoons. Saving money is virtually unheard of, bank accounts are unusual and borrowing is rare, certainly for individual families. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12520 2009-01-23T00:00:00Z 23.01.2009 - Using crops in a unique barter system, a new microfinance project in the Solomon Islands has successfully implemented a solar lighting finance scheme, enabling communities to trade crops for much needed access to light. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12474 2009-01-16T00:00:00Z 16.01.2009 - President-elect Obama has underlined his incoming administration's commitment to renewable energy and energy efficiency with specific measures. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12475 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z 15.01.2009 - The CONCERTO initiative is recommending that the new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive require authorities to display energy-performance certificates in visible places in all public buildings. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12476 2009-01-14T00:00:00Z 14.01.2009 - As credit availability in the U.S. increased in the years leading up to 2008, several things started to happen. Global consumption rose, as did commodity prices. The market for renewable energy and energy saving products was growing healthily. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12371 2008-12-19T00:00:00Z 19.12.2008 - REEEP is pleased to announce the remaining short-listed projects from the regions in East and South Asia and the Pacific. In all a total of 120 projects have been short-listed globally from which 43 projects will be supported. REEEP received a large number of high quality proposals and the steering committees in all the regions had a difficult task of arriving at the short-lists. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12359 2008-12-17T00:00:00Z 17.12.2008 - Season's greetings to all http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12316 2008-12-08T00:00:00Z 08.12.2008 - Nobuo Tanaka presented a summary of the IEA's World Energy Outlook at a REEEP dinner comprised of 30 diplomats, development bank officials, industry association representatives and financial institutions. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12302 2008-12-05T00:00:00Z 05.12.2008 - In order to help African countries face the various challenges caused by climate change, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a Clean Energy Investment Framework (CEIF) in early 2008. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12273 2008-12-04T00:00:00Z 04.12.2008 - A cross section of Friends of REEEP - including academics, business people and other individuals with an active interest in renewable and energy efficiency from 21 different countries -- responded to our online survey on the future development of CDM. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12094 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 18.11.2008 - REEEP launches online polling of Friends of REEEP on important RE and EE issues. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12299 2008-11-06T00:00:00Z 06.11.2008 - The Singapore National Environmental Agency today announced the establishment of a Grant for Energy Efficient Technologies (Greet) to provide additional encouragement to local companies to address energy efficiency opportunities. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11783 2008-11-05T00:00:00Z 05.11.2008 - President-Elect Obama has pledged to build a new, clean-energy economy, making a sustainable energy future for America a key priority upon taking office in January. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=12379 2008-11-05T00:00:00Z 05.11.2008 - A consortium of European governments is developing the world's first International Renewable Energy Agency. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11760 2008-11-04T00:00:00Z 04.11.2008 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization-Shenzhen International Technology Promotion Center For Sustainable Development (UNIDO-ITPC) is seeking applications for its BlueSky Awards 2008 for the Global Top Ten Investment Scenarios to Apply New Technologies for Renewable Energy Utilization. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11628 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z 30.10.2008 - Today at the Global Wind Energy Conference in Beijing, the Energy Research Institute (ERI), a key division of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formally joined REEEP. NDRC is the main policy making body in China on energy, environment and climate change. The signing ceremony was attended by senior Chinese government officials from NDRC and the National Energy Agency (NEA) and also representatives from local diplomatic missions of key REEEP partner and donor countries - United Kingdom, [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11358 2008-10-23T00:00:00Z 23.10.2008 - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced a call for project proposals which support the development of markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. The project call is REEEP's largest in its five year history with more than 4.3 million Euro available for projects in least developed countries and emerging market economies. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11338 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z 20.10.2008 - The South African National Energy Research Institute (SANERI) has been awarded the rights to host the Southern African Regional Secretariat for the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). REEEP was formed in 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg as a multilateral partnership, to promote the uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency, particularly in developing countries and economies in transition. REEEP currently consists of over 260 partners [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11247 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z 09.10.2008 - 'Analytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security' is launched today. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11211 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z 02.10.2008 - Earlier this week, the annual general meeting of REEEP's seven regional secretariats took place in Vienna. The network met to discuss the global activities of the partnership as part of the 2009 planning process. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11219 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z 25.09.2008 - Eco-cities are mushrooming all over the world. China has a few in the pipeline. Several European towns are aiming for zero carbon emissions. California has huge solar projects and even oil-rich Abu Dhabi is investing in a carbon-neutral city, Masdar. Of the major world economies, Russia is one of the last to embrace renewables or efficient energy. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11199 2008-09-23T00:00:00Z 23.09.2008 - These new briefings are an important resource for anyone interested in U.S. energy policy at the State level. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11109 2008-09-22T00:00:00Z 22.09.2008 - The Carbon Disclosure Project, which acts as a secretariat for a collaboration of over 385 institutional investors with over $57 trillion in assets under management, launched its sixth annual report based on the responses from the 500 largest global companies. The report revealed that Global 500 companies are recognizing the role that energy efficiency and renewables can play in lowering carbon emissions. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11220 2008-09-19T00:00:00Z 19.09.2008 - Delegates from business, government, non-governmental organizations and financial institutions yesterday discussed ways to provide sustainable, affordable and reliable energy services for currently underserved populations in India. The one-day stakeholder dialogue on access to energy in India was co-organized by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Energy and Resources Institute Business Council for Sustainable Development (TERI-BCSD India). http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11048 2008-09-18T00:00:00Z 18.09.2008 - Today on Capitol Hill, key leaders of the Senate, UN, Bush administration, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), and other sustainable energy experts met to discuss energy justice and the alleviation of both poverty and climate change through sustainable energy solutions. Energy justice strives to stem the death and sickness of millions of individuals annually from the inefficient burning of biomass for cooking, heating and lighting and to bring appropriate energy technologies [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11040 2008-09-10T00:00:00Z 10.09.2008 - The Doug Banks Renewable Energy Vision was officially launched on 10th September at the UCT Club, University of Cape Town, South Africa. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=11049 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z 08.09.2008 - REEEP interviewed Rodd Eddy, Senior Director for OSRAM Global Sustainability about their off-grid lighting programme for developing countries. OSRAM's "Energy Hub" concept was launched in Kenya in April 2008. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10578 2008-08-14T00:00:00Z 14.08.2008 - In order to expand our network to include qualified and experienced independent professionals from around the world, it is with great pleasure that we invite interested parties to apply to become a REEEP Independent Expert. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10573 2008-08-13T00:00:00Z 13.08.2008 - UNIDO is working with the Brazilian Association for Standardization with the support of REEEP to organize a meeting on energy management standards for the Latin American region. The meeting will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is scheduled for 27-29 August 2008. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10457 2008-08-05T00:00:00Z 05.08.2008 - The European Energy Service Award honours outstanding efforts and achievements for the development and success of energy services for energy efficiency in Europe. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10336 2008-07-21T00:00:00Z 21.07.2008 - At the annual REEEP-Wilton Park event last week, more than sixty representatives of business, government and climate negotiators met to discuss climate change and energy security post-Bali. This was the first time that REEEP invited climate negotiators to the event . Business typically does not have access to the inner circles of Kyoto climate negotiations. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10314 2008-07-18T00:00:00Z 18.07.2008 - We at REEEP have been greatly saddened by news of the death of Doug Banks, one of the leading figures in the rural energy sector in Southern Africa and coordinator of one of REEEP's current projects. Doug was the Managing Director of Restio Energy Ltd, an energy consultancy based in Cape Town. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10277 2008-07-14T00:00:00Z 14.07.2008 - REEEP interviews David Sweet from the World Alliance for Decentralised Energy (WADE) http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10263 2008-07-09T00:00:00Z 09.07.2008 - We, the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States met as the world's major economies in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on 9 July, 2008, and declare as follows: http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10262 2008-06-29T00:00:00Z 29.06.2008 - As the soaring prices of crude oil cause concern among decision makers, administrators and governments, strategies to lessen the burden are being worked out at various levels. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10278 2008-06-17T00:00:00Z 17.06.2008 - Kyrgyzstan became a formal partner of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). Kyrgyzstan is the 37th country to become a partner of the REEEP, an international public-private partnership that promotes policies and financial mechanisms in support of renewable energy and energy efficiency. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10111 2008-06-16T00:00:00Z 16.06.2008 - Egbert Mentzingen has joined the REEEP to support REEEP's International Director, Marianne Osterkorn. Egbert takes the place of Katrina Lederer who is now on maternity leave. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10110 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z 09.06.2008 - REEEP's South East Asia and Pacific Regional Secretariat has a new team. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10109 2008-06-03T00:00:00Z 03.06.2008 - E+Co, a non-profit investment company that tackles climate change and poverty by investing in clean energy businesses in Africa, Asia and Latin America, has been officially awarded as the Financial Times' prestigious Sustainable Investor of the Year. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=10133 2008-05-26T00:00:00Z 26.05.2008 - South Africa, which has been wracked for months by power blackouts and continuing shortfalls in electricity generation, has been reluctant to exploit its plentiful renewable resources, a Platts analysis has found. Discussions with industry analysts and reviews of documents from the country's chief power producer Eskom and the South African government show that renewable energy has received short shrift despite its potential for tackling the nation's and the region's power problems. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9938 2008-05-14T00:00:00Z 14.05.2008 - The Center for Sustainable Energy Technology (CSET) was one of the winners of the World Bank/IFC award for "Innovations in Off-Grid Lighting Products and Services for Africa". The NGO was awarded a USD $200,000 grant to implement a project to provide improved lighting and battery charging for low-income households and street vendors through the use of micro-financed solar/LED lanterns in rural Liberia. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9763 2008-05-12T00:00:00Z 12.05.2008 - Last week in Ghana, 52 short-listed finalists of the international Lighting Africa competition were assessed by an international juror panel who selected 16 finalists. Each finalist will receive up to $200,000 in seed funding to develop and implement their ideas, for a total of $3 million. Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, International Director of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) based in Vienna, was one of 20 jurors involved in assessing the finalist proposals. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9718 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z 29.04.2008 - Finland today became a formal partner of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9685 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z 17.04.2008 - War-torn Liberia lacks many typical barriers to clean energy http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9509 2008-04-02T00:00:00Z 02.04.2008 - REEEP invites you to participate in the Energy Globe 2008. See below for the initiation sent out by Wolfgang Neumann (Founder/organizer of Energy Globe) http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9440 2008-03-25T00:00:00Z 25.03.2008 - The resort is situated on 64 acres of tropical parkland facing the Adaman Sea and has 260 rooms. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9385 2008-03-14T00:00:00Z 14.03.2008 - The UK will remain the world's leading donor to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), with £2.5 million in funding for the coming year announced by UK Energy Minister Energy Malcolm Wicks in Japan this week. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9387 2008-03-14T00:00:00Z 14.03.2008 - At the Gleneagles meeting in Chiba, Japan the IEA released a report for the G8 titled "Combined Heat and Power: Evaluating the Benefits of Greater Global Investment." The report was officially released on Friday March 14th at the G20 side event sponsored by the CHP/DHC Promotion Consortium of Japan. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9386 2008-03-07T00:00:00Z 07.03.2008 - The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference is the largest international platform for Government, private sector and NGOs to address the challenge for developing renewable energy technologies. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9366 2008-03-05T00:00:00Z 05.03.2008 - Technologies are available, but focus on solutions is missing, experts say. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9294 2008-03-04T00:00:00Z 04.03.2008 - More than two dozen Australian experts from the renewable energy industry met in Melbourne last week to debate the issues for clean energy investment in emerging Asian and Pacific economies in advance of this week's WIREC global summit on clean energy in Washington, DC . http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9159 2008-02-25T00:00:00Z 25.02.2008 - Not long after the Californian power outages of 2000-1, computer manufacturers Compaq and Hewlett Packard (HP) merged into one company. The recent fluctuations in energy supply must have been an unwelcome problem facing the two parties who, at the time of an ownership change, would have wanted to guarantee complete business continuity. The companies' history of careful energy policies did not entirely shield them from the crisis, but helped them manage it. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9170 2008-02-25T00:00:00Z 25.02.2008 - By 2050, renewable energy technologies could meet at least half of Southern Africa's energy needs at a lower cost than the current 'business as usual' mix of essentially coal-based supply options. In order to achieve this, there needs to be a revision of current regional energy policies, as well as effective regional planning and co-ordination. This is the message Southern African delegates will take to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) planned for March 4-6, [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9034 2008-02-15T00:00:00Z 15.02.2008 - In February 2008, the Mexican environment minister announced that 30,000 environmentally-friendly homes are to be built by 2011. The new housing is to be equipped with smart devices like solar water heating, low-energy lighting, high-efficiency appliances and low-flow plumbing fixtures. This pioneering project is to be rolled out in subsequent years as Mexico's plan for 20 million new homes over the next 20 years starts to unfold, using new building standards to allow energy efficient construction [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=9035 2008-02-14T00:00:00Z 14.02.2008 - At last week's Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2008, heads of state, ministers, policymakers, corporate heads, NGO's and financiers met for three days to address the issue of climate change. During the event, the REEEP South Asia Regional Secretariat organised a workshop to discuss financial risk management in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Risk is a major concern for financiers and investors. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=8928 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z 28.01.2008 - Platts Renewable Energy Report http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2946 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z 11.01.2008 - In November 2007, the little country of Guyana, slotted between Venezuela and Brazil, proposed one of the world's largest and neatest offset projects: it would place its rainforest under the protection of the UK government in return for development aid and the technical help needed to make the transition to an environmentally-friendly economy. The million-acre Iwokrama reserve in this former British colony is larger than the size of England and acts as a carbon sink for 120 million tonnes of carbon [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2910 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z 14.12.2007 - At the UNFCCC event in Bali, the REEEP formally launched the Energy Efficiency Coalition (EEC) which aims to provide a voice to coalesce the energy efficiency industry in the international arena. The coalition will begin by guiding the REEEP project undertaken by Ecofys to establish a global Energy Efficiency Review which will be the first ever comprehensive review of energy efficiency policies and their impact. The Review will be published in mid-2008. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2680 2007-12-11T00:00:00Z 11.12.2007 - Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable John Baird, and the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, today officially launched the latest version of RETScreen, a software tool originally developed by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for renewable energy technologies. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2661 2007-12-06T00:00:00Z 06.12.2007 - REEEP has produced via its Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) the annual Policy and Regulatory Review of energy policy and energy market regulatory frameworks in a number of countries, particularly as they affect the use of sustainable energy. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2672 2007-11-22T00:00:00Z 22.11.2007 - Each summer REEEP and Wilton Park organize an event on climate change and energy security. The July 2007 event report is now available for downloading. Below please find the Executive Summary: http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2654 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z 20.11.2007 - Two new renewable energy initiatives were recently launched in the eastern and southern African agricultural sector. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2653 2007-11-13T00:00:00Z 13.11.2007 - The Australian Government, through the Australian Greenhouse Office, has recently provided AU$100,000 to the Australian Clean Energy Council to fund a project in the Pacific entitled Pacific Kerosene Displacement Strategies Project. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2663 2007-11-12T00:00:00Z 12.11.2007 - Platts Renewable Energy Report http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2671 2007-10-23T00:00:00Z 23.10.2007 - The MED-ENEC Project on Energy Efficiency in the Construction Sector is considered a major element in designing and implementing cooperation efforts between the EU and MEDA* Countries and between MEDA countries themselves, in response to such global initiatives. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2652 2007-10-09T00:00:00Z 09.10.2007 - The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Alexander Downer recently pledged $1.5 million Australian dollars (approximately € 907,000 Euro) over the next three years to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2660 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z 24.09.2007 - The Carbon Disclosure Project, which acts as a secretariat for a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors with over $41 trillion in assets under management, launched its Fifth annual report based on the responses from the FT500 largest global companies. The report revealed that FT500 companies are beginning to take renewable energy and energy efficiency seriously. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2651 2007-09-24T00:00:00Z 24.09.2007 - Hungary today became a formal partner of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2670 2007-09-12T00:00:00Z 12.09.2007 - Interview with Austrian Environment Ministry's Traude Wollansky http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2650 2007-09-10T00:00:00Z 10.09.2007 - At the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Gleneagles-Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development in Berlin on September 10th, the REEEP had the opportunity to voice the importance of energy efficiency together with other representatives of civil society. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2679 2007-09-03T00:00:00Z 03.09.2007 - Biomass magazine, September 2007 http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2669 2007-08-27T00:00:00Z 27.08.2007 - Shandong, a province of Eastern China, is richly endowed. Three new nuclear power plants are planned for the province, while China Light and Power, a major Hong Kong-based energy company, owns a wind farm and numerous coal-fired power stations in the area and is planning more. In 2004, 1500 of the province's farms accounted for 25% of the entire nation's exports of grain, fruit, vegetables and other agricultural produce grown over 2 million hectares. Some of those farms could find themselves selling [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2678 2007-08-16T00:00:00Z 16.08.2007 - Australia will contribute $6.5 million to global environmental initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and safeguard water resources across the Asia-Pacific. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2649 2007-08-10T00:00:00Z 10.08.2007 - Ontario will be the first province in Canada to join the influential international Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Energy Minister Dwight Duncan announced today. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2668 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z 01.08.2007 - Finance minister Jabu Moleketi proudly announced in May that work on all stadiums to be used during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be finished by October 2009. Ten stadiums are to be used for the cup, five of which will be new - at locations such as Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth. Others, such as the Green Point stadium at Cape Town, will be completely refurbished. The event will be enormous for the country and attract world media attention. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2677 2007-07-25T00:00:00Z 25.07.2007 - Norwegian Embassy China, July 25, 2007 http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2667 2007-07-16T00:00:00Z 16.07.2007 - The beginning of the 21st century has seen an unprecedented level of interest in energy policy and the environmental problems associated with energy usage. What began as two separate policy issues, considered in different government departments and by different parts of businesses, have begun to converge at an accelerating pace. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2648 2007-06-27T00:00:00Z 27.06.2007 - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced it will fund thirty-five new projects. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2666 2007-06-25T00:00:00Z 25.06.2007 - Brazilian oil giant Petrobras helps customers reduce energy consumption. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2665 2007-06-11T00:00:00Z 11.06.2007 - The Rise of the Carbon Offset http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2647 2007-06-08T00:00:00Z 08.06.2007 - With the backdrop of an Australian budget announcement on the opening evening, and a rapidly shifting political agenda on climate change, the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BSCE) hosted its largest annual conference in Sydney. Under the banner "Powering Australia's future, clean, secure, affordable", the gathering saw some 400 delegates addressing the domestic environment that is driving a growing interest in sustainable energy developments. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2664 2007-05-24T00:00:00Z 24.05.2007 - Kazakhstan could become the next country to pass legislation supporting the development of renewable energy after government ministries declared support for the development of a draft law. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2646 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z 22.05.2007 - In New York, at the Commission on Sustainable Development - CSD15, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) held a side event on sustainable energy for poverty reduction and economic growth. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2662 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z 23.04.2007 - Shaffiudin is an entrepreneur who wants to make more money but also help other inhabitants of Chintapally, a town 150km from Hyderabad in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He ran a telephone kiosk and photocopying service for months, but found it difficult to expand due to lack of capital. On top of that, the power connection would sometimes fail due to grid problems, leading to loss of income. It was a situation he could have been stuck with indefinitely, because of the conservative approach [...] http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2675 2007-04-07T00:00:00Z 07.04.2007 - Engineering News, April 7, 2007, by Nelendhre Moodley http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2676 2007-04-02T00:00:00Z 02.04.2007 - In 2004 the UK food retailer J Sainsbury introduced a refined service to customers. If they typed a code number from an organic potato package into the company's web page, they would instantly identify which farm had produced the potatoes. Thanks to information technology, the origin of the food was no longer hidden from customers by retailers' complex distribution chains. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2659 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 27.03.2007 - The mountainous, forested and windy territory of Guatemala offers a wealth of natural resources that could power the nation. But until now its inhabitants have scarcely exploited their resources and have mainly used one of the elements as an energy source - earth - to buy oil from abroad or to cut down trees. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2645 2007-03-22T00:00:00Z 22.03.2007 - The REEEP initiated roundtable held in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation was aimed at discussing opportunities for enhancing public-private partnerships in Russia. The Public Chamber was established in 2005 to ensure public involvement in the decision-making process of important national issues. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2658 2007-03-14T00:00:00Z 14.03.2007 - In February, Mexican finance minister Agustín Carstens made a surprise announcement that his country could become a fully developed nation within 20 years. He compared the nation's position with that of Spain and Ireland in the 1980s: "there are countries that in 20 years have carried out significant changes in their productive structure, per-capita income, in the well-being of the population and I believe that Mexico is in a position to do something similar," he predicted. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2644 2007-03-02T00:00:00Z 02.03.2007 - The Norwegian Minister for International Development Mr. Erik Solheim today pledged 30 million Norwegian Kroner (approximately € 3.7 million Euro) over the next three years to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) to accelerate clean energy supply in emerging markets. The funding is a follow up to the Norwegian Action Plan for Environment in Development. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2643 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z 01.03.2007 - The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced a call for project proposals which support the development of markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. The project call is REEEP's largest in its four year history with more than 3 million Euro available for projects in least developed countries and emerging market economies. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2674 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z 01.03.2007 - Communities work with energy giants to gain energy access. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2642 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z 20.02.2007 - South Africa is set to play a more meaningful role in international energy affairs, particularly in the research and development of new energy technologies and strategies. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2657 2007-02-19T00:00:00Z 19.02.2007 - Even though there is no lack of funds available and no lack of financially viable projects, the still immature nature of the green energy market makes it difficult for entrepreneurs and financiers to find each other. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2656 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z 01.02.2007 - Biofuels offer many socio-economic benefits, but these need to be balanced against environmental impacts. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2641 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z 30.01.2007 - The European Renewable Energy Policy Conference in Brussels marks the full launch of the new clean energy information search engine, reegle. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2673 2007-01-25T00:00:00Z 25.01.2007 - EU politicians and lobby groups will next week highlight the gaps in Europe's policy on renewable energy. http://www.reeep.org/index.php?id=51&content=2655 2007-01-15T00:00:00Z 15.01.2007 - The Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change demonstrates that the world does not need to choose between averting climate change and promoting growth and development. On the contrary, tackling climate change is the pro-growth strategy for the longer term, and it can be done in a way that does not cap the aspirations for growth of rich or poor countries. Energy efficiency is a well-established option to decouple economic growth from the increase in energy consumption and thus reduce [...]