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20 Years of Impact - REEEP Annual Report launched!
To celebrate REEEP’s 20th anniversary, we have published our fully interactive Annual Report 2022, showcasing highlights and achievements over the years, our past and current projects and programmes, and our vision for building a...
PFAN’s Interactive Annual Report 2022 is out now!
2022 was a year of global challenges: ongoing impacts of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa announces upcoming funding round for Uganda
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) will open a second funding round for Uganda at the end of March 2023. This is BGFA’s fifth call for proposals (BGFA5) to incentivise clean off-grid energy solutions in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eva Kelly Oberender appointed CEO of REEEP
We are very pleased to announce that Eva Kelly Oberender has taken on the role of CEO of REEEP.
IKI SOARING training in Tanzania and Zambia: ‘’Financing Renewable Energy Technologies’’
The ‘’Financing Renewable Energy Technologies’’ multiplier training in Tanzania and Zambia provided SME stakeholders with knowledge on relevant clean energy and productive use technologies available on the market, costs and...
PFAN presents its newly launched interactive Annual Report 2021
2021 was a year of significant milestones for PFAN: it celebrated the remarkable achievement of USD 2 billion leveraged by PFAN-supported climate projects and its 15th anniversary since our inception. We are proud of the PFAN...
Launch of the PFAN Deal Book
The PFAN Deal Book is an online platform with a compilation of investment opportunities for investors, allowing investors to access information on various climate adaptation and clean energy projects in East Africa, currently...
REEEP and ITN Productions launch new co-production ‘Powering the Future: Clean Energy Innovation in Developing Markets’
Powering the Future: Clean Energy Innovation in Developing Markets looks at the importance of accessing cleaner, greener energy for emerging economies now and in the future.
Join REEEP at COP26 on November 6th & 9th
REEEP is organising and participating in several side events at COP26, with the aim to further a sustainable and transformational change in global climate policy.
Sabera Khan (1971-2021)
Sabera was a true friend and strong supporter of our work. She possessed almost preternatural strategic vision to accompany the experience, knowledge and commitment she wielded toward the development of clean energy markets and...
REEEP donates IT equipment to the GUTES TUN campaign
As a socially responsible organisation, REEEP is pleased to have donated IT equipment to the GUTES TUN campaign, especially as the project also contributes to environmental protection, waste avoidance and recycling and reusing...
Standard Microgrid & Zambian Rural Electrification Authority named finalists for the Concordia Summit P3 Impact Awards
The Power Africa: Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia (BGFZ), funded by Sweden and managed by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), was launched in 2016 with the aim to expand access to clean, reliable,...
The Zambian Rural Electrification Authority to work with REEEP to leverage its Edison platform to monitor & support Zambia’s rural electrification programme
The Rural Electrification Authority of Zambia (REA) and REEEP announced today that they had signed a memorandum of understanding outlining a joint effort to leverage the Edison data platform, originally developed to collect and...
Strong private sector interest in the calls in Mozambique and Uganda
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) has finalised the Pre-Qualification stage for its second and third Calls for Proposals. The programme received 17 applications under its second call (BGFA2) in Mozambique and 30...
Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa launches its third Call for Proposals offering financing to off-grid energy service providers in Uganda
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) is today opening the Pre-Qualification stage of its third Call for Proposals (BGFA3) with the aim of accelerating the provision of off-grid energy services in Uganda. BGFA3 invites...
Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa announces upcoming funding round for Uganda
At a Steering Committee meeting of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) related to the Uganda Country Programme, Denmark and Sweden gave the green light to launch BGFA’s third Call for Proposals (BGFA3) targeted at the...
Germany joins BGFA activities in Zambia
KfW Development Bank is joining the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) initiative on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit...
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa launches its second Call for Proposals for micro-grid enterprises in Mozambique
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) is opening the pre-qualification stage for its second Call for Proposals (BGFA2) today with the aim to accelerate the provision of off-grid energy services in Mozambique. BGFA2 invites...
REEEP has endorsed the GOGLA Consumer Protection Code
REEEP has recently endorsed the GOGLA Consumer Protection Code, whose aim is to safeguard impact and respect consumer rights in the off-grid solar industry. It consists of six principles of business practice and an assessment...
REEEP partners with The Currency Exchange Fund to support local currency financing of clean energy SMEs in developing countries
One of the barriers that clean energy enterprises face in frontier markets is exposure to currency risk resulting from hard currency financing of SMEs, which presents a major threat to their long-term financial sustainability. To...
O programa Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa anuncia o seu próximo convite à apresentação de propostas para microempresas em Moçambique
O programa Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) foi criado por iniciativa do Governo da Suécia com o objectivo de incentivar o sector privado a fornecer serviços de energia sustentáveis, acessíveis, limpos e de alta qualidade a...
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa announces its next Call for Proposals for micro-grid enterprises in Mozambique
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) was set up on the initiative of the Swedish Government with the goal of incentivising the private sector to provide sustainable, affordable, clean, high-quality energy services to...
BGFA First Call for Proposals receives strong response in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Zambia
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) received 84 applications for the Pre-Qualification stage under its first Call for Proposals (BGFA1) in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Zambia. Out of these, 79 applications have passed the...
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa launches the Pre-Qualification stage of its first Call for Proposals
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) is opening the Pre-Qualification stage of its first Call for Proposals (BGFA1) today, inviting off-grid energy companies to compete for results-based funding to bring clean, modern and...
REEEP welcomes new Director General, Magdalena Kouneva
We welcome Magdalena Kouneva to head our International Secretariat in Vienna.
REEEP partners with Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC)
As a growing organisation, REEEP is committed to expanding our international scope and impact. To this aim we are pleased to announce our new partnership and Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth Enterprise and...
REEEP Annual Report 2020
The REEEP Annual Report 2020 looks back on the past year at REEEP and provides an overview of REEEP's mission and methods, as well as our activities and programmes.
Expediting climate change action through knowledge graphs
The end of data silos– “No man is an island” (John Donne) Climate change remains the most complex and challenging issue of our time. It is being worked on from varied angles by a diverse and growing number of actors. But who is...
Upcoming Calls for Proposals in Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mozambique and Zambia
Following the decision made at the first Steering Committee of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA), BGFA will launch a Call for Proposals this autumn inviting interested off-grid energy service providers to compete for a...
REEEP's Covid-19 Response
The Covid-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, a tremendous impact on operations worldwide. Although business is anything but normal in these turbulent times, at REEEP we have been working at full capacity from home...
PFAN Annual Progress Report
Since 2006, PFAN has been bridging the gap between promising entrepreneurs who may have difficulty finding access to funding and international investors who have difficulty finding good opportunities in low- and middle-income...
‘Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa’ expands to Uganda
The Embassy of Sweden, Kampala, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) are pleased to announce the expansion of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA...
Sweden Announces Go-Ahead for Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa in Four Countries
Stockholm, 28 April 2020. At the first Steering Committee meeting of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA), Sweden today gave the green light to expand the programme into Burkina Faso, Liberia and Mozambique and open a...
REEEP partners with FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, a leading Danish energy transition publication
To keep the rise in temperatures below the 1.5°C threshold, carbon dioxide emissions globally would have to be cut by 45% by 2030 and be down to net-zero by 2050, concluded the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in...
Beyond the Numbers – the Impact of Beyond the Grid for Zambia
Zambia is home to a highly dispersed population, with more than 60% of people living under the poverty line, and some 70% of whom have no access to modern energy. Neither the national utility nor energy service providers had been...
REEEP partners with Advocates for International Development (A4ID)
REEEP is pleased to announce our new partnership with Advocates for International Development (A4ID), a global charity which works with the legal and development sectors to combat poverty and drive progress towards realising the...
Shedding light on development in Zambia
“There is goodness here now.” Godfrey Miti, a resident of Ngwerere, on the outskirts of Zambia’s capital Lusaka, is optimistic about the future. He is standing under a lamp outside his mother’s house, and while for many a single...
Trial, error, innovation and impact – a story of context-driven, clean energy solutions for Zambia
With a mission to end the use of charcoal for cooking, an innovative approach from Emerging Cooking Solutions (ECS) hoped to diminish the number of air pollution-related deaths and to put a stop to the rapid deforestation...
Martin Hiller steps down as REEEP Director General
After 8 years at the helm of REEEP, Martin Hiller has decided to step down as Director General at REEEP in order to start an independent consultancy business jointly with his wife and other partners.
Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia Wins UN Global Climate Action Award
The Momentum for Change Initiative of the UNFCCC today announced that the Swedish-funded Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia is among 15 winners of this year’s UN Global Climate Action Awards, which recognise highly innovative,...
Documentary: Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa
This short documentary presents the goals and impacts of the EU-funded Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa Project.
Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia Wins Ashden Award for Innovative Finance
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia, a Sweden-funded programme that has brought clean, off-grid energy to over 600,000 people, has won the 2019 Ashden Award in the category of “Innovative Finance”.
Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa: Delegations visit wastewater treatment site in Port Elizabeth to see project results
In the presence of delegates from the European Union and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality today inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art energy management system at...
Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia Shortlisted for Ashden Award
We are very excited to announce that the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia has been selected as a finalist for this year's Ashden Awards, which identify and promote organisations and businesses implementing excellent practical and...
Press Release: 100,000 Zambian households gain clean energy access through Beyond the Grid Fund
“Bringing modern energy to sparsely populated rural areas is a great challenge. Partnerships like this one have helped to make overcoming this challenge possible.” This was the response of Mr Stephen Mwansa, Permanent Secretary (...
Sweden announces a major expansion of the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia
The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have today signed an agreement to cooperate on expanding off-grid electricity solutions in sub-Saharan African...
How innovative payment systems are helping Zambians electrify their lives
For just a few Kwacha a day, subsistence farmers in rural Zambia can pay off solar lighting and phone charging systems supplied by VITALITE Zambia and Fenix International – two of four companies providing clean and reliable off...
Maher Chebbo Named Chair of the REEEP Governing Board
We are pleased to announce that Maher Chebbo, Chief Innovation Officer for Global Digital Energy Solutions at GE Power, has accepted the position of Chair of the REEEP Governing Board.
Entrepreneurs Pitch Climate & Clean Energy Projects to Investors at PFAN Forum in Vienna
Eight clean energy entrepreneurs from West Africa and Asia had the opportunity to pitch their projects directly to investors today at the Private Financing Advisory Network’s (PFAN) second global Climate & Clean Energy...
REEEP and UNIDO Agree to Strengthen Cooperation
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) have reaffirmed their commitment to cooperating for the promotion of sustainable energy solutions...
PFAN Launches Open-Ended Call for Proposals in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
PFAN has launched a call for proposals for climate and clean energy projects and businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Selected projects will receive no-cost coaching by professional consultants and, once they are investment...
PFAN Investment Forum in Singapore Puts Climate and Clean Energy Projects in Asia in the Spotlight
Ten climate and clean energy entrepreneurs pitched for a total of over USD 31 million of investment to an audience of close to 90 investors at the 8th annual Asia Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing, organised in...
PFAN Launches Open-Ended Call for Proposals in Sub-Saharan Africa
PFAN has launched an open-ended call for proposals for the Project Development and Financing Initiative for Climate & Clean Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Entrepreneurs looking to initiate or scale-up clean energy or other...
Mini-grids can quickly achieve universal access in India, cut emissions: report
Renewable energy mini-grids have huge potential to contribute to the Indian government’s 24x7 Power for All agenda by rapidly expanding reliable electrification in thousands of suitable villages, as well as mitigating significant...
PFAN, ECREEE and CTCN Launch Call for Proposals for Women-led Sustainable Energy Enterprises in West Africa
ECREEE, CTCN and PFAN have launched a call for proposals for women-led sustainable energy enterprises in West-Africa, as part of the CTCN/ECOWAS Project on Mainstreaming Gender for a Climate-Resilient Energy System in West Africa...
Press Release: Sweden's Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia Signs First Contracts with Energy Service Providers. The Goal: Modern Energy for One Million Zambians
Sweden’s Ambassador to Zambia Henrik Cederin signed four contracts last Friday with companies offering a variety of rural energy solutions, marking the start of operations of the Power Africa: Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia (...
Press Release: Local Project Launch of ‘Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water’ Project
The project “Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water” has entered its implementation phase, as was announced during an event at the Department of Environmental Affairs in Pretoria, South Africa last Friday. The 2.5-year...
PFAN Call for Proposals: Project Development and Financing Initiative for Climate & Clean Energy in Asia
The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) is now accepting proposals for the Project Development and Financing Initiative for Climate & Clean Energy in Asia.
Private Financing Advisory Network Relaunched under REEEP and UNIDO Hosting
On the 10th of May, 2017, the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) was officially relaunched under its new hosting arrangement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with REEEP in...
CTI PFAN Call for Proposals: Project Development and Financing Initiative in India
The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) is now accepting proposals from India for participation in the Project Development and Financing Initiative. This PFAN India initiative will present promising clean energy projects...
Press Release: EU-funded Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa Initiative Announced
A new EU-funded pilot initiative for market-based clean energy technologies and services deployment for South African municipal water works was launched last week at an EU Pavilion event at COP22. The event was organised by the...
Press Release: REEEP and PFAN Side Event at COP22: Experts stress crucial importance of financing for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in ensuring success of the Paris Agreement
At the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a panel of experts discussed how innovative financing solutions and closer stakeholder engagement can help developing...
IRENA and REEEP release new tool to aid in harmonizing and streamlining renewable energy knowledge
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) announced the release of Renewables Tagger, a new extension of the Climate Tagger automated knowledge-...
PFAN Passes $1 Billion Mark in Clean Energy Financing
The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN), a clean energy financing advisory group, has announced that it has passed the $ 1 billion mark in total financing raised for clean energy projects in developing countries. The...
CKB Side Event at GGKP Conference: Linking Climate Knowledge to Green Growth
The CKB and REEEP side event 'Linking Climate Knowledge to Green Growth', which was held yesterday at the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Conference on Jeju Island, South Korea, was a great success! It was led by Quinn Reifmesser...
Call for Experts on Clean Energy in Urban Water Works in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies
REEEP is calling for experts and consultants for its new Roster for Clean Energy in Urban Water Works in developing countries and emerging economies. This Call for Experts is now closed.
REEEP July Renewables Roundup: Summer of Solar
The past month has seen the publication of a number of reports concerning renewable energy and energy efficiency. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in particular released a number of interesting publications on...
Sweden opens first financing round of €20m off-grid electrification fund for Zambia
The Government of Sweden and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) announced today the opening of the first financing round of the Power Africa: Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia. The €20m Fund aims to...
Sida PFAN Initiative on Clean Energy Financing Accepting Applications
The Sida PFAN Initiative on Clean Energy Financing (SPICEF) seeks to nurture entrepreneurs, start-up and existing companies, project teams and consortia with environmentally beneficial business proposals with the aim of linking...
The Private Finance Gap: Challenges and Opportunities
At the Paris COP21, an expert panel including REEEP's Martin Hiller and Peter Storey of CTI-PFAN looked at the challenges and opportunities to scaling-up private financing for adaptation projects in the developing world.
Rockefeller Foundation and REEEP to investigate lessons of mini-grid market development in India
Since 2010, The Rockefeller Foundation has been working to expand access to electricity in India through a model utilising mini-grids for lighting and productive use. In 2014, The Rockefeller Foundation significantly intensified...
UNIDO and REEEP join hands to co-host the next generation of PFAN to accelerate private financing for clean energy businesses in the developing world
VIENNA, 26 November, 2015.
REEEP at COP 21
The 21st Conference of the Parties, the most momentous COP in nearly two decades, begins on November 30th, 2015. REEEP will be participating in the following events at Le Bourget.
IRENA and DTU Launch World’s Most Detailed Wind Resource Data
The most detailed data and statistics on global wind energy potential are now available online, thanks to a free resource launched today by IRENA and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The Global Wind Atlas provides wind...
REEEP Kenya Ventures Announced as Powering Agriculture Innovators
REEEP is proud to announce that two ventures from its Powering Agrifood Value Chains 2015 Portfolio have been announced as 2015 Innovators of the Powering Agriculture Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC). Sunculture and...
Solar, the “sleeping lion” in Africa
With the vast majority of its population still energy poor, Africa is uniquely placed to leapfrog fossil fuel dependence and exploit its abundant natural resources in the form of sunlight, hydropower and wind. WWF and REEEP co-...
Climate organizations call for renewed efforts to communicate climate change knowledge and spur action
This year marked the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which swept through America’s Gulf coast, wreaking a staggering USD 108 billion in damage and killing more than 1,800 people. In May of 2015, a heatwave in India cost...
Mobilising the Private Sector for Renewable Development
“We often hear talk of routes, pathways and roadmaps toward a low carbon future,” began Martin Hiller, Director General of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), in his introduction to a panel discussion...
REEEP Announces 2015-2017 Powering Agrifood Value Chains Portfolio
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) announced the nine ventures taking part in its newest clean energy development portfolio, Powering Agrifood Value Chains. These enterprises are bringing clean energy...
Plugging into the Climate Knowledge Grid
“We are not far away from the climate talks in Paris and I’m frightened by the information overload that awaits people there. How will they cut through it all?”
REEEP Annual Report 2014/2015
REEEP invests in clean energy markets. The REEEP Annual Report 2014/2015 explains REEEP's strategy and overarching theory of change, and takes a close look at REEEP's Cross Sector Systems focal area, through which REEEP brings...
I am a Climate Knowledge Broker - Part 1: William Becker
The Climate Knowledge Brokers Group (CKB) is writing its manifesto. It is a mammoth act, carried out by a dedicated group of fifteen people connected with the CKB Group and with input from some eighty more. It is also a necessary...
reegle Translate to Break Down Language Barriers in the Global Fight against Climate Change, Changement Climatique, Cambio Climatico, Mudança Climática, and Klimawandel.
REEEP (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) launched today reegle Translate (translate.reegle.info), a free online service to help bridge language gaps within the growing global climate and development community....
Building power and water infrastructure capability in South Africa
Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura has identified opportunities for the South African city of Durban to increase its use of renewable energy, while at the same time driving down water infrastructure operating costs...
REEEP Solar E-Bike Venture Opens in Hanoi
REEEP and Caritas Switzerland announced the opening of the Bach Khoa solar-powered e-bike station in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 12th, 2015. The venture, based in an innovative business model for recharging and servicing e-bikes...
CKB Group releases 2014 Annual Workshop Report
This report summarizes the discussions and conclusions from the 2014 Climate Knowledge Brokers workshop, held from 4-5 October 2014. The workshop was jointly organized by Climate Knowledge Brokers Group Coordination Hub, the...
Let’s hear it for the curators
Geoff Barnard, Strategic Advisor for Knowledge Management, Climate and Development Knowldge Network, has been working with website managers who pull together climate and development information from many sources – ‘climate...
How to avoid drowning in a sea of climate data
Anita Makri of SciDev.net writes about the CKB Group's official COP20 Side Event: Innovation and Collaboration for Transforming Knowledge into Climate Action: Creating a “Climate Knowledge Grid”.
GUIDE: The Status of Climate Finance at COP20, Lima
A new briefing by the Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) highlights the key climate finance issues on the agenda of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of Parties to...
IISD Reports on CKB Group COP20 Side Event
The Climate Knowledge Brokers Group (CKB Group) held an official Side Event at the COP20 in Lima yesterday, Innovation and Collaboration for Transforming Knowledge into Climate Action. The ubiquitous reporting services of the...
Bright outlook for renewables, according to International Energy Agency
“As our global energy system grows and transforms, signs of stress continue to emerge,” said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven. “But renewables are expected to go from strength to strength, and it is incredible that we...
Equity and inclusion in disaster risk reduction: building resilience for all
This paper, by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) builds on the recently produced ‘The future framework for disaster risk reduction: a guide for decision-makers’....
Climate Tagger to Aid Organizations in Using Knowledge to Combat Climate Change
REEEP (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) has joined forces with the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the operational arm of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
Imagining a smarter world – how to build the climate knowledge grid
Imagine a world where everyone making decisions on how best to respond to climate change had easy access to the information they need to make those choices. What would it look like and what would be needed to bring it about? This...
Tough language and a clear message from the IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented on Sunday (2 November) in Copenhagen its Assessment Synthesis Report. The conclusions of the report result from the week-long discussion between scientists and...
Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations for South East Asia
The International Energy Agency (IEA) shared a brochure that summarizes Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations for 10 South East Asia countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Indonesia...
Climate Knowledge Brokers Group at COP20 Lima
The Climate Knowledge Brokers (CKB) Group will hold 2 events during COP20: Official Side Event and Latin America workshop. CKB will also take part in the Development and Climate Days organized by the Climate & Development...
Energy access changes lives
According to the World Energy Outlook 2013 nearly 1.3 billion people are without access to electricity and that means that almost one-fifth of the global population faces barriers that limit chances for a good education, economic...
Smart cities for sustainable development
For the first time this year two important dates in the urban calendar happened in October. The first Monday of October of every year since 1986 is a World Habitat Day. This year, October ends with World City Day, celebrated this...
New CKB Coordination Hub co-organizes the 2014 annual Climate Knowledge Brokers Workshop
More than 40 participants from 28 organizations came together in Brighton on October 4 and 5 to discuss current intiatives, experiences and directions of climate knowledge brokering - the work of many organizations involved in...
Insights from Infrastructure Africa: 2014
REEEP's Jason Schäffler was at Infrastructure Africa 2014, and moderated a panel on Energy in Africa. Among the key questions being tackled by the group were specific technical challenges of metering systems, and how Africa...
Environment and economic growth: inevitable conflict?
Historically, economic growth and environmental degradation went, by and large, hand in hand. The ‘information age’ has provided not only a greater understanding of the destruction but also the tools to remedy it. The worldwide...
CTI PFAN Bangalore event helps entrepreneurs prepare to present their ideas
REEEP’s partner CTI PFAN organized a two-day event for entrepreneurs they support in South Asia to improve entrepreneurs’ ability to present their business models to investors. Nine entrepreneurs took part in the event, all of...
Business Often Taking Lead on Water-Energy-Food Sustainability, Report Finds; but Governments Must Catch Up or Risk Leaving Some Behind
A new report released by REEEP – the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership – shows how businesses can take the lead in creating sustainable solutions within the water-energy-food nexus. But governments must do more...
UNIDO and REEEP map out deeper cooperation on sustainable development
LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Martin Hiller, Director General of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) met this week in Vienna to discuss...
Shedding Light on Energy Innovation
A REEEP-supported initiative is bringing solar-powered reading lamps to rural Peru, providing an affordable, clean alternative to polluting, dangerous, and expensive forms of lighting such as diesel lamps. The key to the project—...
REEEP project partner wins Stockholm Industry Water Award
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) recently announced that the REEEP partner eThekwini Water & Sanitation, serving the Durban metropolitan area in South Africa, has been named the 2014 winner of the Stockholm...
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) awards PowerMundo $100,000 as a winner of the IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest
A press release from the REEEP-funded, Colorado-based international social enterprise PowerMundo has just announced that they have been selected as one of 10 winners of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 2013 IDEAS Energy...
CDKN Launches Guides to IPCC Report and Free Media Toolkit
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Africa and South Asia?
REEEP collaborates to host Southern African Bioenergy Experts Event
This workshop, held from 29-30 April 2014, was the first in a series that provides input to the How2Guide for Bioenergy – a manual for policy and decision makers for the development and implementation of bioenergy technology...
CTI PFAN accepting proposals for the fifth Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFCEF-5) Business Plan Competition
The Climate Technology Initiavie (CTI) Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) is now accepting proposals from Asian Region for participating in the Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFCEF-5) Business Plan Competition.
REEEP reviews latest ODI report, "The role of multilateral climate funds in mobilising private investment"
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a UK-based independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues, just published an interesting paper investigating how Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) mobilise...
"Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences" report launched
There has been a significant demand for – and yet lack of - real stories, analysis, and knowledge-sharing from on-the-ground efforts in green growth planning and development from around the world. Therefore, a team of experts...
Documentary highlights REEEP efficiency project in Indonesian tempe industry
If you’re interested in energy efficiency, improving health and livelihoods, and environmental protection, it’s time to talk about tempe. What is tempe? It is a firm soy-based product similar to tofu and the most consumed protein...
ECREEE Call for Proposals Now Open
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), based in Praia, Cabo Verde, has launched the second call of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF)
At Dubai conference, experts see a green economy driven by technology, finance
Dubai is not the unlikeliest of venues for a major international conference on the future of the “green economy”, but it perhaps comes close. Arriving from the air, oil drilling platforms punctuate the darkness of the Persian...
Lessons in Renewable Replication from SELCO
During a recent visit to a number of branches, laboratories and projects of SELCO Solar Pvt. Ltd. And the SELCO Foundation in Karnataka, India, REEEP´s DG Martin Hiller tried to test the notion of replicating SELCO´s business...
REEEP joins Green Growth Knowledge Platform, Climate Technology Network
This month, REEEP took a significant step in expanding its network and enhancing its global impact by joining the Green Growth Knowledge Platform as a Knowledge Partner, and the
REEEP and Sanedi push for Energy Efficient Housing in South Africa
REEEP and SANEDI (South African National Energy Development Institute) hosted an exciting workshop in Johannesburg recently covering the status of Energy Efficiency (EE) in the South African housing sector. Participants discussed...
REEEP selected to host Climate Knowledge Brokers Group Coordination Hub
REEEP is excited to announce it has been selected to host the Coordination Hub for the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group.
ESMAP develops Renewable Energy Project Resource Center with help from REEEP
Renewable energy is making rapid inroads in developing countries, with investment reaching US$112 billion in 2012, representing 46 percent of total global investment in renewable energy.
REEEP participates in special event on stakeholder engagement to fast track grid projects in India
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in association with Department for International Development, UK (DFID) REEEP as knowledge partner, organized a special event on stakeholder engagement to fast track grid connected...
Regional Interventions and Partners Meeting held in New Delhi
The Regional Intervention and Partners’ meeting was held at TERI India Habitat Center, New Delhi on the 31st of Jan 2014, where over 30 stakeholders participated in the consultations.
At World Future Energy Summit, Innovation on the Agenda
At the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, the premiere gathering of the global energy community, REEEP Director General Martin Hiller pushed for accelerating technological and business innovation in the developing...
Driving new technology adoption in South Africa’s energy sector
In South Africa’s energy sector, several renewable technologies are mature enough to roll out, but need the right support in the right contexts. Around the world, attempts to adopt new or improved technologies often fail because...
Survey on training requirements for solar energy in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region
As part of the “Solar Med Atlas“ project, the Renewables Academy (RENAC) will be offering seminars on solar energy technologies, as well as on the solar radiation database, for participants from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan,...
Social Economic Empowerment a Key Subject for Upcoming REEEP Panel in South Africa
African renewables have recently seen unprecedented growth, but it is clear there are still challenges ahead, social-economic empowerment.
CTI PFAN launches AFRICEF-3 to Finance Clean Energy Projects in Africa
The Climate Technology Initiative’s Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN) is pleased to announce the launch of the call for proposals for the 3rd cycle of its Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF-3).
REEEP Becomes Newest Member of Global Sustainable Transport Partnership
Enhancing its commitment to finding sustainable solutions for the urban transport problems of the future, REEEP has become the newest member of SloCaT, a multi-stakeholder partnership of over 80 organizations (representing UN...
Going Green, and Why it's Profitable
Sustainable business practices can help companies reap economic gains, while still respecting the environment. Huong Vu, Thong Nguyen and Thanh Tran of the Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) explain how.
Developing Solutions
Alfred Ofosu Ahenkorah, Executive Secretary of the Ghana Energy Commission and REEEP Deputy Chair, and REEEP Director General Martin Hiller, write in UNEP's Our Planet about the challenge of balancing development priorities with...
In Warsaw, the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group brings smarter navigation to those facing oceans of information
The fields of climate and development have undergone radical transformations over the past decades as the world has woken up to the perils of climate change. At the same time, information and communication technologies (ICTs)...
REEEP stresses impact and intelligent deployment for its next funding round at Southern Africa regional meeting
At its Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Southern Africa Region, REEEP introduced the latest generation of project funding – the Phased Financing Facility – and how it can work in practice in the Southern Africa region.
Adapt to warmer world say US scientists
There is no silver bullet for tackling climate change, US scientists say. The only option is for every part of society to accept the need to adapt to it.
REEEP ups investment in RETScreen with help of UK, Norway
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership has teamed up with the governments of Norway and the United Kingdom to provide CanmetENERGY, the Canadian clean energy research and technology lab, with a fifth funding round...
Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report
The editors of Climate News Network have released a condensed summary of the first installment of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report as an initial guide for policy makers looking for an objective summary of the report's findings...
Linked Open Data for Sustainable Development – LOD pioneers make their case at the Open Knowledge Conference in Geneva
Amid a veritable flood of new information on everything from ecological trends to genomic mutations released as part of Open Data movements around the world, practitioners are faced with both vast opportunities, as well as...
Small farmers in Brazil use sustainable techniques to improve livelihoods and feed their families
At first glance, creating livelihoods and strengthening food security while preventing deforestation and fostering sustainable land use may seem irreconcilable goals. Yet Brazilian institute Ecoengenho has managed to do both...
RETScreen Suite software issues update
An updated version of the RETScreen Software Suite was released on August 6, 2013. RETScreen is the world’s leading clean energy decision-making software, provided completely free-of-charge by the Government of Canada. It is a...
Transforming lives in rural Peru: a REEEP diary
In July, REEEP’s Programme Director Eva Oberender made a journey to South America to visit communities that are serviced by newly REEEP-funded projects, each bringing clean energy solutions to people in remote areas of Peru. Her...
reegle thesaurus now includes climate services and adaptation M&E
Thanks to funding from GIZ, the German Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit, the thesaurus function in the Glossary on reegle.info has now been expanded to include terms relating climate services and adaptation...
UEMOA to spend €1 million to take REEEP-funded appliance labelling to next stage
Following a REEEP-funded project that established a regional template for an appliance energy efficiency labelling Directive in the UEMOA countries of West Africa, the Commission has now allocated just under €1 million for...
CEM publishes findings of 2013 Public–Private Roundtables
At the fourth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting in Delhi in April 2013, six public-private roundtables provided an opportunity for Ministers and high-level officials to engage in an open discussion with the private sector,...
api.reegle.info: make your energy and climate content searchable - and findable - for free!
The reegle tagging API is a cost-free tagging service for those publishing online resources in the clean energy, climate and adaptation areas. By tagging the terms in documents, the API makes your climate-, adaptation- and...
BRT for mega-cities: REEEP speaks out in Information Daily article
Claudia Florowski, a member of the REEEP team recently published an article on InformationDaily.com, a site targeting policy-makers. The article highlights the challenges of transportation in the mega-cities of emerging markets,...
Two new reports: world invested $244 billion on renewables in 2012, with shift to developing countries
The sister publications, REN21’s Renewables 2013 Global Status Report and Frankfurt School – UNEP/BNEF’s Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2013 were launched together on 12 June, 2013. Together they see $244 billion...
REEEP Regional Secretariat changes
Over the last decade, the global market for clean energy has seen tremendous growth with strong moves towards maturity in many country and regional markets. Since 2005, REEEPs Regional Secretariat in the Southeast Asia and...
VEF reception: Dr. Kandeh Yumkella praises REEEP’s strong network
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of UNIDO gave opening comments at the REEEP-hosted reception at the Vienna Energy Forum on 29 May 2013; a testament to the close links between the two organisations. In front of several...
REEEP project implementers: sharing experiences is inspirational
The implementers of the 30 on-going REEEP projects met in Vienna on 29-30 May 2013 for two days of interactive discussions alongside the Vienna Energy Forum. Participants had rave reviews for the opportunity to share inventive...
GBPN and REEEP launch the “1 Billion m2” Initiative: an effort to promote residential positive energy buildings
The Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) and REEEP announced today at an EE Global Intensive Learning Session in Washington, D.C. the launch of a new collaboration aiming to encourage the construction of 1 billion m2 of...
GBPN and REEEP sign collaboration agreement
REEEP and the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) have signed an MoU committing the two organisations to co-operating on promoting energy efficiency in buildings.
REEEP-funded roadmap promotes RE in buildings in Changjiang River region
A newly released roadmap document outlines a strategy for integrating renewable energy technologies into buildings in China’s Changjiang River (CJR) basin. The region covers an area of 1.8 million km² with a population of over...
Breaking the silos of energy, food and water supply
Nine newly-funded REEEP projects are looking at innovative ways of using clean energy to create symbiosis between the provision of energy, food and water.
REEEP, REN21 and Austrian Energy Agency host stakeholder event in Vienna
Peter Traupmann, Managing Director of the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA) kicked off a two-and half hour event on Renewable Energy Policy and Market Development Worldwide, held at the Vienna International Centre on 22 March. Co-...
Cambodia workshop brings Asian perspective on universal energy access
The United Nations Foundation’s Energy Access Practitioner Network held a workshop “Towards Universal Energy Access: An Asian Perspective” in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 16-18 March, 2013. The workshop brought together around 120...
Create your own energy statistics graphic on reegle.info: Linked Open Data in action
Wondering how hydro generation in Brazil stacks up against Russia, India and China? Need a quick presentation graphic showing the total energy production v. total energy use in Ghana? There’s a new country energy statistics...
A decisive year for REEEP: an interview
Martin Hiller reflects on his first 14 months as Director General of REEEP, the organisation's achievements and the vision for the future.
Policy Dialogue: Up-scaling EE in metal-casting in Southern India
The metal casting sector is among the most energy intensive SME sectors in India. It is also one of the largest energy consumers. There is a good scope for energy savings and reduction in CO2 emissions through the promotion of...
EnvecologicTV speaks with Martin Hiller at DSDS
In a discussion with EnvecologicTV alongside the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, REEEP's DG Martin Hiller spoke about the prospects of renewable energy and energy efficiency, the impact that that European financial crisis...
SELCO Incubation Centre gives social entrepreneurs a head start
SELCO India is a long-time REEEP partner and project implementer, known for its entrepreneurial approach to increasing energy access. The company was founded in 1995, and multiple REEEP-funded projects have helped SELCO to create...
REEEP-commissioned report sets S&L baseline in Pacific Island Countries
Standards and labelling (S&L) programmes, already implemented in over 50 countries, have been found to be the most cost-effective measures available for increasing the energy efficiency of electrical appliances. In developing...
Mapping out an energy reform pathway for Tonga: final REEEP report handed over
In 2008, Tonga passed the Renewable Energy Bill – the Tonga Energy Roadmap or TERM - and became the first Pacific Island Country (PIC) with such a policy instrument for promoting renewable energy.
Martin Hiller at WFES: opening and cross-linking data is essential to clean energy transformation
In a panel discussion at World Future Energy Summit on "How Technology and Innovation Will Shape the Future," REEEP’s Director General Martin Hiller made the case that opening up and linking data can be the key to unleashing the...
New video highlights reegle Tagging API
This new promotional video provides an overview of the reegle Tagging API, outlining the most important features of this new tool which automatically tags digital content to make it searchable – and findable.
REEEP awards 3.95 million Euros to 28 clean energy projects in 19 countries
REEEP has announced that it will fund 28 new projects that aim to scale up renewable energy and energy efficient solutions in key emerging markets and in selected developing countries in Africa and Asia. The new initiatives will...
GIZ funding to expand scope of reegle.info thesaurus
REEEP has signed a contract with the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to expand the www.reegle.info thesaurus to include important aspects of climate adaptation in greater depth. This step will make it...
Indonesian tofu industry: generating biogas and building community
With the right people and the right technology, a localised tofu wastewater stream that was a significant environmental hazard is becoming a reliable energy source and a model for sustainability across Indonesia.
EAC to establish Regional Centre for renewables and energy efficiency; calling for assistance in feasibility study
The East African Community (EAC), comprised of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda is establishing a new regional East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE).
International Steering Committee meets to choose 9th funding cycle projects
The International Steering Committee of REEEP programme donors met in Vienna on 13-14 December 2012 to evaluate and select the projects to be offered funding in REEEP's ninth programme cycle.
Low carbon public transport gets a boost from Jakarta's Governor
With a strong show of leadership from the recently appointed Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, significant enhancements to the TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit system are just around the corner.
New textile EE web platform in China
A REEEP-funded project on greening the textile supply chain is contributing case studies to the Textile Industry Sustainability Platform (TISP), a new web resource to help Chinese factories, apparel brands and their partners to...
5000 people follow CESC-REEEP-ClimateWorks side event at COP18
On December 4th, the Clean Energy Solutions Center, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, and ClimateWorks Foundation convened a joint side event at COP-18 in Doha on clean energy policy best practices and resources...
Small and medium-sized enterprises should be a focus for CTC&N
Director General Martin Hiller writes from Doha where REEEP co-hosted a side event with CTI-PFAN on how the new Clean Technology Centre & Network could help galvanise private sector resources for technology transfer,...
New paper on expanding rural energy access and agricultural EE
Following her article on clean energy SMEs, Sonya Fernandes of REEEP's South Asia has been invited to present another paper, Expanding Rural Energy Access and Improving Agro Industrial Energy Efficiency through Targeted...
Dakar diary: impressions from Lighting Africa
Eva Oberender, REEEP’s Programme Director attended the third Lighting Africa conference in Dakar, Senegal from 13-15 November 2012, and also chaired a session there. Here she shares her impressions from this major gathering of...
Linked Open Data lifts off in Washington
On November 12th, NREL and REEEP teamed up to give a dedicated Linked Open Data workshop in Washington DC. The 26 attendees at Linked Open Data for Clean Energy included the Climate Institute, the Inter-American Development Bank...
Hiller chairs ECOWAS panel in Ghana
REEEP’S director General Martin Hiller chaired a lively panel discussion at a high-level clean energy forum hosted by the Government of Ghana: "Paving the Way for Sustainable Energy for All in West Africa through Renewable Energy...
FAO thesaurus links with reegle
AGROVOC, the online corporate thesaurus of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) is now linked with the reegle thesaurus. This FAO resource is currently available in up to 22 languages, and contains an...
New reegle Tagging API makes clean energy content searchable and findable
A new cost-free reegle Tagging API is now available to anyone who provides online resources in the clean energy field. This API (application programming interface) will automatically tag documents and web content that cover...
REEEP shortlists 84 projects in 9th funding call
Some 84 projects have now been shortlisted from the 577 initial proposals received in REEEP’s 9th funding cycle. These shortlisted projects have just been notified by e-mail that they are invited submit full proposals by 9...
New PV and off-grid installation guidelines for PICs
The Sustainable Energy Industries Association of the Pacific Islands (SEIAPI) was launched in November 2010, and REEEP funding was instrumental in its establishment.
9th call sets new record in project submissions
By close of business on Friday 21st September, REEEP had received 577 initial project submissions in its 9th funding cycle.
Chalmers named Director of Development to lead donor relations
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) announced today that it has appointed Camilla Chalmers as its new Director of Development, succeeding Eva Oberender. In this position, Chalmers will focus on...
REEEP-authored article on SMEs in India
Sonya Fernandes of REEEP's South Asia Secretariat recently authored an article in Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, entitled Promoting clean energy business models in small and medium enterprises.
REEEP calls for project proposals in new €4.1 million funding cycle
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has opened its 9th programme cycle with a call for proposed clean energy projects targeting key emerging markets and a selection of developing countries in Africa and...
SERN updates policy and regulatory overviews
Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) is a REEEP-funded strategic initiative that produces extensive, in-depth studies on how policy and regulatory mechanisms promote and accelerate the development of sustainable energy....
Project managers meet in Johannesburg
REEEP held an international project implementers’ conference in Johannesburg, South Africa on 3rd and 4th July 2012. The two-day conference brought together more than 30 REEEP-supported project managers from South America, Africa...
Oberender appointed new Programme Director
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced that it has appointed Eva Oberender as its new Director of Programmes.
Bloomberg NEF publishes paper on open data and crowdsourcing
A new paper on open data and "crowdsourcing" can help developing countries make crucial decisions on energy planning.
Speed Brokering hits Rio+20
Representatives from NGOs, clean energy businesses, academia and government spent two hours rotating through 12 seven-minute “speed dating” style interviews with new business contacts at REEEP's tenth anniversary event in Rio....
New version of RETScreen available including Clean Energy Policy Toolkit
An important upgrade to the RETScreen Software, was released this month. RETScreen Suite integrates the RETScreen 4 clean energy project analysis software and the RETScreen Plus energy management software, and incorporates the...
2012 Renewables Global Status Report released
Two major reports on the state of renewable energy in the world were released in June: the 2012 edition of REN21's Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) and its UNEP sister publication Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment...
Tofu production: a massive opportunity for RE biogas in Indonesia
The Indonesian tofu industry encompasses some 84,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in clusters around the country, many of them family-run businesses. Currently, the wastewater from these enterprises is released...
Textile supply chain EE programme in China is a hit with major brands
In China, where many apparel brands source their goods, a REEEP-funded project with Azure International is working with a group of 13 textile factories to improve their energy efficiency in concrete ways.
reegle.info feeds into Global Solar & Wind Atlas
The Global Atlas for Solar and Wind Energy - a project of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), Solar and Wind Working Group - is an ambitious initiative to create an internet-based geographic information system that maps solar and...
Simpa's Progressive Purchase model opens energy access for the un-banked
The lack of access to end-user financing is one of the biggest obstacles to the spread of solar home systems to the 200 million energy poor households and small businesses in India. These consumers spend a large portion of their...
South Africa extends city EE programme
In the Budget Speech in late February, the South Africa government confirmed that it will continue and widen a Municipal EEDSM (energy efficiency demand side management) fund for another three-year cycle. The EEDSM programme is a...
reegle.info partners with Clean Energy Solutions Center
The reegle clean energy info portal and the Clean Energy Solutions Center (CESC) have cross-linked many of their resources.
OFID and REEEP to fund rural energy access in Cambodia, Ethiopia and Tanzania
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) announced today that it will fund three additional projects to widen energy access and alleviate poverty in least developed countries, made possible by 488,768 in...
AFRICEF2 showcases African clean energy projects to prospective investors
Ten clean energy projects that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Africa by ca. 287,000 metric tonnes a year, were presented to investors in Johannesburg at the second CTI PFAN Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (...
Linked Open Data guide launched at Masdar workshop
At a workshop attended by 20 major clean energy and development-related organisations at Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi, REEEP released "Linked Open Data: The Essentials," a new quick-start guide for decision-makers who need to...
Tonga Energy Roadmap gets a boost from REEEP
The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (REEEP) today signed an agreement with the Honourable Lord Ma’afu, Tonga’s Minister of Lands, Survey, Natural Resources, Energy, Environment and Climate Change, to provide funds that...
Solar panel donation from Canada strengthens IDEAAS
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. has donated 560 solar panels worth nearly $1 million to IDEAAS, the social entrepreneurship and REEEP partner organisation that is spreading renewable energy solutions to energy-poor consumers in...
Coimbatore hosts launch workshop for ICLEI Local Renewables project
The Indian city of Coimbatore was the host of a two-day workshop on 12-13 December, launching a REEEP-funded ICLEI project on Local Renewables. The project is taking Coimbatore as both an example and a resource in energy...
Martin Hiller is new DG of REEEP: veteran professional in non-profit world moves from WWF to REEEP
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) today announced that Martin Hiller will become the organisation’s new Director General, starting on 1st December. The former Head of Communications and Campaigns at...
REEEP signs MoU with NREL
REEEP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), an entity managed and operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC for the US Department of Energy. The MoU commits...
RETScreen adds energy performance analysis module
A new multilingual energy Performance Analysis Module has been made available as part of the RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Software to help the user monitor, analyse, and report key energy performance data to facility...
Huang Ming wins ‘alternative Nobel Prize’
The founder of Himin Solar, Huang Ming has been named one of the four winners of the 2011 Right Livelihood Awards, known informally as the alternative Nobel prize. According to the Swedish-based foundation that gives the award,...
reegle.info wins WebAward for Excellence
The clean energy portal www.reegle.info has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Web Development by the WebAwards 2011, held by the Web Marketing Association (WMA).
REEEP-funded report: Brazil wind power due for 5-fold increase by 2013
Wind power deployment in Brazil is set to exceed 5,000 MW by 2013, a five-fold increase from the current installed capacity, according to a study undertaken by the Global Wind Energy Council in cooperation with the Brazilian Wind...
IRENA and REEEP agree on a partnership
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) moved forward in strengthening their good working relationship and building a strategic partnership by signing a...
Hande wins 2011 Magsaysay Award
Harish Hande, the co-founder of SELCO Solar Light Pty. Ltd has been named one of the five individuals and one organisation to win the 2011 Ramon Magsaysay Award. Established in 1957, this award is Asia’s highest honor and is...
Brazil-Mozambique tech transfer of high-value crops: 3 REEEP-funded projects work together
In a prime example of south-south tech transfer, three interrelated REEEP-funded projects have succeeding in transferring a Brazilian model for helping subsistence farmers out of poverty to Mozambique.
Brazil grid connection law in the pipeline
Based on several sources, on 14 July 2011, pv magazine reported that the government of Brazil intends to pass legislation permitting grid connections for solar installations by the end of 2011.
reegle Open Data paper wows ISESS
The clean energy information portal reegle, which has just reached the milestone of 100,000 users per month, has also managed to wow a gathering of 150 scientists and IT engineers dealing with environmentally-related software...
REEEP allocates €3 million to 21 low-carbon energy projects
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) will fund 21 new clean energy projects in 17 countries, aimed at widening access to modern energy and supporting low carbon development in emerging markets and...
Another AFRICEF project reaches financial close
REEEP recently financed a project that enabled the expansion of PFAN (Private Financing Advisory Network), a coaching and investor matchmaking service to Mozambique and Uganda. The project quickly bore fruit: four of the...
Demo home at IDEAAS center for decentralised generation
A demonstration home showing the latest in renewable energy and energy efficient solutions is being officially opened this week by IDEAAS, a Brazilian NGO and longtime REEEP partner who seeks to spread renewable energy solutions...
Open Data opens horizons for renewable energy
With more than 90,000 users pers month, www.reegle.info is quickly establishing itself as a definitive reference source for reliable information on clean energy. Florian Bauer, REEEP’s Operations and IT Director has some specific...
REEEP calls for project proposals in new €4.5 million 8th funding cycle
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has opened its 8th programme cycle with a call for proposed clean energy projects targeting Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The Partnership expects...
China’s 2030 RE potential highlighted in REEEP-funded report
China has taken a major step forward towards setting an ambitious renewable energy (RE) target for the year 2030. In a workshop held in January, some 40 government energy planners, business representatives, researchers and clean...
New software to accelerate RE investment in Ghana
REEEP-supported geospatial information system (GIS) toolkit to accelerate Ghana’s low-carbon energy development offers a model for future climate finance initiatives
Fiji hotel EE project labelled "a world first" at COP16
During the Cancun conference, Fiji’s acting Environment permanent secretary Saverio Baleikanacea was quoted in the Fiji Times as saying that “the proposed Fijian Hotel Clean Development Program will be a world first for the...
65 million in Africa could access solar lighting by 2015: Lighting Africa report
Africa is poised to become biggest market for solar portable lights by 2015. This is just one of the key findings of the report entitled Solar Lighting for the Base of the Pyramid – Overview of an Emerging Market that the...
Solar water heating guide for Brazil
A REEEP-funded project in Brazil has produced a Portuguese publication on solar water heating (SWH) systems, designed to raise awareness of the technology and its potential.
Feed-in tariff workshop grapples with African realities
More than 120 energy regulators, utilities and policy-makers from 14 African countries have taken part in a Johannesburg workshop on designing and implementing stable, long-term renewable energy (RE) support schemes such feed-in...
China RE and EE Status Report launched at DIREC
China is emerging as a dominant force in the clean energy sector, with greater ambitions to be the world’s leader in this field than previously thought, a new REEEP-funded report from the Worldwatch Institute shows.
Workshop caps off ECATS project
The dramatic hill town of Enna, Sicily was the setting for the concluding Workshop event for the ECATS (energy efficiency cap and trade) project. The REEEP-funded initiative, led by Professor Giovanni Tesoriere and his team at...
Unique EE training programme targets China’s design professionals
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...
REEEP-funded expansion of CTI PFAN to Mozambique and Uganda shows results in AFRICEF business plan competition
Nine clean energy projects that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Africa by ca. 500,000 metric tons a year, the equivalent of taking 85,000 cars off the road annually, were presented to investors in Johannesburg at the...
CDP report on BASIC countries shows no one-fit approach to clean energy policy
Policymakers in the world’s major developing countries are achieving mixed results in their efforts to stimulate clean energy investment, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has found. The research was commissioned by the...
Harvesting lessons: 5 years of projects
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...
New 'Compendium of Best U.S. Practices' in RE and EE aims to drive deployment worldwide
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...
Emerging market regulators meet in Cape Town
Electricity regulators, stakeholders, and experts from South Africa, India, Mexico, and Brazil convened in Cape Town from 19-21 May 2010, to explore the challenges of regulating the electricity sector to support renewable energy...
Second Lighting Africa conference highlights huge leap forward for renewable lighting
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-...
Energy Globe award for Solomon Islands lighting project
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...
Up-scaling small-scale wind in China
A new comprehensive roadmap study outlining out how China can support the small wind power (SWP) industry will be disseminated at a workshop during the China International Wind Energy Exhibition & Symposium (CWEE 2010) in...
Transparency is critical: South Africa EGI report
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...
REC trading norms announced in India
In January 2010, 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...
Schwarzenegger: government shouldn't try to pick technology winners
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...
New integrated business model for African rural utilities
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...
New alliance to make Fiji a model for low carbon tourism
Fiji’s national tourist office and key players in the destination’s tourism, hotel and business sectors are joining resources with Australian-based clean technology specialist Greenlight Technology Group (GLTG) in a project...
New report on financing EE retrofits in China
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...
New solar PV legislation assisted by REEEP project
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.
REEEP eases financial crisis for RE and EE
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...
YES Bank deal helps 26,000 farmers in India
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...
EGI: involve vulnerable groups more in Brazil electricity decisions
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...
China steel boomtown maps a low-carbon energy future
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,...
Solar water heating in South Africa gets two boosts from REEEP
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...
E-MDG-F launches to transform subsistence livelihoods
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 (...
More farmers trade crops for solar lighting: a project scales up
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...
Southern Africa EE workshop takes a holistic view
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...
Fresh wind from Kazakhstan: new renewable energy law
On 17 June 2009, 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...
Single deal bundles 25,000 farmers in India to finance drip irrigation
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...
IDEAAS wins Itaú Bank Awards
IDEAAS used REEEP funding to develop the Center for Learning on Renewable Energy and Decentralized Generation, which provides a basis for the two projects that have won the Itaú Bank 'Ecomudança Award' (Eco Change Award) and '...
Seven innovative finance projects light up lives in India with SELCO
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...
Integrated Rural Energy Utilities: literature review completed
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...
REEEP projects punch above their weight, an independent study shows
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...
National Action Plan for Biomass in China shows that 30% of rural energy demand can be met through bioenergy
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...
Farmers trade crops for solar lighting in the Solomons
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.
Tamil Nadu's cities reduce energy consumption
Tamil Nadu is investing in energy efficiency in the state’s water services and street lighting in 29 of its 45 city authorities. Power bills typically represent 40-60% of the total costs of running urban water plants.