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From January 2003 until May 2004, the REEEP was housed within the UK [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] (FCO) where it continued following the UN Type II Partnership<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm|title=United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Partnerships for Sustainable Development|website=www.un.org|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201115/https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> process of stakeholder consultation. In June 2004, REEEP obtained formal, legal non-profit status as an [[NGO|international NGO]] and has since been located at the UN complex in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. In 2016, REEEP was granted status as a Quasi-International Organisation in Austria<ref>{{Cite web |last=Österreich |first=Außenministerium der Republik |title=NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations,%20https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |language=en-GB}}</ref>, along with four other organisations.
From January 2003 until May 2004, the REEEP was housed within the UK [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] (FCO) where it continued following the UN Type II Partnership<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm|title=United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Partnerships for Sustainable Development|website=www.un.org|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201115/https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> process of stakeholder consultation. In June 2004, REEEP obtained formal, legal non-profit status as an [[NGO|international NGO]] and has since been located at the UN complex in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. In 2016, REEEP was granted status as a Quasi-International Organisation in Austria<ref>{{Cite web |last=Österreich |first=Außenministerium der Republik |title=NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations,%20https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/european-foreign-policy/international-organisations-in-austria/ngos-and-quasi-international-organizations |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |language=en-GB}}</ref>, along with four other organisations.


As of 2024, the organisation has been funded primarily by governments including: [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Canada]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[The Netherlands]], the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]] and the [[European Commission]].
As of 2024, the organisation has been funded primarily by governments including: [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Canada]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[The Netherlands]], the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]] and the [[European Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs |url=https://sdgs.un.org/statements/renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-partnership-reeep-8527 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=sdgs.un.org}}</ref>


==Project interventions==
==Project interventions==
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These REEEP projects attempted to address two key barriers to clean energy development, and gather and aggregate information on them:
These REEEP projects attempted to address two key barriers to clean energy development, and gather and aggregate information on them:
* Policy and regulation: promoting clear government policies and favourable, transparent and stable regulatory frameworks that will encourage long-term investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency
* Policy and regulation: promoting clear government policies and favourable, transparent and stable regulatory frameworks that will encourage long-term investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency
* Innovative finance and business models: supporting new forms of financing, risk mitigation and business models to make small-sized renewable and energy efficient projects bankable.
* Innovative finance and business models: supporting new forms of financing, risk mitigation and business models to make small-sized renewable and energy efficient projects bankable.<br />



Since 2014, REEEP has focused its work toward the targeted "de-risking" of specific markets and sectors, such as solar-powered irrigation systems in East Africa, solar-powered dairy cooling in Bangladesh, or innovative decentralized mini-grid models in Tanzania.
Since 2014, REEEP has focused its work toward the targeted "de-risking" of specific markets and sectors, such as solar-powered irrigation systems in East Africa, solar-powered dairy cooling in Bangladesh, or innovative decentralized mini-grid models in Tanzania.


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* Powering Agrifood Value Chains - a project to develop evidence-based intervention guidance for energy utilisation in the food-producing agricultural sector.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |title=PAEPARD - FARA: Powering Agrifood Value Chains Portfolio |url=https://paepard.blogspot.com/2015/06/powering-agrifood-value-chains-portfolio.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=PAEPARD - FARA}}</ref>
* Powering Agrifood Value Chains - a project to develop evidence-based intervention guidance for energy utilisation in the food-producing agricultural sector.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |title=PAEPARD - FARA: Powering Agrifood Value Chains Portfolio |url=https://paepard.blogspot.com/2015/06/powering-agrifood-value-chains-portfolio.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=PAEPARD - FARA}}</ref>
* Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water Works in Southern Africa - a joint REEEP-UNIDO project to accelerate market-based solutions for energy-related investment to improve municipal water works in Southern Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2024 |title=Independent Terminal Evaluation SOUTH AFRICA Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa. Promoting market-based deployment of clean energy technology solutions in municipal waterworks: Pilot initiative in South Africa |url=https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2019-11/140341_South%20Africa_Climate%20Change_Clean%20Energy_Urban%20Water.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)}}</ref>
* Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water Works in Southern Africa - a joint REEEP-UNIDO project to accelerate market-based solutions for energy-related investment to improve municipal water works in Southern Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2024 |title=Independent Terminal Evaluation SOUTH AFRICA Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa. Promoting market-based deployment of clean energy technology solutions in municipal waterworks: Pilot initiative in South Africa |url=https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2019-11/140341_South%20Africa_Climate%20Change_Clean%20Energy_Urban%20Water.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)}}</ref>
* SWITCH Africa Green - a project to support African countries in their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices and patterns.
* SWITCH Africa Green - a project to support African countries in their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices and patterns.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Projects {{!}} SWITCH Africa Green |url=https://www.unep.org/switchafricagreen/projectitems?phase=16 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.unep.org}}</ref>
* Climate Knowledge Brokers Group - a community of practice that furthers improvements and efficiency gains in the global climate knowledge system.
* Climate Knowledge Brokers Group - a community of practice that furthers improvements and efficiency gains in the global climate knowledge system.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=REEEP – a vanguard of knowledge brokers |url=https://gggi.org/reeep-a-vanguard-of-knowledge-brokers/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=GGGI - Global Green Growth Institute}}</ref>


==Internet-based resources==
==Internet-based resources==
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[[reegle]] (in lower-case) was a clean energy information portal designed to provide easy access to highly reliable information on [[renewable energy]] and [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]]. The website drew information from eight different open data sources such as the World Bank, UNdata, OpenEI, the CIA Factbook, and the REEEP Sustainable Energy Regulation Network publications to provide understanding of energy issues.
[[reegle]] (in lower-case) was a clean energy information portal designed to provide easy access to highly reliable information on [[renewable energy]] and [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]]. The website drew information from eight different open data sources such as the World Bank, UNdata, OpenEI, the CIA Factbook, and the REEEP Sustainable Energy Regulation Network publications to provide understanding of energy issues.


reegle was developed by REEEP in collaboration with [[REN21]], and was funded by the governments of Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom. As of March 2012, the website attracted an average of 220,000 users per month. reegle was an advocate of the Linked Open Data movement, which seeks to make public data available on the web in open formats that are machine-readable.
reegle was developed by REEEP in collaboration with [[REN21]]<ref name=":3" />, and was funded by the governments of Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwarz |first=Ariel |date=01/27/2009 |title=Reegle: Google for Renewable Energy? |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1275007/reegle-google-renewable-energy |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=Fast Company}}</ref> reegle was an advocate of the Linked Open Data movement, which seeks to make public data available on the web in open formats that are machine-readable.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bauer |first=Florian |last2=Recheis |first2=Denise |last3=Kaltenböck |first3=Martin |date=2011 |editor-last=Hřebíček |editor-first=Jiří |editor2-last=Schimak |editor2-first=Gerald |editor3-last=Denzer |editor3-first=Ralf |title=data.reegle.info – A New Key Portal for Open Energy Data |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21 |journal=Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of eEnvironment |series=IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |language=en |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer |pages=189–194 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21 |isbn=978-3-642-22285-6}}</ref>


==Partners==
==Partners==
Currently REEEP has 385 partners, 45 of which are governments, including all the [[G7]] countries and key government agencies from India and China, other emerging markets and the developing world. Partners also include a range of businesses, [[NGO]]s and civil society organisations.
Currently REEEP has 385 partners, 45 of which are governments, including all the [[G7]] countries and key government agencies from India and China, other emerging markets and the developing world. Partners also include a range of businesses, [[NGO]]s and civil society organisations.


Among other organisations, REEEP is actively engaged with the [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] (UNIDO), the [[International Renewable Energy Agency]] (IRENA), the [[International Energy Agency]] (IEA), MEDREP, the Global Village Energy Partnership <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.energy4impact.org/|title=Energy 4 Impact|website=Energy For Impact|language=en|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-date=2019-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829232329/https://www.energy4impact.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> (GVEP), CLASP, the [[Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition]] (JREC), GNESD, EREC, NAIMA, EURIMA, [[e-parliament]] and GFSE.
Among other organisations, REEEP has worked with the [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] (UNIDO)<ref name=":2" />, the [[International Renewable Energy Agency]] (IRENA)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsroom |first=Edie |title=IRENA and REEEP forms partnership - edie |url=https://www.edie.net/irena-and-reeep-forms-partnership/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=https://www.edie.net/ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2010 |title=Access to Energy from Renewables in Small Islands |url=https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Articles/2010/Oct/access_to_energy_in_SIDS.pdf?la=en&hash=74DE0E254BF9AD0FB4971463AFD64399CF0C4EE3 |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=IRENA}}</ref>, the [[International Energy Agency]] (IEA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations: Southeast Asia Region – Analysis |url=https://www.iea.org/reports/regional-energy-efficiency-policy-recommendations-southeast-asia-region |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=IEA |language=en-GB}}</ref>, the Global Village Energy Partnership <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.energy4impact.org/|title=Energy 4 Impact|website=Energy For Impact|language=en|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-date=2019-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829232329/https://www.energy4impact.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> (GVEP), CLASP<ref>{{Cite web |title=Compendium of US Best Practices |url=https://www.clasp.ngo/research/all/compendium-of-us-best-practices/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=CLASP |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition]] (JREC)<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2024 |title=Other Examples of Partnership Activity |url=https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/casestudies/e2_ec.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=United Nations}}</ref>.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 15:43, 11 March 2024

The logo of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), including tagline " Developing Clean Energy Markets"

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is a Vienna-based Quasi-International Organisation[1] that advances markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency with a particular emphasis on the emerging markets and developing countries.

REEEP was originally launched by the government of the United Kingdom, along with other partners, at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in August 2002[2]. Since 2004 it has been headquartered at the United Nations Office in Vienna and is supported by the Government of Austria[3] among others.

REEEP develops and implements programmes which use a combination of financial instruments, capacity building, facilitation of stakeholder cooperation and technical assistance to encourage private sector investment in clean energy markets, primarily in low- and middle income countries. It designed and implemented the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia[4], funded by Sweden, which won the Ashden Award in 2019[5] and delivered energy service subscriptions to over 1 million Zambians.[6] The programme has been expanded into the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA)[6] which as of 2024 aims to reach over 8.6 million people across Burkina Faso, DRC, Liberia, Uganda and Zambia.[7]

Origins and funders

In 2002, accelerating the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies was one of the priorities of a large group of countries at the WSSD. Margaret Beckett, then UK Minister for the Environment announced the initiative to form REEEP at the summit's closing session. It grew from an agreement with other committed governments, businesses and NGOs to deliver WSSD commitments others, in particular to take forward the key recommendations of the G8 Renewable Energy Task Force.[2]

From January 2003 until May 2004, the REEEP was housed within the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) where it continued following the UN Type II Partnership[8] process of stakeholder consultation. In June 2004, REEEP obtained formal, legal non-profit status as an international NGO and has since been located at the UN complex in Vienna, Austria. In 2016, REEEP was granted status as a Quasi-International Organisation in Austria[9], along with four other organisations.

As of 2024, the organisation has been funded primarily by governments including: Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Commission.[10]

Project interventions

In the first phase of its existence (2002-2014) REEEP acted largely as a re-granting institution, funding nearly 200 projects. The majority have targeted emerging markets such as India, China, South Africa and Brazil.

These REEEP projects attempted to address two key barriers to clean energy development, and gather and aggregate information on them:

  • Policy and regulation: promoting clear government policies and favourable, transparent and stable regulatory frameworks that will encourage long-term investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency
  • Innovative finance and business models: supporting new forms of financing, risk mitigation and business models to make small-sized renewable and energy efficient projects bankable.

Since 2014, REEEP has focused its work toward the targeted "de-risking" of specific markets and sectors, such as solar-powered irrigation systems in East Africa, solar-powered dairy cooling in Bangladesh, or innovative decentralized mini-grid models in Tanzania.

Regionally, REEEP has shifted concentration to low- and middle-income countries, although it continues to work in India and South Africa, which are generally considered to be emerging markets:

  • East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Southern Africa: South Africa, Zambia, Botswana
  • Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Myanmar
  • South Asia: India, Bangladesh, Nepal


REEEP's completed projects include:

  • Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia - a major fund to stimulate markets for off-grid electrification solutions in Zambia[6]
  • Powering Agrifood Value Chains - a project to develop evidence-based intervention guidance for energy utilisation in the food-producing agricultural sector.[11]
  • Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water Works in Southern Africa - a joint REEEP-UNIDO project to accelerate market-based solutions for energy-related investment to improve municipal water works in Southern Africa.[12]
  • SWITCH Africa Green - a project to support African countries in their transition to an Inclusive Green Economy and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices and patterns.[13]
  • Climate Knowledge Brokers Group - a community of practice that furthers improvements and efficiency gains in the global climate knowledge system.[14]

Internet-based resources

reegle.info

reegle (in lower-case) was a clean energy information portal designed to provide easy access to highly reliable information on renewable energy and energy efficiency. The website drew information from eight different open data sources such as the World Bank, UNdata, OpenEI, the CIA Factbook, and the REEEP Sustainable Energy Regulation Network publications to provide understanding of energy issues.

reegle was developed by REEEP in collaboration with REN21[14], and was funded by the governments of Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom.[15] reegle was an advocate of the Linked Open Data movement, which seeks to make public data available on the web in open formats that are machine-readable.[16]

Partners

Currently REEEP has 385 partners, 45 of which are governments, including all the G7 countries and key government agencies from India and China, other emerging markets and the developing world. Partners also include a range of businesses, NGOs and civil society organisations.

Among other organisations, REEEP has worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)[13], the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)[17][18], the International Energy Agency (IEA)[19], the Global Village Energy Partnership [20] (GVEP), CLASP[21] and the Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition (JREC)[22].

See also

References

  1. ^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations". www.bmeia.gv.at. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  2. ^ a b "The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002" (PDF). UK Government publications. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Austrian Development Agency". www.entwicklung.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  4. ^ unfccc.int https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/financing-for-climate-friendly-investment/beyond-the-grid-fund-for-Zambia. Retrieved 2024-03-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) - Ashden Climate Solutions". ashden.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  6. ^ a b c "The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia has reached one million Zambians". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  7. ^ Lia (2024-02-07). "Solar water pumps in Uganda are securing better yields for farmers". BGFA. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  8. ^ "United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Partnerships for Sustainable Development". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  9. ^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations". www.bmeia.gv.at. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  10. ^ "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  11. ^ "PAEPARD - FARA: Powering Agrifood Value Chains Portfolio". PAEPARD - FARA. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  12. ^ "Independent Terminal Evaluation SOUTH AFRICA Climate Change, Clean Energy and Urban Water in Africa. Promoting market-based deployment of clean energy technology solutions in municipal waterworks: Pilot initiative in South Africa" (PDF). United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ a b "Projects | SWITCH Africa Green". www.unep.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  14. ^ a b "REEEP – a vanguard of knowledge brokers". GGGI - Global Green Growth Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  15. ^ Schwarz, Ariel (01/27/2009). "Reegle: Google for Renewable Energy?". Fast Company. Retrieved 11 March 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Bauer, Florian; Recheis, Denise; Kaltenböck, Martin (2011). Hřebíček, Jiří; Schimak, Gerald; Denzer, Ralf (eds.). "data.reegle.info – A New Key Portal for Open Energy Data". Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of eEnvironment. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer: 189–194. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21. ISBN 978-3-642-22285-6.
  17. ^ Newsroom, Edie. "IRENA and REEEP forms partnership - edie". https://www.edie.net/. Retrieved 2024-03-11. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  18. ^ "Access to Energy from Renewables in Small Islands" (PDF). IRENA. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations: Southeast Asia Region – Analysis". IEA. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  20. ^ "Energy 4 Impact". Energy For Impact. Archived from the original on 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  21. ^ "Compendium of US Best Practices". CLASP. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  22. ^ "Other Examples of Partnership Activity" (PDF). United Nations. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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