Show Director’s Message for November: WFES2013 hosts prestigious...
30,000 attendees from the energy and environment industries are expected to convene in Abu Dhabi this coming January for Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), making it the largest gathering on...
View ArticleLinked Open Data presented in the US
Since our IT Director Florian Bauer has returned from DC, he has recollected some of the most important points of the Linked Open Data workshop on November 12th. NREL (National Renewable Energy...
View ArticleThoughts on Linked Open Data following REEEP/NREL Washington D.C. LOD workshop
My favourite thing about being REEEP’s Community Facilitator is the people I get to meet – intelligent, concerned people working across a diverse range of issues, in all types of organisation from...
View ArticleWorld Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week – a week packed with activity around clean energy Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, January 13-17, 2013, will be the largest gathering on sustainability in the history of...
View ArticleUnleashing climate and energy knowledge with Linked Open Data and consistent...
The Clean Energy Solutions Center in partnership the Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and OpenEnergyInfo (OpenEI) invite you to join a free online webinar on accessing...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Policy and Market Development Worldwide conference
Last Friday, March 22nd, REEEP co-organized the Renewable Energy Policy and Market Development Worldwide event here at Vienna’s International Center. Of course, REEEP staff attended and our Director...
View ArticleEnergy Hackathon 2013 in Helsinki
I am sharing news of an interesting event with you guys: The Energy Hackathon 2013 in Helsinki, Finland – I will also be there as a mentor for the hackathon and think it is a great occasion for us to...
View ArticleEnergy Hackathon Helsinki – short review
I have spend most of last week in Finland’s lovely capital, Helsinki. My main reason to visit was to attend and present our work at the Energy Hackathon. This event was staged at the Aalto University’s...
View ArticleREEEP project implementers meet at Vienna Energy Forum
Our team from REEEP spend the best part of last week at the Vienna Energy Forum – also hosting the reception on Wednesday evening where apart from our Director General Martin Hiller and Chris Barton...
View ArticleCollaborating with climate knowledge brokers – two workshops
I just got back from another intensive workshop – or rather two to be precise. Last Friday REEEP and OpenEI held a joint workshop on Linked Open Data and how it could be a useful technology to...
View ArticleHow Linked Open Data supports Sustainable Development – OKCon 2013 workshop
While ambitious climate and energy access targets are already in place we still seriously lag behind in reaching these goals and often find that what’s missing is often proper access to essential...
View ArticleOnline course: Renewable Energies for Developing Countries
Sustainable energy is way to go for international development as well as tackling climate change. While this is widely accepted, and ambitious climate and energy access targets have been set by the...
View ArticleStaying Up-to-date on Renewables
REN21 has just issued its September newsletter. In it you can find out what is happening at REN21 as well as new initiatives, publications and upcoming events posted by its members. If you are...
View ArticleLinked Open Data for Sustainability & Climate Change Development – discuss...
Last week, the Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon), from 16-18 Sept in Geneva, set out to answer three key questions in the global (Linked) Open Data (LOD) effort: how to broaden access to data how to...
View ArticleInvestment in West Africa – Renewables on the rise…
REN21 recently participated at the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Investment Week in Accra, Ghana. Coordinated by ECREEE (the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency) this conference...
View ArticleClimate Change Showdown.
REN21 is gearing up for its participation at the climate change talks in Warsaw. While climate is not a central theme to REN21′s work, renewables should be a central element of any climate action...
View ArticleREEEP attends the 7th World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
The World Future Energy Summit (WFES) is one of the world’s foremost events dedicated to renewable energies, energy efficiency and clean technologies. This yearly event includes a large-scale...
View ArticleClosing the Data Collection Gap
I am just back from the the Second High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) which took place last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme was “Taking the Next Step: Africa...
View ArticleWas the Brazilian World Cup a green event?
Last Sunday was a great moment for the German football nation. They walked out of the Marcanã Stadium as the new Champion of the world. And I might be biased as I am German, but this was an impressive...
View ArticleAll eyes on Lima
The COP20 closed its doors today for good, paving the way for Paris 2015. Negotiators and climate change activists are returning to their homes to carry on the decisions made at in Lima. In the...
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