Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership explained

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

REEEP was originally launched by the government of the United Kingdom, along with other partners, at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in August 2002.[2] [3] Since 2004 it has been headquartered at the United Nations Office in Vienna and is supported by the Government of Austria[4] among others.

REEEP develops and implements programmes which use a combination of financial instruments, capacity building, facilitation of stakeholder cooperation and technical assistance to encourage private sector investment in clean energy markets, primarily in low- and middle income countries.

Origins and funders

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.

From January 2003 until May 2004, the REEEP was housed within the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) where it continued following the UN Type II Partnership[5] process of stakeholder consultation. In June 2004, REEEP obtained formal, legal non-profit status as an international NGO and has since been located at the UN complex in Vienna, Austria. In 2016, REEEP was granted status as a Quasi-International Organisation in Austria,[6] along with four other organisations.

As of 2024, the organisation has been funded primarily by governments including: Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Commission.[7]

Projects

In the first phase of its existence (2002-2014) REEEP acted largely as a re-granting institution. The majority have targeted emerging markets such as India, China, and southern Africa.[8] [9]

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

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

It designed and implemented the Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia,[10] funded by Sweden, which won the Ashden Award in 2019[11] and delivered energy service subscriptions to over 1 million Zambians.[12] The programme has been expanded into the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa which as of 2024 aims to reach over 8.6 million people across Burkina Faso, DRC, Liberia, Uganda and Zambia.[13]

REEEP's other completed projects include:

Internet-based resources

reegle.info

reegle was developed by REEEP in collaboration with REN21, and was funded by the governments of Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom.[18] reegle was an advocate of the Linked Open Data movement, which seeks to make public data available on the web in open formats that are machine-readable.[19]

Partners

As of 2023, REEEP has 385 partners, 45 of which are governments, including all the G7 countries and key government agencies from India and China, other emerging markets and the developing world. Partners also include a range of businesses, NGOs and civil society organisations.[20]

Among other organisations, REEEP has worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the International Renewable Energy Agency,[21] [22] the International Energy Agency,[23] the Global Village Energy Partnership,[24] CLASP[25] and the Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition.[26]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Österreich . Außenministerium der Republik . NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations . 2024-03-11 . www.bmeia.gv.at . en-GB.
  2. Web site: 2 March 2005 . The World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 . 11 March 2023 . UK Government publications.
  3. Web site: The Clean Energy Initiative and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership . 12 March 2024 . Department of Energy.
  4. Web site: Austrian Development Agency . 2024-03-11 . www.entwicklung.at . de.
  5. Web site: United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Partnerships for Sustainable Development. www.un.org. 2019-09-03. 2019-11-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201115/https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/partnerships/partnerships.htm. live.
  6. Web site: Österreich . Außenministerium der Republik . NGOs and Quasi-International Organizations . 2024-03-11 . www.bmeia.gv.at . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Department of Economic and Social Affairs . 2024-03-11 . sdgs.un.org.
  8. Web site: REEEP awards €3.95 million to 28 clean energy projects . 2024-08-16 . www.vienna-energy-club.at.
  9. Web site: REEEP to fund 49 clean energy projects . 2024-08-16 . ScienceBusiness . en.
  10. Web site: Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia . 2024-03-11 . unfccc.int.
  11. Web site: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) - Ashden Climate Solutions . 2024-03-11 . ashden.org . en-GB.
  12. Web site: The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia has reached one million Zambians . 2024-03-11 . Sweden Abroad . en.
  13. Web site: Lia . 2024-02-07 . Solar water pumps in Uganda are securing better yields for farmers . 2024-03-11 . BGFA . en.
  14. Web site: 2015-06-19 . PAEPARD - FARA: Powering Agrifood Value Chains Portfolio . 2024-03-11 . PAEPARD - FARA.
  15. Web site: 11 March 2024 . 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 . 11 March 2024 . United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
  16. Web site: Projects SWITCH Africa Green . 2024-03-11 . www.unep.org.
  17. Web site: REEEP – a vanguard of knowledge brokers . 2024-03-11 . GGGI - Global Green Growth Institute.
  18. Web site: Schwarz . Ariel . January 27, 2009 . Reegle: Google for Renewable Energy? . 11 March 2024 . Fast Company.
  19. Book: Bauer . Florian . Recheis . Denise . Kaltenböck . Martin . Data.reegle.info – A New Key Portal for Open Energy Data . 2011 . Hřebíček . Jiří . Schimak . Gerald . Denzer . Ralf . Environmental Software Systems. Frameworks of eEnvironment . https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21 . IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology . 359 . en . Berlin, Heidelberg . Springer . 189–194 . 10.1007/978-3-642-22285-6_21 . 978-3-642-22285-6.
  20. Web site: October 2023 . REEEP Members . 12 March 2023 . REEEP.
  21. Web site: IRENA and REEEP forms partnership . 2024-03-11 . edie.net . en-GB.
  22. Web site: 27 October 2010 . Access to Energy from Renewables in Small Islands . 11 March 2024 . International Renewable Energy Agency.
  23. Web site: Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations: Southeast Asia Region – Analysis . 2024-03-11 . IEA . 9 July 2015 . en-GB.
  24. Web site: Energy 4 Impact. Energy For Impact. en. 2019-09-03. 2019-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190829232329/https://www.energy4impact.org/. live.
  25. Web site: Compendium of US Best Practices . 2024-03-11 . CLASP . en.
  26. Web site: 11 March 2024 . Other Examples of Partnership Activity . 11 March 2024 . United Nations.

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