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Clean Energy Information Portal

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reegle – the clean energy info portal is an unrivaled tool to find information on renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate compatible development related topics.

reegle users get free access to the following features:

1. Clean energy websearch of the most authoritative sources2. Country energy profiles including key statistics, policies and actors 3. Catalogue of relevant key actors and stakeholders4. Energy and climate change glossary5. Map search of energy statistics and potentials

What is reegle?

Datasets labeled with the “we are open icon” are provided free for re-use for other websites or applications in machine readable format on data.reegle.info

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1. Clean Energy Search

reegle’s clean energy search is a unique tool to find high quality information on clean energy related topics, searching over 1000 authoritative sources.

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2. Country Energy Profiles

reegle’s country energy profiles provide a comprehensive set of energy-related information on over 200 countries including:

o Contact details of key stakeholders

o Overview on policy and regulations

o Links to project outcome documents programmes and tools

o Statistical data visualised charts

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3. Catalogue of actors and stakeholders

reegle’s catalogue of actors and stakeholders ( ) contains information on and linksto over 1700 ministries, initiatives, partnerships and organisations involved in renewable energy and energy efficiency

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4. Energy and Climate Change Glossary

reegle’s extensive glossary ( )on energy and climate compatible development describes more than 1500 terms and offers:o Definition and synonyms for each term

o Links to related, broader and narrower terms

o Visual browser showing how a term is connected to others to help understanding the scope of a concept or technology

o Information from other sources like Wikipedia

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5. Map Search of Energy Statistics and Potentials

reegle offers stunning visualisation of energy statistics and potentials on a global map.

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On reegle’s “linked open data portal” clean energy datasets including actors, project outcome documents, country policy reports and descriptions on more than 1600 energy terms are available free for re-use in 3rd party applications.

This free of charge service includes:o Datasets in RDF to guarantee machine readable formatso SPARQL Endpoint to fetch information directlyo Widgets and wordpress plugins for easy integrationo Detailed guides for developers

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The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)is a Public-Private Partnership launched at the Johannesburg World

Summit in 2002. The REEEP aims to accelerate the global marketplacefor energy ef.ciency and renewable energy by actively facilitating

financing mechanisms for sustainable energy projects and structuringpolicy initiatives for clean energy markets on the ground.

www.reeep.org

reegle is a joint project of REEEP and REN21.

It is supported by:

• the British Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the

the British Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

• the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany (BMU)

• The Climate and Development Knowledge Networt (CDKN)

• the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (MINVROM)

• the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Lebensministerium)

Partners

The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) Is a global policy network aimed at providing a forum for international

leadership on renewable energy. Its goal is to allow the rapid expansionof renewable energies in developing and industrial countries by

bolstering policy development and decision-making on sub-national,national and international levels.

www.ren21.net

Stakeholders and Partners

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“Project finance is entirely dependent on a detailed understanding of the market conditions within the relevant country. reegle provides a comprehensive overview of these parameters including law and regulations, up-to-date political standpoints, statistical data and best practice guidelines within the area, helpingto guide and inform the decision-making process.”

Debashish MajumdarChairman & Managing Director of Indian Renewable Development Agency Limited

“The reegle Actors Catalogue is an invaluable source for facilitating networking and collaboration within the clean-energy field and for helping to promote project development through bringing together interested parties from government agencies to manufacturers.”

Whang Zhongying Director Center of Renewable Energy Development, China

“Fundamental to the acceleration of the clean-energy marketplace, is the need to provide interested stakeholders, in particular potential investors, with fast access to high quality information. Reegle, the information gateway for renewable energy and energy efficiency, provides the means to link and disseminate knowledge, helping to determine market potential and facilitating global investment forecast.”

Dr. Martin SchöpeHead of Division KI I 4 - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Global reegle Experiences

”Knowledge is of two kinds.We know a subject ourselves orwe know where we can find information upon it”.Samuel Johnson 1775

Information gateway for renewableenergy and energy efficiency

Contact:REEEP International SecretariatFlorian Bauer (Operations & IT Director)florian.bauer@reeep.org+43 1 26026 3714

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