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VIENNA, Austria, September 28, 2005 (Refocus
Weekly)
Two groups are developing an information portal
for renewable energies that will be launched in May, 2006.
The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and
REN21 (a network established at the international conference for
renewables in Bonn last year) are designing an Internet based
‘Information Clearing House’ to provide access to information on
renewables and energy efficiency. The project is supported by the
British environment department (DEFRA), Dutch environment ministry (MINVROM)
and the German ministry for the environment (BMU).
The portal will provide “easy access to high quality information and
data on renewable energies” and increase the flow of information “to
facilitate the understanding of the roles and activities of the many
different initiatives and opportunities” in renewables and energy
efficiency. It will also enable users to provide feedback on the
usefulness of the data by a rating system.
The system will serve as a repository for data and a link to sources
such as the International Energy Agency, and users will be able to
search for any data or follow a structured path to access data on
various areas and specific categories of interest. The first element
of the portal, an ‘Actors Catalogue,’ will be available by the end
of October.
“A number of heterogeneous data sources for renewables and energy
efficiency exist... but a powerful and comprehensive portal for
renewables and energy efficiency does not exist,” say the groups.
“Various organizations manage and store information on renewables
and energy efficiency” and interested parties must search various
sources to receive “useful, trustworthy and up to date information
on renewables and energy efficiency.”
The project will be implemented in a phased approach, with the
initial focus on renewables and energy efficiency to be included
later.
The groups posted an online questionnaire that was designed to
involve the maximum number of stakeholder groups in the planning,
preparation and structuring of the portal. The form addressed the
issues of bioenergy, climate, energy, energy efficiency,
environment, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, heating/cooling and
transport/bio fuels.
REEEP is the partnership launched by the UK government at the
Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in August 2002.
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