A new key portal for Open Energy Data A new portal called reegle provides open energy data. It offers clean energy search, country energy profiles, an actors catalog, and energy glossary. Datasets labeled as open can be accessed freely in machine-readable formats at data.reegle.info using standards like RDF. Reegle aims to accelerate clean energy by enabling more transparent, efficient use and reuse of information through open data and linked open data approaches.

1. A new key portal for Open Energy Data
www.reegle.info data.reegle.info

2. What is reegle?
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 sources
2. Country energy profiles including key statistics, policies and actors
3. Catalogue of relevant key actors and stakeholders
4. Energy and climate change glossary
5. Map search of energy statistics and potentials
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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3. Open Data?
WHO?
All data providers – hopefully ;-)
Several governments and official
agencies have already pledged
to make their data publicly WHY?
available free for 3rd party use. • More transparency
• More efficient public service
• Better use and re-use of
information
• New combination of data
HOW?
creates more value
• As raw data
• Using W3C standards
• In open and standard formats
• Human AND machine read-able
• Resource Description Framework (RDF)
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4. Linked Open Data!
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5. From Open Data to Linked Open Data
Publish Data!
•Organise Data!
•License Data!
•Raw Data now!
Use Web-Technologies
•Provide an API!
• The web is an Ecosystem
• Networked Data creates Use Linked Data!
Network Effects
• Lowers Costs of Data • Give things an URI!
Integration • Use RDF for Publishing!
• Link your Data to other Data
(as well as the data models)!
• Provide a Standard-API
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6. What benefits?
• Less replication (offering same datasets
in different places)
• Encouragement to re-use existing
datasets
• Clear which datasets are providing
similar / same information
• More innovation because datasets can
be put in a new context and lead to
interesting applications
• Put information in context and thereby
create knowledge
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7. Linked? Open? Data?
Source: Peter Gasner, reprinted here: http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/02/the-value-of-linked-open-data.php
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8. The LOD formats
Retrieving and using relevant data SKOS (Standard Knowledge
Organisation System) is a formal
and controlled vocabulary
for thesauri in a semantic web
context.
RDF encoded information can
be used in decentrailed
applications and to create
meaningful new mesh–ups.
~20 bio. triples http://bit.ly/d37p4i Highly interesting and informative
applications can add value
especially for resource and
energy data.
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9. Structuring data with PoolParty
• Thesauri are a powerful way to classify objects and term subjects/concept
• Thesauri use a controlled vocabulary – no use of different terms for
identical subjects such as old-fashioned terms or misspellings
• Thesauri are a subject-based classification of objects described by the
metadata that can easily be retrieved
• is a thesaurus management system with a SKOS editor
• PoolParty includes text analyses functionalities and has full Linked Data
capacities
• with Pool Party text tagging can be another service for reegle users
• Thesaurus is available for free integration into external websites!
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10. reegle as LOD producer/consumer
• www.reegle.info – well established quality information gateway
• More than 90,000 users a month
• Intelligent clean energy search including over 1,000 sources
• New portal data.reegle.info launched in 2011
Now available for external free re-use in Linked Open
Standard W3C standard on data.reegle.info :
• over 1,700 clean energy stakeholders worldwide
• extensive glossary enriched with DBpedia linked
data definition (thesaurus)
• project outcome documents, country policy
reports and DBpedia country description
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11. 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 1,000 authoritative sources.
Based on reegle’ s thesaurus:
o Refined search
o Related search
o Auto-complete
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12. 2. Country Energy Profiles
As a reegle mesh-up, the 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
o Maps of renewable energy sources
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13. 3. Catalogue of actors and stakeholders
reegle’s catalogue of actors and stakeholders ( ) contains information on and links
to over 1700 ministries, initiatives, partnerships and organizations involved in renewable
energy and energy efficiency.
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14. 4. Energy and Climate Change Glossary
reegle’s extensive glossary ( ) based on the thesaurus describes more than 1500 terms
on energy and climate compatible development 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 semantically connected -
symbolizing the scope of a concept or technology
o Information from other sources like Wikipedia
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15. Integrating reegle„s data
data.reegle.info offers all free data set to be queried and used through the SPARQL
endpoint:
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16. data.reegle.info
This free of charge service includes:
o Datasets in RDF to guarantee machine readable formats
o Widgets and wordpress plugins for easy integration and many added benefits such
as automated tagging based on thesaurus
o Detailed instructions on developer’s portal
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17. Outreach –What comes next on reegle.info
The following features are already in development / on the roadmap of reegle.info
o Enrich country profiles by more and more Linked Open Data
o Enrich the clean energy glossary / thesaurus by more
additional LOD resources
o Organise Linked Open (Government) Data Workshops for the
field of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change
o Provide a reegle thesaurus based extraction service for
semantic annotations et al. via an API
o Publish more energy related information as Linked Open Data
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18. Demos
You can access the following resources for demonstration
o reegle.info LOD based country profiles: http://www.reegle.info/countries
o reegle.info LOD based glossary: http://www.reegle.info/glossary
o reegle.info LOD based Actors Catalogue: http://www.reegle.info/actors
o reegle.info Clean Energy Search: http://www.reegle.info/clean-energy-search
o reegle.info data & developer platform: http://data.reegle.info
o reegle.info extraction service (beta): http://pp.punkt.at/extractor/testextractor
o PoolParty demozone for extraction: http://poolparty.punkt.at/demozone
o PoolParty Semantic Search demo: http://search.poolparty.punkt.at/alcedo/
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19. Stakeholders and Partners
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 marketplace
for energy ef.ciency and renewable energy by actively facilitating
financing mechanisms for sustainable energy projects and structuring
policy initiatives for clean energy markets on the ground.
www.reeep.org
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 expansion
of renewable energies in developing and industrial countries by
bolstering policy development and decision-making on sub-national,
national and international levels.
www.ren21.net
reegle is a joint project of REEEP and REN21.
It is supported by:
Partners
• 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)
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20. Global reegle Experiences
“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.”
“The reegle Actors Catalogue is an invaluable source Debashish Majumdar
for facilitating networking and collaboration within Chairman & Managing Director of Indian
the clean-energy field and for helping to promote Renewable Development Agency Limited
project development through bringing together
interested parties from government agencies to
manufacturers.”
“Fundamental to the acceleration of the clean-energy
Whang Zhongying marketplace, is the need to provide interested stakeholders, in
Director Center of Renewable particular potential investors, with fast access to high quality
Energy Development, China 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 Schöpe
Head of Division KI I 4 - Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, Germany
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21. Information gateway for renewable
energy and energy efficiency
”Knowledge is of two kinds.
We know a subject ourselves or
we know where we can find information
upon it”.
Samuel Johnson 1775
Contact: Contact:
REEEP International Secretariat Semantic Web Company (SWC)
Florian Bauer (reegle product manager) Martin Kaltenböck (Co-founder & CFO)
florian.bauer@reeep.org m.kaltenboeck@semantic-web.at
+43 1 26026 3714 +43 1 402 12 35
www.reegle.info data.reegle.info