Recent intelligence widget
Posted in market intelligence on Jun 30th, 2008
Thanks to Colin for this suggestion. Note a new block in the sidebar with recent intelligence, derived from our market intelligence group on sustainable energy.
Monthly Archive for June, 2008
SEE thematic virtual meeting rooms
Posted in organisation on Jun 30th, 2008
At the last SEE webmeeting, an action was defined to set-up virtual meeting rooms on SEE thematic areas. Eight such meeting rooms have now been created, and are available for discussion. Additional meeting rooms are easy to add (please put your suggestions as comments here). I hope this set-up meets your expectations. It is simple, [...]
Carbon strategy in 2009
Posted in policy on Jun 30th, 2008
With the expected underspend in 2008, related to the apparent need for much stronger central coordination, I would like to hear from the SEE team about your expectations for MDP-9965 (Carbon Strategy) in 2009.
SEE proposal on e-learning
Posted in e-learning on Jun 30th, 2008
We’re considering a new MDP proposal on e-learning, based on 2 main components: LPQIVES, the vocational education system on power quality, which has developed 10 modules (introduction, harmonics, voltage fluctuations, surges & transients, reliability, earthing, static converters, reactive power & unbalance, distributed energy sources & storage, utility package (including DSM) RETScreen, with its comprehensive set [...]
Energy policy themes for 2009
Posted in policy on Jun 27th, 2008
In preparing next year’s proposal for the global energy policy platform, we’d like to hear from you which policy themes most matter to you for 2009. Not all themes listed below may have a big impact on copper (though we sometimes lack a bit of imagination – remember that ‘only’ a third of copper is [...]
A discussion protocol for this site
Posted in organisation on Jun 26th, 2008
This site and its discussions need a protocol. The protocol normally lists how long discussions are kept open, how they are concluded, what appeal procedures are in place, what topics / language is off-limits, etc. For the E&E team in Europe, we have adopted this protocol which may serve as a starting point. Comments welcome. [...]
Knowledge management / market intelligence
Posted in market intelligence on Jun 16th, 2008
The European team has been running a diigo bookmarking group on sustainable energy, which now has about 1700 entries and 30-something members. You may wish to join this group. You will need a diigo account, but registration is free of charge. You can set alerts to receive e-mail immediately, or on a daily or weekly [...]
Invitation to join SEE Community of Practice
Posted in organisation on Jun 16th, 2008
Dear Colleague : We are pleased to inform you of the launch of the ICA ‘Sustainable Electrical Energy Community of Practice’ or ‘SEE CoP’. A Community of Practice is defined as “ a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as [...]
Energy Charter
Posted in tools on Jun 5th, 2008
Hereby the energy charter we adopted in Europe, which may be useful to other regions. http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgd9gj26_2gmk3xcf8&hl=en_GB
Draft Agenda for the SEE Team Webmeeting at 7h00 EST on June 13
Posted in meetings on Jun 3rd, 2008
Draft Agenda for the SEE Team Webmeeting at 7h00 EST on June 13: Feedback from the SEE Steering committee meeting and discussion – 20 minutes by Ajit Unfinished topics from the Brussels workshop Agenda: SEE toolkits – 20 minutes by Victor Nomination of Program Champions – 20 minutes by Victor Budget 2009 SEE program review [...]
