Wed, 12/02/2009 - 07:59
The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) is leading the Open Energy Information (OpenEI.org) project, sponsored by the Department of Energy with a primary objective of advancing the Open Government Directive. Our goal is to organize the world’s energy information to advance the adoption of renewable energy, fuel innovation and better inform energy decisions of policy makers, researchers, investors and consumers. We are providing transparent, participatory, collaborative energy information collection and sharing it in accordance with the Open Government Directive:
1. Transparent
- Publicly accessible text and information to read
- Easy formats to read and sort
- Visual mapping by geographic or sector areas
2. Collaborative
- Input forms for easy updates of information
- Ability to input referenced information (project overview and status)
- Facility to link external information (press releases, media publications, government announcements)
3. Participatory
- Downloadable Spreadsheets of Information
- Real-Time Machine Accessible Data Services to facilitate tools and analysis
We are in the process of seeding the open data platform with unique, valuable data to stimulate integrated analysis and fuel innovation. We intend it to be expanded as a community input model allowing extensive collaboration. We envision this open data platform to be an org which has many sponsors including government agencies and labs, research organizations, universities, industry and companies.
Open Energy Information (OpenEI) at http://openei.org was created by NREL and currently includes info on: incentives, smart grid, generation facilities, companies, investor orgs, climate zones and more. Check out the site to read and/or contribute information!
