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== WISIONS of Sustainability (an initiative of Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy) ==

• WISIONS of Sustainability

(an initiative of Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy) was founded in 2004 and is based in Germany .

• Type of organisation: Other

WISIONS was founded in 2004 by Wuppertal Institute – a think tank and sustainability research institute based in Wuppertal, Germany.

Our mission is to empower individuals and communities in the Global South to transform the production and use of energy so that it effectively enables sustainable development.

Over the last 15 years, we have supported communities and local energy practitioners through projects, knowledge exchanges, networks, research and advocacy.

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Key Activities

• WISIONS’ transformative research, impact evaluation and evidence-based advocacy.

• WISIONS’ scheme SEPS (Sustainable Energy Project Support) nurtures innovative sustainable energy projects and fosters knowledge exchanges between practitioners. As of February 2019, SEPS has supported around 130 projects and exchange activities across the world.

• WISIONS cooperates with and supports four practitioner networks to facilitate knowledge development and sharing and to induce the broader dissemination of sustainable energy:

o RedBioLAC (Latin America and the Caribbean) and RedBioCol (Colombia), on biogas.

o HPNET - HydroEmpowerement Network, on community micro-hydro in South and Southeast Asia.

o WindEmpowerement, on small-scale wind.

Main Activities

Other activities: Knowledge exchanges and practitioner networks

Target Groups

for clean cooking:

• Households
• Productive use and livelihoods
• Communities and social institutions (including schools and health centers)

for electricity:

• Households
• Productive use and livelihoods
• Communities and social institutions (including schools and health centers)

Themes

Other themes: Empowerment of local energy practitioners

Energy Solution Focus

Clean cooking

Electricity

Solar Biogas Hydro

Wind Solar cooking Biomass Hybrid

Other solutions: Biogas for electricity and industrial heat

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Where we work

Our regions of operation are: South Asia, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean.

Our countries of operation are: Argentina, Bangladesh, Barbados, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, East Timor, Ecuador, Eritrea, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan.
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South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, Global

Contact Details

• Contact Carmen Dienst
• Visit our website (external link)

Partnerships

We work together with the following ACCESS coalition partners: Energypedia, Group for the Environment; Renewable Energy and Solidarity (Geres), Hivos, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) - Indonesia, Mercy Corps, People; Energy and Environment Development Association (PEEDA) - Nepal, Practical Action, Smart Villages, SNV, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), Others.

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