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Annual Report

RGI in 2021 Yet another challenging but inspiring year

Annual Report

Topic

Creating awareness & capacity-building

Dimension

Energy & Society

Published 27 September 2022

The Annual Report is published every year to inform about RGI’s activities in the past year. In this edition, we look back on highlights, achievements and exciting projects from 2021 and forward to upcoming challenges, new topics and exciting opportunities for future collaboration.

Still impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was a year that posed existing and new challenges related to the acceleration of the energy transition and the growing urgency for nature restoration and species protection. Nonetheless, we adapted quickly to the new reality and grew constantly, addressing new topics and entering new strategic collaborations.

We translated the first two Need for Grids videos into German, Italian and French, six further Members joined the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature (OCEaN), we ran the 8th ‘Good Practice of the Year’ award, released various publications, joined new coalitions, the Electrification Alliance and REN21, welcomed the first Supporting Member, Europacable, and launched a new Irish IRD project, ‘Our Energy Future‘.

Find out about all these and more in the 2021 edition of our Annual Report. Happy reading!

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Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11031
Mara joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2021. Her main responsibilities at RGI encompass communications and media work as well as event management. She previously worked as a training coordinator at the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin and at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) within the European University Institute. At the FSR she was also responsible for donor relations and policy events. Mara studied in Sibiu (Romania), Salzburg (Austria) and Berlin (Germany) and holds degrees in German and English Philology (BA) and Arts and Media Administration (MA).

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11017
Stephanie Bätjer is leading the Renewables Grid Initiative’s communication and event activities as Programme Manager – Communication. She is also heavily involved in RGI’s policy work and all activities that look at social engagement around grids. She previously worked in the communications team of the European Climate Foundation. Stephanie has studied at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She holds degrees in political science and journalism.

Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11031
Mara joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2021. Her main responsibilities at RGI encompass communications and media work as well as event management. She previously worked as a training coordinator at the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin and at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) within the European University Institute. At the FSR she was also responsible for donor relations and policy events. Mara studied in Sibiu (Romania), Salzburg (Austria) and Berlin (Germany) and holds degrees in German and English Philology (BA) and Arts and Media Administration (MA).

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11017
Stephanie Bätjer is leading the Renewables Grid Initiative’s communication and event activities as Programme Manager – Communication. She is also heavily involved in RGI’s policy work and all activities that look at social engagement around grids. She previously worked in the communications team of the European Climate Foundation. Stephanie has studied at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She holds degrees in political science and journalism.