Our Vision
Our vision is of a world in which all people
have access to ecologically sustainable energy.
Mission
GENI's mission is to conduct research and to educate
world leaders and the public about the critical viability
of the interconnection of electric power networks
between nations and continents, with an emphasis on
tapping abundant renewable energy resources, what
we call 'the GENI Initiative.' Our research shows
that linking renewables between all nations will mollify
conflicts, grow economies and increase the quality
of life and health for all. This is a strategy rooted
in the highest priority of the World Game simulation
developed by Dr. Buckminster Fuller three decades
ago.
Strategic
Position
Global Energy Network Institute (GENI) is a tax
exempt, IRS
Sec 501(c)(3), organization in the United States of
America. We conduct research and educational activities
related to the international and inter-regional transmission
of electricity, with a specific emphasis on the interconnection
of renewable energy resources.
Integrated resource usage is currently not possible
without interconnections and high voltage transmission.
Our research to date finds that, using today's technology,
the interconnection of large scale renewable resource
energy is an economic and environmentally sustainable
solution.
In considering the decision making processes of
the global electricity industry, there exist three
areas of activity that will accelerate the attainment
of optimal energy solutions:
First, the industry must be convinced that interconnection
of renewable energy sources via high voltage transmission
networks is both a financially viable and highly desirable
global energy option;
Second, the general public and their representative
organizations need to be aware of sustainable global
energy options; and
Third, our policy makers need to be aware of global,
sustainable energy options when determining their
regional policy direction and legislation.
Our Activities
The activities of GENI have focused on researching
the development of transmission and distribution networks
as a viable option to meet our global energy requirements.
Clear evidence indicates that large scale remote renewable
energy resources can be made available via high-voltage
transmission. Extensive progress has been accomplished.
GENI continues to work with the electricity industry
to explore the implications of interconnections around
the world.
GENI has identified a hurdle for the industry's
wider use of interconnection of large scale renewable
energy resources: the lack of a suitable, validated
computer simulation model to demonstrate the cost/benefit
analysis of such a scenario, which includes a comparison
with other energy scenarios, for example, those of
the World Energy Council.
Therefore:
To accelerate the time consuming decision making
and approval process in the global arena, GENI has
begun to develop a Visualization of the GENI Initiative
in cooperation with the San Diego State University's
Visualization Center. This Visualization will enable
policy-makers and business leaders to "see" trends,
options and consequences in order to identify optimal,
sustainable solutions. The Visualization will lead
to a Computer Simulation Model designed to help utilities
and energy ministries make fully informed choices.
To leverage our communications with the general public
and policy-makers, we continue to expand the GENI
web site with credible renewable energy and high-voltage
transmission resources and to exhibit at the United
Nations, World Energy Congress, ACORE and Rotary International.
GENI videos are now available on YouTube; GENI also
distributes a monthly update to subscribers and is
launching a fund-raising tele-seminar, "On Fuller
Living," with today's business leaders who were students
of Buckminster Fuller.
To help drive investment to clean energy solutions,
GENI has partnered with KLD Research and Analytics
to create the KLD Global Climate 100 Index, which
tracks the leading global public companies that seek
climate change solutions in three areas: renewable
energy, clean tech and energy efficiency and future
fuels. The Global Climate 100 Index seeks to attract
the largest institutional investors to invest in energy
firms that lead in global de-carbonization.
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