The Rural Electrification Research Group is part of the Smart RUE (Smart grids Research Unit of the Electrical and Computer Engineering School) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and a member organisation of the Wind Empowerment association and the Hydro Empowerment network. The group conducts interdisciplinary research with the aim of providing open source technical solutions on small wind and pico-hydro systems for rural energy access. At the same time, the group is involved in several implementation projects around the world in the themes of rural electrification, university education and networking with practitioner networks.