18 Jan 2012
by Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Contributed News
Memorandum of understanding signed by Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General of IRENA and Mohamed El-Ashry, Chairman of REN21 Abu Dhabi, 18 January 2012. REN21, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, and IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, have announced the signing of a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). “I am very pleased to [...]
16 Dec 2011
by Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Uncategorized
This year, for the first time since its initial 2005 edition, the REN21 Renewables 2011 Global Status Report was officially launched in ten countries around the world. The series began with a GSR2011 launch event in Fiji, followed by events in Germany, Ghana, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Singapore, the United States, Morocco, South Africa and Australia. [...]
07 Dec 2011
by Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Contributed News
Article from the REN21 Newsletter – November 2011 Issue Photo Gallery – IRENA IITC Opening The official opening of the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) in Bonn, Germany was held on the 6th and 7th of October 2011 bringing together high level officials and representatives from industry, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The [...]
13 Oct 2011
by Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Contributed News
REN21 begins series of Outreach Events for its Renewables 2011 Global Status Report (GSR2011). The initiative aims at presenting key findings from the report, but also at giving the public a chance to engage and become part of the GSR community. The series started with a GSR2011 launch event in Suva, Fiji, initiated and coordinated [...]
14 Sep 2011
by Christine Lins, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Contributed News
Tokyo, 12 September 2011. Today marks the founding of Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF). After the tragic events in Fukushima in March 2011, Masayoshi Son, Chairman & CEO of SOFTBANK Corp., one of Japan’s leading telecommunication company, felt the need to initiate discussion about a paradigm shift of Japan’s energy sector and initiated the creation [...]
31 Aug 2011
by Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Contributed News
Given the rush to complete a number of big investment transactions in the closing weeks of 2010 – in some cases to “catch” attractive subsidy deals before they expired – it was little surprise that activity in the first quarter of 2011 was relatively subdued. Financial new investment in renewable energy totaled $31 billion, down [...]