11 Jun 2012
by Christine Lins, REN21 Secretariat - Category: Contributed News
The 2012 edition of REN21′s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) was launched today together with its sister publication UNEP’s Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment (GTR). First released in 2005, REN21‘s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has grown to become a truely collaborative effort of over 400 contributors and reviewers, and is today the most [...]
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 [...]
12 Jul 2011
by Florian Bauer - Category: News
As every year we all were waiting to receive the new Global Status Report on Renewable Energy from REN21. Since today it is available and a first look showed that REN21 again managed to produce a highly interesting report. The report shows that the renewable energy sector continues to perform well despite continuing economic recession, [...]
22 Aug 2010
by REN21 - Category: Contributed News
On 15 July 2010, the ’Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century’ (REN21), which aims at facilitating policy development for the rapid expansion of renewable energies in developing and industrialised economies, released the ‘Renewables 2010 Global Status Report’, the 5th edition of its annual flagship publication. What is the purpose of the REN21 Renewables [...]
06 Aug 2010
by REN21 - Category: Contributed News
On 15 July 2010, the ’Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century’ (REN21) released the ‘Renewables Global Status Report 2010’, the 5th edition of its annual flagship publication. REN21 was founded as a global policy network in response to a commitment of the International Conference for Renewables Energies 2004 in Bonn, Germany. Its main [...]
16 Jul 2010
by Florian Bauer - Category: News
REN21 yesterday released its annual publication, the Renewables 2010 Global Status Report, together with its twin report – UNEP’s annual Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010. In 2009, for the second year in a row, both the US and Europe added more power capacity from renewable sources such as wind and solar than conventional [...]