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11 January 2010 - The Copenhagen Climate Summit was a historic moment in the global response to climate change, but there is much more work to do. The time is now for bold commitments, visionary collaboration and a strong, binding agreement. Local governments are ready and willing partners in this effort, and we will continue to lead the way on emissions reductions and innovative solutions until the final deal is sealed. ICLEI's Reflections Despite its shortcomings, the Copenhagen Climate Summit marked a historic shift in the global response to climate change. Tens of thousands of people (and ...

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27 January 2010 - Less than a week after France cut their solar subsidies by 24%, the largest solar market in the world, Germany, announced their own version of the cuts which had been anticipated anxiously by the solar industry. For most projects, the 15% feed-in tariff cut is somewhat less than feared by some (Germany's leading party, the Christian Democrats, had been pushing for cuts of 25% to 30%). There is also a provision for adjusting the cuts annually, depending on capacity installed. For example, additional 2.5% cuts would be triggered if annual installations increase to the 3,500 and 4, ...

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3 Feb 2010
Global wind power boom continues despite economic woes
The Global Wind Energy Council today announced that the world’s wind power capacity grew by 31% in 2009, adding 37.5GW to bring total installations up to 157.9GW.

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6 Jan 2010
Renewables Interactive Map published by REN21
The map contains a wealth of information on renewable energy, including support policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed capacity, current production, future scenarios, and policy pledges.

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3 Dec 2009
IRENA and REN21 Side Event at COP15 in Copenhagen
On 15 December, IRENA and REN21 together with IEA, RETD, EREC and Greenpeace will present the leading renewable energy scenarios to show how renewables can help meet CO2 reduction targets and secure affordable energy supply.

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2 Dec 2009
REN21 Steering Committee member named to head Greece Public Power Corp
Greece named renewable energy expert Arthouros Zervos to head state-controlled Public Power Corp (PPC), the country's biggest electricity provider.

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26 Nov 2009
The Economics of Renewable Energy - True Costs and Value
A one-day experts meeting hosted jointly by IEA and REN21 will take place on November 30th, 2009 in Paris. The purpose of the meeting is to take a close look at alternative approaches to the levelized generation cost methodology and to discuss implications for energy modeling and energy policy. The outcome of the discussion will provide initial guidance for further analysis of the economics of electricity generation, in particular, renewable energy technologies.

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16 Oct 2009
Recommendations for Improving the Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies in China
REN21 released its report today with key recommendations to decision makers in China.

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02 Oct 2009
Pledge submission online
The online submission is now available to all governments and stakeholders with interests in expressing their voluntary actions towards advancing renewable energy deployment and policy development.

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30 Sept 2009
Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) 2010
REN21 will be a key partner to the Indian Government in organising the conference and setting the themes.

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30 Sept 2009
REN21 Ninth Steering Committee Meeting
The ninth meeting of the REN21 Steering Committee took place in New Delhi from 10-11 September 2009.

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WIREC Pledges

  • Council to facilitate EU's commitment to obtain 20% of energy needs from renewable energy by 2020 More
  • Reach combined target for renewable energy and energy efficiency: 30 TWh increased annual production from 2001 to 2016 More
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