ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LEAD TOPICAL CONTRIBUTORS

BIOENERGY

Takanobu Aikawa (Renewable Energy Institute); Pharoah Le Feuvre (Enegas); Christian Rakos (Propellets Austria)

CSP

Richard Thonig (CSP.guru); David Trebolle (Protermo Solar)

Heat Pumps

Yannick Monschauer (International Energy Agency – IEA); Thomas Nowak (European Heat Pump Association);
Jan Rosenow (Regulatory Assistance Project)

Hydropower

John Altomonte (Verne Energy Solutions, Corp.);
Michael Barnard (CleanTechnica); Matteo Bianciotto,
Alex Campbell, Rebecca Ellis, Debbie Gray, Lei Xie (International Hydropower Association – IHA);
Xizhou Zhou (S&P Global)

Investment

James Ellis, Charlotte Gardes-
Landolfini, Ali Izadi-Najafabadi (BloombergNEF);
Ryan Wiser (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Solar Thermal Heating

Bärbel Epp (solrico); Monika Spörk-Dür, Werner Weiss
(AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies); Pedro Dias (Solar Heat Europe)

Wind

Feng Zhao (Global Wind Energy Council – GWEC); Giuseppe Costanzo (WindEurope); Stefan Gsänger (World Wind Energy Association – WWEA); American Clean Power Association (ACP)

Note: Some individuals have contributed in more than one way to this report. To avoid listing contributors multiple times, they have been added to the group where they provided the most information. In most cases, the lead topical contributors also participated in the Global Status Report (GSR) review and validation process.

PEER REVIEWERS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

Mussa Abbasi Mussa (Ministry of Energy Tanzania); Mohammed Abdalghafoor (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change); Mahmoud Abou Elenen (GE); Hassan Aboughalma (Georenco); Abdenour Achour (Chalmers University of Technology); Ayooluwa Adewole (University College London); Damilola Adeyanju (Enel Foundation); Sujan Adhikari (International Renewable Energy Agency – IRENA); Gamze Akarsu (United Nations Development Programme); Iqbal Akbar (Honeywell International); Carolyn Amon (Deloitte); Marlon Arraes Jardim (Ministry of Mines and Energy Brazil); Eros Artuso (Terra Consult Sarl); Patrick Atouda Beyala (SOAS University of London); Fadeke Ayoola (NET Africa); Shakila Aziz (United International University); Matthieu Ballu (European Commission); Manjola Banja (European Commission); Marie Blanche Ting (University of Sussex); Rina Bohle Zeller (Vestas); Udochukwu Bola Akuru (Tshwane University of Technology); Elina Bosch (Becquerel Institute); Gonzalo Bravo (Bariloche Foundation); William Brent (Husk Power Systems); Kirstin Bretthauer (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – GIZ); Guy Brindley (WindEurope); Thailys Campos Magalhães; Anita Chebii (Serengeti Energy); Sreenivas Chigullapalli (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay); Chuck Chuan Ng (Xiamen University Malaysia); David Clark (Kinetic Energy Generation Systems); Ute Collier (IRENA); Lanvin Concessao (World Resources Institute); Alekhya Datta (KPMG India); Elmien de Wet (Zero Carbon Charge); Giles Dearden (Natural Power); Zuzana Dobrotkova (World Bank); Julie Dulce (Manila Electric Company); Sälma El-Gamal (World Future Council); Wemogar Elijah Borweh (University of Liberia); Ben Elliston (University of New South Wales); Yasemin Erboy Ruff (CLASP); Gerardo Escamilla (IRENA); A. Ricardo J. Esparta (University of São Paulo); Ammar Fadlallah (Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation); Akif Farooqui (The Energy and Resources Institute –TERI); Thomas Fees (Inti Tech Solar); Juan Fernando Martín (Fundación Renovables); David Ferrari (Exemplary Energy); Rafael Francisco (ABSOLAR); Uwe R. Fritsche (International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy and IEA Bioenergy); Ahmed Garba (Blue Camel Energy Ltd); Eduardo Garcia (ENERGY-W); Luis García; Alfonso German (StripSteel); Anastasia Grabco (Suma Capital); Chris Greacen (University of San Francisco); Paul H. Suding (Elsud); Brad Heavner (California Solar & Storage Association); John Hensley (ACP); Gabriela Hernández-Luna (Autonomous University of Morelos State – UAEM); Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes (European Renewable Energies Federation); Anastasia Ioannou (University of Glasgow); Sammy Jamar Chemengich (CLASP); Rod Janssen (Energy in Demand); Ario Jati; Bernardo Joel Carrillo Castillo; Danielle Johann (ABRASOL); Wim Jonker Klunne (Household Solar Funders Group); Manuel José Espinosa (The Phoenix Group); Maria José Linders (Statistics Netherlands); József Kádár (Arava Institute for Environmental Studies); Christos Kalyvas (University of Hertfordshire); Chisakula Kaputu (Sustainable Energy & Environment LTD); Phubalan Karunakaran (WWF Malaysia); Panayiotis Kastanias (Cyprus Union of Solar Thermal Industrialists); Chisakula Kaputu (Sustainable Energy & Environment LTD); Shorai Kavu (Ministry of Energy and Power Development, Zimbabwe); Kamil Kaygusuz (Karadeniz Technical University); Mohamed Khalifa (Khartoum Refinery Company Ltd); M. Khalil Elahee (University of Mauritius); Kennedy Khusi; Birol Kilkis (OSTIM Technical University); Siir Kilkis (Scientific and Technical Research Council of Türkiye); Shigeki Kobayashi (Transport Institute of Central Japan); Assem Korayem (Total Eren); Deepak Kumar (State University of New York at Albany); Sivanappan Kumar (Naresuan University); Maryse Labriet (Eneris Consultants); Reshmi Ladwa (GWEC); Elisa Lai (CLASP); Padmasai Lakshmi Bhamidipati (United Nations Environment Programme); Ferdinand Larona (GIZ); George Lavidas (Delft University of Technology); Andrew Lawrence (Wits School of Governance); Detlef Loy (Loy Energy Consulting); Andrea Lieson (BSW Solar); Jose Luis Villate (TECNALIA); Marissa Malahayati; Jaideep Malaviya (Solar Thermal Federation of India – STFI); Emile Martin (Wuppertal Institute; Gonçalo Martins (Portuguese Association of Renewable Energy – APREN); Hironao Matsubara (Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies); Leopoldo Mico (Solar Heat Europe); Alan Miller; Emi Mizuno (Sustainable Energy for All); Mohammadreza Mollasalehi (Berooz Fanavar e Beinolmelal Co.); Antonio Moreno- Munoz (University of Cordoba); Sabatha Mthwecu (Solar Rais); Julia Muench (LDES Council); Mweetwa Mundia Sikamikami (Bitpop Engineering); Abubakar Musa Magaga (Nigerian Institute of Transportation Technology); Amon Mwadime (Africa Minigrid Developers Association); Nurzat Myrsalieva (United Nations Industrial Development Organization – UNIDO); Paul Nduhuura (Makerere University Business School); Tuan Nguyen (RINA Consulting); Marjan Nikolov (Center for Economic Analyses); Jesse Nyokabi (Quaise Energy Africa); Solomon Ojoawo (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Peta Olesen (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water); Saverio Papa (Solar Heat Europe); Tomasz Pawelec (UNIDO); Lotta Pirttimaa (Ocean Energy Europe); Pascual Polo (Asociación de la Industria Solar Térmica – ASIT); Ramesh Poluru (INCLEN Trust International); Debora Pontes (Zypho®); Edwige Porcheyre (Enerplan); Joana Portugal Pereira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro); Swasti Raizada (International Institute for Sustainable Development); Daya Ram Nhuchhen (Government of Northwest Territories); Bard Rama (Prague Technical University); Atul Raturi (The University of the South Pacific); Shayan Razaghy (Circuit Energy Inc.); Nkweauseh Reginald Longfor (Sophia University); Dave Renn. (International Solar Energy Society); Juan Roberto Lozano-Maya (National Energy Control Center – CENACE); Heather Rosmarin (InterAmerican Clean Energy Institute); Martin Sabel (Bundesverband Wärmepumpe e.V.); Tarek Safwat Kabel (University of Sadat City); Sanchit Saran Agarwal (TERI); Amit Saraogi (Oorja Development Solutions Limited); Christian A. Sarikie (EndaSolar (T) Ltd); Miguel Schloss (Surinvest. Ltda.); Ali Shahhoseini (Qazvin Islamic Azad University); Eli Shilton (Elsol); N. Shinde (UES Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd); Wilson Sierra (Universidad de la República Uruguay); Kamil Sobczak (fenixwing.com); Dosse Sossouga (Amis des Etrangers au Togo); Julia Souder (LDES Council); Laiz Souto (University of Bristol); Janusz Starościk (Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Heating Appliances – SPUIG); Alexandra Styles (Hamburg Institut); Jan Svoboda (AMO); Jin Tanaka (UNISC International); Michael Taylor (IRENA); Suani Teixeira Coelho (University of São Paulo); Hannibal Tesfahunegn (Power for All); Costas Travasaros (Greek Solar Industry Association – EBHB); Daniel Trier (PlanEnergi); Ioannis Tsipouridis (RED PRO Consultants); Kutay Ulke (Bural); Rodrigo Valdovinos (IDMA Chile Institut); Daniel Van Mosnenck (NemoRenSys); Silvia Vera (Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving – IDAE); Ana Vieira (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering – LNEC); Patricia Villarroel S.ez (Regional Courts of Appeal, Chile); Marion Walker (ZSW); David Walwyn (Renewable Energy Generation); Moritz Weigel (African Energy Now); Tim Weis (University of Alberta); Harsha Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority); Amin Qazvin Islamic Azad University); Peter Yang (Case Western Reserve University); Noureddine Yassaa (Commissariat aux Energies Renouvelables et à l'Efficacité Energétique); Hameedullah Zaheb (Kabul University); Xia Zuzhang (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Note: Some individuals have contributed in more than one way to this report. To avoid listing contributors multiple times, they have been added to the group where they provided the most information. In most cases, the lead topical contributors also participated in the Global Status Report (GSR) review and validation process.

This report was commissioned by REN21 and produced in collaboration with a global network of research partners. Financing was provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affaires and Climate Action (BMWK) and the UN Environment Programme. A large share of the research for this report was conducted on a voluntary basis.