ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REN21 DATA AND KNOWLEDGE TEAM Jad BabaAna Díaz VidalErin HamptonJanne Luise PiperAndrea WainerGlen WrightHend Yaqoob SPECIAL ADVISORS Janet L. SawinFreyr Sverrisson CHAPTER AUTHORS Hind CouzinKristin Seyboth LEAD TOPICAL CONTRIBUTORS Akram Almohamadi (RCREEE) Yasmine Arsalane (IEA) Gonzalo Bravo (Fundación Bariloche) Zuzana Dobrotkova (Independent Consultant) Peter du Pont (Asia Clean Energy Partners) Charlotte Gardes-Landolfini (International Monetary Fund – IMF) Ruud Kempener (European Commission) Maged Mahmoud (RCREEE) Joel Nana (SEA) Sven Teske (Institute for Sustainable Futures) OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Mohammed Abdalghafoor (Sustainable Development Solutions Network); Hassan Aboughalma (Georenco); Mohammad Awwal Adeshina (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology); Damilola Adeyanju (World Energy Council and Climate Group);Nana Serwaa Antwi (Politecnico di Milano); Patrick Atouda Beyala (SOAS University of London); Alan Bravo (SP Global); Roman Buss (World Energy Council); Bernardo Carrillo (Stemy Energy); Mahmoud Abou Elenen (GE Vernova); Sam Hawkins (Ember); Gabriela Hernández-Luna (CIICAp-UAEM); Soe Htike Aung; Ånund Killingtveit (Norwegian University of Science and Technology); Peter Konings (APEG); Felix Kriedemann (REScoop.eu); Leopoldo Micò (Solar Heat Europe); Golnoosh Mir Moghtadaei (Enertime); Ekta Mishra (Patil Institute of Technology); Mweetwa Mundia Sikamikami (TRiM BITPoP Engineering); Abubakar Musa Magaga (Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology); Michelle Marie Nolan Aguirre (Africa – EU Energy Partnership); Jesse Nyokabi (Quaise Energy Africa); Pallav Purohit (IIASA); Swasti Raizada (IISD); Nizomiddin Rakhmanov; Madan B. Regmi (United Nations); Oliver Reynolds (GOGLA); Rosenberg J. Romero (CIICAp-UAEM); Abdelaziz Salah Saidi (King Khalid University, KSA); Jin Tanaka (UNISC International); Eman Tora (ECADO Innovation); Loveth Ugwu Ovedje (MELAW, Dalhousie University); Patricia Villarroel Sáez (Perito Corte de Apelaciones); Marcela Vincoletto Rezende (Gerdau) RESEARCH AND PROJECT SUPPORT Nicolas Achury Talia Contreras-Tapia EDITING, DESIGN AND LAYOUT Lisa Mastny (Editor) weeks.de Werbeagentur GmbH (Design) PRODUCTION AND COMMUNICATION REN21 Secretariat, Paris, France 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) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). A large share of the research for this report was conducted on a voluntary basis. Share via: