IRENA, The International Renewable Energy Agency

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization for promoting the adoption of renewable energy worldwide. It aims to provide concrete policy advice and facilitate capacity building and technology transfer. IRENA was formed on January 26, 2009 by 75 founding nations. The aim is to have the agency fully operational by the end of 2010 with an initial annual budget of US$25 million by 2011. As of June 2009, IRENA has 92 Member States.

http://irena.org/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• irena
• policy
• advice
• intergovernmental
• organization
• Masdar
• renewable
• energy
• wind
• solar
• hydro

[gaelicdreams]

It certainly is a positive development.

[MyLeo83]

Very interesting video

[Arimaspoi]

I hope IRENA, DESERTEC, eSolar and others will make the long waited for energy revolution happen! Finally an organization that takes global initative! Soo happy I am!