International Renewable Energy Agency Born Today

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Source: SustainableBusiness.com

01/26/2009 09:01 AM

A conference beginning today in Bonn, Germany marks the creation of the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

About 80 states have so far committed to participate in the organization founded by efforts within the German Federal Environment Ministry. It is expected that nearly half of the participating states will sign the founding treaty.

The aim of the new Agency is to close throughout the world the gap between the enormous potential of renewables and their current relatively low market share in energy consumption.

IRENA is the first international organization to focus exclusively on the issue of renewable energies. The main work of IRENA will be to advise its members on creating the right frameworks, building capacity and improving financing and the transfer of technology and know-how for renewable energies.

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Website: http://www.irena.org

Read more: http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/17547

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1. K/R

NT!

[Tikki]

2. Has the United States joined this important Conference!!!

Doesn't appear so...

100 other Countries have joined.


Tikki

[Turborama]

3. K&R Thanks for sharing this encouraging news n/t

[ihavenobias]

4. To the greatest! n/t

[Canuckistanian]

5. K&R

This looks interesting