RENEWABLES 2007 - GLOBAL STATUS REPORT

Renewables 2007 Global Status Report RENEWABLES 2007 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT www.ren21.net www.ren21.net Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century REN21 is a global policy network in which ideas are shared and action is encouraged to promote renewable energy. [...] Although the information given in this report is the best available to the authors at the time, REN21 and its participants cannot be held liable for its accuracy and correctness. [...] So important, as renewable energy has reached the top of much has happened in the renewable energy sector the agendas of international policy processes under the during the past five years that our perceptions lag far United Nations, the G8, and other multilateral fora. [...] its financial sponsorship, the Worldwatch Institute for And many renewables technologies and industries leading the production, German Gesellschaft für Tech- have been growing at rates of 20 to 60 percent, year nische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) for administration, the after year, capturing the interest of the largest global REN21 Secretariat for oversight and management, the companies. [...] In 2007, more than $100 billion was members of the REN21 Steering Committee for their invested in renewable energy production assets, man- guidance, all of the researchers and contributors these ufacturing, research, and development—a true global past three years for the information that made it possi- milestone.