IRENA takes off

500 delegates from 120 Member States attended IRENA’s third session of the Preparatory Commission in Abu Dhabi

Member States of IRENA met today in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to decide on the Agency’s Work Programme and Budget for 2010. Five hundred delegates from 120 Member States discussed the different tasks and projects the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will tackle this year.

In 2010, IRENA will set out to establish itself as the global base for renewable energy knowledge. Collecting, generating and sharing knowledge about renewable energy will be a central activity of the Agency. IRENA will act as a clearing house, informing about existing renewable energy technologies that have worked well in the past and could be deployed globally, as well as about promising innovative technologies. IRENA will, in 2010, start advising its Members regarding successful policies and financial schemes to promote renewables, as well as related capacity building and training programmes. read more.....