IEA SHOWS THE NEW ENERGY WAY

To maintain renewable energy’s rapid growth, new IEA study assesses challenges and shows how to overcome obstacles
23 November 2011 (International Energy Agency)

"Renewables are now the fastest-growing sector of the energy mix and offer great potential to address issues of energy security and sustainability, but their rapid deployment is also bringing a host of challenges…Deploying Renewables 2011: Best and Future Policy Practice, analyses the recent successes in renewable energy, which now accounts for almost a fifth of all electricity produced worldwide, and addresses how countries can best capitalise on that growth to realise a sustainable energy future…"

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"...The new IEA book…Provides a comprehensive review and analysis of renewable energy policy and market trends…Analyses in detail the dynamics of deployment and provides best-practice policy principles for different stages of market maturity…Assesses the impact and cost-effectiveness of support policies using new methodological tools and indicators…[and] Investigates the strategic reasons underpinning the pursuit of RE deployment by different countries and the prospects for globalisation of RE…"