download the mexico energy revolution scenario

It is clear that global scenarios have a critical role to play in the
development of the global energy framework. To keep up with the fast
paced development of renewable energy technologies, and to accurately
convey current and possible future growth rates of renewable energy
worldwide, global scenarios need to be kept up to date.
Due to the high relevance of energy scenarios in the global energy
debate, the International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, will itself
facilitate an open and transparent dialogue on renewable energy
scenarios within the framework of its mandate. Its mandate does not
include the issues of fossil or nuclear energy.
IRENA aims to ensure that assumptions about renewable energy reflect
the rapid development that we can currently witness in renewable
energy technologies and policies. In the long term, IRENA itself will
play an active role in the development of Renewable Energy scenarios -
in discussion with other organizations like the European Renewable
Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace.
The energy [r]evolution series has become a reference publication
for many over time. The third issue again displays all attributes of
a good scenario: it accounts for progress in the field of technologies
and policies, spells out the essential framework conditions, provides
for solutions – like, in this case, a global financing model - and
finally, visualizes positive benefits, like the impact of an accelerated
deployment of renewable energies on the job sector.
Energy [r]evolution underlines once again the importance of
renewable energy in the context of climate change mitigation.
It demonstrates that renewable energies stand ready to make
a significant contribution.
Hélène Pelosse
INTERIM DIRECTOR-GENERAL
IRENA - INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY
JUNE 2010
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scenarios for a future
energy supply 44
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energy resources
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& security of supply 68
policy
recommendations 99
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key results of the mexico
energy [r]evolution
scenario 58
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energy technologies 88
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glossary & appendix 105
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