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The Long Road to IRENA
From the Idea to the Foundation of the International Renewable Energy Agency ; Documentation 1990 - 2009 ; Promoting Peace and Economic Prosperity, Human Security and Quality of Life, Climate and Nature Protection
IRENA Is the International Renewable Energy Agency, which was finally incorporated this year after a campaign of nearly 20 years initiated by Hermann Scheer, MEP, who spoke at our Mystics and Scientists conference on the Sun in 1999. Appropriately, he is president of Eurosolar and one of the leading proponents of renewable energy who has been a driving force behind the microgeneration measures introduced by the German Federal government to encourage small-scale investment in renewables. The political point behind IRENA is to provide a prestigious international body as a counterweight to the International Atomic Agency and the lobbying power of fossil fuels. The documents provide a route map and endocrinology or major speeches given along the way, culminating in the founding conference in January of this year and an interview with Hermann Scheer explaining the arduous process involved in the funding of this agency. See www.eurosolar.org