| Global Bioenergy Perspectives: the UNECE Renewable Energy Status Report
Produced jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Renewable energy Policy Network for the 21st century (REN21), the report covers 17 selected UNECE member countries located in the South East Europe, the Caucasus, the Russian Federation and Central Asia. It has been prepared in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and provides a comprehensive overview of the status of renewable energy and energy efficiency markets, industry, policy and regulatory frameworks, and investment activities. Drawing on information from national and regional sources, it presents the most up-to-date summary of sustainable energy in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Over the past two decades, South East and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Russian Federation have made strides in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Governments have developed various types of targets and policies to promote renewable energy sources across the region. From a global perspective, however, these developments remain marginal. Further project deployment and investment flows are needed to enable the region to catch up with global renewable energy market development, the report says.
Although expected renewable energy developments will differ by sub-region, with Eastern Europe to be the most active in renewables thanks to its proximity to EU, the unfavourable economics of energy supply and use, due to subsidies and the abundance of fossil fuels in some countries, continue to hamper the economics of projects.
The report concludes that upgrades of ageing energy infrastructure could be an opportunity to better integrate renewable energy and improve energy efficiency. In addition, common regional objectives for renewable energy and energy efficiency could help to advance this agenda and to pull the 17 countries more intensively into ongoing international co-ordination.
Read the report on UNECE website
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