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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was commissioned by REN21 and produced
in collaboration with a global network of research partners.
Financing was provided by the German Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
and Energy (BMWi), the Government of South Africa,
the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World
Bank Group. A large share of the research for this report
was conducted on a voluntary basis.
RESEARCH DIRECTION AND LEAD AUTHORSHIP
Janet L. Sawin,
Lead Author and Content Editor (Sunna Research)
Kristin Seyboth (KMS Research and Consulting)
Freyr Sverrisson (Sunna Research)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND GSR COMMUNITY
MANAGEMENT (REN21 SECRETARIAT)
Rana Adib
Hannah E. Murdock
CHAPTER AUTHORS
Fabiani Appavou
Adam Brown
Bärbel Epp (solrico)
Anna Leidreiter (World Future Council – WFC)
Christine Lins (REN21 Secretariat)
Hannah E. Murdock (REN21 Secretariat)
Evan Musolino
Ksenia Petrichenko, Timothy C. Farrell, Thomas Thorsch Krader,
Aristeidis Tsakiris (Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency)
Janet L. Sawin (Sunna Research)
Kristin Seyboth (KMS Research and Consulting)
Jonathan Skeen
Benjamin Sovacool (Aarhus University/University of Sussex)
Freyr Sverrisson (Sunna Research)
SPECIAL ADVISOR
Adam Brown
RESEARCH SUPPORT
Stefanie E. Di Domenico, Daniele Kielmanowicz (REN21 Secretariat)
Aarth Saraph (United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP)
The UN Secretary-General’s initiative Sustainable Energy
for All mobilises global action to achieve universal
access to modern energy services, double the global
rate of improvement in energy efficiency and double the
share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by
2030. REN21’s Renewables 2016 Global Status Report
contributes to this initiative by demonstrating the role of
renewables in increasing energy access. A chapter on
distributed renewable energy – based on input from local
experts primarily from developing countries – illustrates
how renewables are providing needed energy services
and contributing to a better quality of life through the
use of modern cooking, heating/cooling and electricity
technologies. REN21 is working closely with the SE4All
initiative towards achieving the three objectives of the
Decade for Sustainable Energy for All (2014–2024).
COMMUNICATION SUPPORT
Laura E. Williamson, Rashmi Jawahar (REN21 Secretariat)
EDITING, DESIGN AND LAYOUT
Lisa Mastny, Editor
weeks.de Werbeagentur GmbH, Design
PRODUCTION
REN21 Secretariat, Paris, France
LEAD AUTHOR EMERITUS
Eric Martinot (Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies – ISEP)
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