Eric Martinot is senior research director with the
Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies in Tokyo, Japan, specialising in
renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include b ...
. He is author of the 2013
REN21
REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) is a think tank and a multistakeholder governance group which is focused on renewable energy policy.
REN21's goal is to facilitate policy development, knowledge exchange, and joint a ...
''Renewables Global Futures Report'', and former lead author of the REN21 ''Renewables Global Status Report'' (2005–2010), an annual compilation of progress with
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
worldwide.
From 2005 to 2008 Martinot lived in Beijing, where he was senior visiting scholar at
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education.
The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...
and researched China's approach to renewable energy use. From 2000 to 2003, he was senior energy analyst with the
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...
(Washington DC) where he managed renewable energy projects for developing countries.
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Eric Martinot has written 70 publications on ]sustainable energy
Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Most definitions of sustainable energy include considerations of environmental aspects such as green ...
. He has M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Energy and Resources from the University of California at Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of Californi ...
(1991 and 1995) and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT (1984).
See also
*Amory Lovins
Amory Bloch Lovins (born November 13, 1947) is an American writer, physicist, and former chairman/chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has written on energy policy and related areas for four decades, and served on the US Nationa ...
*Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool is an American academic who is director of the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University as well as Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University. He was formerly Director of the Danish Center for Ene ...
*Stephen Thomas (economist)
Stephen Thomas is a professor at the University of Greenwich Business School, working in the area of energy policy. Before moving to the University of Greenwich in 2001, Thomas worked for twenty-two years at the University of Sussex.
Research work ...
*Mark Diesendorf
Mark Diesendorf is an Australian academic and environmentalist, known for his work in sustainable development and renewable energy. He currently teaches environmental studies at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia. He wa ...
* Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit
*Energy policy
Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy conversion, distribution and use as well as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to contr ...
*International Renewable Energy Agency
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy. It is the first international organis ...
(IRENA)
* Reegle (Information Gateway for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency)
References
External links
Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies
Japanese & English
Renewables 2010: Global Status Report Renewables 2011: Global Status ReportRenewables 2012: Global Status ReportRenewables 2013: Global Status Report
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People associated with renewable energy
Renewable energy commercialization
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)