RES Technologies

The development of renewable energy - particularly energy from wind, water, solar power, biomass and geothermal energy - is a central aim of the European Commission's energy policy.

To find out more about the renewable energy sectors You can here.

Below you find all the relevant links on the different types of renewable energy.

Biomass

• IEA Bioenergy
• FAO Forest Energy Forum
• Center for Biomass Technology
• European Pellet Centre
• European Biomass CHP in Practice

Biofuels

• IEA Bioenergy Task 39 - "Liquid Biofuels"
• European Biodiesel Board

Hydropower

• EREN - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network EREN, US Department of Energy - Hydropower

Solar Energy

• International Solar Energy Society
• PV Web - online information service of the British Photovoltaic Association

Wind energy

• Danish Wind Industry Association
• The European Wind Energy Association
• American Wind Energy Association
• Database on Wind Characteristics
• European Wind Energy at the dawn of the 21^st century

More on Renewable energy issues

• European Renewable Energy Council - EREC
• Green Prices. Green Energy in Europe
• Renewable Energy Technology Roadmap up to 2020
• State of  Renewable Energies in Europe
• The International renewable energy magazine Refocus
• Agores
• Renewable energy encyclopedia
• Renewable energy information consultation center
• Guiding Large Scale and Least Cost Grid and Market Integration of RES - Electricity in Europe

EU legislation or regulations

• European Union Policies - Energy
• All EU Energy Legislation
• Ener - Iure

Fiscal Instruments

A number of other web-sites and databases have been developed containing information on fiscal instruments used to promote use of Renewable Energy.

Some of the links are quoted below.

• Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database (IEA) 
• Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
• Domestic Fuel
• The HSAPS Market Analysis project includes information on fiscal and financial measures in favour of RE in a large number of countries.

Read more

• The Renewable Energy Certicication Expert Network: www.trecnet.org
• Renewable Energy Certificate System: www.recs.org
• World Wide Green
• CertiQ - Netherlands
• Tradable Renewable Energy Certificates Information Network
• The use of the guarantee of origin Evaluation Report RECS International

Danish Institutions Involved in Renewable Energy Issues

Governmental Institutions

• Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs - including energy
• Danish Energy Authority
• Danish Energy Regulatory Authority
• Danish Ministry of the Environment
• Danish Environmental Protection Agency

Energy Organisations

• OVE - The Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy
• Danish Energy and Environment Office
• Association of Danish Energy Companies
• Danish District Heating Association 
• Danish Wind Industry Association

Information and Research Centres

• Danish Technology Portal - TechnologyDenmark
• Eksperimentarium
• Risoe
• Nordic Energy Index
• Danish Technological Institute
• Folkecenter for Renewable Energy
• The Danish National Research Database

Lithuanian Institutions Involved in Renewable Energy Issues

Governmental Institutions

• Energy Agency
• Ministry of Economy
• Ministry of Environment
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of the Interior
• Ministry of Education and Science
• Ministry of Transport and Communications
• National Control Commission for Prices and Energy
• State forest survey service

Stakeholder Associations

• Lithuanian Wind Energy Association
• Lithuanian Association of Agricultural Engineers
• Lithuanian Bioenergy and Energy Saving Association
• Lithuanian Hydropower Association
• Lithuanian District Heating Association
• Chamber of Agriculture
• Association of Local Authorities of Lithuania
• Lithuanian Confideration of Industrialists
• Lithuanian Wind Power Association

Research Institutions

• Lithuanian Energy Institute
• Institute of Agriculture Engineering Lithuanian University of Agriculture  
• Lithuanian Forest Research Institute

Educational Institutions

• Kaunas University of Technology
• Lithuanian University of Agriculture
• Vilniaus Gediminas Technical University

Non-governmental Organisations

• Commission of Lithuanian Academy of Science for Promotion of RES
• Lithuanian Green Movement
• Institute of Lithuanian Scientific Society
• Fund of Information on Renewable Energy "Green Farmstead" (ALTEI Fund)
• The Environmental Center for Administration and Technology (ECAT-Lithuania)
• The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)

• Center for Environmental Policy

Dissemination

• OPET Network
• BASREC GSEO

Lithuanian web-sites on RES

• Lithuanian-Swedish Project: Wood Fuel Development in Lithuania
• Lithuanian Wind Energy Association
• OPET Lithuania
• Renewable Energy in Lithuania
• Wind, Solar, and Hydro Energy Equipment