On Tuesday 1 July we teamed up with our REN Alliance partners and the International Renewbable Energy Agency (IRENA) to host a webinar on renewables integration.

The webinar explored how 100 per cent renewable energy supply is possible based on case studies demonstrating how the technologies work together, and discussed the real costs of renewable energy. You can watch a recording of the webinar here.

The agenda includes:

• Introduction: the way to a 100 per cent renewable energy future
• Case studies – renewable technologies integrated
• Wind energy in combination with hydro energy
• Geothermal energy combined with hydro and solar energy
• Renewable energy : the true costs
• Concluding remarks: renewables working together
• General discussion and questions with audience

The speakers include:

• Stefan Gsänger: secretary general of the World Wind Energy Association
• Marietta Sander: executive director of the International Geothermal Association
• Oliver Griffiths: programme director, hydropower development, International Hydropower Association
• Michael Taylor: analyst, renewable energy cost status and outlook at IRENA
• Karin Haara: executive director of the World Bioenergy Association

This webinar followed a side event the REN Alliance partners held at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Bonn Climate Change Conference 2014 on 11 June.

The REN Alliance provides a combined voice for renewable energy technology and practice. We were one of its founding members at the Bonn 2004 Renewable Energy Conference along with the International Geothermal Association (IGA), International Solar Energy Society (ISES), World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and World Bioenergy Association (WBA).

IRENA is an intergovernmental organisation that supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future, and serves as the principal platform for international cooperation, a centre of excellence, and a repository of policy, technology, resource and financial knowledge on renewable energy.