1. Title
2. Contents
3. Foreword
4. Preface
5. Summary for Policymakers - (RIS)
6. Technical Summary - (RIS)

Chapters

1. 1. Renewable Energy and Climate Change - (RIS)
2. 2. Bioenergy - (RIS)
3. 3. Direct Solar Energy - (RIS)
4. 4. Geothermal Energy - (RIS)
5. 5. Hydropower - (RIS)
6. 6. Ocean Energy - (RIS)
7. 7. Wind Energy - (RIS)
8. 8. Integration of Renewable Energy into Present and Future Energy Systems - (RIS)
9. 9. Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Development - (RIS)
10. 10. Mitigation Potential and Costs - (RIS)
11. 11. Policy, Financing and Implementation - (RIS)

Annexes/Index

1. Annex I Glossary, Acronyms, Chemical Symbols and Prefixes
2. Annex II Methodology
3. Annex III Recent Renewable Energy Cost and Performance Parameters
4. Annex IV Contributors to the IPCC Special Report
5. Annex V Reviewers of the IPCC Special Report
6. Annex VI Permissions to Publish
7. Index

Full Report

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IPCC, 2011: Summary for Policymakers. In: IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation [O. Edenhofer, R. Pichs‐Madruga, Y. Sokona, K. Seyboth, P. Matschoss, S. Kadner, T. Zwickel, P. Eickemeier, G. Hansen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow (eds)], Cambridge University Press. Figure SPM.XX.

• Figure SPM.1: Structure of the SRREN. [Figure 1.1, 1.1.2].
  
• Figure SPM.2: Shares of energy sources in total global primary energy supply in 2008 (492 EJ). Modern biomass contributes 38% of the total biomass share. [Figure 1.10, 1.1.5].
  
• Figure SPM.3: Historical development of global primary energy supply from renewable energy from 1971 to 2008. [Figure 1.12, 1.1.5].
  
• Figure SPM.4: Ranges of global technical potentials of RE sources derived from studies presented in Chapters 2 through 7. Biomass and solar are shown as primary energy due to their multiple uses; note that the fi gure is presented in logarithmic scale due to the wide range of assessed data. [Figure 1.1 7, 1.2.3].
  
• Figure SPM.5: Range in recent levelized cost of energy for selected commercially available RE technologies in comparison to recent non-ren ewable energy costs. Technology sub-categories and discount rates were aggregated for this fi gure. For related fi gures with less or no such aggregation, see [1.3.2 , 10.5, Annex III].
  
• Figure SPM.6: Selected experience curves in logarithmic scale for (a) the price of silicon PV modules and onshore wind power plants per un it of capacity; and (b) the cost of sugarcane-based ethanol production [data from Figure 3.17, 3.8.3, Figure 7.20, 7.8.2, Figure 2.21, 2.7.2].
  
• Figure SPM.7: Pathways for RE integration to provide energy services, either into energy supply systems or on-site for use by the end-use sectors. [Figure 8.1, 8.1].
  
• Figure SPM.8: Estimates of lifecycle GHG emissions (g CO₂ eq/kWh) for broad categories of electricity generation technologies, plus some technologies integrated with CCS. Land use-related net changes in carbon stocks (mainly applicable to biopower and hydropower from reservoirs) and land management impacts are excluded; negative estimates¹⁰ for biopower are based on assumptions about avoided emissions from residues and wastes in landfi ll disposals and co-products. References and methods for the review are reported in Annex II. The number of estimates is greater than the number of references because many studies considered multiple scenarios. Numbers report ed in parentheses pertain to additional references and estimates that evaluated technologies with CCS. Distributional information relates to estimates currently available in LCA literature, not necessarily to underlying theoretical or practical extrema, or the true central tendency when considering all deployment conditions. [Figure 9.8, 9.3.4.1]
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  10 Negative estimates’ within the terminology of lifecycle assessments presented in the SRREN refer to avoided emissions. Unlike the case of bioenergy combined with CCS, avoided emissions do not remove GHGs from the atmosphere.}
  
  
• Figure SPM.9: Global RE primary energy supply (direct equivalent) from 164 long-term scenarios versus fossil and industrial CO₂ emissions in 2030 and 2050. Colour coding is based on categories of atmospheric CO₂ concentration stabilization levels that are defi ned consistently with those in the AR4. The panels to the right of the scatter plots show the deployment levels of RE in each of the atmospheric CO₂ concentration categories. The thick black line corresponds to the median, the coloured box corresponds to the inter-quartile range (25th to 75th percentile) and the ends of the white surrounding bars correspond to the total range across all reviewed scenarios. The grey crossed lines show the relationship in 2007. [Figure 10.2, 10.2.2.2].
  
• Figure SPM.10: Global RE primary energy supply (direct equivalent) by source in the group of Annex I (AI) and the group of Non-Annex I (NAI) countries in 164 long-term scenarios by 2030 and 2050. The thick black line corresponds to the median, the coloured box corresponds to the inter-quartile range (25th to 75th percentile) and the ends of the white surrounding bars correspond to the total range across all reviewed scenarios. [Figure 10.8, 10.2.2.5].
  
• Figure SPM.11: Global primary energy supply (direct equivalent) of bioenergy, wind, direct solar, hydro, and geothermal energy in 164 long-term scenarios in 2030 and 2050, and grouped by different categories of atmospheric CO₂ concentration level that are defi ned consistently with those in the AR4. The thick black line corresponds to the median, the coloured box corresponds to the inter-quartile range (25th to 75th percentile) and the ends of the white surrounding bars correspond to the total range across all reviewed scenarios. [Excerpt from Figure 10.9, 10.2.2.5].
  

• Overview of IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy
• Youba Sokona on Climate Change TV, SBSTA 34, Bonn
• Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC WG III Co-Chair
• Youba Sokona, IPCC WG III Co-Chair
• Rajendra Pachauri, IPCC Chair: importance of SRREN
• Helena Chum: Bioenergy
• Catherine Mitchell: Policy, Financing and Implementation