WREN is a major non-profit organization registered in the United Kingdom with charitable status and affiliated to UNESCO, the Deputy Director General of which is its honorary President.
This is done through a worldwide network of agencies, laboratories, institutions, companies and individuals, all working together towards the international diffusion of renewable energy technologies and applications.
In the year 2000 the congress returned to the UK (Brighton) with every effort being made to ensure that this event enhanced the recognition of Renewable Energies in the new millennium.
The following table shows the statistics for the previous WREC conferences: At no time in modern history has energy played a more crucial role in the development and well being of nations than at present.
WREC enables policy makers, researchers, manufacturers, economists, financiers, sociologists, environmentalists and others to present their views in Plenary and Technical Sessions and to participate in discussions, both formal and informal, thus facilitating the transfer of knowledge between nations, institutions, disciplines and individuals.
The WREC Renewable Energy Awards aim at highlighting the worldwide best-implemented policies, projects and research in the following topics: WREN is a non-profit UK company (reg.