2005
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AG ENCY
energy
technologies at
the cutting edge
international energy technology collaboration
IEA implementing agreements
energy technologies at the cutting edge
2005
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FOREWORD
Now, more than ever, the international community is looking to technology to help meet the pressing
challenges of energy security, environmental protection, economic growth, and the need for clean energy
technologies. International co-operation is essential if we are to find solutions to these challenges.
The Implementing Agreements of the International Energy Agency provide the forum for this co-
operation.Through these Agreements several thousand scientists and experts from countries all over
the World - IEA members and non-members, developed and developing countries, government and
non-government participants - are working together. This is the engine room of the international
energy technology collaborative programme.
There are 40 Implementing Agreements, covering all the key new technologies of energy supply and
end use (with the exception of nuclear fission, which has its own OECD Agency - the Nuclear Energy
Agency).They cover clean and advanced fossil fuel technologies (including carbon capture and storage),
an entire range of renewable energies (including biofuels), hydrogen and fuel cells, end-use technologies
for transport, buildings and industry, fusion and cross-sectional activities.
Implementing Agreements facilitate international co-operation and collaboration on research,
development, and deployment.They engage in joint programmes and projects - making it possible to
achieve better project definition, reduced costs, and enhanced international deployment prospects, as
compared to national initiatives.
Much of the work of these Agreements is, of course, highly specialised. But policy makers and others
who are interested in energy technology need