Acknowledgements

WORLD ENERGY TRANSITIONS OUTLOOK 2022

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was developed under the guidance of Rabia Ferroukhi and Dolf Gielen and was led by Ute Collier and Ricardo Gorini. The executive summary was written by Elizabeth Press.

The chapters were authored by Arina Anisie, Emanuele Bianco, Herib Blanco, Francisco Boshell, Xavier Casals, Jinlei Feng, Carlos Guadarrama, Diala Hawila, Seungwoo Kang, Álvaro López-Peña, Divyam Nagpal, Bishal Parajuli, Gandhi Pragada, Gayathri Prakash, Faran Rana, Michael Renner, Gondia Sokhna Seck, Emanuele Taibi and Aakarshan Vaid.

Valuable input, support and comments were provided by IRENA colleagues and external consultants: Josefine Axelsson, Antonio Barbalho, Adam Brown, Simon Benmarraze, Gerardo Escamilla, Isaac Elizondo Garcia, Bilal Hussein, Ines Jacob, Ulrike Lehr, Rodrigo Leme, Arvydas Lebedys, Sandra Lozo, Omar Marzouk, Asami Miketa, Paula Nardone, Elena Ocenic, Roland Roesch, Michael Taylor, Martina Lyons and Nicholas Wagner.

Feedback on the report from the following expert reviewers is highly appreciated: Doug Arent (NREL), Morgan Bazilian (Payne Institute), Stephanie Bouckaert (IEA), Ha Bui (Cambridge Econometrics), Suani Coelho (University of Sao Paulo), Samuel Carrara (EC-JRC), Toby Couture (E3 Analytics), Michalis Christou (EC-JRC), Laura Cozzi (IEA), Uwe Fritsche (International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy), Duncan Gibb (REN 21), Sebastian Helgenberger (IASS Potsdam), David Jacobs (IET – International Energy Transition GmbH), Nathalie Ledanois (REN21), Takeshi Kuramochi (NewClimate Institute), Toshimasa Masuyama (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan), Ignacio Perez-Arriaga (MIT Energy Initiative), Debajit Palit (The Energy and Research Institute), Lea Ranalder (REN21), Lucio Scandizzo (University of Rome), Christine Eibs Singer (Catalyst Off-Grid Advisors), Charlie Smith (Energy System Integration Group), Stefan Schurig (Foundations Platform F20), Daniela Thrän (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ), Evangelos Tzimas (EC-JRC), and Brent Wanner (IEA).

Valuable support and inputs were also provided by Laura Secada Daly, Abdullah Abou Ali and Joud Denny. Publications, communications and editorial support were provided by Stephanie Clarke, Nicole Bockstaller, Daria Gazzola and Manuela Stefanides. The report was copy-edited by Steven B. Kennedy and a technical review was provided by Paul Komor. The graphic design was done by weeks.de Werbeagentur GmbH.

IRENA is grateful for the generous support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action which made this report possible.