{{Short description|American researcher on global renewable energy policy and markets}} '''Eric Martinot''' is senior research director with the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies in Tokyo, Japan, specialising in renewable energy commercialization. He is author of the 2013 REN21 ''Renewables Global Futures Report'', and former lead author of the REN21 ''Renewables Global Status Report'' (2005–2010), an annual compilation of progress with renewable energy worldwide.<ref name=mart2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.renewables100.org/speakers/speaker-bio-s/back-to-speakers-list/eric-martinot/ |title=Dr. Eric Martinot Biography |year=2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508004205/http://www.renewables100.org/speakers/speaker-bio-s/back-to-speakers-list/eric-martinot/ |archivedate=2013-05-08 }}</ref>
From 2005 to 2008 Martinot lived in Beijing, where he was senior visiting scholar at Tsinghua University and researched China's approach to renewable energy use. From 2000 to 2003, he was senior energy analyst with the World Bank (Washington DC) where he managed renewable energy projects for developing countries.<ref name=mart2013/>
Eric Martinot has written 70 publications on sustainable energy. He has M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Energy and Resources from the University of California at Berkeley (1991 and 1995) and a B.S. in electrical engineering from MIT (1984).<ref name=mart2013/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.martinot.info/index.htm |title=Renewable energy information |author=Eric Martinot |year=2013 |work= }}</ref>
==See also==
* {{Annotated link |Amory Lovins}} * {{Annotated link |Benjamin K. Sovacool}} * {{Annotated link |Stephen Thomas (economist)}} * {{Annotated link |Mark Diesendorf}} * {{Annotated link |Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit|''Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit''}} * {{Annotated link |Energy policy}} *International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) *Reegle (Information Gateway for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency)
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==External links== *[http://www.isep.or.jp/en/ Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies] Japanese & English *[http://www.ren21.net/Portals/0/documents/Resources/REN21_GSR_2010_full_revised%20Sept2010.pdf Renewables 2010: Global Status Report] *[http://www.ren21.net/Portals/0/documents/Resources/110929_GSR2011_FINAL.pdf Renewables 2011: Global Status Report] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121215215616/http://www.map.ren21.net/GSR/GSR2012.pdf Renewables 2012: Global Status Report] *[http://www.ren21.net/Portals/0/documents/Resources/GSR/2013/GSR2013_lowres.pdf Renewables 2013: Global Status Report]
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