In recognition of the need to develop
human resources globally, thus enhancing management skills,
and to provide a source of knowledge and information on
renewable energy for bridging the information gap, eight
international universities have joined together to establish
an International Institute for Renewal Energy (IIRE).
The eight founder member universities (in alphabetical
order of their host countries) are: Curtin University
of Technology (Australia), University of New Brunswick
(Canada), Yunnan Normal University (China), Claude Bernard
Lyon University (France), Kassel University (Germany),
Tokyo University of Agriculture (Japan), Tribhuvan University/Institute
of Engineering (Nepal), and Naresuan University (Thailand).
IIRE is a non-profit making, international institution
that is concerned primarily with the promotion of research
and development, the provision of testing and demonstration
services for renewable energy technologies, the diffusion
of knowledge and information to interested parties (including
the private sector), and the sharing of experiences. IIRE
will facilitate research cooperation among institutions,
arrange training (particularly for students in the private
sector) to enhance competence, and organise meetings to
increase awareness, thus contributing to the development
and promotion of renewable energy. IIRE will endeavour
to accommodate, as far as practicable, the social and
economic dimensions of renewable energy use.
The mission of IIRE is to be an effective centre for
the generation and sharing of information relating to
renewable energy, and for the development of the human
resources and understanding required to successfully
promote its use through the provision of training and
the facilitation of international cooperation to reduce
the information gap
IIRE is located in the Research and Testing Building
of the Solar Energy Research and Training Center (SERT)
in the Energy Park at Naresuan University, Phitsanulok,
Thailand. The Energy Park provides a large-scale, open
laboratory for the testing and demonstration of renewal
energy technologies and equipment for the training of
personnel, particularly technicians, in its use.
International Institute for Renewable Energy
Naresuan University
Phitsanulok 65000
Thailand
Tel: + 66 55 261000 ext. 3184
Fax: +66 55 261067
Email:
iire@nu.ac.th
For more Information about IIRE
go to http://www.iire.nu.ac.th
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