International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) launched

The international Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) launched the world's first open-access global atlas of renewable energy resources. The atlas is now available at: http://www.irena.org/News/Description.aspx?NType=NWS&PriMenuID=16&mnu=Pri&News_ID=280. It currently charts solar and wind resources, and will expand to other forms of renewable energy over 2013 and 2014, the agency announced."