About Us
Professor Ali Sayigh, Director General of the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN), and Professor Tania Urmee, Chair of Environmental Engineering at Murdoch University, welcome you to the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC2026) to be held at Murdoch University in Perth Western Australia from 8 – 13 February, 2026. What an exciting time to be sharing ideas, presenting the latest research, and discussing renewable energy science, technology, policy and associated social issues. The ongoing pandemic clearly presents us with many challenges at the same time making way for new ideas and innovation. At no time has energy played a more crucial role in the development and wellbeing of nations than at present. The source and nature of energy, the security of supply and equity of distribution, the environmental impact of its supply and utilization, are all crucial matters to be addressed by suppliers, consumers governments, industry, academia, and financial institutions.
World Renewable Energy Congress Chairman
Prof Ali Sayigh
BSc, DIC, PhD, FIE, FIEE, CEng, MB WEC, FRSA
Chairman of WREC & Director General WREN, Chairman IEI
Flat 3, Building 5-6, Clarendon Terrace, Brighton BN2 1FD, UK
Tel: 44-1273-625-643 | M: 44-7973316934
Email: asayigh@wrenuk.co.uk
Website: https://www.wrenuk.co.uk/
WREC2026 Chairs
Professor Tania Urmee
Deputy Dean School of Engineering and Energy College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Murdoch University (South Street) Western Australia, 6150; Building 220 Room#2.008i
Tel (teaching): +61 8 9360 1316 ; email: T.Urmee@murdoch.edu.au
Associate Professor Martin Anda
PhD, BSc (Hons), BE (Mech), MIEAust
Academic Chair of Environmental Engineering
College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia 6150.
Office: 245.3.017
Telephone: + 61 8 9360 6123
Mobile: + 61 433 707 196
Email: m.anda@murdoch.edu.au
Profile: profiles.murdoch.edu.au/
Technical Chair
A/Professor GM Shafiullah
Associate Dean Learning and Teaching (ADLT) School of Engineering and Energy
Murdoch University Room 2.008C, Level 2, Building 220 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Email: gm.shafiullah@
WREN Council Structure
Chairman:
Prof Robert Critoph — UK
Vice Chairmen:
Prof Lawrence Kazmerski — USA for USA & Canada
Prof Dato’ Kamaruzzaman Sopian — Malaysia for Asia
Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes — Germany for Europe
Dr Kuruvilla Mathew OAM— Australia for Australia & NZ
Dr Amina Batagarawa — Nigeria for Africa
Prof Dr Waheeb Al-Naser — Bahrain for Arab Countries
Prof Carlos Labriola — Argentina for South America
Prof Ali Sayigh* UK Dir General
Mr Ken Stratton** UK Trustee
Honorary WREN Members:
H E Dr A H bin Ali Mirza — Bahrain)
H E Prof Harold H Suk Oh — USA
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Nuaimi — Ajman
World Renewable Energy Network (WREN)
Mission Statement
Renewable energy is the way for every nation to obtain clean energy and reducing the global warming and climate change effects. It is a reality and not pretended, it is low cost and it does not depend ...on the supply of other countries, and is providing jobs for 11 million people globally and triggering annual investment of $400 billion world-wide. Renewables can drastically reduce dependence on energy imports and provide rapidly increasing contributions to urgently needed electricity demand globally. Renewables are the cornerstone and foundation of a truly sustainable energy future. Our mission during the last 30 years is to promote enabling policies and to further develop a broad range of renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors – for heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water desalination, industrial applications and for the transport sectors leading to A BETTER, CLEANER AND SAFER WORLD. World Renewable Energy Network – WREN, operated in more than 50 countries during the last 30 years and some of those countries achieve 40% in their electricity supply comes from renewable energy sources. WREN will keep working and running Congresses until all countries achieves 100% electricity supply from Renewables.
About the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC)
The World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) and Network (WREN) is a non-profit company set up in 1990 to help foster transfer of renewable energy technology from developed countries to developing countries. For more than 10-years their Honorary President was The Deputy Director ...General of UNESCO, Prof Dr Adnan Badran. WREC is a British Company which organizes conferences and seminars, publishes books, journals and magazines around the world in the field of Renewable Energy. More than 40 countries have hosted the Congress, among them: UK, Germany, Italy, USA, UAE, and Sweden. The Congress participants have been from more than 80 countries. Regional conferences have been held in: Italy, Canada, Colombia, Algeria, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Zambia, Malawi, India, West Indies, Tunisia, Indonesia, Libya, Taiwan, UAE, Oman, Czech Republic, Bahrain, Germany, Australia, Poland, Netherlands, Thailand, South Korea, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Morocco, Sweden, France, USA, China, Sri Lanka and UK.
Among its eminent speakers have been H H Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, Dr Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy, Rt Hon Dr Stephen Timms MP, Rt Hon John Redwood MP, Rt Hon John Gummer MP, Sir Norman Foster, the Hon Sir Jonathon Porritt, Crown Prince Faisal of Jordan, H E Dr Abdulaziz Bin Othman Altwaijri – Director General of ISESCO, he is now WREN Honorary Chairman, Rt Hon US Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O'Leary and US Secretary of Energy and Nobel Prize Laureate, Prof Steven Chu, Mrs Monika Ghandi, Minister of Environment, India, Admiral Truly, Dr Charly Gay and Dan Arvisu Directors General of NREL, USA, First Minister of Scotland Rt Hon Alex Salmond, President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka H E Ranil Wickremasinghe, Hon Minister of Megapolis & Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka & and H R H Princess Victoria of Sweden. WREN worked with UN, UNESCO, WEC, UNIDO, UNEP, WMO, WHO, ESCWA, ISES, SER, EU, Common Wealth Science Council, and WB.
The Chairman of WREC is Professor Ali Sayigh, B Sc. AWP, DIC, Ph. D, FIE, FIEE, C Eng. Chairman IEI, UK member of WEC, and FRSA. The first Congress was held in Reading, UK in 1990 and it has been held every second year since then. In 2012 it was held in Denver where more than 3000 participants were present. WREN Created “Ali Sayigh Trophy” to be given to the best country promoting renewable energy every two years. So far received by: Cyprus, Brazil, Italy, USA, Germany, France, Denmark, China, Morocco and in July 2021, Lisbon, Portugal. The 2020 Congress will be held in: Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Instituto Superior Técnico – Lisbon, Portugal.
For more information please see http://www.wrenuk.co.uk
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