The launch was overseen by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at the UN’s New York headquarters, and comes amid the first Sustainable Energy For All (SE4A) Forum, which will be held annually for the next 10 years, summoning world energy leaders to chart the initiative’s progress.

About 1,000 people attended the Forum, according to organizers, including a handful of leaders from renewables heavyweights, including Acciona, Vestas, First Solar and Enel Green Power.

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