International Association for Green Energy (IAGE) History
- A Chronicle of Green Drive
2000: Conceptualization for a new energy journal, International Journal of Green Energy (IJGE)
2001: Negotiation with publisher and Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
2002: Common understanding reached
2003: Written agreement signed and preparation for IJGE launch
2004: First volume of IJGE published (4 issues/volume, number of issues/volume increased over the subsequent years)
2005: The International Green Energy Conference (IGEC) series launched, and the first IGEC (IGEC-I) held at Waterloo, Canada, June 2005
2005-2008: Green Energy Conference for Youth launched in collaboration with ABC (Association for Bright Children) – this conference was run annually for three years (2005-2008)
2006: IGEC-II held in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, June 2006
2007: IGEC-III held at Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden, June 2007
2007: International Association for Green Energy (IAGE) launched
2007: Master of Engineering – Green Energy Certificate Program launched at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2008: IGEC-IV held in Beijing, China, October 2008
2010: IGEC-V held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, June 2010
2011: IGEC-VI held in Eskişehir, Turkey, June 2011
2011: Progress in Green Energy Book Series launched
2012: IGEC-VII held in Dalian, China, May 2012
2013: IGEC-VIII held in Kiev, Ukraine, June 2013
2014: IGEC-IX held in Tianjin, China, May 2014
2015: IGEC-X held in Taichung, Taiwan, May 2015
2015: IJGE increased to 12 issues/volume
2016: IGEC-XI held in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 2016
2017: IGEC-XII held in Xi’an, China, August 2017
2017: IJGE increased to 15 issues/volume
2021: IGEC-XIII held virtually, July 2021
2022: IGEC-IX held virtually, July 2022
2022: IAGE new logos released
2023: IGEC-X to be held in Glasgow, UK, July 2023 (hybrid conference)
2023: IJGE page budget removed, publishing all the papers accepted with no page limit
2023: IAGE Newsletter launched
2023: IAGE Newsletter developed as “Green Energy Today” magazine