Electrify Europe 2018

Michael Taylor
Senior Analyst
International Renewable Energy Agency


Michael Taylor is a senior energy analyst at IRENA with 20+ years’ experience in energy modeling, the economic analysis of energy sector issues and energy policy development. Michael is responsible for IRENA’s analysis of renewable technologies cost and performance. Prior to working with IRENA Michael worked at the IEA in the Economic Analysis Division as a lead author on the World Energy Outlook (WEO) and in the Energy Technology Policy Divisions and Energy Technology Perspectives: Scenarios and Strategies to 2050. Recent publications include IRENA’s Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2017, which draws on IRENA’s database of over 15 000 utility-scale projects and 1m+ small-scale solar PV systems, and Electricity Storage and Renewables: Costs and Markets to 2030.

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