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 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