As mentioned before, scenarios from different sources expect them to become an important or even the dominant energy source by the middle of next century. Various banks quite clearly look on renewable energy as growth market. Furthermore they offer a challenge for effective technology transfer to developing countries, they are modular in size and the technology is maturing rapidly. There is still a long way to go before they can really become the dominant energy source by the middle of next century. Likewise researchers who can switch to storage research, renewable firms who can steadily improve their products and provide proper service, international networks who could supply proper information about renewables and international collaboration who could promote the wider dissemination of their research work.
Benefits exist for many actors involved in the introduction and scaling-up of renewable energy.