The strategy proposes a flexible policy framework that can be tailored to different country circumstances and stages of development. Samantha Sharpe of the University of Technology, Sydney contributed research and editorial assistance. For the case study on CIUDEN we thank Olga Torres of Carbunion; Dolores Haro, FEDIOJ Coordinator of the Consejo Comarcal del Bierzo; Eva Alonso of the County Council of Leon; Ma Puy Dominguez from EREN; Manuel Roman; Claudio Miguez Gomez of IDAE; Jose Angel Azuara of the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Tourism; Luis Jimenez and Pilar Alvarez-Uria of OSE and Jose Luis Fuentes-Cantillana of AITEMIN. Virginia Robano of the OECD/CFE provided useful comments for this paper. Jennifer Allain prepared the manuscript for publication. This means that the development potential of the renewable industry is also being shared with many more countries.