Professor Soo Gap Lee received the WREN Pioneer Award and a gold medal at the 13^th World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC XIII) held form the 2^nd to 9^th of August for his contributions to the research development of the wind energy sector. The WREC is a network with a history of 25 years from 1990, comprised of professionals in the renewable energy field sharing research policies and issues between nations with a conference of over 590 paper presentations from 95 countries held this year.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />