With the increasingly severe global energy and environmental challenges，the development and utilization of renewable energy has became the world common choice for energy security，climate change and sustainable development. This paper introduces the development situation of international hydropower，wind power，solar energy，biomass energy and other renewable energy，summarizes the industry market situation of wind power，solar energy and biomass energy and introduces the renewable energy industry policy of the European Union，the United States，Japan，and China too. Finally the paper prospects the development trend of the renewable energy market with wind，solar photovoltaic power generation，biomass energy，and hydro and geothermal power represented.