IRENA Renewable Costing Alliance Kick-off Meeting
19 June 2013
Bonn, Germany
 
A technical kick-off meeting for the IRENA Renewable Costing Alliance will take place in Bonn, Germany, on 19 June. The lack of accurate, reliable data on the cost and performance of renewable technologies is a significant barrier to their uptake. The Costing Alliance will bring together companies, industry association, governments and researchers to share, confidentially, their date for real-world renewable energy networks, helping to build further on IRENA’s costing work to date, including the extensive study Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2012. Meeting participants will discuss the goals of the Costing Alliance and provide an opportunity to discuss its proposed structure and workings of the group.
International Energy Workshop: IRENA special session
20 June 2013
Paris, France
 
IRENA will hold a special one-hour session at the International Energy Workshop (IEW) in Paris, France, on 20 June, with the aim of informing the energy modelling community and obtaining feedback from international energy experts on recent IRENA work. Two main topics will be presented and discussed: the collection and dissemination of renewable technology information; and REMAP 2030, IRENA’s global renewable energy roadmap.

IRENA hopes for feedback on data needs for energy modelling, and to expand the engagement of international experts in the REMAP 2030 initiative. The event is co-organised with IEA-ETSAP.

For more information on the workshop, please check IEA’s website.
Open-Space Session at ACEF:
Doubling the Global Share of Renewable Energy: A Roadmap to 2030
27 June 2013
Manila, Philippines
 
IRENA will hold an open-space session at the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2013 (ACEF) on 27 June in Manila, the Philippines, to introduce REMAP 2030, the global roadmap for doubling the renewable share in the global energy mix by 2030. A presentation on REMAP methodologies will be followed by preliminary findings from four country case studies. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a regional perspective on doubling the share of renewables.

The discussion session will be highly interactive in order to ensure intensive discussions. It is intended to identify potential key individual experts and institutions that would be engaged in the further development of REMAP, and to formulate specific sub-tasks that could contribute to REMAP development.

For more information on the forum, please check ADB’s website.
Innovation for Enabling an Accelerated Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies
27 June 2013
Bonn, Germany
 
IRENA will highlight the role of technological innovation on 27 June in Bonn, Germany, in parallel to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Technology Executive Committee Meeting. The IRENA event, entitled “Innovation for Enabling an Accelerated Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies”, will feature IRENA’s latest work in this field for policy-makers and other stakeholders involved in the development of a Technology Mechanism to mitigate climate change. IRENA’s recent studies provide a better understanding of how the deployment of renewable energy technologies can be fostered by an appropriate use of innovation instruments, including standardisation and quality assurance, intellectual property rights (IPR), technology adaptation and cooperative research, development and demonstration (RD&D).