Renewables maintain their cost leadership in global power markets, IRENA’s new report on Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024 confirms.  

Renewable Energy Statistics 2025 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that despite renewables capacity growing by over 15% in 2024, the growth gap widens across regions.

The Energy Progress Report 2025 shows that basic electricity access now reaches almost 92% of the global population, yet progress remains too slow to achieve universal access by 2030.  

According to the first Regional Energy Transition Outlook by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), published in collaboration with the European Commission, increased use of renewables also improves affordability and competitiveness by harnessing domestic, cost-effective energy sources across the EU.

The Government of Brazil and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will co-host the 1st Energy Planning Summit on 3-4 June 2025 at the BNDES Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

Accelerating the deployment of renewable energy in Georgia can significantly boost the country’s energy security, strengthen its competitiveness in regional and global markets, and reduce the national energy trade deficit, according to the new Energy Transition Assessment released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).-

Renewable Capacity Statistics 2025 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows a massive increase in renewable power capacity during 2024, reaching 4 448 gigawatts (GW).

Released at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) today, the Agency’s new data collection and policy recommendations look at key performance indicators for the 2030 milestone and assess progress against 1.5°C-aligned transitions pathways in the G20 including the European Union.

The 15th Session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, under the theme "Accelerating the Renewable Energy Transition – The Way Forward," convenes on January 12, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, marking the first international energy meeting of the year. 

The outgoing G20 President Brazil has invited the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to serve as the Secretariat of the Global Coalition on Energy Planning (GCEP).

During a pivotal CEO high level dialog on coordinated actions towards raising aspiration for decarbonization at COP29, the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization (AFID), co-chaired by Siemens Energy and EMSTEEL, has announced four strategic commitments to address the challenges related to decarbonization of industrial sectors.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) unveiled a new partnership model that can accelerate renewable energy deployment and foster green industrialisation in Central Asia.

The world’s leading utilities and power sector companies endorsed commitments of governments and international stakeholders made at COP29 to increase power system storage capacity six fold by 2030 and add or refurbish 80 million kilometers of grids by 2040.

A significant CO2 emission gap would still need to be closed by 2050, according to IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook 2024.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) convenes its 28th Council meeting in Abu Dhabi today, the last before the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29).

The Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA) Investment Forum officially kicks off today in Nairobi to foster open dialogue, further the development of a robust project pipeline and mobilise large-scale investments to accelerate the energy transition and support the development of green industries within APRA countries.

Despite an unprecedented acceleration in renewable energy deployment in 2023, progress falls short to triple renewables by 2030. Current national plans and targets are set to deliver only half of the required growth in renewable power by 2030.

Current global investment not only suffers from significant disparities between advanced economies and emerging markets and developing economies but also with group of EMDEs, new IRENA reports commissioned by Brazil’s G20 presidency find.

2023 saw the highest ever increase in renewable energy jobs, from 13.7 million in 2022 to 16.2 million, according to the newly released Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2024 by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), “Critical Materials: Batteries for Electric Vehicles”, reveals that the growing demand for electric vehicle (EV) battery materials required by 2030 can be met by expanding sustainable supply chains and scaling-up the development and adoption of innovative technologies.

Renewables remain competitive despite fossil fuel prices returning closer to historical cost levels, concludes Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023, released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the Global Renewables Summit during the UN General Assembly in New York today.

The world’s leading utility companies have today announced a joint intent to invest more than US$116 billion per year in clean power generation and power system grid infrastructure globally in the coming years.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), COP29 Presidency and Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan announced that the first Energy Transition Investment Forum for Central Asia will be hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 15-16 November 2024.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC), an independent entity focused on catalysing climate investments and solutions globally, today announced a strategic partnership to scale-up climate finance and renewable energy initiatives globally.

The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that despite renewables becoming the fastest growing source of power, the world will now have to grow renewables capacity at a minimum 16.4% rate annually through 2030.