Offshore wind energy systems offer global power grids significant opportunities for large-scale renewable energy expansion through mature, cost-competitive technologies supported by AI and international partnerships, to reach the ambitious target of 2,000 GW capacity by 2050.
Six principles, built on existing good practices and guidelines, can be used to guide nature-positive siting and permitting of solar, wind, and grid infrastructure
This report assesses the opportunities and barriers for deploying decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions to power Mauritania's artisanal fishing value chain to improve energy access in the sector.
This report assesses the opportunities for integrating decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions to power key facilities in Mali’s public health system.
This assessment evaluates Iraq’s current energy landscape, highlighting the barriers to renewable energy adoption and outlining key recommendations for a sustainable energy transition.
The latest cost analysis from IRENA shows that renewables continued to represent the most cost-competitive source of new electricity generation in 2024.
This analysis explores the tecno-economic potential for the trading of green hydrogen and its associated commodities such as ammonia, e-methanol and direct reduced iron.
The Mediterranean is a Renewables-rich region. This brochure provides early insights on IRENA’s work with the European Commission to enhance the energy transition in the region.
This 6th edition of the UN ESCAP Financing for Development series, for which IRENA is a contributor, reviews sustainable debt capital markets, energy transition financing and green project pipelines in the Asia and the Pacific region.
This an annual report monitors global progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, to ensure affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030.
Governments are facing a difficult task of bringing the health emergency under control while introducing major stimulus and recovery measures. The crisis has exposed deeply embedded vulnerabilities ...