Events

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has embarked on producing a Renewable Readiness Assessment, coupled with the IRENA Flexibility analyses. This two-day multi-stakeholder meeting gathered national stakeholders representing the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), National Electric Power Company (NEPCO), development partners, IFI’s, private sector, non-governmental organizations, universities, and research institutions.

As part of its engagement in Latin America IRENA undertook the Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) Panama. A high-level event took place in Panama City for the launch of the report, which included government officials from various institutions, and representatives from the private sector, industry and academia.

The Renewable Readiness Assessment (RRA) Expert Consultation Workshop brought together renewable energy stakeholders in Azerbaijan to discuss challenges and opportunities for the development of renewables in Azerbaijan.

The RRA Validation workshop brought together renewable energy stakeholders in Azerbaijan to validate the recommendations of the draft RRA report.

As part of the RRA Moldova process, a Validation Workshop was jointly organized by IRENA and the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure on 15 October 2018 in Chisinau.

The RRA Validation workshop, jointly organised by Bhutan's Department of Renewable Energy and IRENA, brought together renewable energy stakeholders in Bhutan to validate the recommendations of the draft RRA report.

The Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) Expert Consultation workshop, organised by IRENA in partnership with Botswana's Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, brought together relevant stakeholders for development of renewable in Botswana, including governmental officials, energy regulators and planners, energy experts, civil society, academia, financing institutions and the private sector.

This meeting presented the report that emanated from the Renewables Readiness Assessment process in Mali, and discussed ways forward for the implementation of its recommendations.

The RRA Expert Consultation Workshop gathered stakeholders from across El Salvador’s public sector, private sector, industry, civil society and academia to introduce the RRA process and to discuss challenges and opportunities for the development of renewables in the country.

IRENA launched its Renewables Readiness Assessment Pakistan report, conducted jointly with Pakistan's Alternative Energy Development Board, in the hope of broadening engagement with stakeholders, including governmental agencies, sub-national governmental authorities, industries, academic institutions, and the key development partners in the potential follow-up initiatives building on the key findings and recommendations in the report. Following the RRA Launch, an IRENA delegation visited the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Energy Centre to discuss bilateral co-operation.

Jointly with the Ministry of Energy (MoE) of Azerbaijan and the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources (SAARES), IRENA will officially launch the Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) report for the Republic of Azerbaijan.

As part of the Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) process, this Validation Workshop jointly be organised by IRENA, El Salvador's Ministry of Economy, and the Hydroelectric Commission, will bring together renewable energy stakeholders to validate the recommendations of the draft RRA report.

IRENA in cooperation with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, has embarked on producing a Renewables Readiness Assessment study for Albania, and conducted its first multi-stakeholder consultation workshop.