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Creating a global hydrogen market: Certification to enable trade
ViewThis report provides an overview of existing certification schemes and identifies gaps that will hinder the development of hydrogen certification across borders, and the associated demand for certificates.
Hydrogen English -
Socio-economic footprint of the energy transition: Indonesia
ViewThis report explores the potential socioeconomic impacts of the energy transition in Indonesia.
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Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities
ViewThe report provides a comprehensive update on the status and key actions needed for providing reliable, modern energy to health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries.
Energy transition English -
Renewable Energy Roadmap: Nigeria
ViewThis report, developed in collaboration with the Energy Commission of Nigeria, analyses the additional renewable energy deployment potential up to the year 2050, with an additional 2030 focus to aid shorter-term policy development.
Energy transition English -
Scenarios for the energy transition: Experience and good practices in Africa
ViewThis report summarises the presentations and discussions held at the webinar series entitled: Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) for Developing National Energy Transition Plans in Africa.
Planning , Long term energy planning English -
Long-term energy scenarios and low-emission development strategies: Stocktaking and alignment
ViewThis report provides a comparative analysis of 24 LTES and 36 scenario-based LT-LEDS from a total of 45 countries and concludes by highlighting the advantage of basing LT-LEDS on scenarios.
Planning , Long term energy planning English -
Planning and prospects for renewable power: North Africa
ViewThis report shows the importance of regional coordination in long-term planning, by showcasing collective opportunities for North African countries to diversify their electricity generation mixes and reduce their reliance on fossil fuel resources by 2040.
Planning , Long term energy planning English -
Off-grid Renewable Energy Statistics 2022
ViewThis publication presents statistics for the decade 2012-2021 in trilingual tables, covering off-grid power capacity, biogas production and numbers of people using off-grid power and biogas for cooking and lighting.
Off-grid for energy access English, French, Spanish
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IRENA's Energy Transition Support to Strengthen Climate Action
ViewThis report highlights the work done during the NDCs review process, the support offered through its different work packages as well as facilitating Parties and countries with project developments, financing and investment.
Targets & NDCs, Policy, Finance & investment English -
De-Risking Investments in North Macedonia
ViewThis report, developed by IRENA and UNDP under the Climate Promise cooperation framework, aims to support North Macedonia accelerate the implementation of its enhanced NDC.
Targets & NDCs, Policy, Finance & investment, Electrification, Innovation English -
World Energy Transitions Outlook: 1.5°C Pathway
Interactive versionThis report outlines a pathway for the world to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and halt the pace of climate change by transforming the global energy landscape.
Targets & NDCs, Policy, Bioenergy, Policy, Green hydrogen, Policy, Carbon capture, Technology, Energy efficiency, Technology, Electrification, Innovation, Finance & investment, Macro-economic benefits, Socio-economic impact English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese -
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report (2021)
ViewThis joint tracking report provides the most comprehensive look available at the world’s progress towards global energy targets on access to electricity, clean cooking, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Targets & NDCs, Policy, Macro-economic benefits, Socio-economic impact, Finance & investment, Energy efficiency, Technology English
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Renewable solutions in end-uses: Heat pump costs and markets
ViewThis report provides an overview of heat pump technologies and their applications, discusses building stock and the implications for the use of heat pumps in both new and old buildings and examines recent market developments.
Costs, Stationary Applications Costs English -
Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021
ViewIRENA's latest global cost study shows how the competitiveness of renewables continued amid the fossil fuel crisis and highlights cost trends for major renewable electricity sources.
Costs, Energy transition, Power Generation Costs English, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish -
Global Hydrogen Trade to Meet the 1.5°C Climate Goal: Trade Outlook for 2050 and Way Forward
ViewThis report explores key actions and milestones in relation to market creation, infrastructure and regulation, certification, technology, cost gaps and financing.
Costs, Energy transition English -
Global Hydrogen Trade to Meet the 1.5°C Climate Goal: Green Hydrogen Cost and Potential
ViewThis report estimates the potential for green hydrogen production as a function of land availability, considering exclusion zones such as protected areas, forests, wetlands, urban centres, slope and water scarcity.
Costs, Energy transition, Targets & NDCs, Policy English
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Solar PV: A Gender Perspective
ViewThis report, the third in IRENA’s gender perspective series, examines the participation of women in the solar PV sector.
Socio-economic impact, Energy transition, Gender, Energy & jobs English -
Socio-economic Footprint of the Energy Transition: Japan
ViewThis report shows that a comprehensive and more ambitious energy transformation in tune with Paris Climate Agreement goals supports economic growth and social well-being.
Socio-economic impact, Energy transition English -
Renewable Energy and Jobs - Annual Review 2022
ViewThis report provides the latest estimates of renewable energy employment globally.
Socio-economic impact, Energy transition, Energy & jobs English -
Renewable Energy for Agriculture: Insights from Southeast Asia
ViewThis report examines the role of renewables in meeting growing energy needs in the agriculture sector in an inclusive and environmentally sustainable manner.
Socio-economic impact, Energy transition, Bioenergy & biofuels, Technology, Buildings & cities English
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Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN: Towards a Regional Energy Transition (2nd Edition)
ViewThis report details a comprehensive pathway for the development of a sustainable and cleaner regional energy system for ASEAN.
Energy transition, Innovation, Technology English -
Renewable Energy for Agriculture: Insights from Southeast Asia
ViewThis report examines the role of renewables in meeting growing energy needs in the agriculture sector in an inclusive and environmentally sustainable manner.
Socio-economic impact, Energy transition, Bioenergy & biofuels, Technology, Buildings & cities English -
Renewable Energy Roadmap for Central America: Towards a Regional Energy Transition
ViewThis report provides a comprehensive pathway for the development of a sustainable and cleaner regional energy system.
Energy efficiency, Technology, Energy transition in end uses, Policy, Power system structures & markets, Policy, Electrification, Innovation English -
Decarbonising End-use Sectors: Green Hydrogen Certification
ViewThis brief, developed by the IRENA Coalition for Action, provides an overview of technical considerations for green hydrogen tracking systems and the challenges that need to be addressed for the creation of such instruments.
Hydrogen, Technology, Green hydrogen, Policy, Energy transition in end uses, Policy English
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Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities
ViewThe report provides a comprehensive update on the status and key actions needed for providing reliable, modern energy to health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries.
Energy transition English -
Renewable Energy Roadmap: Nigeria
ViewThis report, developed in collaboration with the Energy Commission of Nigeria, analyses the additional renewable energy deployment potential up to the year 2050, with an additional 2030 focus to aid shorter-term policy development.
Energy transition English -
Renewable energy auctions: Southeast Asia
ViewRenewable energy auctions have become a popular instrument for the deployment of renewables around the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception.
Energy transition, Renewable energy auctions English -
Sector coupling: A key concept for accelerating the energy transformation
ViewThis white paper, developed by the IRENA Coalition for Action, analyses the various opportunities and challenges in advancing towards sector coupling and an integrated energy transformation.
Energy transition English
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The Breakthrough Agenda Report 2022
ViewThis report by IRENA, IEA and and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions is focused on supporting stronger international collaboration to drive reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy transition, Targets & NDCs, Policy English -
Scaling Up Renewables in Landlocked Developing Countries
ViewThis joint IRENA-UN-OHRLLS report provides an overview of deployment trends, drivers, barriers and opportunities for energy transition in LLDCs.
Energy transition, Policy English -
Bioenergy for the Transition: Ensuring Sustainability and Overcoming Barriers
ViewThis report provides an overview of the challenges and related policy measures required to scale up the deployment of key bioenergy applications.
Energy transition, Policy English -
China’s Route to Carbon Neutrality: Perspectives and the Role of Renewables
ViewThis report draws on IRENA’s existing, technology-focused studies to offer key insights from global experiences relevant to China’s energy transition.
Energy transition, Targets & NDCs, Policy English
Produced as a contribution to technical discussions and to disseminate new findings on relevant topics in the area of the author’s expertise, these papers do not represent IRENA’s official position or views on any topic.