Publications

This report is the fourth edition in the series, jointly produced by IRENA and the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

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 report summarises IRENA analysis to identify favourable zones in Colombia for utility-scale solar PV and onshore wind projects, and their associated techno-economic parameters.

This report summarises IRENA analysis to identify favourable zones in Georgia for utility-scale solar PV and onshore wind projects, and their associated techno-economic parameters.

The latest cost analysis from IRENA shows that renewables continued to represent the most cost-competitive source of new electricity generation in 2024.

The levelised cost of electricity produced from most forms of renewable power continued to fall year-on-year in 2023, with solar PV leading the cost reductions, followed by offshore wind.

IRENA’s global renewable power generation costs study shows that the competitiveness of renewables continued to improve despite rising materials and equipment costs in 2022.

This report identifies the pressing need for greater private sector engagement in the financing of energy transition projects, as well as closer public-private collaboration to sustain the net zero pathway.

Malaysia is well-placed to achieve more equitable and resilient development by leveraging the benefits created by the energy transition.

A successful energy transition in the ASEAN region must balance the imperatives of geo-economics, the demands of a just transition, and the promise of enhanced power interconnections.

This second edition of the report, Renewable energy: A gender perspective, updates global figures and offers policy recommendations to strengthen gender equality across the energy transition.

This report, from the Coalition for Action Working Group on Community Energy, highlights the advantages of pursuing community energy in achieving the tripling of renewable energy capacity by 2030 in a just and inclusive manner.

As global reliance on power systems increases, this report highlights the need to enhance their resilience to climate change and extreme weather events.

This report examines the technology and market outlook for sodium-ion batteries, and their potential to reshape the EV battery landscape.

This report reviews key quality infrastructure and ESG standards for solar PV supply, and represents IRENA’s contribution to the Transforming Solar Supply Chain initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM).

This report identifies the pressing need for greater private sector engagement in the financing of energy transition projects, as well as closer public-private collaboration to sustain the net zero pathway.

This publication presents statistics for the decade 2015-2024 in trilingual tables, covering off-grid power capacity, biogas production and numbers of people using off-grid power and biogas for cooking and lighting.

This toolkit draws on IRENA’s technical grid assessments to provide a pathway to transform aging power systems in small island developing states.

As global reliance on power systems increases, this report highlights the need to enhance their resilience to climate change and extreme weather events.

Malaysia is well-placed to achieve more equitable and resilient development by leveraging the benefits created by the energy transition.

This report charts Brazil’s experience in the deployment of renewable energy as part of the country’s ongoing energy transition.

This report explores trends in renewable energy investment, finance and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a view to unlocking the potential of renewable energy as an important lever of socio-economic development in the region.

This study from the IRENA Coalition for Action compares three 100% renewable energy scenarios and two net-zero emissions scenarios to identify common challenges and opportunities for a rapid and holistic shift towards more ambitious renewable energy targets.

This report by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), IRENA and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) explores the benefits of green hydrogen production in developing countries.