
Brazil’s biofuels industry: Lessons, challenges and opportunities
Brazil’s experience as a global leader in biofuels provides valuable insights for other nations seeking to develop thriving biofuel sectors.
Brazil’s experience as a global leader in biofuels provides valuable insights for other nations seeking to develop thriving biofuel sectors.
This report is the second in a series assessing progress towards two key goals of the Outcome of the First Global Stocktake at COP28: the tripling of renewable power and the doubling of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.
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.
Developed through IRENA's Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) Network, this toolkit provides practical guidance for implementing participatory processes in national energy scenario development.
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.
The Renewable Energy Roadmap: Eastern Partnership outlines a practical roadmap that explores how renewables and energy efficiency measures can cut emissions, enhance energy affordability, and reduce energy needs. The report also emphasises the urgency of fast-tracking clean energy deployment and modernising infrastructure.
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 report presents enabling measures to support the successful development of a green hydrogen industry in North Africa.
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.
This regional energy transition outlook for the European Union outlines a practical roadmap for achieving climate neutrality while reinforcing energy security and economic competitiveness.
This assessment of Somalia’s energy sector identifies the key actions required to overcome existing barriers to renewable energy development and expansion.
Targeted policies are needed to address existing barriers and accelerate the electrification of road vehicles – which represent more than 75% of the transport sector’s total energy consumption.
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.
Robust quality infrastructure is required to ensure the resilience of renewable energy infrastructure in the face of increasingly extreme weather events around the world.
This report provides a roadmap for powering Zimbabwe’s healthcare facilities with reliable and sustainable energy, particularly in remote and underserved areas, via decentralised renewable energy (DRE) systems.
This report assesses the potential for powering agri-food value chains using decentralised renewable energy solutions in Nepal.
This report assesses drivers and barriers for green hydrogen development across Central Asia and the South Caucasus, offering region-specific recommendations to advance deployment.
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.
Decentralised renewable energy solutions in Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector provide a means to address energy poverty, enhance rural livelihoods, ensure food security, and promote gender and youth empowerment.
This report offers insights on the role of renewable energy in climate change adaptation strategies, presenting potential indicators and metrics to assess the benefits of renewable energy as a risk mitigator.