The Republic of Sierra Leone’s government and IRENA held a one-week training course on strategic long-term energy planning at the Ministry of Energy in Freetown that focused on developing the draft energy master plan document. 

As part of the technical support provided under IRENA’s Clean Energy Corridor of Central America (CECCA) initiative, the Agency held a training, in partnership with GIZ and in collaboration with the Regional Operator Entity (EOR) of Central America, for national power system operators and officials in the region.

GREF 2019  focused on pathways towards carbon-neutrality by 2050, analysing the current status of renewable energy policies and decarbonisation pathways from different perspectives and highlight the role of hydrogen and power-to-x pathways — focusing on improving the understanding of hydrogen ‘as a low-carbon technology option’ and analysing the existing barriers and solutions needed to accelerate its deployment. 

IRENA organised the third, in a series of four week-long trainings, for a team of African modellers developing Africa Continental Power System Masterplan (CMP).

In partnership with the Central Africa Power Pool (CAPP), IRENA has launched a second phase of regional training on energy model analysis and planning for CAPP countries.

During the 37th edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) on 19 June 2018 at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held a side event on improving the quality and use of long-term energy scenarios in guiding the clean energy transition.

The Energy Transitions Working Group established the groundwork for policies on key issues such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, access to affordable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean, the reduction of inefficient subsidies on fossil fuels, making information on energy transparent, and the digitalisation of energy markets.

The International Energy Workshop is one of the leading conferences for the international energy modeling research community. In a world of environmental and economic constraints, energy modeling is an increasingly important tool for addressing the complexity of energy planning and policy making. 

IRENA’s regulatory component of the CECCA initiative has found that despite the deployment of wind and solar PV in Panama in recent years, project developers remain uncertain about existing and future investment incentives for these technologies in the country.

The Assessing Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements Meeting focused on the findings from the CECCA’s technical and regulatory components, and train stakeholders on IRENA’s PPA assessment tool.

The Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial / Third Mission Innovation Ministerial (CEM9/MI-3) were co-hosted by the European Union together with Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Nordic Council of Ministers.

In partnership with the Central Africa Power Pool (CAPP), IRENA has launched a second phase of regional training on energy model analysis and planning for CAPP countries.

The first regional workshop for REmap and FlexTool Central America harmonised awareness of the relevant existing work in the region, exchange the best practices of Central American countries, and shared details of IRENA's REmap and FlexTool analyses.

Jointly organised by IRENA and Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, the workshop supported the use of international best practice in long-term energy planning, and further the Agency’s efforts under the Astana Communique on Accelerating the Uptake of Renewables in Central Asia.

Under the framework of Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) – IRENA, the International Geothermal Association (IGA) and the World Bank co-organised a series of technical sessions with the Geological Surveys of the Caribbean Islands States, and other local stakeholders in the geothermal sector in the region.

The Sierra Leone Ministry of Energy and IRENA held the first two-week country training course to further familiarize the national working team.

In the framework of the implementation of the West Africa Clean Energy Corridor (WACEC), which was validated, adopted and endorsed by the countries of the West Africa region in 2016 – 2017, IRENA has launched a capacity building programme in the region in collaboration with relevant stakeholders of the ECOWAS power sector (ECREEE, WAPP, ERERA and GIZ).

In the framework of the implementation of the West Africa Clean Energy Corridor (WACEC), which was validated, adopted and endorsed by the countries of the West Africa region in 2016 – 2017, IRENA has launched a capacity building programme in the region in collaboration with relevant stakeholders of the ECOWAS power sector (ECREEE, WAPP, ERERA and GIZ).

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 Regional Workshop on Accelerating RE Investments in Southeast Asia shared experiences in setting more market-based renewable energy support schemes. The workshop was part of the implementation of ASEAN-IRENA MoU and Action Plan.