The virtual event featured the official launch of the Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) Jordan. The event served as a platform to highlight a number of important topics relevant to renewable energy development in Jordan amongst government officials, partners and other stakeholders to promote the implementation of the recommendations made in the RRA report.

The eleventh session of the Assembly took place on 18 and 21 January 2021 in a virtual setting. The Assembly is the Agency’s supreme decision-making body.

The Forum convened parliamentary leaders from across the world to discuss global, regional and local agendas relating to a renewables-based energy transition and served as a platform for substantive dialogue amongst legislators and renewable energy experts on the acceleration of the deployment of renewables.

The fourth edition of IRENA’s annual pre-Assembly Public-Private Dialogue took place virtually on 14 January 2021 (15:00 to 18:00 Gulf Standard Time) on the sidelines of the Eleventh Session of the IRENA Assembly. 

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) organised the second edition of the IRENA Youth Forum: The New Generation of Decision Makers, which took place on 14 January 2021 at the margins of the eleventh session of the IRENA Assembly.

The Round Table discussed a briefing paper on Bioenergy for Sustainable Development which IRENA prepared with the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Bioenergy (IEA Bioenergy) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

IRENA in cooperation with OLADE and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), organised a session on Technology Innovation to enhance the use of Renewable Energy.

IRENA in collaboration with UK COP26 Presidency, has organized a series of Regional Expert Meetings on Climate Change, Enhanced NDCs’ and Renewable Energy Deployment.

The 12th session of the IRENA Assembly took place in a virtual setting from 15 to 16 January 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with related stakeholder and ministerial meetings held on 13 and 14 January 2022.

The workshop brought together large number of relevant stakeholders to discuss challenges and opportunities for the development of renewables and energy transition in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The meeting will provide a platform for an exchange of experiences and best practices regarding the development and use of LTES and innovative scenario planning approaches.

An IRENA delegation visited Finland to discuss potential cooperation with Business Finland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.  

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.

Converting our energy system towards 100% renewable energy is about more than replacing fossil fuel with sun and wind as new energy sources. The true transformation starts in the fundamental way our energy system is structured.

IRENA co-organised two events at European Utility Week 2018, covering 'Managing A High Renewable System' and 'Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Powering the Transport Sector'.

With the support of IRENA, the Republic of Burkina Faso through the Ministry of Mines, Quarries and Energy undertook a Renewable Readiness Assessment (RRA).

The Regional Initiative on Renewable Energy for Hindu Kush Himalayas is being jointly designed by IRENA and ICIMOD (The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) to advance the understanding of energy needs in mountain economy and communities for strengthening economic value chains and the opportunities offered by on- and off-grid renewable energy solutions.

The Latin-American Organization of Energy (OLADE) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) organised a webinar promoting dialogue among Governments, development partners and regional and multilateral institutions on the regional and national perspectives for accelerating energy transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

The workshop included a combination of informative presentations, case study analyses, interactive exercises and also provided participants the opportunity to participate in interactive discussions with the audience.

IRENA’s Innovation landscape report maps and categorises many examples of innovations and innovative solutions in development by pioneering companies and backed by far-sighted governments around the world. The report and its accompanying detailed online resources provides decision makers with a clear, easily navigable but comprehensive guide to the diversity of innovations in use, or in development, in countries across the globe.

Organised within the framework of IRENA’s Regional Initiative in South East Europe and co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this workshop aimed to improve understanding of renewable energy socio-economic impacts and the affordability of renewables.