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Technical Webinar Series-Transforming SIDs Power System through VRE
This webinar was an initiative by IRENA to support Small island developing states in their transition to a sustainable energy future and aims to share results and recommendations of the “Transforming small island states” publication.
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Online workshop on disruptive innovative solutions enabling 100% renewable power systems by mid-century
The workshop on ‘Disruptive innovative solutions enabling 100% renewable power systems by mid-century’, held online, was the fourth and last activity performed under the ‘Experience-sharing programme on innovative solutions for very high shares of renewable power by mid-century’ taking place throughout 2019.
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A Hot Climate for Renewable Cooling - #THISISCOOL WEBINAR SERIES
The Cool Coalition presented a webinar series to showcase leadership and solutions from individuals, organizations, governments, private sector to accelerate the transition towards net zero cooling.
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Capacity building in energy modelling for Niger NDC
In the framework of country-level support for revisions of NDCs under the CAEP delivered by the NDC partnership, IRENA supports the government of Niger through a targeted capacity building program on long-term energy planning.
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Online workshop on sharing experiences in applying innovative solutions to achieve 100% renewable power systems
The workshop on ‘Sharing experiences in applying innovative solutions to achieve 100% renewable power systems’ was held online and connected representatives from countries to explore the most disruptive innovations enabling the rapid uptake of a high share of variable renewables in power systems by mid-century
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Downloading and Exporting Data with Version 2.1 of The Global Atlas for Renewable Energy
On May 5 2016, IRENA released version 2.1 of the Global Atlas for Renewable Energy, its online renewable energy mapping platform. For the first time, the platform now allows users to download selected
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Regional Workshop on Energy Transformation in Central America
With a view to supporting the efforts of the countries of Latin America in undertaking the transformation of their energy sector, IRENA and the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica co-organised a regional workshop to exchange lessons learned and best practices in the development and implementation of decarbonisation strategies driven by renewable energy, energy efficiency and electrification.
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European Utility Week — IRENA Innovation Session: Spreading Innovation for the Power Sector Transformation Globally
As part of European Utility Week 2017, IRENA co-hosted a session on innovations for the power sector transformation that are emerging in Europe and changing the role of utilities.
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IRENA Insights
Every other week, presenters from one of IRENA’s teams – either alone or together with invited guests – will provide focused insights into opportunities, trends, best practices and innovative solutions to address challenges, signpost further sources of more in-depth information and provide an opportunity to engage with IRENA’s experts through Q&A sessions.
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Offshore Renewables for a Global Blue Economy
IRENA, together with the Governments’ of Denmark, Colombia and Costa Rica organised this side event to to exchange lesson learnt, good practices and innovative solutions.
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IRENA Regional Model Analysis & Planning Support Programme: Central Africa Training 1
The programme aims to build and enhance capacity for long-term energy planning in seven CAPP countries able to participate: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Rwanda.
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ECOWAS Certification for Sustainable Energy Skills scheme workshop
Upon the successful conclusion of the pilot examinations for the certification of off-grid solar PV technicians in Senegal and Ghana, a workshop with all of the main stakeholders is planned to review the results of the piloting, the progress so far, and to discuss the way forward.
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Unlocking the potential of ocean energy around the globe
This workshop gathered experts and public and private stakeholders from the ocean energy field to discuss the latest progress and identify the most relevant opportunities for scaling-up ocean energy technologies deployment with a special emphasis on Small Island Developing States.
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Energy-Climate Dialogue Event Advancing Energy Transition in Western Balkans and Eastern Europe countries through Enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions
This virtual event aimed to encourage all governments of the region towards more ambitious climate action driven by energy transition.
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IRENA at CEM12 and MI-6 Ministerial meetings
The Clean Energy Ministerial and Mission Innovation organizations virtual meetings brought together global leaders, ministers and experts to discuss renewable energy future.
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Capacity Building for Renewable Energy Auctions in Eastern and Southern Africa
IRENA, in collaboration with EACREEE, and SACREEE, has organised a two day capacity building workshop to share IRENA’s framework and insights regarding renewable energy auctions, and considerations, best practices, lessons learnt and specific case studies, with a focus on the Sub-Saharan Africa context.
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Innovations in Electricity Market Design for Solar and Wind Integration
This joint webinar by IRENA and ACER discussed the role of innovation in the interconnected market-based European power system, with focus on the 5 relevant briefs from IRENA’s Innovation Landscape Report, to integrate very high shares of solar PV and wind resources.
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IRENA Innovation Week 2020
The third IRENA Innovation Week – a virtual gathering of leading policy makers, innovators, developers and investors from across IRENA’s diverse global membership – convened to explore how systemic innovative solutions can support the use of renewables in the energy-end-use sectors of buildings, transport & industry.
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Innovations for Operating Power Systems with Increasing Shares of Variable Renewables – A Regional Perspective
The joint webinar by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), TransnetBW GmbH and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute, aimed at discussing innovative solutions for operating power systems with increasing shares of variable renewable electricity.
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An Introductory Session on Power Sector Planning Model for East African Countries (SPLAT-E model)
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Renewable Energy Zoning in the Southern African Power Pool Region
The workshop was attended by SAPP member country representatives from power utilities, ministries responsible for energy, regulatory authorities and research institutes as well as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, SAPP Secretariat, Regional Electricity Regulators Association of southern Africa (RERA), as well the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of South Africa.