The Bioenergy Simulator is a web-based geospatial tool that allows users to understand bioenergy potential and related issues in a specific selected area.
Within the framework of collaboration under the memorandum of understanding signed in 2021, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have made available the Global Agro-Ecological Zoning version 4 (GAEZ v4) to advance the development of sustainable bioenergy.
To raise awareness on the significance and highlight the critical role of sustainable bioenergy in the global energy transitions, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has issued a joint statement that seeks to address the persistent debates about what role bioenergy should play in support of climate and development goals.
Inefficient applications of biomass must be replaced by modern and clean energy solutions, since they harm people’s health, damage the environment and reduce social well-being.
A new report from IRENA predicts a major role for modern, sustainable biomass technologies in the world's energy mix.
To accelerate the transition to clean cooking technologies and fuels among others, the Kenyan government established a Bioenergy Strategy (2020-2027) which promotes sustainable bioenergy production and consumption.
Waste is a terrible thing to mind, recycling experts quip. SSE's sale of a stake in two UK waste-to-energy projects will have had its shareholders chuckling. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), bioenergy generation (including both waste to energy and biomass) has some of the lowest costs of all renewable sources.
In a new report published in September 2018, the world’s leading climate scientists made their starkest warning so far: our current actions are not enough for us to meet our target of 1.5C of warming. We need to do more.The latest report from IRENA found that several of the most commonly used renewables, like solar, geothermal, bioenergy, hydropower and onshore wind, will be on par with or cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020.
The solar photovoltaic sector was the largest employer in the renewable energy industry last year, accounting for 3.4 million jobs, up from 3.1 million in 2016, according to IRENA data. Bioenergy was the second biggest employer at about 3.1 million jobs, more than double the size of hydropower, which came in third at 1.5 million.
IRENA estimated in 2013 that, in all regions of the world, average costs of generating electricity with most clean renewable-energy sources wind, hydro, geothermal, and low-emissions bioenergy are now at rough parity with fossil fuels. This is without even factoring in the environmental costs of burning oil, coal, and natural gas, the cost of which would of course rise through a carbon tax or cap.
Solar, wind, hydro, nuclear and bioenergy produced more electricity than coal in 2021 with Europe leading the way. Separately, a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency estimated that $5.7tn in annual investment was needed every year until 2030 for solar, wind and other forms of clean power to ensure that global warming does not exceed “dangerous thresholds”.
The number of people working in renewable energy hit 12.7 million last year - a 5.8% increase on 2020 - including jobs in solar, bioenergy, hydropower and wind energy, according to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
“The increase in jobs is primarily related to the growing demand for wind power, solar power, solar thermal energy, bioenergy and hydropower,” Irena chief Francesco La Camera told SPIEGEL.