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.
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.
The joint webinar by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) in Malaysia discusses the transition from electricity consumers to prosumers, focusing on peer to peer electricity trading model, supported by digital technologies such as blockchain
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'.
IRENA organised the 1st International Conference on Renewable Energy for Healthcare in Singapore on 2 November 2018 immediately after the 4th International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (IOREC).
IOREC, organised by IRENA, is the global platform for sharing experience and best practices on design and implementation of enabling policies, tailored financing schemes, innovative business models and technology applications for stand-alone and mini-grid systems. IOREC 2018 presented a key opportunity to discuss the measures necessary to accelerate off-grid systems deployment, and highlight their role in meeting several Sustainable Development Goals.
The conference gathered experts from various background, political leaders, industry and civil society organisations to address those questions and discuss the future of the EU energy infrastructure.
Following a successful IRENA Innovation Week 2018 in Bonn, Germany that brought together a diverse group to explore and share insights into the many common challenges and opportunities of innovation solutions for renewable power integration, together with the great interest from many regional players, a series of regional Innovation Days will be organized across the globe.
Following the success of the previous two sessions of International Forum on Energy Transitions, the National Energy Administration of China (NEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government of China once again cooperated to co-host the third International Forum on Energy Transitions, 18 – 19 October 2018 in Suzhou, China.
An action-focused gathering of around 250 leading companies, innovators and policy makers from across IRENA’s diverse global membership, convened to explore how innovations in enabling technologies, business models, system operations and sector coupling can accelerate the renewable power transition.
ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organisation, has a target to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050. While efficiency improvements like more fuel-efficient aircraft and better air traffic logistics can bring about half of the emissions reductions required, the other half will have to come through renewable jet fuel. So if we hope to decarbonise the transport sector, we will need to have large amounts of biojet.
In partnership with the Central Africa Power Pool (CAPP), IRENA delivered a regional training on energy model analysis and planning to CAPP countries over the course of 6 months.
The 5th edition of the Global Renewable Energy Forum (GREF) focused on net zero-emission pathways of the public and private sectors and on the role of cities in the energy transition.
IRENA Innovation Day: Canada took place virtually on 23rd and 24th March 2022.
The event will present the main takeaways of the REmap Central America study and discuss with countries their experience and possible actions to scale renewable electricity generation, electricity grid integration, electrification of transport and modern cooking technologies.
The event brought together experts to discuss industrial decarbonisation pathways that need to be followed and highlight the role of systemic innovation to deliver the SDGs and to stay on a decarbonisation pathway consistent with 1.5°C.
The Indonesia G20 Presidency in 2022 commissioned IRENA to organise a virtual event to discuss energy storage and green hydrogen technologies to support low-carbon power systems.
Ahead of the annual back-to-back meetings of 11th Clean Energy Ministerial and 5th Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-5) hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a series of virtual, open to public side-events took place on key energy topics.
Regions, states and cities can play a key role in the global energy transformation. Some have made considerable progress during the past years, others have established ambitious plans. In the context of multi-level governance, many regions, states and cities, faced with local realities, are already deploying cutting-edge technology innovations, setting some of the most ambitious renewable energy targets, and investing in clean tech infrastructure and start-ups, thereby spurring local and regional development and market growth, and accelerating the transition to a low carbon economy.
IRENA Innovation Day took place on 16-17 July 2019 in Uruguay and focused on innovative solutions for the reliable integration of variable renewable energy in power systems, and showcased innovations in areas such as the role of digital technologies (blockchain, artificial intelligence, etc.), the electrification of transport & heat, the role of energy storage and the potential of hydrogen, amongst others.
To inform policy making, IRENA provides state-of-the-art analysis of enabling policy frameworks and finance mechanisms, spanning the entire renewable energy development cycle. The analysis formed the basis for the discussions at the IRENA Policy Day
Taking place during the 2019 Scenarios Forum, the session titled “Renewable-based Electrification: How can we Improve Scenarios for Clean Energy Transition?” addressed how long-term energy scenarios can better account for the potentially transformational changes related to renewables-based electrification.
The third Innovation Day took place on 27 November 2019 in Ankara and focused on Türkiye and neighbouring countries.