On the slopes of an Oregon volcano, engineers are building the hottest geothermal power plant on Earth.

Governments across Africa have cited policy reform and project diversification as some of the key strategies they would use to attract investment towards sustainable energy sectors, at a time when the gap between electricity demand and access continues to increase despite the continent’s vast clean power potential.

"I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy,” Thomas Edison – the American inventor and businessman – is quoted as telling Henry Ford in 1931. “

A coalition of governments from Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean will join forces to warn that countries most affected by climate change will be left behind in the green energy transition without new funding instruments.

Deep in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, south of the Kalahari Desert, a beaming light towers above dozens of solar mirror panels.

The IRENA Regional Model Analysis & Planning Support Programme aims to build and enhance technical capacity in ten EAPP countries, with participation from ministries responsible for energy, electric utilities, and specialised planning agencies.

A new white paper has been launched to help achieve universal electricity access across Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030.

The training focused on strengthening participants' technical expertise by introducing the core concepts of the MESSAGE Reference Energy System (RES), the SPLAT-MESSAGE modelling tools, and essential software installations.

The 2nd Regional Energy Transition Outlook for Africa Advisory Meeting will focus on a discussion of the preliminary analysis.

The Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA) actively engaged at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2025 (BETD), to prominently place Africa’s renewable energy agenda at the forefront of global energy transition discussions.

Developed nations often overlook their access to electricity — and the benefits that accompany it, such as improved healthcare, education, and employment opportunities. Meanwhile, in Africa, 570 million people still lack reliable power

As access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a significant decline with over 83 per cent of people in the region now lacking electricity from 50 per cent in 2010, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has said urgent actions are needed to power rural communities.

O diretor-geral da Agência Internacional de Energia Renovável (Irena, sigla em inglês), Francesco La Camera, disse nesta quinta-feira (13), que o Brasil, por ocupar com sua matriz elétrica majoritariamente renovável uma posição de liderança global, especialmente no que diz respeito à energia hídrica, é estratégico para que o planeta alcance o objetivo de dobrar a eficiência energética e triplicar a capacidade de fontes renováveis como solar, eólica e hídrica.