The 8th meeting of the Collaborative Framework on Ocean Energy/Offshore Renewables (CFOR) highlighted the role of ports/harbors in facilitating accelerated offshore wind deployment, with a focus on polices and best practices in serving as potential energy hubs.
The 7th CFOR Meeting was held on 26 October, 2023.
This brief from IRENA's Collaborative Framework on Ocean Energy and Offshore Renewables presents actionable solutions to address permitting bottlenecks and accelerate related processes for scaling up offshore wind deployment.
Offshore renewables have significant potential to accelerate the global energy transition and create new economic and social opportunities.
The 6th CFOR Meeting focused on presenting the final versions of the “Scaling up investment in Ocean Energy Technologies” and “Enabling Frameworks for Offshore Wind Scaleup: Innovations in Permitting” Briefs.
This brief from the Collaborative Framework for Ocean Energy Technologies and Offshore Renewables provides options for scaling up investments in ocean energy, focusing on tidal stream and wave energy technologies.
Offshore renewables can play a key role in harnessing the benefits of the blue economy for sustainable development in SIDS, said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, at the Our Oceans conference held in Palau.
The report provides insights on various emerging offshore renewable energy technologies and their underlying potential. It also outlines a possible Action Plan for the G20 countries to drive offshore technologies closer to the commercialisation phase.
Oceans contain enormous untapped renewable energy potential, theoretically equivalent to more than double the world's current electricity demand.
Offshore renewable energy – including offshore wind and solar power, as well as emerging ocean energy technologies – could support sustainable long-term development and drive a vibrant blue economy.
IRENA's workshop brought together experts from the field of offshore energy and provided a platform for conversations, debates and new collaborations between academia, government and industry.
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.
This brief examines ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technologies, one of the key methods for tapping renewable energy from the world’s oceans.
This brief examines wave energy technologies, one of the key methods for tapping renewable energy from the world’s oceans.
This brief examines tidal energy technologies, one of the key methods for tapping renewable energy from the world’s oceans.
This brief examines salinity gradient energy technologies, one of the key methods for tapping renewable energy from the world’s oceans.
The potential of oceans as an energy source is staggering – more than sufficient to meet global electricity demand well into the future. Ocean resources vary from tidal currents and waves, to temperature and salinity gradients.
This series of technology briefs provides technical background information, analyses market potential and barriers and provides insights for policy makers on key types of renewable energy technology. The briefs, produced by IRENA in collaboration with the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (IEA-ETSAP), cover different technologies or processes: