International Energy Workshop (IEW) 2024
The 42nd edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) will be hosted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Bonn, Germany, on 26-28 June, 2024.
The 42nd edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) will be hosted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Bonn, Germany, on 26-28 June, 2024.
In this final session for the programme, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Central African Power Pool (CAPP) Secretariat, and country stakeholders reviewed the regional modelling results that have been achieved based on the work of the participants.
Served as the inaugural session of the 2023 Senegal Masterplan Development Support Programme, the kick-off meeting gathered stakeholders to lay a solid foundation for the programme activities.
IRENA has been supporting the government of Cameroon for the implementation of this capacity building programme to enhance energy planning capacity within national institutions on Long-term planning through training on the SPLAT model and the development of energy scenarios.
IRENA’s “Long-term Energy Scenarios Network” (LTES Network) provides a platform for national and regional energy scenario practitioners to share experience and good practices in using and developing scenarios.
This webinar aimed to present key findings from the IRENA’s report Transforming small island power systems, share main takeaways from several grid assessment studies, and launch the Agency’s new report on “Quality Infrastructure for Smart Mini-grids”.
IRENA organised a workshop on 12-13 December in Bonn, inviting government practitioners, experts, and researchers to discuss the current use of geospatial information in long-term energy planning.
This regional workshop helped develop the capacities in the identification of barriers and opportunities for the deployment of renewable energy projects.
IRENA participated in the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) in Salvador, Brazil. Regional Climate Weeks serve as a critical stepping stone to the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit 2019 and gathers diverse stakeholders in the public and private sectors around a common goal of addressing climate change.
IRENA, in close collaboration with the League of Arab States (LAS) and Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) will be holding a five-day training on “Addressing Variability of Renewable Energy Sources in Long-term Energy Planning”.
This workshop presented and discussed issues with Long-term Energy Scenarios (LTES) for a clean energy transition, with a segment focused on drafting recommendations for the CEM ministerial meeting in May 2019.
Jointly organised by IRENA and Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, the workshop supported the use of international best practice in long-term energy planning, and further the Agency’s efforts under the Astana Communique on Accelerating the Uptake of Renewables in Central Asia.
A workshop discussed the use and development of Long-term Energy Scenarios (LTES) for the clean energy transition in Latin America.
The Republic of Sierra Leone’s government and IRENA held a one-week training course on strategic long-term energy planning at the Ministry of Energy in Freetown that focused on developing the draft energy master plan document.
The world’s energy system is facing profound changes. Innovations in the way energy is generated, distributed and used, as well as the ways in which energy systems operate and link with wider infrastructure, are paving the way for completely new landscapes around the world.
The RRA Validation workshop brought together renewable energy stakeholders in Azerbaijan to validate the recommendations of the draft RRA report.
As part of the RRA Moldova process, a Validation Workshop was jointly organized by IRENA and the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure on 15 October 2018 in Chisinau.
The SIDS Lighthouses Initiative was launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) energy system transformation and facilitate co-ordinated support through partnerships with public, private, intergovernmental, and non-governmental stakeholder organisations. The Initiative, co-ordinated by IRENA, brings together 36 SIDS and 21 development partners, and takes a holistic approach that considers all relevant elements from policy and market frameworks, through technology options to capacity building.
The Republic of Sierra Leone’s government and IRENA held the second two-week training course on strategic long-term energy planning in Freetown that focused on finalising the SPLAT-SL model and energy planning scenarios.
During the 37th edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) on 19 June 2018 at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held a side event on improving the quality and use of long-term energy scenarios in guiding the clean energy transition.
The Sierra Leone Ministry of Energy and IRENA held the first two-week country training course to further familiarize the national working team.
As part of its engagement in Latin America IRENA undertook the Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA) Panama. A high-level event took place in Panama City for the launch of the report, which included government officials from various institutions, and representatives from the private sector, industry and academia.
Member countries and observer institutions met during the IRENA 8th Assembly in 2018 to identify the best options for IRENA to facilitate the development of renewable energy projects in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
IRENA and the Kingdom of Swaziland’s government held a consultation workshop to present and discuss the draft national energy master plan 2034 document with a group of key energy sector stakeholders