Geothermal development in Eastern Africa
The East African Rift region holds significant geothermal potential. This report offers recommendations to fast-track regional geothermal energy development.
The East African Rift region holds significant geothermal potential. This report offers recommendations to fast-track regional geothermal energy development.
This publication aims to increase awareness, share experiences and lessons, and provide recommendations for expanding geothermal heat use in the agri-food sector. The analysis in this document suggests the following six broad critical factors.
This global assessment provides an overview of developments in the geothermal sector and the factors that will shape the geothermal market in the near future.
The report highlights the main challenges and way forward to adapt the broader UNFC specifications and guidelines to geothermal energy resources.
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:
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is working with the geothermal community (a network of institutes, experts and the private sector) to extend the services of the Global Atlas for Renewable Energy to cover geothermal energy.
This technology brief provides technical background information, analyses market potential and barriers, and offers insights for policy makers on geothermal power generation.
Global investment in renewables must triple to meet climate and development goals. This report provides recommendations to scale up public funds and channel them more towards developing economies.
This workshop will be the first among multiple stakeholder engagement workshops planned as part of IRENA’s ongoing statistics support for NDC enhancement in Sudan.
Under the framework of Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) – IRENA, the International Geothermal Association (IGA) and the World Bank co-organised a series of technical sessions with the Geological Surveys of the Caribbean Islands States, and other local stakeholders in the geothermal sector in the region.
Two events of the Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA), took place in the framework of the Iceland Geothermal Conference.
In the framework of the project “Energy Solutions for Cities of the Future”, IRENA organised a capacity building event on the integration of low-temperature renewable energy sources into district energy systems targeting Southeast Europe.
The GGA, IRENA, the IGA and World Bank co-organised a series of technical sessions with the Geological Survey of Ethiopia, and other local stakeholders in the geothermal sector in Ethiopia.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy of Mongolia, held a workshop to launch the publication “Strategic Heating Plan for Mongolia: Integration of Renewable Energy Solutions in Heating Systems”, a techno-economic assessment on developing renewable energy-based heating systems in Mongolia.
Kenya has led the way in developing its geothermal energy resources – with support from the land of ice and fire, Iceland.