Methanol is essential for the chemical industry. Largely produced from fossil fuels, it can be made from sustainable, renewable-based energy sources.

The new report shows 162 gigawatts (GW) or 62% of total renewable power generation added last year had lower costs than the cheapest new fossil fuel option.

This joint tracking report provides the most comprehensive look available at the world’s progress towards global energy targets on access to electricity, clean cooking, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

The report outlines recommendations to help Tunisia achieve its 30% renewables goal while boosting growth and development.

This report is an initial output of two projects focused on tracking innovation impacts: the Innovation Impacts Dashboard (IID) project and the Tracking Energy Innovation Impacts Framework (TEIIF) project. 

This report outlines a pathway for the world to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and halt the pace of climate change by transforming the global energy landscape.

The report highlights the main challenges and way forward to adapt the broader UNFC specifications and guidelines to geothermal energy resources.

The report provides insights on the country’s potential to adopt solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power.

This report provides an overview of heat pump technologies and their applications, discusses building stock and the implications for the use of heat pumps in both new and old buildings and examines recent market developments.

This report, developed by the Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic with the support of IRENA, aims to further support the country towards the sustainable development of the energy sector through increased deployment of reliable and cost-effective renewable energy solutions.

This white paper, developed by the IRENA Coalition for Action, analyses the various opportunities and challenges in advancing towards sector coupling and an integrated energy transformation.

This publication presents statistics for the decade 2012-2021 in trilingual tables, covering off-grid power capacity, biogas production and numbers of people using off-grid power and biogas for cooking and lighting.

Renewable energy auctions have become a popular instrument for the deployment of renewables around the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception.

This report presents key findings and recommendations that are broadly relevant to Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as to stakeholders attempting to improve their planning processes across the world.

IRENA's latest global cost study shows how the competitiveness of renewables continued amid the fossil fuel crisis and highlights cost trends for major renewable electricity sources.

This statistical publication presents renewable power generation capacity statistics for the last decade (2012-2021).

This report draws on IRENA’s existing, technology-focused studies to offer key insights from global experiences relevant to China’s energy transition.

This report explores key actions and milestones in relation to market creation, infrastructure and regulation, certification, technology, cost gaps and financing.

IRENA 最新的全球成本研究显示了可再生能源的竞争力如何在化石燃料危机中持续存在，并突出了主要可再生能源的成本趋势。

La dernière étude mondiale sur les coûts de l'IRENA montre comment la compétitivité des énergies renouvelables s'est maintenue au milieu de la crise des combustibles fossiles et met en évidence les tendances des coûts pour les principales sources d'électricité renouvelables.

تُظهر دراسة التكلفة العالمية الأخيرة للوكالة الدولية للطاقة المتجددة (IRENA) كيف استمرت القدرة التنافسية لمصادر الطاقة المتجددة وسط أزمة الوقود الأحفوري وتسلط الضوء على اتجاهات التكلفة لمصادر الكهرباء المتجددة الرئيسية.

Последнее глобальное исследование затрат IRENA показывает, как сохранялась конкурентоспособность возобновляемых источников энергии в условиях кризиса ископаемого топлива, и освещает тенденции затрат на основные возобновляемые источники электроэнергии.

Die jüngste globale Kostenstudie von IRENA zeigt, wie sich die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der erneuerbaren Energien inmitten der Krise der fossilen Brennstoffe fortsetzte, und zeigt die Kostentrends für die wichtigsten erneuerbaren Stromquellen auf.

This report provides recommendations to accelerate the deployment of geothermal energy in the agri-food sector.

El último estudio de costos globales de IRENA muestra cómo la competitividad de las energías renovables continuó en medio de la crisis de los combustibles fósiles y destaca las tendencias de costos para las principales fuentes de electricidad renovable.