IRENA Insights
13 April 2021 |WebinarClimate-safe 1.5°C pathway by 2050: Technology solutions and investment needs
Every other week, presenters from one of IRENA’s teams – either alone or together with...
Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) for Developing National Clean Energy Transition Plans in Latin America
14 April 2021 |Virtual
The series provides a platform to exchange knowledge, collect best practices and experiences from...
Renewables Readiness Assessment for the Kyrgyz Republic - Expert Consultation Workshop
15 April 2021 |Virtual
As part of RRA process, the Expert Consultation Workshop on April 15 will bring together renewable...
Meeting of CEEAC-ECCAS Energy Ministers for the promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
26 April 2021 |Brazzaville, Congo
The overall objective of the meeting is to obtain a consensus of the Ministers in charge of...
Renewable Readiness Assessment (RRA) Albania
- 24 March 2021
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- Policy, Innovation, Finance & Investment, Energy Transition, Costs, Benefits
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- Virtual
The virtual launch featured the official publication of the RRA Albania. The event served as a platform to address important topics relevant to the renewable energy development and deployment in Albania amongst government officials and the involved...
Scaling up Renewables for Smart Electrification and Carbon Neutrality
- 24 March 2021
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- Off-grid for Energy Access, Energy Transition, Innovation
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- Virtual
Co-organised with Enel this webinar explored how increased electrification with a power sector based on variable wind and solar power will actually work. How will grid operation change and what role will AI and machine learning play?
Renewable Methanol: An Enabler for Carbon Neutrality in the Chemical & Liquid Fuel Sectors
- 27 January 2021
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- Energy Transition, Innovation
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- Virtual Event
The joint webinar will be an occasion to launch IRENA and Methanol Institute's joint report, Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol. Speakers will discuss the transition of fossil fuel-based to renewable-based methanol.
Eleventh Session of the IRENA Assembly
- 18 – 21 January 2021
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- Benefits, Climate Change, Costs, Off-grid for Energy Access, Energy Transition, Finance & Investment, Heating & Cooling, Innovation, Islands, Policy, Power, Statistics, Transport
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- Virtual Event
The eleventh session of the Assembly will take place on 18 and 21 January 2021 in a virtual setting. The Assembly is the Agency’s supreme decision-making body.
2021 IRENA Public-Private Dialogue – COVID-19 as a game-changer: Actions needed to accelerate the pace of the energy transition
- 14 January 2021
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- Benefits, Climate Change, Costs, Off-grid for Energy Access, Energy Transition, Finance & Investment, Heating & Cooling, Innovation, Islands, Policy, Power, Statistics, Transport
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- Virtual Event
The fourth edition of IRENA’s annual pre-Assembly Public-Private Dialogue took place virtually on 14 January 2021 (15:00 to 18:00 Gulf Standard Time) on the sidelines of the Eleventh Session of the IRENA Assembly.
The New Generation of Decision Makers – IRENA Youth Forum @ the 11th IRENA Assembly
- 14 January 2021
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- Benefits, Climate Change, Costs, Off-grid for Energy Access, Energy Transition, Finance & Investment, Heating & Cooling, Innovation, Islands, Policy, Power, Statistics, Transport
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- Virtual Event
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) organised the second edition of the IRENA Youth Forum: The New Generation of Decision Makers, which took place on 14 January 2021 at the margins of the eleventh session of the IRENA Assembly.
2021 IRENA Legislators Forum – Parliamentary actions to scale up renewable investments: Renewable energy as an enabler of services
- 13 January 2021
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- Benefits, Climate Change, Costs, Off-grid for Energy Access, Energy Transition, Finance & Investment, Heating & Cooling, Innovation, Islands, Policy, Power, Statistics, Transport
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- Virtual Event
The Forum convened parliamentary leaders from across the world to discuss global, regional and local agendas relating to a renewables-based energy transition and served as a platform for substantive dialogue amongst legislators and renewable energy...
The future for heavy-duty vehicles in the Pentalateral Region: Integrating electromobility in the energy transition
- 22 October 2020
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- Energy Transition, Innovation, Transport
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- Webinar
This event sought to identify strategies that minimise any potential risk for the electricity system while maximising the benefits for the road freight and renewable power sectors.
Innovations in electricity market design for solar and wind integration
- 20 October 2020
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- Energy Transition, Power, Innovation
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- Webinar
This joint webinar by IRENA and ACER discussed the role of innovation in the interconnected market-based European power system, with focus on the 5 relevant briefs from IRENA’s Innovation Landscape Report, to integrate very high shares of solar...
Tracking Energy Innovation Impacts Framework
- 19 October 2020
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- Costs, Innovation
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- Webinar
As part of the Tracking Energy Innovation Impacts Framework project, this expert consultation virtual workshop, presented preliminary results on the methodology and innovation metrics, validated the approach and collected valuable feedback and...