IRENA at CEM10 and MI-4
27 May 2019 |Vancouver, Canada
Ministers from over 25 countries will gather for this year’s 10th Clean Energy Ministerial...
Renewable Energy Benefits: Can South East Europe realise the full potential of the Energy Transition
11 June 2019 |Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The regional workshop sought to enhance local capacities on renewable energy socio-economic impacts...
IRENA at EU Sustainable Energy Week 2019 in Brussels
17 June 2019 |Brussels, Belgium
EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will take place in Brussels and IRENA will be present, widely...
Seventeenth Meeting of the IRENA Council
25 June 2019 |Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The seventeenth meeting of the Council will take place on 25 and 26 June 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United...
IRENA Innovation Day in Uruguay
16 July 2019 |Montevideo, Uruguay
IRENA Innovation Day in Uruguay will focus on innovative solutions for the reliable integration of...
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Biofuture Platform Members Meet in Abu Dhabi
- 19 January 2017
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- Finance & Investment, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Over 20 representatives of the Biofuture Platform, a multi-stakeholder mechanism formed to accelerate development and scale up deployment of modern sustainable low carbon alternatives to fossil based solutions in transport, chemicals, plastics and...
Leveraging Local Industries through Renewable Energy Auctions
- 18 January 2017
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- Costs, Finance & Investment, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The event was organised alongside the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Renewable Industry Advisory Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and REN21. This first session of the event was...
IRENA Coalition for Action - Annual Strategy Meeting
- 17 January 2017
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- Finance & Investment, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 17 January, the first Annual Strategy Meeting of the Coalition for Action* took place in conjunction with the seventh session of the IRENA Assembly and the World Future Energy Summit. Out of the current 54 Coalition members, a total of 19...
Letting in the Light: Unlocking the Potential of Solar Energy
- 17 January 2017
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- Costs, Finance & Investment, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 17 January 2017, during the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, IRENA held an event Letting in the Light: Unlocking the Potential of Solar Energy. Renewable energy is now recognised as a key solution in the global response to climate change...
Scaling up Variable Renewable Power, IRENA event during the World Future Energy Summit, January 2017
- 17 January 2017
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- Energy Transition, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
During the second day of the World Future Energy Summit on 17 January in Abu Dhabi, UAE, IRENA organised an expert discussion focused on the global transition to power systems with high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE). The development ...
Innovation driving power system transformation: Consultative Meeting on the IRENA Innovation Landscape Report for the Power Sector 7th Assembly
- 15 January 2017
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- Energy Transition, Innovation, Policy, Power
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 15 January 2017, during the second day of IRENA’s 7th Assembly in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, a consultative meeting was held with member countries and experts from multiple backgrounds of the renewable energy sector. The session...
Ministerial Roundtable, Catalysing off-grid renewable energy deployment – Towards universal electric
- 15 January 2017
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- Off-grid for Energy Access, Energy Transition, Power
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 15 January 2017, during IRENA’s 7th Assembly in Abu Dhabi, government officials from around the world gathered for a Ministerial Roundtable to discuss the best way to sustainably bring electricity access to people and gain substantial...
Enabling the Private Sector to Accelerate Renewable Energy Deployment
- 14 January 2017
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- Energy Transition, Finance & Investment
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 14 January, during the first day of the IRENA Assembly, a plenary session brought together governments and corporate buyers of renewable energy to discuss how to further enable the private sector to accelerate renewable energy deployment through...
Ministerial Roundtable, Towards an Economy Fuelled by Renewable Power: Innovation for the Next Stage
- 14 January 2017
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- Energy Transition, Finance & Investment, Innovation, Power
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 14 January 2017, during IRENA’s 7th Assembly in Abu Dhabi, government officials from around the world gathered to discuss the ongoing power sector transformation, and converse with prominent executives from the energy industry on its...
Bioenergy’s Role in Doubling Renewable Energy Supply (Thematic Side Meeting to 7th Session of IR
- 13 January 2017
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- Costs, Innovation
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bioenergy accounts for half of the cost-effective potential for doubling the renewable share of energy supply by 2030. The event reviewed a brief on Sustainable Approaches to Expansion of Bioenergy which IRENA has developed jointly with the...