IRENA Legislators Dialogue — Renewables as an enabler of services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
13 July 2020 |Webinar
The first IRENA Legislators Dialogue will be structured under the theme ‘Renewables as an...
Webinar: Dynamic regulation and digitalisation for a renewable-powered future
20 July 2020 |Webinar
This joint webinar by IRENA and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) discusses the role...
Innovations for a decentralised, renewable-powered system: Peer-to-peer electricity trading
25 August 2020 |Webinar
This joint webinar with Malaysia's Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) will discuss the...
Joint IRENA – JRC Expert Workshop on “Benchmarking long-term scenario comparison studies for the clean energy transition”
10 September 2020 |Webinar
Joint IRENA – JRC Expert Workshop on “Benchmarking long-term scenario comparison...
IRENA Innovation Week 2020
05 October 2020 |Virtual
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) invites you to save the date for the third IRENA...
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High-Level Dialogue: Pandemic Response and Recovery and Africa's Energy Transformation
- 20 May 2020
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- Energy Transition, Benefits
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- Virtual event
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) organised a dialogue to reflect on Africa’s energy transformation as part of the continent’s response to the post-COVID 19 pandemic recovery.
Entrepreneurship Support Facility 1st Technical Committee Meeting
- 05 – 06 March 2020
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- Cape Town, South Africa
The 1st Technical Committee meeting, organised by IRENA in partnership with the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, brought together Technical Committee members to review applications and select entrepreneurs for the first cohort...
Africa Energy Indaba 2020
- 03 – 04 March 2020
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- Cape Town, South Africa
The Africa Energy Indaba brought together key energy stakeholders to discuss, debate and seek solutions to enable adequate energy generation across Africa. The conference provided an opportunity to shape the African energy policy and a platform for...
Renewable energy investment opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF)
- 11 November 2019
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- Finance & Investment
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- Johannesburg, South Africa
In partnership with Power Africa and the African Trade Insurance Agency, IRENA hosted a Renewable Energy Matchmaking event in Sub-Saharan Africa 'IRENA’s Sustainable Energy Marketplace: Facilitating renewable energy deal-making in Sub-Saharan...
Project Finance Matchmaking event at ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum 2019
- 22 – 24 October 2019
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- Finance & Investment
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- Accra, Ghana
The ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF) is a major regional energy event that convenes policymakers, utilities, national energy planners, renewable energy developers, financiers, service providers, and development banks and agencies. At the forum,...
Ministerial Validation of the Central Africa Renewable Energy Roadmap
- 21 – 23 October 2019
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- Energy Transition
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- Libreville, Gabon
A Ministerial Validation of the Central Africa Renewable Energy Roadmap was organised to submit the Roadmap to the validation of the ECCAS Region Ministers in charge of Renewable Energy. The overall objective of the workshop was to obtain a consensus...
ECOWAS Certification for Sustainable Energy Skills scheme workshop
- 03 – 05 September 2019
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- Off-grid for Energy Access
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- Dakar, Senegal
Upon the successful conclusion of the pilot examinations for the certification of off-grid solar PV technicians in Senegal and Ghana, a workshop with all of the main stakeholders is planned to review the results of the piloting, the progress so far,...
Clean Energy for Health Care Conference
- 24 – 25 April 2019
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- Benefits
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- Nairobi, Kenya
A conference to raise awareness among policy makers about the opportunities provided by renewable energy and energy efficiency in providing electricity to rural health centres and strengthening health systems in Africa, to exchange knowledge and...
IRENA at Africa Climate Week 2019
- 18 – 22 March 2019
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- Climate Change
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- Accra, Ghana
IRENA participated in a number of key areas, including facilitating the NDC dialogue, and participating in the Ghana-NDC Investment Forum, Marrakech Partnership and thematic blocks on finance, cities and local action, and energy transition.
West Africa Renewable Energy Statistics Training
- 26 – 28 February 2019
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- Statistics
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- Abuja, Nigeria
A technical training on renewable energy statistics for energy statisticians from the West Africa region