Innovations in electricity market design for solar and wind integration
20 October 2020 |Webinar
This joint webinar by IRENA and ACER discusses the role of innovation in the interconnected...
The future for heavy-duty vehicles in the Pentalateral Region: Integrating electromobility in the energy transition
22 October 2020 |Webinar
Gathering diverse stakeholders from the Penta region and beyond in order to stimulate the reflection...
Nineteenth and Twentieth Meetings of the IRENA Council
03 November 2020 |Zoom Platform
The nineteenth and twentieth meetings of the Council will be held on 3 and 4 November 2020 in a...
Race to Zero Dialogues on Energy
16 November 2020 |Webinar
The Race to Zero Dialogue on Energy will convene leaders from the energy transition, including...
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Technical Webinar Series-Transforming SIDs Power System through VRE
- 22 September 2020
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- Power
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- Virtual
This webinar was an initiative by IRENA to support Small island developing states in their transition to a sustainable energy future and aims to share results and recommendations of the “Transforming small island states” publication.
Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development in Africa post COVID19
- 10 September 2020
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- Benefits, Energy Transition
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- Webinar
The AREI and IRENA hosted a joint webinar to gather insights from relevant technical experts on how technology innovation and digitalization in the power system can shape a socially inclusive energy transition towards the achievement of the...
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...