The 16th session of the IRENA Assembly has concluded. The record participation of over 1500 ministers, government officials, CEOs and partners from across the world confirmed IRENA is at the center of the global energy discourse.
Renewable energy must empower communities, support economic opportunity, and reinforce social stability. The IRENA Assembly offers more than the opportunity to take stock. It offers the chance to recalibrate, to align ambition with implementation, and vision with delivery.
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With annual grid investments needing to reach USD 671 billion by 2030, IRENA is driving public-private collaboration through UNEZA, AFID, and the Coalition for Action, whose members have committed over USD 148 billion per year to accelerate grid expansion, storage, and renewables deployment under the UAE Consensus.
Off-grid renewable energy solutions are expanding electricity access to underserved communities, enhancing livelihoods while advancing progress across multiple Sustainable Development Goals.
Technologies like micro and mini-hydro power plants (MHPs) play an important role to accelerate universal access in Nepal to affordable and modern energy while reducing communities’ reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing resilience.
2025 was a year of renewable energy records.
Women-led solar entrepreneurship is expanding energy access in underserved communities, empowering women economically while accelerating a just and inclusive energy transition.
In a coastal fishing community in Kwale County, Kenya, solar power is providing reliable electricity for cold storage. This helps local fishermen preserve their catch, reduces dependence on a fluctuating grid, supports livelihoods through fairer prices, and secures a sustainable solar-powered future for the community.
As of 1st December, Dr Mike Enskat assumes the role of Director of the International Renewable Energy Agencies’ Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) in Bonn.
As global energy transition investment reached a record USD 2.4 trillion in 2024, significant gaps remain in funding for key technologies and regions, underscoring the need for impact-driven finance and stronger public sector leadership to ensure all countries can meet the 2030 target of tripling renewable power capacity.
At COP30 in Belém, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) launched progress-tracking reports, provided climate support to countries, and identified five priority areas including implementation, grids, finance, supply chains, and workforce to accelerate the energy transition toward 1.5°C goals.
As only 72 countries have submitted NDC 3.0 targeting 6.9 TW of renewable capacity by 2030, falling short of the 11.2 TW tripling goal, there is an urgent opportunity through increased climate finance to bridge the gap, particularly for LDCs, SIDS, and Sub-Saharan Africa requiring USD 117 billion in external funding.
Tripling renewable energy by 2030 is transforming lives across agriculture, healthcare, small businesses, fisheries, and education, driving sustainable development and economic growth in communities worldwide.
During Singapore International Energy Week, Southeast Asia united under the Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Southeast Asia (APRESA) to drive renewable energy investment, grid interconnection, and green jobs across the region.
APRA's Second Investment Forum in Freetown brought together African governments, investors, and development partners to accelerate renewable energy deployment across the continent through practical project facilitation and investment mobilisation.
NewGen 2025 sees the participation of an inspiring group of 13 startups tackling urgent energy challenges across emerging markets.
Grid infrastructure modernisation offers the global power sector significant opportunities for large-scale renewable energy integration through strategic investment, extensive planning, and coordination of multiple stakeholders, to reach the ambitious target of 11.2 terawatts of renewables capacity by 2030.
Offshore wind energy systems offer global power grids significant opportunities for large-scale renewable energy expansion through mature, cost-competitive technologies supported by AI and international partnerships, to reach the ambitious target of 2,000 GW capacity by 2050.
Battery energy storage systems offer power grids key opportunities for better flexibility, renewable energy integration, and reliable power supply by storing excess renewable energy during low demand times to release during peak demand enabling higher renewable energy penetration and supporting global decarbonisation goals.
Green hydrogen offers Global South countries transformative opportunities for green industrialisation, energy independence, and economic diversification by leveraging their abundant renewable resources to become major exporters in emerging international clean energy markets supporting global decarbonisation.
Digitalisation and the energy transition presents both challenges from rising energy demands and deployment gaps, and opportunities through smart technologies that can optimise renewable energy integration worldwide.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) officially launched its new podcast series "All Things Renewable" today.
Renewables maintained their price advantage over fossil fuels in 2024.