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Enabling green hydrogen development: North Africa
ViewThis report explores how North Africa can harness green hydrogen for industrial growth, highlighting key enablers and barriers to its development.
Energy transition, Hydrogen, Green hydrogen English -
A Call to Action: Developing Sustainable Capital Markets, Financing Energy Transitions, and Building Project Pipelines
ViewThis 6th edition of the UN ESCAP Financing for Development series, for which IRENA is a contributor, reviews sustainable debt capital markets, energy transition financing and green project pipelines in the Asia and the Pacific region.
Energy transition, Finance & investment English -
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025
ViewThis an annual report monitors global progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, to ensure affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030.
Energy transition English -
Regional energy transition outlook: European Union
ViewThis regional energy transition outlook for the European Union outlines a practical roadmap for achieving climate neutrality while reinforcing energy security and economic competitiveness.
Energy transition English -
Energy transition assessment: Somalia
ViewThis assessment of Somalia’s energy sector identifies the key actions required to overcome existing barriers to renewable energy development and expansion.
Energy transition English -
Policies for advancing the renewables-based electrification of road transport
ViewTargeted policies are needed to address existing barriers and accelerate the electrification of road vehicles – which represent more than 75% of the transport sector’s total energy consumption.
Energy transition, Transport English -
Investment opportunities for utility-scale solar and wind areas: Colombia zoning assessment
ViewThis report summarises IRENA analysis to identify favourable zones in Colombia for utility-scale solar PV and onshore wind projects, and their associated techno-economic parameters.
Energy transition, Finance & investment, Solar energy, Wind energy English -
Quality infrastructure for renewables facing extreme weather
ViewRobust quality infrastructure is required to ensure the resilience of renewable energy infrastructure in the face of increasingly extreme weather events around the world.
Energy transition English
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A Call to Action: Developing Sustainable Capital Markets, Financing Energy Transitions, and Building Project Pipelines
ViewThis 6th edition of the UN ESCAP Financing for Development series, for which IRENA is a contributor, reviews sustainable debt capital markets, energy transition financing and green project pipelines in the Asia and the Pacific region.
Energy transition, Finance & investment English -
Investment opportunities for utility-scale solar and wind areas: Colombia zoning assessment
ViewThis report summarises IRENA analysis to identify favourable zones in Colombia for utility-scale solar PV and onshore wind projects, and their associated techno-economic parameters.
Energy transition, Finance & investment, Solar energy, Wind energy English -
Investment opportunities for utility-scale solar and wind areas: Georgia zoning assessment
ViewThis report summarises IRENA analysis to identify favourable zones in Georgia for utility-scale solar PV and onshore wind projects, and their associated techno-economic parameters.
Energy transition, Finance & investment, Solar energy, Wind energy English -
World Energy Transitions Outlook 2024
ViewIRENA’s 1.5°C Scenario, set out in the World Energy Transitions Outlook, presents a pathway to achieve the 1.5°C target by 2050, positioning electrification and efficiency as key transition drivers, enabled by renewable energy, clean hydrogen and sustainable biomass.
Energy transition, Finance & investment English
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Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023
ViewThe levelised cost of electricity produced from most forms of renewable power continued to fall year-on-year in 2023, with solar PV leading the cost reductions, followed by offshore wind.
Costs, Energy transition, Power Generation Costs English -
Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022
ViewIRENA’s global renewable power generation costs study shows that the competitiveness of renewables continued to improve despite rising materials and equipment costs in 2022.
Costs, Energy transition, Power Generation Costs English -
Low-cost finance for the energy transition
ViewThis report identifies the pressing need for greater private sector engagement in the financing of energy transition projects, as well as closer public-private collaboration to sustain the net zero pathway.
Energy transition, Finance & investment, Costs, Technology English -
The cost of financing for renewable power
ViewBased on a new, unique dataset from a global survey, this IRENA report presents unprecedented insights on the cost of capital for onshore wind, offshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects.
Finance & investment, Costs, Technology, Solar energy, Wind energy English
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Community energy benefits: Powering universal wellbeing
ViewThis report, from the Coalition for Action Working Group on Community Energy, highlights the advantages of pursuing community energy in achieving the tripling of renewable energy capacity by 2030 in a just and inclusive manner.
Energy transition, Socio-economic impact English -
Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review 2024
ViewThe eleventh edition of IRENA’s Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review – the fourth consecutive report produced in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) – provides the latest data and estimates of renewable energy employment globally.
Energy transition in end uses, Energy & jobs, Socio-economic impact English -
Small Island Developing States at a Crossroads: The socio-economics of transitioning to renewables
ViewA number of SIDS are adopting targets and policies to incorporate substantial amounts of renewable energy into their electricity supply mix.
Energy transition, Socio-economic impact English -
Socio-economic footprint of the energy transition: South Africa
ViewThis report builds on the analysis presented in IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook to support energy transition planning and informed policy making in South Africa, and calls for a comprehensive policy framework that can advance the transition whilst safeguarding people, livelihoods and jobs.
Energy transition, Socio-economic impact English
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Solar PV supply chains: Technical and ESG standards for market integration
ViewThis report reviews key quality infrastructure and ESG standards for solar PV supply, and represents IRENA’s contribution to the Transforming Solar Supply Chain initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM).
Energy transition, Technology English -
Low-cost finance for the energy transition
ViewThis report identifies the pressing need for greater private sector engagement in the financing of energy transition projects, as well as closer public-private collaboration to sustain the net zero pathway.
Energy transition, Finance & investment, Costs, Technology English -
The cost of financing for renewable power
ViewBased on a new, unique dataset from a global survey, this IRENA report presents unprecedented insights on the cost of capital for onshore wind, offshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects.
Finance & investment, Costs, Technology, Solar energy, Wind energy English -
Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN: Towards a Regional Energy Transition (2nd Edition)
ViewThis report details a comprehensive pathway for the development of a sustainable and cleaner regional energy system for ASEAN.
Energy transition, Innovation, Technology English
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Enabling green hydrogen development: North Africa
ViewThis report explores how North Africa can harness green hydrogen for industrial growth, highlighting key enablers and barriers to its development.
Energy transition, Hydrogen, Green hydrogen English -
A Call to Action: Developing Sustainable Capital Markets, Financing Energy Transitions, and Building Project Pipelines
ViewThis 6th edition of the UN ESCAP Financing for Development series, for which IRENA is a contributor, reviews sustainable debt capital markets, energy transition financing and green project pipelines in the Asia and the Pacific region.
Energy transition, Finance & investment English -
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025
ViewThis an annual report monitors global progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, to ensure affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030.
Energy transition English -
Regional energy transition outlook: European Union
ViewThis regional energy transition outlook for the European Union outlines a practical roadmap for achieving climate neutrality while reinforcing energy security and economic competitiveness.
Energy transition English
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies and finance for renewable energy deployment
ViewThis report explores trends in renewable energy investment, finance and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a view to unlocking the potential of renewable energy as an important lever of socio-economic development in the region.
Energy transition, Finance & investment, Policy English -
100% renewable energy scenarios: Supporting ambitious policy targets
ViewThis study from the IRENA Coalition for Action compares three 100% renewable energy scenarios and two net-zero emissions scenarios to identify common challenges and opportunities for a rapid and holistic shift towards more ambitious renewable energy targets.
Energy transition, Policy English -
Green hydrogen for sustainable industrial development: A policy toolkit for developing countries
ViewThis report by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), IRENA and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) explores the benefits of green hydrogen production in developing countries.
Energy transition, Policy, Green hydrogen English -
North Africa: Policies and finance for renewable energy
ViewThe brief by IRENA, highlights North Africa’s large renewable energy potential and explores its current policy environment to support the energy transition and the deployment of renewable energy in the coming years.
Energy transition, Finance & investment, Policy English
Produced as a contribution to technical discussions and to disseminate new findings on relevant topics in the area of the author’s expertise, these papers do not represent IRENA’s official position or views on any topic.