Publications

This report is the fourth edition in the series, jointly produced by IRENA and the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.

The latest cost analysis from IRENA shows that renewables continued to represent the most cost-competitive source of new electricity generation in 2024.

The 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.

IRENA’s global renewable power generation costs study shows that the competitiveness of renewables continued to improve despite rising materials and equipment costs in 2022.

This 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.

This twelfth edition of IRENA’s Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review, produced in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides the latest data and estimates of renewable energy employment globally.

Malaysia is well-placed to achieve more equitable and resilient development by leveraging the benefits created by the energy transition.

A successful energy transition in the ASEAN region must balance the imperatives of geo-economics, the demands of a just transition, and the promise of enhanced power interconnections.

This second edition of the report, Renewable energy: A gender perspective, updates global figures and offers policy recommendations to strengthen gender equality across the energy transition.

As global reliance on power systems increases, this report highlights the need to enhance their resilience to climate change and extreme weather events.

This report examines the technology and market outlook for sodium-ion batteries, and their potential to reshape the EV battery landscape.

This 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).

This 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.

This 2024 Year in Review, issued by the World Meteorological Organization in collaboration with IRENA, highlights growing impacts of climate extremes on clean power systems.

This twelfth edition of IRENA’s Renewable energy and jobs: Annual review, produced in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides the latest data and estimates of renewable energy employment globally.

This report explores how auction design can allow for contractual arrangements where risks are shared more equitably, and where objectives beyond price and project realisation are also prioritised.

This report addresses the benefits of large-scale solar photovoltaic plants for the local environment and biodiversity, and recommends actions to mitigate potential negative impacts.

This report explores how auction design can allow for contractual arrangements where risks are shared more equitably, and where objectives beyond price and project realisation are also prioritised.

This report aims to contribute to a better understanding of the various visions for a just energy transition, and proposes a working definition that can serve as a foundation to inform policy making.

This report addresses the benefits of large-scale solar photovoltaic plants for the local environment and biodiversity, and recommends actions to mitigate potential negative impacts.

This report charts Brazil’s experience in the deployment of renewable energy as part of the country’s ongoing energy transition.