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20 Apr 2013
IRENA welcomes the launch of Africa’s largest solar PV plant
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) welcomes the news that the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Africa was inaugurated today by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Masdar, the renewable energy company of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
19 Mar 2013
Renewable Agency applauds U.A.E. solar launch
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) welcomed the activation of the world’s largest operational Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility to date, as the Middle East turns to clean energy to fuel future growth.

The Shams 1 thermosolar plant – in the desert of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates – adds 100 megawatts (MW) of sustainable, renewable electricity to the national grid, which otherwise consumes fossil fuels.

The USD 600m, 2.5 square kilometre plant was designed and developed by Shams Power Company, a joint venture of UAE renewable energy company Masdar (60 per cent), France’s Total (20 per cent) and Spain’s Abengoa Solar (20 per cent). Inaugurated on Sunday, 17 March, it will produce enough energy to power 20,000 homes.
17 Jan 2013
Mozambique, Senegal, Kiribati, Grenada map clean energy future
A new series of game-changing assessments to help countries transition to renewable energy was launched today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. The world’s first four comprehensive Renewables Readiness Assessments were published for Mozambique, Senegal, Kiribati and Grenada, a country-led, consensual and collaborative tool to identify effective policies, craft investor friendly regulations, and to bring together stakeholders ...
14 Jan 2013
IRENA launches Roadmap to double Renewable Energy by 2030
International efforts to double the share of renewable energy by 2030 are attainable, but need to accelerate substantially if they are to be successful, according to a new global roadmap launched at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly in Abu Dhabi. More than 150 countries are attending the two-day assembly, which has become the world’s pre-eminent policy gathering to promote the uptake of renewable energy.
14 Jan 2013
China to join International Renewable Energy Agency
China has announced it will join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a milestone in international efforts to double the share of renewable energy worldwide by 2030.
13 Jan 2013
UAE ratifies IRENA Headquarters, cements position as renewable energy hub
The UAE today announced the formal ratification of its headquarters agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), confirming IRENA’s position as the global hub for renewable energy, and the first international organisation headquartered in the Middle East.
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