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Green Hydrogen: Towards Realising the Global Potential
Presentation focused on green hydrogen and its key role in the energy transition.
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Role of Renewables & Electrification for Europe’s Buildings
Presentation focused on the renewable energy deployment in cities in Europe.
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Offshore Renewables: Fostering a Blue Economy
Key recommendations to utilise offshore renewables at the G20 Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG).
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IRENA’s Engagement in Southeast Asia and Indonesia: Prospects for Energy Transitions and Implications for Energy Companies
A presentation of the renewable energy landscape and policies in Southeast Asia.
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Solar Power Development in Africa: Main Challenges and Key Opportunities for Development
An evaluation of the role of renewable energy in the African power sector at the Global Solar Council Virtual Forum.
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Reaching Zero with Renewables: Eliminating CO2 Emissions from Industry and Transport in line with the 1.5C Climate Goal
Recommendations for decarbonisation of transport and industry presented at the COP26.
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Reaching Zero with Renewables: Green Commodities in the Industry Sector
A keynote speech on the potential of green commodities at webinar organised by the EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network and RCREEE.
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A New Energy Future: The Way to a Sustainable Recovery
Keynote speech by the Director-General on the role of renewable energy in sustainable development in a webinar organised by Renewable Energy Institute.
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International Standardisation in the Field of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy standards, regularly reviewed and updated by international committees of technical experts, can help policy makers as an instrument to demonstrate national regulatory compliance, as well as ensuring successful deployment of renewable energy technologies (RET).
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Smart Grids and Renewables: A Guide for Effective Deployment
The steady growth of renewable energy technologies and cost-competitiveness of solar and wind power call for a smarter approach to power-grid management. This working paper from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) provides a technical overview of smart-grid technologies as a way to accommodate larger shares of renewable energy in the electricity sector.
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Powering Agri-food Value Chains with Geothermal Heat: A Guidebook for Policy Makers
This report provides recommendations to accelerate the deployment of geothermal energy in the agri-food sector.
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Grid Codes for Renewable Powered Systems
This report contains the latest developments and good practices to develop grid connection codes for power systems with high shares of variable renewable energy – solar photovoltaic and wind.
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Climate change and renewable energy
Japan, holding the G20 presidency in 2019, asked the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) for a report on the implications of the global energy transformation for climate and sustainability in a broad sense.
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NDCs in 2020
The brief, released at the global climate meeting COP25, underlines the opportunity to address the climate threat, decarbonise energy use and simultaneously achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals.
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Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future
This report maps and categorises innovative solutions to integrate renewables. It brings together insights on key innovations to facilitate higher shares of solar and wind in the power sector.
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World Energy Transitions Outlook: 1.5°C Pathway
This report outlines a pathway for the world to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and halt the pace of climate change by transforming the global energy landscape.
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Renewable Capacity Statistics 2021
This data set, updated yearly, tracks renewable power generation capacity over the preceding decade (2011-2020) in comprehensive trilingual tables.
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Innovation Outlook: Renewable Ammonia
This IRENA-AEA joint report provides a detailed overview of renewable ammonia in contrast to conventional and fossil-based ammonia with carbon mitigation.
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Electrification with Renewables
This first-of-its-kind analysis, undertaken jointly by IRENA and the State Grid Corporation of China, reflects findings from their forthcoming “Electrification with Renewables” scoping study.
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Off-grid renewable energy solutions to expand electricity access: An opportunity not to be missed
This brief takes stock of the opportunity at hand – detailing the dynamism and the innovations in the off-grid renewable energy sector. Building on IRENA’s growing body of work on the topic, it highlights the latest trends and advances, including innovations in delivery and financing models.
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10 Years: Progress to Action
IRENA's 10th Assembly booklet charts global advances over the past decade and calls for a new Decade of Action on renewables. Comparative graphs and data illuminate the road ahead.
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世界の再生可能エネルギー展望: エネルギー変革2050 年
本レポートでは2050 年までの気候変動に配慮した投資、エネルギー移行に必要な政策の枠組み、及び各地域が直面する課題に焦点を当てている。また、最終的に排出量をゼロにするための選択肢も探っています。
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Scaling up Variable Renewable Power: The Role of Grid Codes
Increasing the share of renewable power from variable sources, namely solar and wind energy, requires technological developments to be accompanied by well-designed regulations for grid management and operation.
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Quality Infrastructure for Renewable Energy Technologies: Solar Water Heaters
This guide is part of a series prepared by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in the field of quality infrastructure (QI) for small-scale renew¬able energy technologies. Quality Infrastructure for Renewable Energy Technologies: Solar Water Heaters analyses the challenges and offers recommendations for developing QI for solar water heaters (SWHs), as well as highlighting the experiences of several countries in developing and implementing QI for SWHs. The SWH guide concludes by applying guidelines for incrementally developing QI to the particular case of SWH markets.