IRENA at Africa Climate Week 2019
18 March 2019 |Accra, Ghana
IRENA participated in a number of key areas, including facilitating the NDC dialogue, and...
Regional Forum on Sustainable Energy in the Indian Ocean islands
08 April 2019 |Saint Denis, Réunion (France)
Following the success of the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative workshop on renewable energy project...
IRENA at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2019
09 April 2019 |Berlin, Germany
The annual Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) is a platform for an international public and...
Long-term Energy Scenario (LTES) Campaign: 2019 International Forum
10 April 2019 |Berlin, Germany
A workshop to present and discuss issues with Long-term Energy Scenarios (LTES) for a clean energy...
Falling RE costs: How Can Modellers Keep up?
12 April 2019 |Bonn, Germany
Organized by IRENA and IEA PVPS, this workshop targets leading international and local renewable...
Bonn Lecture Series: The True Costs of Renewables
- 25 January 2018
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- Costs
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- Bonn, Germany
Up-to-date insights into the competitiveness trends of renewable power generation costs have be-come an indispensable tool in navigating the rapidly evolving energy landscape. IRENA’s cost data and analysis allow for tailored policy...
Regional Workshop on Renewable Energy in Central Asia
- 26 – 27 April 2017
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- Costs, Energy Transition, Finance & Investment
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- Abu Dhabi, UAE
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) initiated a regional consultative process with the countries of Central Asia in 2016 as part of efforts to step up engagement with the region. At the first round of consultations, held in October in...
IRENA–Energy Community Joint Workshop on Renewable Energy Auctions
- 08 March 2017
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- Finance & Investment, Costs
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- Vienna, Austria
The workshop, organized on 8 March 2017, was held as implementation of the first activity of the recently developed IRENA’s South East Europe regional engagement Action Plan and discussed at the High-Level Meeting on Renewable Energy in South...
Leveraging Local Industries through Renewable Energy Auctions
- 18 January 2017
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- Costs, Finance & Investment, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The event was organised alongside the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Renewable Industry Advisory Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and REN21. This first session of the event was...
Letting in the Light: Unlocking the Potential of Solar Energy
- 17 January 2017
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- Costs, Finance & Investment, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 17 January 2017, during the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, IRENA held an event Letting in the Light: Unlocking the Potential of Solar Energy. Renewable energy is now recognised as a key solution in the global response to climate change...
Bioenergy’s Role in Doubling Renewable Energy Supply (Thematic Side Meeting to 7th Session of IR
- 13 January 2017
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- Costs, Innovation
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bioenergy accounts for half of the cost-effective potential for doubling the renewable share of energy supply by 2030. The event reviewed a brief on Sustainable Approaches to Expansion of Bioenergy which IRENA has developed jointly with the...
High-Level Meeting on Renewable Energy in South East Europe
- 13 January 2017
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- Costs, Energy Transition, Finance & Investment, Policy
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- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
On 13 January 2017, one day before IRENA’s 7th Assembly, IRENA organised a high-level meeting which served as a platform for a discussions on the opportunities and challenges in expanding the share of renewable energy in the...
REenergising Cities
- 18 October 2016
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- Costs, Energy Transition, Innovation
This high-level event took place on the second day of the UN Habitat III meeting, co-hosted by IRENA and the Governments of Ecuador, Germany and the UAE. The event showcased the innovative and transformative role of renewable energy and energy...
EU PVSEC Conference side-event: Photovoltaic End-of-Life Management (PV EOL) workshop
- 21 June 2016
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- Benefits, Costs
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- Munich, Germany
IRENA, in collaboration with IEA PVPS Task 12, released a joint publication on the ‘End-of-Life Management of Photovoltaic Panels’ during a dedicated PV EOL half-day workshop at EU PVSEC. The comprehensive report, compiled over a year,...
G20 Renewable Energy Toolkit in-focus: Costing, Grids and REmap
- 11 April 2016
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- Costs, Energy Transition, Policy
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- Shenzhen, China
Discussion of energy transition options continued with a workshop on the margins of the G20’s second energy sustainability working group, ESWG2. The full-day workshop aimed to review the recently adopted G20 Toolkit for Renewable Energy...