Decarbonising the Global Economy: Thinking Differently to Achieve a Renewable Energy Future
During a plenary session at the World Climate Summit on 13 November, held on the sidelines of COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, a diverse panel of speakers discussed the kinds of innovations needed to achieve rapid deployment of renewables –...
- November 2016
Solving the Energy Access Problem with Renewable Mini-Grids
During the biennial International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition, IRENA is launching two reports highlighting recent and future renewable mini-grid technological innovations, and the policy and regulatory approaches that can...
- October 2016
International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference Highlights Changing Energy Access Narrative
Nearly 600 off-grid renewable energy practitioners and leaders from the public and private sector are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya this weekend for the third International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC). Organized by the IRENA in...
- October 2016
Renewables for Growing Food and for Growing the Economy
Released this weekend at the International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition, IRENA’s first interactive digital publication, Renewable energy benefits: Decentralised solutions in the agri-food chain, highlights the...
- October 2016
IRENA to Host 3rd International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference in Nairobi
IRENA is organising the Third International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference from 30 September to 1 October 2016, in Nairobi. IOREC 2016 will convene the key stakeholders from the off-grid sector, including the private sector, financiers, policy...
- July 2016
Geothermal Energy Gets Global Boost
More than 70 representatives from 22 countries and 15 multilateral organizations, gathered in Nairobi this week to push forward the global expansion of geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is reliable, predictable and can last for decades. It has a...
- June 2015
Kenya joins IRENA and becomes the 82nd Member
Ambassador Harry Mutuma Kathurima signed the Statute on 22 May 2009
- May 2009