Renewable energy auctions in Japan: Context, design and results
As Japan moves away from nuclear power plants, it has turned to renewables to diversify its energy mix. Auctions have emerged as a key policy tool for the transition.
- January 2021
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- Energy Transition, Policy
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- English
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- Japan
Solid Biomass Supply for Heat and Power: Technology Brief
This technology brief from IRENA examines the multi-dimensional logistical challenges of establishing a steady supply chain for solid biomass.
- January 2019
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- Power, Benefits
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- English
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- Japan, Netherlands
Transforming small-island power systems
This guide from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) can assist in decision making and help to carry out successful technical planning studies on solar and wind integration into SIDS power systems.
- January 2019
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- Energy Transition, Power
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- English
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- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas
End-of-life management: Solar Photovoltaic Panels
This report is the first-ever projection of PV panel waste volumes to 2050. It highlights that recycling or repurposing solar PV panels at the end of their roughly 30-year lifetime can unlock an estimated stock of 78 million tonnes of raw materials and other valuable components globally by 2050.
- June 2016
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- Policy
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- English
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- Germany, Japan
G20 Toolkit for Renewable Energy Deployment: Country Options for sustainable growth based on Remap
In October 2015, the G20 adopted the “Toolkit of Voluntary Options for Renewable Energy Deployment”. This report summarises the results for the G20, identifies action areas for G20 policy makers and proposes the next steps of a “REmap G20 process”.
- June 2016
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- Energy Transition
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- English
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- Argentina, Australia
Quality Infrastructure for Renewable Energy Technologies: Small Wind Turbines
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.
- December 2015
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- Innovation
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- English
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- China, Denmark
Global Bioenergy Supply and Demand Projections: A working paper for REmap 2030
Biomass has an auspicious future in the world’s supply of renewable energy. REmap 2030, the global roadmap developed by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), foresees a major role for modern, sustainable biomass technologies in efforts to double the share of renewables in the energy mix.
- September 2014
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- Energy Transition
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- English
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- Australia, Brazil
REmap 2030: Summary of findings (January 2014)
REmap 2030 is a roadmap to double the share of renewable energy by 2030. It is the first global study to provide renewable energy options based on a bottom-up analysis of official national sources. The roadmap encompasses 26 countries representing three-quarters of current energy demand. In determining the potential to scale up renewables, the study not only focuses on...
- January 2014
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- Energy Transition
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- English
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- United States of America, United Arab Emirates
Renewable Energy Country Profiles for Asia
This collection of country profiles takes stock of the latest developments in renewables around Asia from 2009 until 2012.
- January 2013
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- Statistics
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- English
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- Afghanistan, Bangladesh