Opportunities to accelerate national energy transitions through advanced deployment of renewables
While the shift to cleaner energy systems is evident across the Group of 20 (G20), it has specific features in each country. In every case, renewable energy plays a significant role.
- November 2018
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- Energy Transition, Off-grid for Energy Access
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- English
Renewable Energy Outlook: Egypt
This study examines the policy, regulatory, financial and capacity-related challenges that the country has to address to meet targets for renewables to make up 42% of the country’s electricity mix by 2035.
- October 2018
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- Energy Transition
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- English, Arabic
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- Egypt
Innovation Priorities to Transform the Energy System: An overview for policy makers
This brief provides a high-level overview of priorities to accelerate technological and systemic innovation and highlights priorities for increased government action and international co-operation.
- May 2018
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- Innovation
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- English
Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050
Renewable energy needs to be scaled up at least six times faster for the world to start meeting key decarbonisation and climate mitigation goals. Yet the envisaged energy transformation cannot happen by itself. This report identifies focus areas where policy and decision makers need to act.
- April 2018
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- Energy Transition
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- English, Arabic
Renewable Energy Prospects for the European Union
This REmap study, prepared in co-operation with the European Commission, identifies cost-effective renewable energy options for all EU Member States, spanning a wide range of sectors and technologies.
- February 2018
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- Energy Transition, Policy
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- English, French
Renewable Energy Outlook: Thailand
This report evaluates Thailand’s options for power generation, transport development, thermal and bioenergy use, and identifies the key challenges in scaling up renewables.
- November 2017
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- Energy Transition, Power
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- English
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- Thailand
Turning to renewables: Climate-safe energy solutions
This set of briefs, prepared by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), highlights challenges and opportunities as the world seeks climate-safe energy solutions.
- November 2017
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- Climate Change, Benefits
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- English
Synergies between renewable energy and energy efficiency
This working paper considers how renewables and energy efficiency can work together to contribute to global energy decarbonisation by 2050. It also looks and how this synergy affects energy system and technology cost, and the effect it has on air pollution and avoidance of adverse health effects caused by these pollutants.
- August 2017
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- Energy Transition, Benefits
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- English
Stranded Assets and Renewables
Assets like power plants can become “stranded” by unanticipated or premature write-downs, devaluation or conversion to liabilities. This will happen to some degree in the transition to a low-carbon economy. However delaying action to address climate change would result in significantly more severe asset stranding, according to this analysis by the International...
- July 2017
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- Energy Transition, Finance & Investment
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- English
Accelerating the Energy Transition through Innovation
Technological breakthroughs are needed to reduce carbon emissions in the energy sector. This working paper examines the basic conditions required to nurture innovation and produce new technologies for a low-carbon future.
- June 2017
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- Energy Transition, Innovation
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- English