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Off-grid renewable energy statistics 2020
This publication presents statistics for the decade 2009-2018 in trilingual tables, covering off-grid power capacity, biogas production and numbers of people using off-grid power and biogas for cooking and lighting.
- December 2020
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- Energy Transition, Statistics
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- English
Green hydrogen cost reduction
Green hydrogen can help to cut emissions in energy-intensive, hard-to decarbonise sectors like steel, chemicals, long-haul transport, shipping and aviation. But electrolyser costs must be cut to make it economical.
- December 2020
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- Energy Transition
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- English
Renewables Readiness Assessment: El Salvador
As El Salvador continues developing, renewables can stimulate local commerce and industry, help reduce electricity tariffs and improve people’s welfare.
- December 2020
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- Energy Transition
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- English
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- El Salvador
Renewable energy and climate pledges: Five years after the Paris Agreement
Renewable energy targets can reinforce Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), providing a key element for countries to pursue more ambitious climate pledges under the Paris Agreement.
- December 2020
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- Energy Transition
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- English
Quality infrastructure for smart mini-grids
Market expansion for renewable mini-grids depends on establishing trustworthy quality infrastructure (QI). Smart technologies to integrate solar and wind power require international and national QI.
- December 2020
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- Innovation
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- English
Fostering a blue economy: Offshore renewable energy
Offshore renewable energy – including offshore wind and solar power, as well as emerging ocean energy technologies – could support sustainable long-term development and drive a vibrant blue economy.
- December 2020
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- Energy Transition, Innovation
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- English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese
Innovation Outlook: Ocean Energy Technologies
Oceans contain enormous untapped renewable energy potential, theoretically equivalent to more than double the world's current electricity demand.
- December 2020
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- Innovation
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- English
Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition: Heating and Cooling
The transition to renewable-based, energy-efficient heating and cooling could follow several possible pathways. This report outlines the infrastructure and policies needed.
- November 2020
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- Policy, Heating & Cooling
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- English
Innovation outlook: Thermal energy storage
Thermal energy storage (TES) can help to integrate high shares of renewable energy in power generation, industry and buildings. This outlook identifies priorities for research and development.
- November 2020
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- Innovation
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- English
Green hydrogen: A guide to policy making
Renewable-based “green” hydrogen will be crucial to achieve net-zero emissions. This report offers guidelines on how to kickstart it at national and regional levels.
- November 2020
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- Policy, Energy Transition
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- English