Infrastructure Reform is Key to Accelerating Africa’s Energy Transition

 ​ In the coming years, this means urgently overcoming the structural barriers across three priority areas: infrastructure, policy, and institutional capabilities. Continued investments in cross-border transmission infrastructure and a deepening of electricity trade can bring more flexibility to achieve a smart diversified generation structure and accommodate a high share of variable renewable energy, thus enhancing […]

Renewables Jobs Nearly Doubled in Past Decade, Soared to 13.7 Million in 2022

 ​ Joint News Release Employment expands despite crises and challenges and growing use of industrial policies can create more localised supply chains, a new report finds. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Geneva, Switzerland, 28 September 2023 – Worldwide employment in renewable energy reached 13.7 million in 2022, an increase of one million since 2021 […]

A Decade of Progress: Renewables Jobs on the Rise

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IRENA Office in Germany Officially Inaugurated

 ​ The office of IRENA’s Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) in Bonn has been officially inaugurated during a symbolic “handover of keys” by the German Federal Government to the Agency. Germany is hosting IRENA’s innovation and technology hub since 2011. The opening ceremony took place in the presence of IRENA’s Deputy Director-General Gauri Singh, representatives […]

Innovation Week 2023 – Indirect electrification and workshops: As it Happens

 ​ IRENA Innovation Week brings together leaders, experts, industry representatives, academics and policy makers to discuss cutting-edge innovations that can support and accelerate the global energy transition. The 2023 edition is focused on the Renewable solutions to decarbonise end-use sectors.  Day 2: Indirect Electrification: Decarbonising Hard-to-abate Sectors Events of day one focused on Direct electrification – […]

Integrated Renewables Strategy Will Deliver Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Energy Security, Prosperity

 ​ The country needs to harvest its significant renewables potential to avoid the risk of turning into a net electricity importer and missing its climate objective, new report says. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 September 2023 – Despite being a net electricity exporter, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) bears the heavy cost of air pollution and […]

Innovation Week 2023: Direct Electrification (Renewable-powered Solutions) Day

 ​ Innovation Week 2023: Background IRENA Innovation Week brings together leaders, experts, industry representatives, academics and policy makers to discuss cutting-edge innovations that can support and accelerate the global energy transition. The 2023 edition is focused on the Renewable solutions to decarbonise end-use sectors. The discussions this week will highlight tangible solutions to decarbonise energy […]

IRENA Innovation Week Spurs Renewable Solutions to Decarbonise End-use Sectors

 ​ Major energy sector gathering explores cutting-edge innovations to accelerate the global energy transition and feeds into the innovation agenda at COP28. Bonn, Germany, 21 September 2023 – Leading companies, innovators and policymakers are convening at the 2023 edition of the IRENA Innovation Week from 25-28 September in Bonn to drive ground-breaking innovative renewable solutions that […]

Green hydrogen: a key enabler to broaden the potential of renewable power solutions in hard-to-abate sectors

 ​ Accelerating the energy transition requires a rapid expansion of renewables-based electricity generation. According to IRENA’s 1.5°C Scenario, by 2050, variable renewable energy (VRE) will represent 70% of the total global energy generation, from today’s 9%. In this context, green hydrogen emerges as key complement to make the most of the massive renewable production. Green […]

Why Public Financing Needs to Be Centre Stage for Universal Energy Access

 ​ The latest Tracking SDG 7 report offers yet another sobering reminder of the lack of progress on electricity and clean cooking targets. In 2021, over 675 million people were living without electricity access, and billions more were without reliable access. Meanwhile, about 2.3 billion people rely on traditional fuels for cooking. Under a business-as-usual scenario, […]