Global improvement in energy efficiency is accelerating — but still far from the pace needed to meet 2030 targets. According to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global primary energy intensity — [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA on July 22, 2025. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 22 July 2025 – Renewables maintain their cost leadership in global power markets, IRENA’s new report on Renewable Power Generation Costs in [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA on August 11, 2025. Road transport accounts for approximately 18 per cent of total global CO2 emissions and is linked to a significant share of urban air pollution, as around 94 [Read more]
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 19 April 2024 – The Utilities for Net Zero Alliance (UNEZA) adopted the UNEZA Roadmap to 2030, which targets a total increase of renewable energy capacity within their portfolios to 749GW by 2030*, an [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA on Nov. 29, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 29 November 2023 – Progressive policies are critical to boost the socio-economic benefits of the energy transition and spread them [Read more]
This joint press release was issued on Oct. 30, 2023 by IRENA. COP28 Presidency, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Global Renewables Alliance publish joint report outlining key enablers to triple global renewable power capacity [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on Oct. 9, 2023. By Francesco La Camera With 80 per cent of the world’s population without access to electricity residing in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA in Sept., 2023. 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 [Read more]
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 and up from a total of 7.3 [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on August 15, 2023. Heating and cooling accounts for about half of global energy consumption and is responsible for more than 40 per cent of [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on July 12, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 12 July 2023 – The energy transition requires a dramatic increase in the supply of critical materials, [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 22, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate, 22 June 2023 – In the first volume of the World Energy Transitions Outlook (WETO) 2023 released today, the [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on July 12, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 12 July 2023 – The energy transition requires a dramatic increase in the supply of critical materials, [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 20, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Brussels, Belgium, 20 June 2023 – Electrifying the use of energy in industry, transport and [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 22, 2o23. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate, 22 June 2023 – In the first volume of the World Energy Transitions Outlook (WETO) 2023 released today, the [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Association on July 28, 2022. In a world so rich in innovation and technology, it is easy to forget just how important people are to progress [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on March 28, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Berlin, Germany, 28 March 2023 – The global energy transition is off-track, aggravated by the effects [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA on July 7 2022. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 7 July 2022 – To make hydrogen trade cost-effective, the costs of producing and trading green hydrogen must be lower than domestic production [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA on July 13, 2022. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 July 2022 – Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA on May 12, 2022. A joint study published today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) uses patent statistics to reveal the trends [Read more]
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