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One-quarter of global hydrogen set for trading by 2050

July 18, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Renewable power remains cost-competitive amid fossil fuel crisis

July 18, 2022 Energi Staff

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]

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Patents for green hydrogen technology on the rise

May 16, 2022 Energi Staff

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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What we do today affects tomorrow: SIDS youth embrace renewables

May 10, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by IRENA on April 28, 2022. Until recently, the closest junior high student Misheka Mitchel had ever come to solar power was reading about it in her schoolbooks. Then her school [Read more]

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Decarbonized energy pathway more cost effective than polluting alternatives in Central America

March 17, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by IRENA on March 16, 2022. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 16 March 2022 – A decarbonization strategy can bring benefits to the Central America region at the same or lower energy system [Read more]

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Green hydrogen needs industrial policy making and certification

March 17, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary was published by IRENA on March 11, 2022. With its ability to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors like chemicals and steelmaking industries, green hydrogen is expected to be in high demand as countries are racing [Read more]

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Renewables and green gas: The only viable antidote to high fossil fuel prices

March 2, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on Feb. 24, 2022. By Dolf Gielen, Michael Taylor, Barbara Jinks Outdated perceptions of the costs of clean energy remain a major barrier to the energy transition. [Read more]

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Energy transition central to Africa’s economic future

January 18, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by IRENA on Jan. 14, 2022. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14 January 2022 – An integrated policy framework built around the energy transition could bring a wave of new sustainable energy investment to [Read more]

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Hydrogen economy hints at new global power dynamics

January 18, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by IRENA on Jan. 15, 2022. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 15 January 2022 – Rapid growth of the global hydrogen economy can bring significant geoeconomic and geopolitical shifts giving rise to a wave [Read more]

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Renewable energy jobs reach 12 million globally

October 25, 2021 Energi Staff

Abu Dhabi, UAE/Geneva, Switzerland, 21 October 2021 – Renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to the eighth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021. [Read more]

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Solving the chicken and egg problem: Green hydrogen auctions

September 14, 2021 Energi Staff

By Diala Hawila and Emanuele Bianco This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on Sept. 12, 2021. Green hydrogen (hydrogen produced from renewable energy) has received increasing attention across the energy sector [Read more]

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Majority of new renewables undercut cheapest fossil fuel on cost

June 28, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on June 22, 2021. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, June 22, 2021 – The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive [Read more]

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Active participation of women essential to the global energy transformation – IRENA

June 11, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Women’s thought process, ideas and feelings maybe different from men but that’s  exactly what work place needs: a wide range of views By 2050, IRENA projects that there will be around 40 million jobs directly related to renewable [Read more]

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Offshore wind: Moving from the margins to the centre-ground – IRENA

June 1, 2018 Energi Staff 2

“Now is the time for the development of a harmonised and documented global standardisation framework that enables these countries to access the cost-effective potential of offshore wind.” – Gielen Offshore wind energy stands on the cusp [Read more]

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Canada set to become member of International Renewable Energy Agency

May 28, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, Kim Rudd (r.) and IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin Currently, 181 countries and the European Union are engaged in IRENA’s work Canada is set to become a [Read more]

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Progress slow on global energy goals, but strong gains in some countries show promise – IRENA

May 3, 2018 Energi Staff 2

One billion people – 13% of world’s population – still live without electricity The world is not on track to meet the global energy targets for 2030 set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, [Read more]

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Powerful new policy options to scale up renewable energy – IRENA report

April 18, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Transport is second largest energy end‑use sector, accounting for 29% of total final energy use in 2015, 64.7% of world oil use A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy [Read more]

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Global renewable energy generation continues strong growth, almost cost-competitive with fossil fuels

April 7, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Levelised cost of electricity from solar PV dropped by 73%, and onshore wind by nearly 25%, between 2010 and 2017 By the end of 2017, global renewable generation capacity increased by 167 GW and reached [Read more]

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Smith’s panel on Alberta’s energy future is a bad joke

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

“A new advisory panel will develop a long-term vision for Alberta’s energy future and recommend steps the province should take to ensure the industry [emphasis added] continues to thrive for decades to come.” Premier Danielle [Read more]

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