The new Director-General will be officially appointed by the 17th session of the IRENA Assembly taking place from 9 to 11 January 2027 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, following today’s Council’s ...

Despite a record growth in 2025, the world must build more renewable power capacity in 2026-2030 than in all previous years combined, official tracking report finds Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates/New ...

Over 300 delegates discuss the role of renewable-based electrification in powering energy security, competitiveness and economic resilience . Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 14 O ...

In this context, the Partnership for Accelerating Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean (PARLAC), a new regional cooperation platform by IRENA, responds to the regional need.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has identified electrification and grid enhancement as key levers of the next phase of global energy transition. For Small Island Developing States ...

The GEAR (Growth through Energy Agriculture and Resilience) Framework, developed jointly by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Institute for Environment and ...

The global energy transition has entered a decisive new phase. Renewable energy deployment continues to break records, technology costs have fallen significantly and electrification is advancing ...

IRENA has tracked the costs and performance of renewable energy technologies and fuels since 2012. As renewable energy, and in particular power generation, has entered a virtuous cycle of falling ...

Energy storage systems allow energy consumption to be separated in time from the production of energy, whether it be electrical or thermal energy. The storing of electricity typically occurs in ...

The COP28 Conference in the United Arab Emirates represented a landmark moment for global energy policy by pledging to transition away from fossil fuels, triple renewables and double energy efficiency ...

Global investments in the energy transition reached a new record of USD 2.4 trillion in 2024 – a 20% increase from the average annual levels of 2022 and 2023. Despite annual investments more than ...