Hydrogen is expected to grow sevenfold to support the global energy transition, eventually accounting for 10 percent of total energy by 2050. A scale-up of this magnitude will affect demand for critical materials, including minerals and metals, needed for hydrogen technologies— electrolyzers for renewable hydrogen, carbon storage for clean hydrogen, or fuel cells using hydrogen to power transport.
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In African countries, geothermal heat applications along the agri-food value chain have the potential to enhance food productivity, reduce food spoilage, and add value to food produce. This would result in food security, more employment opportunities and higher incomes for the employees and other agri-food stakeholders. Geothermal energy would also contribute to the sustainability of the agri-food sector by reducing carbon emissions.
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The IEA is deploying a capacity reinforcement programme for African energy experts and professionals. To maximise the value and long-term payoff of training sessions organized under the programme, the IEA is proposing to a community of African experts regular webinars to share analyses on energy. The latest one by IEA Africa University was on “Electricity and gas markets in Africa”
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IRENA is supporting Mongolia in the decarbonisation of its building sector through the implementation of renewable energy solutions in district heating systems. The support is designed to contribute to building the capacity of Mongolian stakeholders to develop a Strategic Heating and Cooling Plan (SHCP). IRENA is collaborating with the Mongolian Ministry of Energy to organise virtual capacity building events on Integrating Renewable Energy Solutions in Mongolia’s District Heating Systems.
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The central purpose of this document is to provide a vision for policymakers at all levels towards a clean and secure electricity system in Moldova, providing actionable items towards this vision in three steps, as well as outlining the economic, environmental and social benefits it could deliver. This document also serves to support further development of the national renewable energy strategy.
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This webinar on “Benchmarking Scenario Comparisons: Key indicators for the clean energy transition” discussed the main findings from the recently-published collaborative report (of the same name) between IRENA and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), which highlights the motivation, focus and methods of 14 scenario comparison studies, synthesizing experts’ views on how to improve such studies to gain insights for the clean energy transition.
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On 9 December 2021, ETIPWind organised an online webinar on ‘Electricity grids for a climate-neutral Europe’. During the webinar industry experts agreed that there is an urgent need to increase collaboration among stakeholders and to implement new technologies to deliver electricity grids that can uphold climate neutrality in 2050. The new ETIPWind factsheet spells out four technology and policy areas Europe needs to work on to deliver the electricity system necessary for a climate-neutral energy system by 2050.
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Southeast Asia has huge, untapped potential to be a leader in renewable energy. Currently, however, economies in the region are heavily dependent on fossil fuels to meet their energy demand. This was the second of a 3-part series of RENdez-vous for Southeast Asia by REN21. Participants and thematic experts discussed and re-imagined what futures may look like for renewable energy in Southeast Asia.
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The FTI Consulting-TERI South Asia New Energy Series curated a series of five discussions, covering policy, funding, transport and infrastructure, industry decarbonization, and skills and inclusion, to cover what is an inter-disciplinary and complex set of issues around adoption and scaling up of clean technologies, from renewable, battery technologies and hydrogen, and the linkages critical for creating a clean energy transition pathway to 2030.
Read MoreFormed in 2015, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) has now become a global collaboration to promote solar energy uptake worldwide with 95 signatories and more on the way. Through advocacy and analysis, capacity building, resource mobilisation, and project implementation, ISA is enabling long-term visibility and scalability of solar power projects across nations. In this exclusive Q&A, Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, ISA gives his perspective on the evolving global solar power landscape as well as ISA’s focus areas for the future and his vision for the organisation.
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The webinar presented key takeaways from the recent IRENA report Green Hydrogen: A Guide to Policy Makers and highlighted the policy pillars to transition green hydrogen from niche to mainstream. These include building national hydrogen strategies, identifying policy priorities, guarantees of origin and enabling policies.
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Renewable energy poses one of the largest investments and development opportunities in Asia in the next ten years. In Korea, the market is especially focused on diversifying and expanding its energy sources to include solar, wind power and hydrogen. The Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy recently announced they will target 30-35 per cent of their entire energy network to come from renewables sources by 2040 – up from just eight per cent today.
Read MoreAs the global fight against climate change intensifies, corporates worldwide are increasingly focusing on meeting their sustainability targets through procuring renewable energy.
Read MoreOffshore wind is surging ahead in Europe and is now a key component of the European energy transition agenda.
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New markets in Asia, the Americas, and eventually Africa, accelerated growth in Europe, the rise of floating offshore wind and increasing interest in power-to-x solutions, are creating the basis for unprecedented growth in the offshore wind industry.
Read MoreSolar and wind power costs continued to fall in 2019 and auction and PPA results show there is no sign of slowing in the downward trend. IRENA has been tracking and analyzing the cost evolution of renewable power since 2012 to...
Read MoreAs California looks to achieve its emission reduction, air quality, and clean energy goals, the state is grappling with increasing energy demands from the transportation, residential, and commercial sectors. How can California...
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