Today, G7 leaders tasked the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) with tracking and monitoring the group’s collective contribution toward the global renewable triple target by 2030. The target was established by the UAE Consensus last November at COP28, aligning global climate ambitions with IRENA’s 1.5°C pathway, mapped out by the Agency’s World Energy Transitions Outlook. […]
Energy Poverty slows Progress in some Parts of Malawi
Patricia Mussa of Kambalame Village in Machinga District endures long walks in searchof firewood. She climbs Chikala Hills with her three girls during weekends to meet the cooking needsof her family of seven. They leave home around 2am only to return around 4 pm with bulky bundles on their heads. “The walks keep lengthening as […]
Nigeria can leverage on Renewables to Industrialize: Rep. Sam Onuigbo
Sponsor of the Nigeria Climate Change Act and former Member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has stated that renewable energy can provide the energy needed by the country to fully industrialize. Onuigbo emphasized this during a series of interventions he made during the 14th International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, the IRENA […]
Nigeria is well-positioned to power the Clean Energy future of Europe and the world with its high-grade lithium deposits, Tinubu
Tinubu said that Nigeria has confidence in itself and that the confidence Nigerians gave him the courage to take difficult decisions on their behalf
Private Sector calls on Governments to Fund Renewable Energy Projects
The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) has called on governments to complement the efforts of the private sector by funding renewable energy projects to achieve the target of 11000 gigawatts of installed clean energy by 2030. This year marks exactly 6 years until 2030 but only less than half of the targeted amount of gigawatts of […]
Africa needs $1 trillion to fund ambitious single electricity market
Africa needed to raise $1 trillion to achieve Africa Union’s flagship project for an African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM) by 2040, Amani Abou-Zeid, the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the AU Commission, said yesterday. Amani Abou-Zeid was talking on the sidelines of the 14th Assembly of International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) convention last week […]
IRENA: Global Renewables Alliance launches Global Time For Action campaign
The Global Time For Action campaign was launched by the Global Renewables Alliance on Tuesday at the 14th Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in a call to fast-track the delivery of renewable energy. Global Renewables Alliance CEO Bruce Douglas said the launch of this campaign followed […]
World Renewable Energy Legislators Converge in Abu Dhabi for the IRENA 14th Assembly
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) 14th Assembly kicks off tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, from 17-18 April 2024. The meetings, presided over by Rwanda, will gather more than 1,300 participants from 144 countries, including Ministers, industry leaders, and CEOs to chart a strategic way forward across countries, regions, and the world, in light of the […]