More: Renewable Energy
COVID-19 Intensifies the Urgency to Expand Sustainable Energy Solutions Worldwide
Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by...
The greening of China’s industrial strategy
The prominence of China’s role in the global green shift currently underway may seem a paradox. Whilst it has been despoiling its own environment and...
Energy Transition at the Heart of Africa’s COVID-19 Response
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held a virtual high-level dialogue to discuss Africa's needs in responding to the...
The Covid-19 crisis is hurting but not halting global growth in renewable power capacity
The world is set to build fewer wind turbines, solar plants and other installations that produce renewable electricity this year because of the impact...
ADB Finances First Wind Power and Battery Storage Project in Thailand
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a THB235.55 million ($7.2 million equivalent) loan with Lomligor Company Limited (Lomligor), a subsidiary of BCPG Public...
COVID-19 will compromise the transition to clean energy without urgent stakeholder action
The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with unprecedented falls in demand, price volatility and pressure to quickly...
Mineral Production to Soar as Demand for Clean Energy Increases
A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by...
IRENA and ESCAP Step up Joint Efforts to Support Asia-Pacific’s Crisis Response
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will work together to...
IRENA’s Coalition for Action Calls for Green Recovery Based on Renewables
As COVID-19 rapidly devastates communities and livelihoods, effective response measures are urgently needed to address the immediate as well as the longer-term impacts of...
Transforming the energy system—a post-COVID-19 win-win for people and planet
As large parts of the world hunker down and social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more research is...