Clean Energy Policy News
6 July 2016
The leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico have released a joint statement on the new North American Climate, Clean Energy and Environment Partnership, which aims to ensure a competitive, low-carbon and sustainable North America and includes the goal of achieving 50% clean power generation by 2025.
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30 June 2016
A new report released today on the margins of the G20 Energy Ministers meeting in Beijing provides policymakers, financial institutions and project developers with a range of options to help scale up investment in renewable energy.
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30 June 2016
Energy ministers and other senior officials recognized recent progress to scale up renewable energy and examined opportunities for even greater action today on the sidelines of the G20 Energy Ministers meeting in Beijing. Before the start of the official meeting, participants joined the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to take stock of work completed under the G20 Toolkit of Voluntary Options for Renewable Energy Deployment, adopted last year at the first-ever G20 Energy Ministers meeting in Istanbul.
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22 June 2016
The share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics could increase from 2 per cent today to as much as 13 per cent by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Letting in the Light: How Solar Photovoltaics Will Revolutionize the Electricity System finds the solar industry is poised for massive expansion, driven primarily by cost reductions. It estimates that solar PV capacity could reach between 1,760 and 2,500 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, up from 227 GW today.
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21 June 2016
Energy ministers and other high-level delegates from 23 countries and the European Union recently announced new commitments to expand clean energy deployment and cut global carbon emissions while driving economic growth at the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial.
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21 June 2016
Leaders in energy, finance and law will collaborate to scale up solar energy under a new initiative officially launched today on the margins of InterSolar Europe. The Solar Energy Standardisation Initiative, led by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Terrawatt Initiative, aims to spur global solar development by standardising contracts to streamline the development and finance of solar projects.
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15 June 2016
The average costs for electricity generated by solar and wind technologies could decrease by between 26 and 59 per cent by 2025, according to a report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The authors of the report, The Power to Change: Solar and Wind Cost Reduction Potential to 2025, find that with the right regulatory and policy frameworks in place, solar and wind technologies can continue to realise cost reductions to 2025 and beyond.
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14 June 2016
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and the President of the United States of America Barack Obama met during an official working visit of Prime Minister Modi to the United States. Their meeting included discussion of common climate and clean energy interests. The two countries are committed to working together and with others to promote full implementation of the Paris Agreement to address the urgent threats posed by climate change.
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13 June 2016
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Technical Collaboration Programmes (TCPs), formerly known as Implementing Agreements, help IEA enable results-orientated multi-lateral cooperation. IEA’s new report, Technology Collaboration Programmes: Highlights and outcomes is a collection of the significant recent outcomes of the 39 TCPs operating today. To date, over 6,000 experts representing nearly 300 organizations in 51 countries have participated in TCPs.
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13 June 2016
The Clean Energy Solution’s Center YouTube channel features more than 125 videos of recorded webinar trainings and interviews with clean energy policy experts. A new video highlights the Solutions Center’s work in South Africa and Antigua & Barbuda and discusses future capabilities of the Solutions Center.
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