REN21 Posts

With over 2000 participants, 30 sessions and 22 of side events, the eighth edition of the International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) was held last week in Seoul, the Republic of...

KIREC's third day of activities brought active and fruitful discussions among the world's energy players, as they shared their experiences of successes and challenges in pursuing the energy transition....

Wednesday began with a full agenda. South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Sung Yun-mo kicked off the day’s activities with a passionate speech about the country's efforts toward the...

While hosted in Seoul, Korea, KIREC Seoul 2019 has relevance for the region as a whole. Asia and the Pacific is the fastest growing region in the world, requiring increasing...

In order to reach goals set by the Paris Agreement in 2015, planning needs to happen now. This especially applies to electricity grids, whose long project time-scales and huge investments...

Read the latest editorial from our Executive Secretary, Rana Adib. This editorial was featured in the October edition of our quarterly newsletter....

Peer Review for the full first edition of the Renewables in Cities 2019 Global Status Report (REC-GSR) is available and needs your expert input....

REN21 recently attended Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) 2019 held in Bangkok. Fifty percent of the global population lives in Asia and the region is responsible for over 45% of global...

After the release of the Preliminary Findings of the Renewables in Cities – Global Status Report at the International Conference on Climate Action in Heidelberg, Germany our Project Manager, Lea...

Bad news for fossil fuels and a step forward for renewable energy. Oil and gas companies listed in the London Stock Exchange have been classified as non-renewable energy in an...

KIREC Seoul 2019 is fast approaching and we still have many things to do. This is why part of the REN21 team went to Seoul (Republic of Korea) last week...

It’s now been two weeks since our team coordinated the “Renewable Energy Transition: Is Asia Leading?” Deep Dive Workshop (DDW) on the first day of the Asian Clean Energy Forum...

Last week our Renewables 2019 Global Status Report (GSR) was launched globally. The EU Energy Sustainable Week was an opportunity to not only present the key findings of the newly...

Our new logo reflects REN21’s dynamic personality, its current and future relevance, its spirit of innovation.  The lines symbolise the REN21 network; different colours represent different players.  The lines are...

After the release of the Preliminary Findings of the Renewables in Cities – Global Status Report at the International Conference on Climate Action in Heidelberg, Germany our Project Manager, Lea...

Asia is the fastest growing region in the world, which requires increasing energy supplies to fuel its rapid pace of economic expansion. The considerable renewable energy resources in the region...

June is a month full of exciting news for REN21. We’ve launched the Renewables 2019 Global Status Report (GSR); now we have the chance to invite our community to join...

The new Renewables 2019 Global Status Report (GSR) was released this week and we have made a list of all the launch events, so you can see where we will...

The International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC), one of the main events co-hosted by REN21 will take place the 23 – 25 of October in the Republic of Korea. Named KIREC...