IRENA Introduction. Dolf Gielen Director Innovation and Technology

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1 IRENA Introduction Dolf Gielen Director Innovation and Technology JRC Petten 11 October 2016

2 International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA has 149 Members and 27 States have started the formal process of becoming Members Renewable energy can: Meet our goals for secure, reliable and sustainable energy Provide electricity access to 1.3 billion people Promote economic development and Jobs (9.3 M jobs today) At an affordable cost. Solar Dubai and Chile 3 USct/kWh, Wind Egypt and Peru 3 USct/kWh 2

3 IRENA Work Programme Six thematic areas Planning for the global energy transition Enabling investment and growth Renewable energy access for sustainable livelihoods Regional action agenda Islands: lighthouses for sustainable energy deployment Gateway to knowledge on renewable energy 3

4 Structure and Membership Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Three Programmes: Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) in Bonn, Germany Knowledge, Finance and Policy Centre in Abu Dhabi Country Support Programme in Abu Dhabi Foundation 26 January 2009 in Bonn International Agency since April 2011 The only international RE agency worldwide Scope Hub, voice and source of knowledge for renewable energy Mandate Sustainable deployment of the six forms of renewable energy resources (Biomass, Geothermal, Hydro, Ocean, Solar, Wind) 4

5 IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre Official opening of IITC on October 2011 Location: Bonn 46 staff Knowledge, advice, creating and supporting networks Renewable energy roadmaps (REmap) Energy planning Power sector transformation Technology information status and outlooks Standards and quality control R&D advice Bankable project preparation (navigator) Island transition planning (grid studies, transition plans) 5

6 A need to expand renewables in all sectors Modern renewable energy use (in EJ) 2014 Power, 19% Heat, and other direct uses, 77% Transport, 4% 69 REmap Heat, and other direct uses, 46% Power, 44% 2014 REmap Doubling Transport, 10% Renewables use in buildings, industry, and transport as well as renewables-based district heating would account for nearly 60% of modern renewable energy use in

7 Country potentials and technology roadmaps REmap global analysis issued 17 March country roadmaps covering 85% of global energy use, based on bottom up analysis of technology options to accelerate RE deployment o Developed in close cooperation with country experts All data, assumptions and detailed results are available online: - new roadmap indicator dashboard Analysis can inform regarding areas for cooperation and joint action, including investment, cost and benefits (climate, environment, energy security, macro-economics) of possible new G20 RE deployment objectives

8 The G20 Toolkit Five Actions on a voluntary opt-in basis 1. Analysis of RE costs, cost reduction potentials and best practice exchange 2. Best practice exchanges on (i) enabling policy framework (ii) integration of high shares of variable renewables 3. Development of a renewable energy specific risk mitigation facility 4. Assessment of country renewable energy technology potentials and development of roadmaps 5. Accelerate deployment of modern bioenergy September 2016

9 G20 decarbonization study 2017 Germany G20 Presidency Explore energy policy consequences of well below 2 degrees Celsius agreement Zero carbon energy by 2060 across all sectors, worldwide What are investment, technology development etc consequences 2050 time horizon Focus on EE + RE Based on REmap methodology Report scheduled for March 2017 IRENA in cooperation with IEA and OECD 9

10 Innovation outlooks Advanced biofuels (Oct 2016) Mini-grids (Sep 2016) Find answers to the following questions: Picture courtesy NREL What are the technology bottlenecks to make innovative RE technologies competitive? What are the opportunities for innovation to address these bottlenecks? Picture courtesy NREL What are the promising R&D activities at present that might be commercially available in three decades from now? How policy-makers can support the development and commercialization of these technologies? Ocean energy (2015) 10 Off-Shore Wind (Nov 2016)

11 IRENA PUBLICATIONS THANK YOU! Costing database REmap Country and sector transition roadmaps Project development guidelines (Navigator platform) Standards and Patents information (Inspire platform) Islands SIDS Lighthouses