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20 February 202517 February 2025

Repsol will invest more than €800 million in the Tarragona Ecoplant, a pioneering project in Europe to produce renewable methanol

The gasification technology, developed by Enerkem, has received funding from the Innovation Fund of the European Union due to its high potential for reducing emissions and the innovative nature of the project

18 July 202415 July 2024

Green hydrogen

The lack of clarity about certification and regulation and the lack of infrastructure available to deliver hydrogen to end users would be essential in the realization of the Net Zero Emissions scenario

3 March 202328 February 2023

Investments in Renewables Reached Record High, But Need Massive Increase and More Equitable Distribution

New report finds glaring disparities between investments in developed and developing countries, calls for substantial increase in financial flows from Global North to South

22 November 202217 November 2022

In focus: Renewable hydrogen to decarbonise the EU’s energy system

With an accelerated deployment, the share of hydrogen in the EU’s energy mix could be as much as 13-20% in 2050

20 April 202213 April 2022

Renewable Methanol Market – Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Application Analysis, Growth And Forecast 2022-2027

The demand for renewable methanol is extensively driven by the automobile sector where it is implemented as fuel for the internal combustion engine, hybrid (fuel/electric) systems, and fuel cells

28 March 202230 July 2022

Hysata’s electrolyser breaks efficiency records

Australian researchers developed an ultra-high efficiency electrolyser that will make green hydrogen competitive years earlier than generally assumed

23 November 202118 November 2021

Renewable Energy Jobs Reach 12 Million Globally

Report by IRENA and ILO underscores the jobs potential of an ambitious climate strategy and calls for comprehensive policies in support of a just transition

7 May 202118 June 2021

FEATURE: Biomethanol offers renewable fuel alternative

Renewable methanol will offer further emission reduction advantages, estimated at 65%-95% according to the joint IRENA and Methanol report

3 February 202129 January 2021

Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol

Joint IRENA-MI report "Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol" provides first comprehensive review of bio-methanol and e-methanol

2 February 202128 January 2021

Renewables versus nuclear – a choice already made

Overview about the electricity production costs of the most important technologies, solar and wind power

5 March 20202 March 2020

Moulding the future of an advanced bioeconomy

New Biofuture Platform's study to map out the current status of the bioeconomy and challenges ahead

19 July 201914 July 2019

IRENA: Bioenergy employed 3.18 million people globally in 2018

The solar photovoltaics, bioenergy, hydro, and wind power industries were the biggest employers

18 December 201813 December 2018

Report: Biofuels, bioproducts required to meet GHG goals

Regarding the U.S., the report finds that although the country is the most prominent producer and consumer of biofuels in the world, 80.1 percent of total primary energy consumption came from fossil fuels as of 2016

30 November 201728 November 2017

Biofuture@COP23: Major countries agree to scale up the low carbon bioeconomy and develop sustainable biofuels targets

IEA / IRENA data finds bioenergy share in global energy mix must double in next decade to reach paris agreement temperature goals

8 November 20172 November 2017

Governments, international agencies affirm the need to massively increase bioenergy and byproducts to fight climate change

The Summit was held in São Paulo, Brazil with more than 270 delegates from 28 countries coming together to discuss the best ways to face a relevant challenge

3 August 20171 August 2017

Biofuel potential in Southeast Asia: Raising food yields, reducing food waste and utilising residues

Biofuel potential in Southeast Asia offers detailed estimates of biomass resource potential for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam

24 November 201622 November 2016

From COP22 in Marrakech: 20 countries form BioFutures Platform

Aim is to accelerate development and scale up deployment of a modern sustainable bioeconomy

19 October 201619 October 2016

Bundesverband Bioenergie veranstaltet den 14. Internationalen Fachkongress für erneuerbare Mobilität „Kraftstoffe der Zukunft 2017“

Finales Programm online

22 May 201421 May 2014

Renewable Energy Provides 6.5 Million Jobs Globally

Sector shows significant job growth over 2012, new IRENA review highlights

20 November 2012

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