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Report development in renewables should be considerably topped up within the remaining 7 years to fulfill the UAE Consensus vitality goal set at COP28

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — The Renewable Vitality Statistics 2024 launched by the Worldwide Renewable Vitality Company (IRENA) right now reveals that regardless of renewables turning into the quickest rising supply of energy, the world dangers lacking the tripling renewables goal pledged at COP28. To remain the course, the world will now must develop renewables capability at a minimal 16.4% charge yearly by 2030.

The unprecedented 14% enhance of renewables capability throughout 2023 established a ten% compound annual development charge (2017-2023). Mixed with the fixed reducing additions of non-renewable capability through the years, the development sees renewable vitality on its approach to overtake fossil fuels in world put in energy capability.

Nonetheless, if final 12 months’s 14% enhance charge continues, the tripling goal of 11.2 Terawatts (TW) in 2030 outlined by IRENA’s 1.5^°C Situation will fall 1.5 TW brief, lacking the goal by 13.5%. Moreover, if the world retains the historic annual development charge of 10%, it is going to solely accumulate 7.5 TW of renewables capability by 2030, lacking the goal by virtually one-third.

IRENA Director-Normal, Francesco La Digicam stated, “Renewable energy has been increasingly outperforming fossil fuels, but it is not the time to be complacent. Renewables must grow at higher speed and scale. Our new report sheds light on the direction of travel; if we continue with the current growth rate, we will only face failure in reaching the tripling renewables target agreed in the UAE Consensus at COP28, consequently risking the goals of the Paris Agreement and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

“As custodian agency tasked with monitoring the progress, IRENA is committed to support countries in their pathways to meet the target, but we need concrete policy actions and massive mobilisation of finance at full speed to reach our destination together.”

“Consolidated global figures conceal ongoing patterns of concentration in geography. These patterns threaten to exacerbate the decarbonisation divide and pose a significant barrier to achieving the tripling target,” he added.

“Today’s report is a wake-up call for the entire world: while we are making progress, we are off track to meet the global goal of tripling renewable energy capacity to 11.2 TW by 2030. We need to increase the pace and scale of development.”

COP28 President Dr Sultan Al Jaber stated, “That means increasing collaboration between governments, the private sector, multilateral organisations, and civil society. Governments need to set explicit renewable energy targets, look at actions like accelerating permitting and expanding grid connections, and implement smart policies that push industries to step up and incentivise the private sector to invest. Additionally, this moment provides a significant opportunity to add strong national energy targets in NDCs to support the global goal of keeping the 1.5°C target within reach. Above all, we must change the narrative that climate investment is a burden to it being an unprecedented opportunity for shared socio-economic development.”

When it comes to energy technology, the newest knowledge accessible for 2022 confirmed but once more the regional disparity in renewables deployment. Asia holds its place as chief within the world renewable energy technology with 3,749 terawatt-hours (TWh), adopted for the primary time by North America (1,493 TWh). Essentially the most spectacular leap occurred in South America, the place renewable energy technology elevated by practically 12% to 940 TWh, attributable to a hydropower restoration and a better position of photo voltaic vitality.

With a modest development of three.5%, Africa elevated its renewable energy technology to 205 TWh in 2022, regardless of the continent’s super potential and immense want for fast, sustainable development. Acknowledging the pressing want for help and finance, IRENA is advancing the Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA) initiative and is making ready an funding discussion board targeted on APRA’s member international locations later this 12 months.

Learn the complete Renewable Vitality Statistics 2024 report, together with the highlights, right here.

Electrical energy technology and capability datasets from the 12 months 2000 onwards are additionally accessible by a dashboard on IRENA’s Knowledge & Statistics web page.

Electronic mail press launch from IRENA.