IRENA’s Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies.

IRENA’s Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies.

IRENA's Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies that play a key role in facilitating the integration of renewable energy. These are further explored in sets of briefs addressing key power system challenges: Electricity storage - Battery storage technologies help to offset the variability of renewables and provide various services to the grid. Utility-scale batteries; Behind-the-meter batteries. Electrification of end-use sectors - Electrification of other sectors opens doors to new markets for renewable power generation as well as new ways to store surplus generation. Electric-vehicle smart charging; Renewable power-to-hydrogen; Renewable power-to-heat. Digital technologies - Digital technologies are introducing new applications in the power sector, changing the boundaries and dynamics of the industry and helping to optimise renewable energy assets. Internet of Things; Artificial Intelligence and Big Data; Blockchain. New grids - New and smart grids, both large and small scale, complement each other and enable new ways to manage VRE generation. Renewable mini-grids; Supergrids.

IRENA’s Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies.

This handbook serves as a guide to deploying battery energy storage technologies, specifically for distributed energy resources and flexibility resources. Battery energy storage technology is the most promising, rapidly developed technology as it provides higher efficiency and ease of control. With energy transition through decarbonization and decentralization, energy storage plays a significant role to enhance grid efficiency by alleviating volatility from demand and supply. Energy storage also contributes to the grid integration of renewable energy and promotion of microgrid.

This report analyzes future energy market options for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program members. It aims to facilitate strategic decisions and sustainable investments in energy infrastructure by equipping investors and policy makers with crucial insights on regional trends. It can help identify potential investment opportunities that will improve energy services and reduce carbon emissions across CAREC countries. The report provides forecasts at both individual country and regional levels. It includes energy supply and demand scenarios, assessments of innovative technologies, estimates of investment needs in the energy sector, and possible trajectories for carbon emissions.

IRENA’s Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies.