IRENA Partners With Turkmenistan To Maximize Renewable Energy Pros (Exclusive)
Date
5/15/2024 10:43:58 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14. The InternationalRenewable energy Agency (IRENA) supports Turkmenistan in harnessingthe benefits of renewables, a source in the IRENA told Trend .
"Under the Central Asia Regional initiative, we worked withgovernment representatives on energy planning and statistics,regional cooperation on policy support mechanisms in central Asia,long-term capacity extension with high renewables, and inter-agencymeetings on Turkmenistan's national renewable strategy," the sourcesaid.
As an official insider reported, renewable energy sourcesaccounted for an astounding 83 percent of the world's commissionedenergy capacity last year, or 295 gigawatts (GW).
"In Turkmenistan, the installed renewable capacity almostdoubled in 2021 but that only reflected an increase from 1.2megawatts (MW) in 2020 to 2.2 MW in 2021. Today, renewable power isthe most affordable, cost-competitive source of electricity in mostof the regions of the world, providing a wide-range ofsocio-economic benefits from job creation to energy access forall," the source added.
IRENA is the leading global intergovernmental agency for energytransformation, supporting countries in their energy transitionsand providing cutting-edge data and analyses on technology,innovation, policy, finance, and investment.
IRENA drives the widespread adoption and sustainable use of allforms of renewable energy, including bioenergy, geothermal,hydropower, ocean, solar and wind energy in the pursuit ofsustainable development, energy access, and energy security, foreconomic and social resilience and prosperity and a climate-prooffuture.
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