🚨This week: "Champions for Change: Accelerating the Shift to Renewables-based Economies" as part of #NYCW at the #SDG7 Action Forum🗽 Swipe to meet our speakers of this high-level dialogue👉 📅 24 Sept | 15:00–16:30PM CEST Please send us a message to [email protected] if you wish to attend. 📩

REN21 President Ramón Méndez Galain joins our delegation in #NYCW25!🗽 He’ll speak at key events on #EnergySecurity & #NetZero2050, including our very own "Champions for Change: Accelerating the Shift to Renewables-based Economies" showcasing the RE Champions Initiative. #RenewablesNow

Next week in 🗽, REN21 joins #NYCW, UNGA, the Global Renewables Summit & #SDG7 Action Forum to show how #renewables can be the foundation behing resilient, strong and equitable societies and economies. @ranaadib.bsky.social

Ddiscover our Supply Demand Factsheets on solar ☀️, wind 🌬️, geothermal 🌋, bioenergy 🌱, and hydropower 💧 These ready technologies can expand capacity, integrate into systems, and drive secure, affordable, sustainable energy. 👉 Explore them all www.ren21.net/gsr-2025/tec...

India’s solar story is gaining speed. In Q2 2025, record 3.8 GW of new solar came online as developers rushed to meet charge waiver deadlines. ☀️Hybrid plants combining solar + wind + storage are reshaping India’s energy future, making renewables reliable. More in REN21’s #GSR2025 India Snapshot.

Africa is ready to lead the new energy era. #ACS2 💰 $100B pledged for renewables ⚡ Scaling renewables 🤝 Aligning initiatives 🏭 Green value chains creations Read more about our takeaways of the African Climate Summit 2👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Why are renewables still underused in agriculture, buildings, industry & transport? Our NEW 📢 Energy Demand Factsheets unpack the challenges and opportunities - and show how policy alignment, investment, & electrification can build a resilient secure energy system. 👉 www.ren21.net/gsr-2025/sec...

Yesterday @ember-energy.org launched its China Energy Transition Review. Our President Ramón Méndez Galain summed it up simply: planning matters. China’s story shows what makes a renewables-based economy possible: 📈 Scale ⚡ Pace 📝 Strategy Read more on Ramón’s insights: shorturl.at/3Nwgu

NEW | China’s clean energy boom and rapid electrification are creating the conditions for a FOSSIL DECLINE at home and abroad⚡ Fossil use in end-use sectors plateaued in 2015--while electricity use grew 65%, becoming central to 🇨🇳’s energy system. https://loom.ly/psjqvhE

Presenting the latest policy brief: "Catalysing Africa’s Renewable Energy Transformation and Green Industrialisation" alongside our member @powershift.bsky.social , and @germanwatch.bsky.social @misereor.bsky.social r as co-authors. 📃 See the full brief and download directly here: lnkd.in/gBfrNEZB

Now live: New Chapters of the GSR4. 🚨 From ambition to delivery with guidance on pathways; NDCs/NAPs; the Transport Decarbonisation Index; the role of business; SIDS overview; finance and appraisals; climate finance in LMICs; and capacity. #TransportClimateStatus #GSR2025 👉 gsr4.slocat.net

A renewables-based economy is already taking shape. The challenge now is moving from isolated to systemic change. 📙Dive into the Brief: Unpacking an African Renewables-Based Economy - www.ren21.net/your-network...

Finance for #renewables in Africa is not enough — and not fit-for-purpose. 💸Finance is the missing piece in Africa’s #energytransition. 📙Learn more in REN21’s latest Strategic Intelligence Brief here: www.ren21.net/your-network... #Africa #ClimateFinance #JustTransition #EnergyAccess

Policy integration is key: Energy, economic and industrial policies must work hand-in-hand. ⚙️ No industrialisation without integration. 📙 Discover more in REN21’s Strategic Intelligence Brief: www.ren21.net/your-network... #PolicyAlignment #EnergyTransition #Africa #Renewables #RenewablesNow

❗We're hiring! Are you detail-oriented, passionate about data, and experienced in renewable energy research? Join our team. 📝Apply now: [https://www.ren21.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2025-033_GSR2026_Research-and-Project-Management-Support_CfP.pdf] 🗓️31 August 2025 #ResearchJobs #RenewablesNow

A great new brief on Africa energy from @REN21. Renewables can drive economic development and industrialisation. Addressing challenges would benefit not only the energy sector but also broader economic sectors, society as a whole, and climate change!

🌍 Africa holds massive potential—45% of the world's renewable energy resources—but currently gets just 2% of global renewable energy finance. @ren21community.bsky.social Transport infrastructure built during colonial times still focuses on exporting raw materials.

Renewables could reshape intra-African trade, with regional power pools creating a major renewables-based market by 2040. Africa's renewable future = local value chains, skilled jobs, sustainable transport, and inclusive growth. @ren21community.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/TRnr10o #RenewableAfrica #REN21

Regional energy trading and critical mineral supply chains present a new opportunity for intra-African trade. 🔋From minerals to megawatts: regional cooperation is Africa’s energy advantage. 📖Read the full Brief, Unpacking an African Renewables-Based Economy. www.ren21.net/wp-content/u...

Structural trade imbalances and export-driven infrastructure are barriers to Africa’s industrialisation and local value creation with renewables. The energy transition must not replicate old models. Explore more in “Unpacking an African Renewables-Based Economy”: www.ren21.net/wp-content/u...

🌍Africa holds the resources, now it’s time to build the power. Africa holds 45% of global renewable energy potential and vast reserves of critical minerals, including 70% of the world’s cobalt. 📖Read the latest Strategic Intelligence Brief here: www.ren21.net/wp-content/u...

🚨Starting Now🚨, listen from national energy leaders from the Global South offering real-world experience, trusted political insight, and peer support to help drive renewables-based change. 🔗Join the conversation here: us02web.zoom.us/j/83282191515

Join us 🔜 TOMORROW, 3 July at 14:00 CET for the global launch of REN21’s Renewable Energy Champions Initiative. Hear from national leaders + former energy ministers driving real change in the Global South. 🔗 Register Here: lnkd.in/eQeg_7Xx #renewables #leadership

Renewables Watch highlighted a snapshot from our latest report, GSR 2025 Global Overview. Check out the Global Overview to learn more: www.ren21.net/gsr-2025/glo... renewablewatch.in/2025/07/01/i...

🔎 New from REN21: Strategic Intelligence Brief – Unpacking an African Renewables-Based Economy 🔗 Read the full brief here: lnkd.in/gTBrZmZa

The Global Introduction of REN21's Renewable Energy Champions Initiative - will provide a high-level virtual event showcasing how trusted, peer-to-peer political leadership can accelerate the shift to renewables across regions.

Renewables hit a record 741 GW in 2024, but with rising demand and fossil fuel use growing too, the target to triple RE by 2030 is slipping out of reach. Check out the GSR 2025 Global Overview for more: www.ren21.net/gsr-2025/glo...

🌍 Join us for the Global Introduction of REN21’s Renewable Energy Champions Initiative 🗓️ Thursday, 3 July 2025 | 14:00 CET (90 minutes) | Virtual Event Register here: lnkd.in/gXpw8HKk 👉🏼 Trusted, peer-to-peer political leadership can accelerate the shift to renewables across regions.

“Africa is 10-15 years behind in manufacturing excellence—26% of our youth are unprepared. Men, women, youth still lack the capacity to educate and grow themselves. We must redefine what kind of skills and output we’re building.” - Olivia Lamenya, Advisor Climate and Logistics, Keuhne Climate Center

“Because of our experience in #solar, we do a lot of installations using lithium batteries—but face major challenges: delays in supply, long customs clearance times, and unreliable #electricity. These issues kill manufacturing and make it hard to compete.” - Laura Corcoran, COO, Aptech Africa

“We’re working together to map our #humancapital and resources, promote #renewableenergy and #energyefficiency and ensure national policies are harmonised. We understand the potential and the role this plays in #energysecurity and industrialisation.” - Asteria Markus, Program Support Office, SACREEE

"Africa has over 80 GW of #renewables and a potential of 3500 GW by 2050—but unless we invest in backbone #infrastructure and build #valuechains on the continent, we won’t unlock it. No one will build Africa but Africans." - Kudakwashe Manjonjo, Just Transition Advisor @powershiftafrica.bsky.social

📢 Happening Now: We’re LIVE with the second session of our RENdez-Vous Africa series exploring how #renewables drive inclusive, #sustainabledevelopment in Africa: Renewables for #EconomicDevelopment & Industrialisation in Africa 👉 🔗 Click to join the conversation. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🗓️ Happening Tomorrow: Renewable Energy for Economic Development and Industrialisation? This second, interactive, high-level discussion will unpack the role of RE in catalysing green industrialisation, green skills and job creation across the continent. 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@ren21community.bsky.social ’s new #GSR2025 report shows our global energy system is under pressure. 🔋 2024 saw record renewable deployment, esp. solar PV. But rising energy demand, fossil fuel support, & weak policies are slowing progress. System-wide reform is urgently needed. 🔗 buff.ly/o9LWEDI

🚨The Global Overview module of our Renewables 2025 Global Status Report is out now! 📰Find the report link here: www.ren21.net/renewables-2... 🗓️ Join the launch event happening now, at 15:00 CEST: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

☀️Solar plays a key role in building a renewables-based economy. This #EuropeanSolarDay we highlight clear, fact-based information about solar, reshaping our world by cutting pollution, creating jobs, giving the power back to communities' hands and helping nature thrive.

The #COP30 Action Agenda is a critical opportunity to drive systemic change. The #energytransition is about more than replacing fossil fuels. It’s about building renewables-based economies that are inclusive, resilient and lasting.

“What does a renewables-based economy mean for Africa?” That’s the question we explored in today’s RENdez-Vous Afria Dialogue — with powerful insights from leaders shaping Africa’s energy and economic future.

Fantastic intervention by Kudakwashe Manjonjo from @powershiftafrica.bsky.social , "We need to think beyond energy access—to embodied energy and the systems that shape our lives, like railways and infrastructure. The real challenge is a structural deficit in how these systems are designed."

"RBE equals decent jobs, equality, and prosperity; a more inclusive society. The deployment of which cannot happen without socioeconomic benefits - they are a part of the equation and without them the system is not sustainable." - Diala Hawila, Programme Officer, @irena-official.bsky.social

Happening NOW 👉 RENdez-Vous Africa: Dialogue Series - What does an RBE mean for Africa? Featuring; REN21's Executive Director @ranaadib.bsky.social, Frank Okoth-Menya and Diala Hawila, Programme Officer from @irena-official.bsky.social

📢 Happening NOW - Join the conversation here ➡️ us02web.zoom.us/j/86312516014

Are you a communicator, campaigner, advocate, or REN21 member working on renewables-based systems change in the energy and climate space? If yes, then register for our "Building Stronger Narratives for Renewables-based Economies" workshop 🗓️Wednesday, 25 June 2025 |14:00 – 16:00 CEST

🗓️ Happening Tomorrow: What Does a Renewables-Based Economy (RBE) Mean for Africa? This first, interactive, high-level discussion will unpack how resources, production, trade, and finance can be configured to achieve a renewables-led future.

What caused one of Europe’s biggest #blackouts? The cause wasn’t a failure of wind or solar — it was a failure to modernise the grid. Our latest blog to talks about what needs to change, and why resilient infrastructure must keep pace with #renewableenergy 🔗 www.ren21.net/the-iberian-...

Register now for the launch of the Renewables 2025 Global Status Report: Global Overview! 📆When: 24 June | 13:00 UTC / 15:00 CEST 📍Where: Online via Zoom 🔗Register here us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🌍Africa’s energy future is being redefined. REN21 is hosting two high-impact RENdez-Vous Dialogues exploring how a Renewables-Based Economy can drive Africa’s industrialisation, #jobcreation, and #economicsovereignty It’s more than energy access — it’s about shifting systems. + info in thread 👇

Misleading claims are once again being used to discredit #renewables — despite no clear technical evidence and an ongoing investigation. As with past incidents, context matters: grid #resilience depends on planning and integration, not the presence of renewables. #RenewablesNow @elpais.com

This month, REN21 is bringing you two new RENdez-vous Dialogues under its Africa 🌍Series where it will explore the systemic shifts required to transition towards a Renewables-Based Economy (RBE) in Africa. Register NOW to attend the discussions 👇