Francisco Boshell

International Renewable Energy Agency · IITC

Non-energy use of natural gas is gaining importance. Gas used for 183 million tons annual ammonia production represents 4% of total global gas supply. 1.5-degree pathways estimate an ammonia demand growth of 3-4-fold until 2050 as new markets in hydrogen transport, shipping and power generation emerge. Ammonia production from hydrogen produced via...

Electrolysis of water, using renewable electricity, is the sustainable option to produce green hydrogen as an attractive low-carbon energy carrier. To respond to the growing demand for renewables-based hydrogen, an extraordinary expansion of the market for electrolysers is needed linked to a significant capacity increase in the manufacture and depl...

This report includes 50 concrete actions that G20 countries could take while defining their national strategies for offshore renewables (offshore wind, ocean energy, floating solar PV) to put the world on a climate-safe pathway of, according to IRENA’s 1.5°C. Suggested actions include the strengthening of oceans governance in line with UN Law of th...

Lecture Technical University Berlin covering energy transition for Cities and buildings

Offshore renewable energy – including offshore wind and solar power, as well as emerging ocean energy technologies – could support sustainable long-term development and drive a vibrant blue economy. For countries and communities around the world, offshore renewables can provide reliable, stable electricity, as well as support water desalination and...

Presentation of IRENA’s systemic innovation approach for the energy transition, as well as innovative ancillary services and an example of implemented solutions in the Swedish context

This brief is part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. It focuses on artificial intelligence and big data, along with their applicability in...

Reducing energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is essential to rein in the rise of global temperatures. This report examines ways for G20 countries to decarbonise their electricity systems by integrating high shares of solar and wind power. Japan, holding the G20 presidency in 2019, asked the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) f...

This brief forms part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. The synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Solut...

This brief forms part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. The synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Soluti...

This innovation landscape brief is part of the project “Innovation landscape for a renewablepowered future”, which maps innovations, identifies synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. A synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Solutions to in...

This brief forms part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. The synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Solutio...

This brief forms part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. The synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Solutio...

This brief forms part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. The synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Solutio...

This brief forms part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. The synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Solutio...

This brief forms part of the IRENA project “Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future”, which maps the relevant innovations, identifies the synergies and formulates solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE) into power systems. The synthesis report, Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: Solutio...

This comprehensive study elaborates on the 30 key innovations that will play an important role in accelerating the transformation of the power sector. It includes innovations in technology but also in systems operation, market design and business models. This toolbox supports countries in their transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon and cost-...

This paper explores the technical and economic characteristics of an accelerated energy transition to 2050, using new datasets for renewable energy. The analysis indicates that energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies are the core elements of that transition, and their synergies are likewise important. Favourable economics, ubiquitous re...

Renewable energy and energy efficiency will be at the core of the energy transition, representing 90% of emission reductions and necessitating a significant transformation of how the world produces and consumes energy. The share of renewables in the energy mix needs to increase to two-thirds of the world’s total primary energy supply by 2050, up fr...

Developing and promoting biofuels for aviation will be essential to reduce carbon emissions from commercial aviation. As a first step, some pioneering airports have already incorporated bio-jet fuel into their refueling systems. Yet wider bio-jet adoption is constrained by high costs compared to fossil-based jet fuels. New policy approaches are ne...

The Paris agreement on climate change represents an important step in the design of a new global framework for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency and renewable energy are keys for the success of this ambitious agreement.

UNCTAD’s first report on the state of biofuel technologies in 2007 highlighted a sector with great potential, but at the time that was a long way off from markets. In 2015, countries made commitments toward a more environmentally balanced future through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and now seek to expand policies for low-carbon develop...

Switching to biogas as vehicle fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector between 60% and 80% compared to fossil-based fuels like gasoline and diesel. This brief highlights the technologies available – both established and newly emerging – for biogas production and biogas-driven vehicle fleets. It evaluates costs, performance...

The global stock of electric vehicles (EVs) reached 1 million in 2015 and exceeded 2 million by the end of 2016. Yet faster growth is needed for EVs to fulfill their role in the global energy transition, both through lowering vehicle emissions and boosting renewable energy use. This brief outlines the technological and policy advances still needed...

Demand side management (DSM) frames different concepts with the objective of enhancing the efficiency across the whole energy productive cycle. In DSM three concepts can be clearly identified: energy efficiency (EE), energy conservation (EC) and demand response (DR). Although they have some particularities, these are complementary concepts and in s...