Technology Briefs

IRENA has produced a series of Technology Briefs that provide technical information, analyse market potential and and offer insights for policy makers on key renewable energy technologies.

To date, the series includes:

• Electric Vehicles
• Biofuels for Aviation
• Biogas for Road Vehicles
• Renewable Energy Options for Shipping
• Geothermal Power
• Biogas for Domestic Cooking
• Solid biomass Supply for Heat and Power
• Renewable Energy Integration in Power Grids
• Ocean Energy set: Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal Energy Convertion, Salinity Gradient Energy, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy.

An earlier series of Technology Briefs was produced in collaboration with the Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP) of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The IRENA-ETSAP briefs include:

• Wind Power
• Renewable Energy Integration in Power Grids
• Hydropower
• Biomass for Heat and Power
• Solar Heat for Industrial Processes
• Solar Heating and Cooling for Residential Applications
• Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
• Heat Pumps
• Thermal Storage
• Electricity Storage
• Biomass Co-firing
• Production of Bio-methanol
• Water Desalination Using Renewable Energy
• Bio-ethylene Production
• Production of Liquid Biofuel