ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Chatnewstv.com) — The International Renewable Energy Agency opens its 29th Council meeting Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, bringing together more than 400 government officials from 169 countries and the European Union to discuss energy security, supply chains and priorities for the global energy transition.
Over two days, delegates will provide guidance on the agency’s work program while examining ways to diversify renewable energy supply chains, support emerging technologies and strengthen regional manufacturing capacity. A special session will spotlight IRENA’s latest analysis of the shifting geopolitical and economic dynamics shaping the solar photovoltaic industry.
“Diverse, resilient and transparent supply chains are essential to achieve the tripling renewable power capacity target by 2030,” said Francesco La Camera, IRENA’s director-general. “While the shift toward renewables is a key enabler for energy security and independence, global supply chains remain concentrated in a few nations. Efforts to diversify them, however, must contend with complex economic realities, making the 29th IRENA Council an important opportunity to advance this discussion collectively.”
Council chair Francisco Chacón Hernández, Costa Rica’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, said the gathering reflects IRENA’s inclusive approach to building consensus on renewable energy goals.
“IRENA has been and is a successful, inclusive vehicle of a universe of countries in their quest to find solutions towards a sustainable energy of the future,” Chacón Hernández said. “As a Costa Rican chair of the 29th Council, topics as energy transition, decarbonization and renewable energies will be on the forefront of our aims and thoughts. True to our Costa Rican idiosyncrasy, we will never impose. We will seek to listen with respect to all, and team up together to get going, always in good faith.”
Delegates will also review investments in sustainable aviation fuels, which IRENA considers central to decarbonizing long-haul aviation. The agency will present research on moving projects from concept to bankable ventures through its financing platforms.
The session will close with members setting priorities for IRENA’s future work and preparations for the agency’s 30th Council.
