18.4 TW by 2035: IRENA Raises Renewables Goal as Power Demand Climbs

While the world moves increasingly closer to reaching its target to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, this may not be sufficient to meet global climate goals as energy demand is now rising faster than previously expected, the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says. “We are getting closer and closer to the (target of) 11.2TW by 2030,” IRENA’s Director-General, Francesco La Camera, told CNA on the sidelines of the Singapore International Energy Week. However, the goal, set out during the 2023 COP…