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IRENA provides products and services as follows:

• Annual reviews of renewable energy employment;

• Renewable energy capacity statistics;

• Renewable energy cost studies;

• Renewables Readiness Assessments;

• The Global Atlas;

• Renewable energy benefits studies;

• REmap, a roadmap to double renewable energy use worldwide by 2030;

• Renewable energy technology briefs;

• Facilitation of regional renewable energy planning;

• Renewable energy project development tools: the Project Navigator, the Sustainable Energy Marketplace
and the IRENA/ADFD Project Facility. (European Commission, 2019)

Irena is a really useful source of information when it comes to renewable energies. It can be helpful when
deciding the best energy source for a concrete situation, as it not only has information on the different
types, but it also serves as platform for intergovernamental exchange in renewable energy, which means
there is also political information that can be useful when making a choice.

1.3 Best Practices of renewable projects

Case 1: Solmove – Smart Solar Streets

Solmove is a German technology start-up based on proven photovoltaics in combination with a stable and
innovative glass surface. It works on the bases of a special structure that optimally directs sunlight on the
underlying solar cells. It I a solution that equips road networks with solar mats, which also absorb sound
and can be equipped with a de-icing function. It is planned to be able to directly power electric vehicles.
The technology produce clean and renewable energy. The product offers some of the following benefits
(Solmove, 2019):

• Clean electricity. The mats generate electricity from a renewable source and can supply electric cars with
power. The solar streets are safe and smart as well as large power plants.

• Cost-efficiency. A solar street has the characteristic of earning money by producing electricity.

• Nature – friendly. The conventional solar plants and wind turbines occupy large areas, but the solar
roads of Solmove are installed and laid on existing surfaces.