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lassifications for the energy transition www.irena.org© IRENA 2024 © IRENA 2024Unless otherwise stated, material in this publication may be freely used, shared, copied, reproduced, printed and/or stored, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given to the author organisations as the source(s) and copyright holders. Material in this publication that is attributed to third parties may be subject to separate terms of use and restrictions, and appropriate permissions from these third partie may need to be secured before any use of such material. ISBN: 978-92-9260-583-4Citation: IRENA (2024), Energy taxonomy: Classifications for the energy transition, International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi.Acknowledgements This report was prepared by IRENA as part of its ongoing effort to improve the quality of energy statistics products. As such, this is a working document that will benefit from public feedback and from further notes by country officials. This report benefited from conceptual input from Samah Elsayed, Javier Esparrago and Sonia Rueda.Contributing authors: Gerardo Escamilla, Dennis Akande, Nazik Elhassan, Arvydas Lebedys, Julian Prime, and Adrian Whiteman. This report benefited from the review, input and support of Kamlesh Dookayka, Chun Sheng Goh, Paul Komor, Asami Miketa, Raul Miranda, Larissa Nogueira, Gayathri Prakash, Gondia Seck and Michael Taylor (IRENA).We are thankful for the valuable contributions from the following external reviewers: Salifu Addo (Energy Commission, Ghana), Abeer Al-Aysah (Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, United Arab Emirates), Edi Assoumou (Mines Paristech, France), Edito Barcelona (Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre), Alessandro Bigazzi (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom), Molato Celina (Bureau of Statistics, Lesotho), Anjali DeAbreu-Kisoensingh (General Bureau of Statistics, Suriname), Fernando Diaz Alonso (Eurostat), Almirante Dima (Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Planning and Cooperation Directorate, Mozambique), Zuzana Dobrotková (World Bank), Manfred Gollner (Statistics Austria), Stefan Gsänger (World Wind Energy Association), Ana Kojakovic (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Louis-Marie Malbec (IFPEN, France), Saroj Rai (SNV), Pablo Ronco (Secretaría de Energía, Argentina), Christoph Rouhana (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia), Behrang Shirizadeh (Deloitte, France), Leonardo Souza (United Nations Statistics Division), Florian Steierer (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), Marek Sturc (Eurostat), Adonay Urrutia (Dirección General de Energía, Hidrocarburos y Minas, El Salvador), Elizabeth Waters (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom).The report was edited by Emily Youers. Editorial co-ordination was provided by Francis Field and Stephanie Clarke, with communications support from Daria Gazzola. Graphic design was provided by Nacho Sanz.For further information or to provide feedback, please contact the IRENA Statistics team: statistics@irena.org DisclaimerThis publication and the material featured herein are provided “as is”, for informational purposes All reasonable precautions have been taken by IRENA to verify the reliability of the material featured in this publication. Neither IRENA nor any of its officials, agents, data or other third-party content providers or licensors provides any warranty, including as to the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose or use of such material, or regarding the non-infringement of third-party rights, and they accept no responsibility or liability concerning the use of this publication and the material featured therein. The information contained herein does not necessarily represent the views of the Members of IRENA, nor is it an endorsement of any project, product or service provider. The designations employed and the presentation of material herein do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of IRENA concerning the legal status of any region, country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers or boundaries.About IRENA The International Renewable Ener