TheClimateTechnologyProgressReport2024UnleashingRenewableEnergyforAmbitiousNDCs©2024UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme–CopenhagenClimateCentre(UNEP-CCC)Thispublicationmaybereproducedinwholeorinpartandinanyformforeducationalornon-profitserviceswithoutspecialpermissionfromthecopyrightholder,providedacknowledgementofthesourceismade.TheUNEP-CCCwouldappreciatereceivingacopyofanypublicationthatusesthispublicationasasource.NouseofthispublicationmaybemadeforresaleoranyothercommercialpurposewhatsoeverwithoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromtheUNEPCopenhagenClimateCentre.DISCLAIMERSThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territoryorcityoritsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.Someillustrationsorgraphicsappearinginthispublicationmayhavebeenadaptedfromcontentpublishedbythirdpartiestoillustratetheauthors’owninterpretationsofthekeymessagesemergingfromsuchthird-partyillustrationsorgraphics.Insuchcases,thematerialinthispublicationdoesnotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartofUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeconcerningthesourcematerialsusedasabasisforsuchgraphicsorillustrations.MentionofacommercialcompanyorproductinthisdocumentdoesnotimplyendorsementbytheUNEP-CCCortheauthors.Theuseofinformationfromthisdocumentforpublicityorad-vertisingisnotpermitted.Trademarknamesandsymbolsareusedinaneditorialfashionwithnointentiononinfringementoftrademarkorcopyrightlaws.TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Weregretanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenunwittinglymade.SUGGESTEDCITATIONUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeCopenhagenClimateCentre(UNEP-CCC)andClimateTechnologyCentreandNetwork(CTCN).ClimateTechnologyProgressReport2024:UnleashingRenewableEnergyforAmbitiousNDCs.,Copenhagen,Denmark.TheClimateTechnologyProgressReport2024UnleashingRenewableEnergyforAmbitiousNDCsTheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeCopenhagenClimateCentre(UNEP-CCC)wouldliketothanktheSteeringCommitteemembers,theleadandcontributingauthors,reviewersandtheprojectcoordinationteamfortheircontributiontothedevelopmentofthisreport.Theindividualsmentionedbelowcontributedtotheproductionofthereport.Authorsandreviewerscontributedintheirindividualcapacitiesandtheiraffiliationsareonlymentionedforidentificationpurposes.Steeringcommittee:HeleendeConinck(EindhovenUniversityofTechnology),JonathanDuwyn(CTCN),YacobMulugetta(UniversityCollegeLondon(UCL),MdHarunorRashid(TEC),AmbujSagar(In-dianInstituteofTechnology),SaraTraerup(UNEP-CCC),AmbrosioYobanolodelReal(TEC),AnneOlhoff(UNEP-CCC),TaeyoonKim(UNFCCC),DietramOppelt(TEC)AUTHORS,ORGANIZEDBYCHAPTERChapter1.Leadauthor:SaraTraerup(UNEP-CCC),HeleendeConinck(Eind-hovenUniversityofTechnology)andAmbujSagar(IndianInstituteofTechnology)Chapter2.Leadauthors:MarieBlancheTing(UNEP-CCC)Contributingauthors:DmitriiBogdanov(LUTUniversity)Chapter3.Leadauthors:DeboraLey(UNEconomicCommissionforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean),ElisabethGilmore(CarletonUniversi-ty),PaoloBertoldi(EuropeanUnion),MaríaFernandaLemos(PUC-Rio),ElieAzar(CarletonUniversity)Contributingauthors:AdedoyinAdeleke(GreenGrowth),AnasAlhus-ban(CarletonUniversity),HopeCorsair(OakRidgeNat...