The Energy Planning Week 2026 brings the energy planning community together to translate political commitments into scenarios, roadmaps and investment-ready projects. Co-hosted by IRENA and GET.transform at the GIZ in Bonn, Germany, the event unites policymakers, regulators, utilities and system operators, financiers and development institutions, intergovernmental organisations, industry and modellers to jointly advance planning approaches, finance and implementation.
Good planning underpins every successful energy transition. As countries move from climate commitments to implementation, the quality of that planning increasingly determines whether transitions are timely, affordable and just.
The event builds on the connections enabled through IRENA’s Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) Network and the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Initiative since 2018. The peer-to-peer platform promotes the exchange of knowledge and good practices in the use and development of scenarios. GET.transform complements this peer exchange with direct, country-level support. A technical assistance programme implemented by GIZ and co-funded by the European Union, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria, GET.transform works with partner countries and regions to advance their power sector transformations. The Global Coalition for Energy Planning (GCEP) brings these strands together at a political level. Launched in June 2025 and with IRENA serving as its Secretariat, GCEP is a high-level platform that connects planning and finance ministries to close the investment gap in the energy transition.
Discussions at Energy Planning Week 2026 will span the full planning value chain, from scenarios to investment signals to implementation, including planning governance and institutional capacity, electrification and the COP31 commitments, data governance and sharing, artificial intelligence in energy planning, energy security and resilience, climate risks and adaptation, and the planning signals needed to unlock investments.
The event is hybrid (on-site and virtual). On-site places are limited and will be allocated first to members and partners of the LTES, GCEP and GET.transform initiatives, and confirmed speakers.
To join the event virtually or in person, you can submit an expression of interest.
Find more information at irena.org.