'We are the good guys': IRENA's Francesco La Camera on hydrogen, nuclear, and the energy crisis

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IRENA director-general Francesco La Camera | Credit: IRENA
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IRENA director-general Francesco La Camera | Credit: IRENA

Director-general of the clean energy agency offers his thoughts on the energy crisis, green and blue hydrogen, and why renewables must be the priority in the 2020s

Having taken over as director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in April 2019 - making him only the second head of the UN-affiliated body since its foundation in 2009 - Francesco...

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