Renewables

Nigeria is seeking to build up domestic solar manufacturing, which could boost solar deployment while capturing more economic value for the country.

Renewables are growing fast in India, taking a larger share of the electricity mix, but coal is also increasing. Meanwhile, gas is too expensive to play a significant role in the power sector.

Renewables are cheaper than gas-fired power plants, even without subsidies, a new study finds. Demand has risen for gas power, but cost inflation has hit the sector.

In 2026, renewable energy is expected to generate more electricity around the world than coal. Gas-fired power remains flat.

California has expanded solar capacity for years. But the recent scaling up of battery storage is forcing more gas off the grid.

Tunisia is to host a 130 MW solar plant funded by Japan’s Joint Crediting Mechanism, boosting renewables capacity, easing energy deficits, and advancing efforts to cut emissions and reduce reliance on imported hydrocarbons.

The “largest energy security crisis the world has ever faced” could push countries to prioritise energy diversification and resilience, the IEA said. That could result in countries turning away from gas.

The new Hungarian government will have to rethink the country’s energy policy in order to reduce the country’s heavy exposure to Russian gas while at the same time keeping energy prices in check for households and industry.

Accelerated clean energy deployment could displace the equivalent of all Strait of Hormuz flows over the next few years and is the most durable route to economic resilience and energy security, a new report argues.

A new IRENA report finds that 24/7 “firm” clean energy is cheaper than coal and gas in many parts of the world. The Iran war may catalyze faster adoption.

The Nordic countries have drawn criticism for pioneering green energy while at the same time relying on fossil fuels.

Renewable energy — and especially solar power — captured all demand growth last year and even forced fossil fuels into a slight contraction. And that was before the war in Iran.

The Iran war is giving Finland even more impetus to diversify its energy supply and speed up its energy transition.

Nigeria has launched its first floating solar project with a Chinese contractor to build a 7MW plant at the University of Lagos lagoon campus.

The blocking of the Strait of Hormuz underscores the risks of fossil fuel imports. A new report from Ember makes the case that Asian economies should rapidly shift to renewables.