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Energy

Growth in global electricity demand is set to accelerate in the coming years as power-hungry sectors expand
18.02.202517.02.2025

Growth in global electricity demand is set to accelerate in the coming years as power-hungry sectors expand

Increase in electricity consumption through 2027 expected to average around 4% annually, driven by growing use [...]
WWEA Projection: 100% Renewable Energy in Germany
15.02.2025

WWEA Projection: 100% Renewable Energy in Germany

World Wind Wind Energy Association: Germany could already be drawing electricity from 100% domestic renewable energies: [...]
Heat pumps without compressors: Fraunhofer advances electrocalorics
05.02.202504.02.2025

Heat pumps without compressors: Fraunhofer advances electrocalorics

Highly efficient solid-state heat pumps without compressors – that is the vision of Fraunhofer researchers. With [...]
Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector, as gas declines for the fifth year in a row
24.01.202524.01.2025

Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector, as gas declines for the fifth year in a row

In 2024, solar generated 11% of EU electricity, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the [...]
Global coal demand is set to plateau through 2027
28.12.202404.01.2025

Global coal demand is set to plateau through 2027

New IEA report finds that strong deployment of renewables is set to curb growth in coal [...]
World’s highest solar power station goes online
26.12.202421.12.2024

World’s highest solar power station goes online

On 14 December, the second phase of the Huadian Tibet Caipeng photovoltaic power station, the world’s [...]
A concept for a heating transition free of hardship
10.12.202409.12.2024

A concept for a heating transition free of hardship

Differentiated climate money for buildings can defuse the controversial issue of “climate protection in the boiler [...]
Global Hydrogen Atlas Shows Potential Import Countries for Germany
06.12.202406.12.2024

Global Hydrogen Atlas Shows Potential Import Countries for Germany

In the long term, Germany will have to import a large proportion of its green hydrogen [...]
World’s largest PV and battery project launched in the Philippines
27.11.202426.11.2024

World’s largest PV and battery project launched in the Philippines

MTerra Solar Project Breaks Ground: A Monumental Milestone in the Philippines’ Renewable Energy Transition. Terra Solar [...]
Global market for key clean technologies set to triple to more than $2 trillion over the coming decade as energy transitions advance
31.10.202430.10.2024

Global market for key clean technologies set to triple to more than $2 trillion over the coming decade as energy transitions advance

First-of-its-kind IEA analysis shows complex interplay between energy, industrial and trade policies as countries seek to [...]
Record-high solar powers electricity generation in Europe
25.10.202424.10.2024

Record-high solar powers electricity generation in Europe

Record solar power generation and the second highest wind output ever recorded were key characteristics of [...]
Battery giants on the upswing: no energy transition without energy storage systems
17.10.202417.10.2024

Battery giants on the upswing: no energy transition without energy storage systems

How huge battery storage systems are becoming a key pillar of the energy transition. The energy [...]
Pollution, over-use and climate change threaten water resilience in Europe
16.10.202416.10.2024

Pollution, over-use and climate change threaten water resilience in Europe

Pollution, habitat degradation, impacts of climate change, and the over-use of freshwater resources are putting pressure [...]
Global Goal of Tripling Renewables Needs USD 1.5 Trillion Investment Per Year
15.10.202413.10.2024

Global Goal of Tripling Renewables Needs USD 1.5 Trillion Investment Per Year

Despite an unprecedented acceleration in renewable energy deployment in 2023, progress falls short to triple renewables [...]
Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, moving world closer to tripling goal
14.10.202413.10.2024

Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, moving world closer to tripling goal

With solar leading their rapid deployment, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global [...]
Scalable Perovskite Silicon Solar Cell with 31.6 Percent Efficiency Developed
25.09.202425.09.2024

Scalable Perovskite Silicon Solar Cell with 31.6 Percent Efficiency Developed

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have succeeded in producing a perovskite [...]
Energy
24.06.202524.06.2025

World Breaks Renewable Records

Energy
07.06.202507.06.2025

Sales of off-grid solar systems on the rise

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Energy
03.06.202502.06.2025

Green hydrogen from Africa much more costly than previously assumed

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Energy
27.05.202526.05.2025

Ban fossil fuel heating systems? A way out of the war of beliefs

Energy
20.05.202518.05.2025

Advanced coatings boost the competitiveness of solar thermal energy

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Energy
19.05.2025

AI at the expense of climate protection: energy requirements of data centres will double by 2030

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