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Energy

Solar and wind uptake to reach 5.4 TWac from 2024 to 2033
11.07.202409.07.2024

Solar and wind uptake to reach 5.4 TWac from 2024 to 2033

Global solar deployment to add 3.8 TWac of new project capacity by 2033 compared to 1.6 [...]
Oxford PV sets new solar panel efficiency world record
21.06.202419.06.2024

Oxford PV sets new solar panel efficiency world record

Next generation tandem solar panel achieves 25% efficiency, delivering significant breakthrough to accelerate the energy transition.  [...]
COP28 Tripling Renewable Capacity Pledge
05.06.202405.06.2024

COP28 Tripling Renewable Capacity Pledge

Tracking countries’ ambitions and identifying policies to bridge the gap. Countries around the world have a [...]
Eneco introduces feed-in costs for variable contract customers with solar panels
13.05.202412.05.2024

Eneco introduces feed-in costs for variable contract customers with solar panels

Starting in June 2024, Eneco customers with a variable electricity contract and solar panels will pay [...]
DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook gives insights into China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift
24.04.202424.04.2024

DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook gives insights into China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift

The most comprehensive English-language report on China’s energy transition lays out the enormity of its green [...]
Record Growth in Renewables, but Progress Needs to be Equitable
28.03.202428.03.2024

Record Growth in Renewables, but Progress Needs to be Equitable

Power capacity additions reached a new benchmark of 473 gigawatts in 2023, but many countries are [...]
WWEA Annual Report 2023: Record Year for Windpower
27.03.202427.03.2024

WWEA Annual Report 2023: Record Year for Windpower

Total capacity exceeds 1’047 Gigawatt – 116 Gigawatt added in 2023 equaling 12,5% growth – China [...]
Increasing Participation in the Energy Transition
20.03.202419.03.2024

Increasing Participation in the Energy Transition

Making Community Energy Cooperatives More Diverse Germany plans to meet 80% of its electricity needs from [...]
COP28 Goal of Tripling Renewables Feasible Only with Urgent Global Course Correction
19.03.2024

COP28 Goal of Tripling Renewables Feasible Only with Urgent Global Course Correction

Despite a record renewable growth in 2023, the energy transition remains off track due to persistent [...]
Europeans Want Decentralized Power Generation and Low Prices
14.03.202413.03.2024

Europeans Want Decentralized Power Generation and Low Prices

Although a majority of Europeans support the energy transition in principle, local opposition to necessary infrastructure [...]
Hurricanes and power grids: Eliminating large-scale outages with a new approach
02.03.202402.03.2024

Hurricanes and power grids: Eliminating large-scale outages with a new approach

03/01/2024 – Large scale-power outages caused by tropical cyclones can be prevented almost entirely if a [...]
Electrification or hydrogen?
17.02.2024

Electrification or hydrogen?

Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition A key step to achieving climate neutrality [...]
Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
09.02.202409.02.2024

Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest [...]
Clean sources of generation are set to cover all of the world’s additional electricity demand over the next three years
26.01.202426.01.2024

Clean sources of generation are set to cover all of the world’s additional electricity demand over the next three years

Renewables are growing rapidly and nuclear power is on track to reach new all-time high next [...]
Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28
13.01.202412.01.2024

Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28

World added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 and next 5 years will [...]
Three strategies to boost green electricity in Switzerland
13.01.202411.01.2024

Three strategies to boost green electricity in Switzerland

Climate neutrality and nuclear phase-​out: Switzerland’s ambitious green electricity targets are realistic if the electricity supply [...]
Energy
07.05.202506.05.2025

AESOLAR and Fraunhofer CSP develop PV module optimized for partial shading

Energy
24.04.202524.04.2025

WWEA Annual Report 2024: A Challenging Year for Windpower

Energy
17.04.202514.04.2025

Wind turbines under water utilise current energy

Energy
11.04.202509.04.2025

World surpasses 40% clean power as renewables see record rise

Energy
26.03.202526.03.2025

Record-Breaking Annual Growth in Renewable Power Capacity

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Energy
25.03.202525.03.2025

Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average

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