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18/5/2022 News

Renewable power to break another global record in 2022

Renewable power is set to break another global record in 2022 despite headwinds from higher costs and supply chain bottlenecks, says the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest market analysis. Unprecedented growth in capacity additions is being driven mainly by solar PV in China and Europe as renewables demonstrate their energy security benefits amid market turmoil.

Solar

Head and shoulders photo of Patrick Donati, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Terrawatt

10/4/2024 Comment / Patrick Donati

Solar showdown: Italy versus Europe

Patrick Donati, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Italian independent power producer Terrawatt, offers a comparative analysis of the renewable energy landscapes in Italy and the European Union (EU), with plans to improve connectivity between the continent’s power grids.

Solar

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22/10/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Power with purpose: the story of a solar farm powering a university

How does a solar farm get built? The history of the 71 MWp/72.5 GWh Medebridge solar farm can be traced back through its customer and the site, reports New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple, who visited the facility in South Ockendon, Essex, earlier this month.

Energy transition

Aerial view of solar farm in desert with mountains in background

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4/3/2026 Feature / Beyza Gündüz

Türkiye’s renewable energy transformation

Türkiye’s industrial heartland is undergoing a green transformation, with organised industrial zones (Organize Sanayi Bölgesi – OSB) emerging as critical engines of decarbonisation and green energy development. Beyza Gündüz reports from Istanbul.

Renewables

Close up of wind turbine with rows of solar panels behind

7/8/2024 News

Wind and solar outstrips fossil fuels in China, Europe and the UK

China’s energy landscape is undergoing a transformative shift as wind and solar power capacities have collectively surpassed coal for the first time, according to market analyst Rystad Energy. Meanwhile, the latest analysis from think tank Ember shows wind and solar overtaking fossil fuel power for the first time in the European Union (EU), and UK government statistics confirm new renewable power generation records.

Geopolitics

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3/8/2022 Feature / Gemma La Guardia

How China’s Global Development Initiative helps export its green revolution

Gemma La Guardia, Consultant and Research Associate at Guidehouse ES&I, examines how China’s Global Development Initiative can be seen as a follow-up to the Belt and Road programme, providing a further outlet for exporting its green revolution.

Electricity

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25/6/2025 News

Voltage missteps triggered the Iberian power outage, says Spanish government – but little consensus exists on who is responsible

Fingers have been pointed in Spain as reports paint differing views of the causes of a cascading power failure on 28 April that plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness for hours. In a report citing miscalculations, inadequate voltage control and improper plant disconnections as key factors behind the blackout, the Spanish government blamed national grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) and private conventional power generators. In its wake, REE and a Spanish electrical utility association traded mutual accusations of blame.

Onshore wind

Aerial view of a crane attaching the third blade to a wind turbine being built in green field

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10/9/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Shifting gears: onshore wind in Northern Europe

Between 2023 and 2024, Europe increased its onshore wind capacity from 235.4 GW to 248 GW, according to the Energy Institute’s latest Statistical Review of World Energy. Wind now accounts for 20% of the Continent’s electricity consumption, exceeding 30% in Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Germany and the UK, says WindEurope. This renewables’ contribution offsets the need to import 100bn m³/y of fossil fuels. Charlie Bush looks at what’s driving a gale of onshore wind developments in Northern Europe.

Oil and gas

29/6/2022 News

Record clean energy spending set to help global energy investment grow by 8% in 2022

Driven by renewables and energy efficiency – as well as rising costs – today’s levels of capital spending are still far from sufficient to tackle the energy and climate crises, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Solar

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18/3/2026 Feature / Charlie Bush

Golden age: how solar became the world’s cheapest power source

Solar power has come a long way since 1839, when French physicist Alexandre Edmond Becquerel figured out that directing sunlight onto two electrodes, one covered with silver chloride and the other with silver bromide, generates an electric current. From this humble start, global solar capacity reached 2 TW in 2024, a doubling in just two years. Most of the progress has accelerated in the past few decades, with prices falling by 99.9% since 1975, making solar one of the cheapest forms of electricity generation worldwide, writes Charlie Bush.

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Renewable power to break another global record in 2022

Solar showdown: Italy versus Europe

Power with purpose: the story of a solar farm powering a university

Türkiye’s renewable energy transformation

Wind and solar outstrips fossil fuels in China, Europe and the UK

How China’s Global Development Initiative helps export its green revolution

Voltage missteps triggered the Iberian power outage, says Spanish government – but little consensus exists on who is responsible

Shifting gears: onshore wind in Northern Europe

Record clean energy spending set to help global energy investment grow by 8% in 2022

Golden age: how solar became the world’s cheapest power source