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Solar

Close up view of the solar panels on a satellite in space

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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.

Energy storage

Aerial view of the battery site

18/3/2026 News

LDES installations surge 49% in 2025 but sector faces critical financing crunch

Global long-duration energy storage (LDES) installations exceeded 15 GWh in 2025, a 49% increase year-on-year, but the sector is facing growing challenges due to declining investment and increasing competition from lithium-ion batteries, according to a recent report.

Wind

Onshore wind turbine under construction near coast

18/3/2026 News

New country named as biggest wind energy market outside China in global survey

India has beaten the US and Germany to become the biggest wind market outside China for the first time, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest global analysis. Meanwhile, Chinese turbine manufacturers hold the top six positions in BNEF’s league table for the sector. Most recently, Envision Energy, which holds second place in the ranking, reports that its first typhoon-ready turbine in the Philippines has been installed. Elsewhere, the UK government has unveiled tariff reforms that will cut costs for wind energy manufacturers based in the UK.

Energy efficiency / management

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18/3/2026 Comment / Omega Young

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Omega Young MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Progressing towards an oil and gas qualification, Trinidadian Omega Young discovered her lifelong interest in a related field, energy management, which has led to a chartership and ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) qualification in the UK through the Energy Institute.

Energy policy

Aerial view of concentrated solar project in the desert

18/3/2026 News

China’s next five-year plan backs clean energy but leaves emissions targets unclear, says CREA

China has released the draft outline of its 15th Five-Year Plan, setting out the country’s economic, energy and climate priorities for the period 2026–2030. The blueprint is broadly supportive of clean energy development, including a target to reduce CO₂ emissions per unit of GDP – carbon intensity – by 17% compared to 2005 levels between 2026–2030.

Solar

Solar panels on roofs in residential area

18/3/2026 News

Wales to mandate rooftop solar installations on new-builds

From 2027, Wales will mandate the installation of solar panels on all new homes and new non-domestic buildings as well as refurbished buildings.

Energy transition

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11/3/2026 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Tomorrow’s benefits and today’s problems: CEOs agree to disagree at International Energy Week

Only weeks before the Iran war broke out, senior leaders of oil and gas majors and utilities differed in their perspectives about the importance of the transition away from oil and gas, and the relationship between the transition and energy security, writes New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Jobs

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11/3/2026 Comment / Jo Alexander

Leavers’ party

Life After Oil is a new and growing community of people who have left oil and gas careers behind. We’re finding ways to support each other, using the experience of those who left some while ago, as well as those who have done so more recently. We’re trying to grow the community in order to strengthen that support as well as to make the scale and reasons for this exodus unignorable, writes Core Advisor Jo Alexander.

Energy transition

View from onshore of a drilling rig just off the coast

11/3/2026 News

DNV predicts UK will miss 2050 net zero target

The UK will not reach its net zero 2050 target until 2060, according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook UK 2026. DNV has extended its national forecast to 2060 as current progress indicates the country will still emit 130mn tCO₂e in 2050. This figure represents an 84% reduction relative to 1990 levels but falls short of the statutory obligation.

Road transport

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11/3/2026 Comment / Stephannie Dittmar Lins

Efficiency could steer the future of road transport

Meeting expected growth in road transport could require vast additional volumes of fuel – or it could be delivered through a dramatic step change in energy efficiency, writes Stephannie Dittmar Lins, Analytical Lead for Energy Productivity at the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC).

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