Renewable Energy Gains Ground
More than 30 per cent of the world’s electricity is now generated using renewables and the European Union is well ahead of this global average, a new report has found. Energy think tank Ember found that major growth in wind and solar helped push global electricity production past this milestone in 2023. 

Battery Costs Plummet
Battery costs have dropped by more than 90 per cent in the last 15 years, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) reveals. It’s one of the fastest declines ever seen among clean energy technologies and provides hope that batteries can carry the world to its renewable energy goals.

Biden Administration Gives Solar a Big Boost
President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. These grants could give US Households over 380 million dollars a year.

Which countries are powered entirely by renewables?
Seven countries now generate all their energy from renewable sources, according to figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.