Combined, solar and wind grew by 15.96% and accounted for more than one-eighth (13.05%) of U.S. electrical generation (wind - 9.12%, solar - 3.93%).

The Tunisian government is working on a national strategy for solar power generation and aims to reach 3,815 MW of installed solar capacity by 2030,

The country's installed capacity stood at 99,820 MW at the end of 2021, with 46% of thermal, 32% of hydro, 11% of wind, 8% of solar and 4% of biomass, geothermal, and waste heat.

Some 97% of Turkey's electricity generation capacity that came into operation last year was from renewable energy plants.

Renewable electricity generation increased by 24% to 6.9 TWh,

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has entered into a partnership with Bute Energy (Bute) to invest in a 2,000 MW portfolio of onshore wind and solar projects, some with co-located battery energy storage systems, under development in Wales (United Kingdom).

Kuwait also plans to develop a 2 GW wind and solar project, which will be tendered by the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects. Meanwhile, Iraq is also considering the strategic adoption of renewable energy as a way to wean itself off of Iranian imports of gas and power, its oil minister Ihsan Ismail told IPTC.

Swedish Modular Reactors has been granted just over SEK99 million ($10.6m) in support of demonstrating a smaller lead-cooled reactor. Solkompaniet Sverige has been granted SEK14.4 million to support demonstrating a smart solar park.

Israel currently aims for 30% of renewables in power generation by 2030.

The lodged offers represent over AUD 100 billion (USD 71.7bn/EUR 63bn) of potential investment in 24 solar parks, 13 onshore and seven offshore wind farms, 35 large-scale batteries and eight pumped hydro plants. It is estimated that these projects have the potential to deliver more than 100,000 GWh of total electricity per year.

Romanian energy trader and developer Enero Furnizare plans to develop solar projects with a total capacity of 1GWp in Romania this year

Projects for the creation of new nuclear power facilities will receive about RUB56 billion from the National Wealth Fund (NWF), another RUB40 billion will be allocated from the budget.

Texas is the second largest state by both area and population and has major expertise in the energy industry. Texas is in the south of the US, which allows it to generate plenty of solar electricity even in winter.

This dynamic leads to rising global oil inventories from 2Q22 through the end of 2023, and the Brent spot price will fall to an average of $87/b in 2Q22 and $75/b in 4Q22. The Brent price will average $68/b for all of 2023.

RES has acquired Blueshore, an asset management business with 1.6 GW of renewable projects under management in Australia.