Renewable energy now forms a quarter of India’s total installed power capacity – 110 gigawatts (GW) as of March 2022 – and accounts for 13% of the country’s electricity generation.

The Vietnamese government has agreed to increase the capacity of the Sơn La hydropower plant on the Black River in Ít Ong, Mường La District, Sơn La Province, from 2.4 GW to 3.2 GW.

Reports of more than 300 utility-scale solar projects have been stalled or delayed in recent weeks, and solar installers across the country are nervous this crawl could last for an extended period.

Tunisia will launch international tenders in June 2022 in order to build 2 GW of renewable power capacity on its territory.

The UAE’s expanded cooperation with India in the area of climate aims to support India’s ambition to achieve 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy installed capacity by 2030 and aligns with the UAE’s ambitions to expand its low and zero-carbon energy capabilities.

Egypt has an electricity capacity of 62 GW (at the end of 2021), 80% of which is from gas and 10% from oil.

The auction is set to support the Irish ambition of reaching 80% of power generation from renewables and a 51% reduction in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030,

REPowerEU is about rapidly reducing our dependence on Russian fossil fuels by fast forwarding the clean transition and joining forces to achieve a more resilient energy system and a true Energy Union.

The project is set to reach a storage capacity of 5,230 MW and involves 10,800 MWh of daily storage capacity from a pumped-storage plant, with the integration of 3,000 MW of solar and 550 MW of wind capacity.

Saying no to Russian energy means that Europe will systemically and for the long term become the world’s most costly region for energy resources.

The global energy system is broken and bringing us ever closer to climate catastrophe.

China’s Shandong Provincial Energy Administration has called for proposals to build 10 fixed offshore solar PV power plants, with a combined capacity of 11.25 GW and set to be realised between 2022 and 2025.

All this progress, however, could be derailed without a massive overhaul of America’s antiquated electric infrastructure – a task some industry experts say requires more than $2 trillion.

Due to the ongoing geopolitical crisis, the EU member states have set up a purchasing platform for gas, LNG and hydrogen. In this way, one wants to become more independent of Russian energy imports and react against the strong price fluctuations of natural gas.

The energy transition to net zero emissions will likely take longer than planned, and the cost will be much higher than most realize.