Neom, which will be built along Saudi Arabia's borders with Jordan and just across the narrow Strait of Aqaba from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, is a linchpin of the world's largest oil exporter's plans to diversify its fossil fuels-dominated economy.

Wind generation rose as high as 14,822 megawatts, surpassing the previous record of 14,286 megawatts set in May 2021, according to data from National Grid.

Australia’s largest planned Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) is to be built in the New South Wales (NSW) northeast with the state government announcing the New England REZ, which will deliver at least 8 GW of new network capacity, has been formally declared.

The Philippine Department of Energy has initiated a tender for 2,000 MW of renewable capacity, including 1,260 MW of solar, 380 MW of wind, 230 MW of biomass and 130 MW of hydro.

The auction for large renewable projects (>1 MW), with 3,897 MW of capacity available, attracted 108 bids totalling 1,352 MW and only 84 bids totalling 1,093 MW were admitted (28% of the available capacity).

China aims at establishing a national trading system by 2030, which would include all renewable power producers.

This duplication of generating capacity increases electricity infrastructure investment, thus increasing required return on investment and consumer electric rates.

most of the growth was seen in energy sustainability, digital transformation, renewable energy, and electrification of transportation.

China currently implements a "dual control mechanism" under which provinces are given targets for total energy consumption and energy intensity, which is the amount of energy consumed for each unit of GDP growth.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said that when taking all solar and wind generation in account, the country added a whopping 101 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity in 2021.

Argentina is expected to sign a five-year US$35bn infrastructure programme with China.

The country's installed capacity is expected to increase by 38% from around 200 GW in 2021 to 275 GW in 2031, with 83% of renewables and 17% of non-renewables.

Enel Green Power (EGP) added 5,120 MW of new renewable power capacity in 2021 (+65% compared to 2020), including 220 MW of battery capacity.

The project, by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, is located on 10 square kilometers of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. It has an accumulated capacity of 900 megawatts, the National News reported.

H2biscus will convert hydropower and natural gas into green hydrogen/methanol and blue hydrogen, and also convert hydrogen to ammonia, with an aim to supply the hydrogen and ammonia to Sarawak and South Korea.