Renewables and Efficiency

The turbines for Statoil'.s Hywind floating wind park off Scotland will be installed this summer and will be fully operational by the end of the year.

Bangladesh has a total installed hydroelectric generating capacity of just 230MW. the lowest in the Asia Pacific region.

The price of gas-fired electricity in March was 129.51 won ($0.1160) per kilowatt-hour (kWh). 40 percent more than coal and nearly double the cost of nuclear power.

The PV industry was the largest employer in 2016. with 3.1 million jobs - up 12 percent from 2015 - mainly in China. the United States and India.

Saudi Arabia and Russian companies are discussing a number of joint oil and gas projects.

Cold climate areas offer a great potential for wind power worldwide.

The Paris agreement on climate change was adopted on December 12. 2015. following the results of a conference in the French capital.

Coal producers were among the few companies that pushed for Trump to walk away from Paris.

In the US. federal tax credits and state-level renewables mandates have been key drivers of wind and solar growth.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IREA) recently released a report that shows that solar is expanding rapidly around the world.