Renewables and Efficiency

India’s renewable energy boom is leading to soaring transmission costs as the country’s transmission network is being built on estimates of potential renewable power generation not on actual capacity or demand, according to a top electricity market executive. This approach to transmission leads to surging transmission charges that state power …

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 national development strategy establishes the aim of economic diversification, as the government seeks to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel revenues by expanding other economic sectors. In addition to drawing revenue from growing industries, such as construction, ICT, and tourism, the government is encouraging greater energy …

Saudi Arabia has awarded one wind power and four solar power projects in the country worth a total estimated investment of $2.4 billion (9 billion Saudi riyals), the official Saudi Press Agency reports. Saudi Power Procurement Company, the principal buyer of the projects, awarded the five projects with a total …

The UK government will offer an annual £1.08 billion support budget for new offshore wind projects under its next renewable electricity auction, with £900 million dedicated to fixed-bottom developments and another £180 million for floating offshore wind farms to be delivered from 2028, the Independent reported. The government said the …

A joint venture between BP and Japan’s JERA has decided to pull the plug on a major offshore wind project in the United States, citing soaring costs and a change in federal policies. JERA Nex BP said inflation had also motivated its decision, which would see its U.S. workforce laid …

Growth in U.S. renewable capacity additions will be 45% lower than previously expected, due to the Trump Administration’s raid on clean energy incentives and permitting, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In its annual Renewables 2025 report out on Tuesday, the agency slashed its growth forecasts for clean energy …

Farmers in Pakistan are replacing diesel-fueled pumps with solar energy to power the typical irrigation technique in a large part of the world’s fifth most populous country. Many farmers rely on the so-called tube wells—a water well and a motorized pump to take water from groundwater. Amid soaring diesel prices …

TotalEnergies has agreed to sell 50% of its solar projects portfolio in North America to global investment firm KKR for about $1 billion, as part of the French supermajor’s renewables strategy to divest half of its already operational assets. TotalEnergies is selling 50% of a portfolio of combined 1.4 gigawatts …

India’s federal government is in discussions with state governments to have them buy more renewable sources for power generation, Indian federal Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, said on Monday. State-held utilities have been delaying purchases of clean energy recently, the minister said at an energy conference in …

The Africa Climate Summit 2 (ACS2) was hosted in September by the Government of Ethiopia and the African Union to advance Africa’s climate agenda and sustainable development priorities, ahead of the United Nations’ November global climate summit COP30. ACS2 brought together 25,000 African leaders, policymakers, youth, civil society, development partners, …