Renewables cover 56% of Germany’s electricity needs in first three quarters of 2024
That’s up 4 percentage points compared to the same period a year before.
Renewables meet 75% of Portugal’s electricity needs in first eight months of 2024
Gas-fired power production was down 68% over the period.
South Australia will enshrine 100% net renewables by 2027 target into law
The state has already more than halved its emissions since 2005 thanks to a rapid shift to wind, solar, and battery technologies, which now meet around 70% of its annual power needs.
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Over the next 18 months, the state plans to add another 35GW of wind, solar, and battery storage capacity.
Germany’s ‘balcony solar’ boom accelerates as regulators cut red tape
Some 220,000 units, with a total capacity of 200MW, were registered through the first half of the year.
Coal’s share of China’s power mix slumps to 53% in May amid clean energy surge — report
This “reinforces the view that China’s carbon emissions are in a period of structural decline.”
The EU got more than 50% of its electricity from renewables in first half of 2024
Three-quarters of the EU’s power came from low-carbon sources in the first half — up from 68% in 2023.
Fossil fuels made up less than a third of the EU’s electricity mix in 2023 as renewables advanced
Renewables were the largest source of electricity, accounting for 44.7% of the bloc’s mix.
Philippines emerges as Southeast Asia’s renewable power pacesetter
The Philippines has a 99 gigawatt pipeline of wind and solar developments. That’s more than enough power to supply all the country’s households
The pace of the global energy transition has been vastly underestimated, RMI analysis shows
Fossil fuel use has peaked in most industries, and that probably includes electricity generation.