Renewable energy: Global capacity increased by 50% in 2023
2024年2月8日 · The COP28 climate talks called for a tripling of renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency improvements by 2030. The World Economic Forum’s Better Community Engagement for a Just Energy Transition: A C-Suite Guide, highlights the need to ensure a people-positive approach to deploying renewable energy.
Storage is the key to the renewable energy revolution
2023年8月30日 · LDES systems integrate with renewable generation sites and can store energy for over 10 hours. e-Zinc’s battery is one example of a 12–100-hour duration solution, with capabilities including recapturing curtailed energy for time shifting, providing resilience when the grid goes down and addressing extended periods of peak demand to replace traditional …
5 smart renewable energy innovations - The World Economic Forum
2023年9月21日 · Progress on the global energy transition has seen only "marginal growth" in the past three years, according to a World Economic Forum report. Fast and effective renewable energy innovation is critical to meeting climate goals. Here are five solutions that could help countries meet emissions targets.
Renewable energy and the US: This 3-step plan can make it happen
2024年11月27日 · California’s SB 100 law, which set a target of 100% clean energy by 2045, and California’s AB 2188, which requires local governments to implement expedited solar permitting, are great examples of state-level legislation that is …
Renewable energy is the cornerstone of the energy transition
2021年4月30日 · New IRENA analysis indicates a continued swift energy transition to renewable power generation worldwide in the coming three decades, with shares of variable (or intermittent) renewables – solar PV and wind – growing especially rapidly.
Here are some of the world’s greenest cities | World Economic …
2021年4月7日 · The Western Harbour District has operated on 100% renewable energy since 2012, while the industrial area of Augustenborg has solar thermal panels connected to a central heating system. The city plans to run entirely on renewables by 2030, …
Lessons to be learnt from Ukraine’s renewable energy transition
2024年12月9日 · In a world where renewable energy capacity grew by 50% globally last year, Ukraine has the space, skills, permitting regime and weather conditions to produce almost 19,000 TWh of solar and wind power a year – seven times more than Europe’s current demand.
Renewable energy could power the world by 2050. Here’s what …
Renewable world One study in the collection looked at global warming, air pollution and energy insecurity, creating Green New Deal roadmaps for 143 countries to overcome these problems. The roadmaps call for these countries, which are collectively responsible for 99.7% of global CO2 emissions, to switch to 100% clean, renewable wind, water and ...
Why the world must join forces to scale renewable energy
2024年1月11日 · In the UK, renewable energy now supplies 42% of generated electricity, up from 3% in 2000. The International Energy Agency forecasts that global renewable capacity additions could reach 440 gigawatts in 2023 – the equivalent of the combined power capacity of Germany and Spain - and could increase by a further 550 gigawatts in 2024.
The renewable energy transition is creating a green jobs boom
2023年1月13日 · Its Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2022 report, put together in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), shows that an increasing number of countries are creating jobs in the renewable energy sector. It says this jobs boom could increase worldwide employment in renewable energy to more than 38 million by 2030.