Renewables
Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extending a declining trend th... Read More
Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new forecasts from th... Read More
Extreme “wind droughts” that reduce power output from turbines for extended periods could become 15% longer by the end of the century across much... Read More
The global energy transition is now “unstoppable” due to “smart economics”, UN secretary-general António Guterres has said in an online spee... Read More
Jonathan Brearley became chief executive of the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem in 2020. Since then, he has seen the organisation through the ... Read More
A few years ago, solar power became the “cheapest electricity in history”, but it still lacked the ability to meet demand 24 hours a day and 365 ... Read More
Reform UK’s local-election victories in May 2025 could put 6 gigawatts (GW) of new clean-energy capacity at risk, according to Carbon Brief analysi... Read More
The global shift towards a clean-energy system is much more than just a technological switch – it is a profound transformation of markets, industri... Read More
The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first five months of 2025, as the country enjoyed its sunniest... Read More
At 12.33pm on Monday 28 April, most of Spain and Portugal were plunged into chaos by a blackout. While the initial trigger remains uncertain... Read More
Global power-sector emissions hit an “all-time high” in 2024, despite solar and wind power continuing to grow at record speed, according to analy... Read More
