APAC

IRENA, OPEC Fund tie up to advance RE investment

This is in pursuit of a “just, inclusive, and equitable energy transition.”

Asia to account for over 60% of global solar growth

Solar capacity in the region will grow by about 760GW from now to 2031.

Asia overtakes Europe as key importer of seaborne Russian oil: report

India’s imports alone grew 658% against 2021 levels. 

‘Strongest’ growth potential in gas-to-power sector seen in APAC: report

This includes Southeast Asian markets, such as Vietnam, and the Philippines amongst others. 

APAC is ‘outperformer’ in gas generation: Fitch

Its gas generation volume will rise by 898TWh from 2022 to 2031.

Non-hydropower to grow 230GW annually from 2020 to 2024

Asia will be the key growth driver, accounting for 55% global generation growth.

RE adoption to accelerate due to gas market volatility

Asia is expected to generate 831TWh of gas-fired power over the decade.

Global coal generation seen to rapidly decline over the decade

Asia is the only region that will post growth in coal generation.

IRENA’s energy transition finance platform gets $400m in funding

The platform targets to deploy 1.5W of new renewable power across developing countries by 2030.

World may reach net-zero by 2057: report

More than 1,000 executives expect to cut emissions by 28% by 2030.

Asia leads race in biomass power: Fitch

The region is projected to produce 29.3GW of biomass power capacity between 2021-2030. 

How energy intensity improvement can help achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

Doing this can avoid 95EJ of energy demand by 2030, the IEA said.

Which countries make up most of the world’s renewables

Mainland China, India, and Japan are amongst the five entities that account for 77% of the world’s renewables.