In 2025, global renewable power capacity reached 5,149 GW with a 692 GW (15.5 per cent) annual increase, accounting for 85.6 per cent of total capacity growth, while non-renewables contributed a smaller share, reports Irena’s Renewable Capacity Statistics 2026....
Investment in renewable energy projects in the Middle East has jumped by 28 per cent, year-on-year, according to a new report from Ansarada, a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and infrastructure procurement platform. ...
Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay highlighted strong, growing relations with the UAE, emphasising opportunities in trade, investment, and sustainability. Speaking at World Governments Summit (WGS) 2026, he stressed deepening cooperation in key economic sectors, leveraging Bhutan’s significant renewable energy potential. ...
Saudi Arabia and Türkiye signed a renewable energy agreement to strengthen cooperation. It covers solar power projects in Türkiye totaling up to 5,000 MW in two phases, supporting energy diversification, security, and low-carbon transition, with $2 billion in investments supplying electricity to two million households. ...
Acwa Power has signed a reservation agreement with the Philippines’ BCDA to develop large-scale renewable energy in New Clark City. The collaboration targets a major solar project with potential battery storage integration within the smart, green New Clark City Special Economic Zone north of Manila. ...
Abu Dhabi renewable energy group Masdar, said along with consortium partners - Al Khadra Partners, Korea Midland Power Company (Komipo) and OQ Alternative Energy - it has achieved the financial close for Ibri III, the first utility-scale solar and battery storage project in Oman. ...
Saudi Arabia and Morocco have signed an executive programme for cooperation on renewable energy, including enabling national companies to implement such projects in both countries....
The UAE is strengthening its global leadership in sustainable energy through strategic investments accelerating the clean energy transition, with installed renewable energy capacity now exceeding 7.7GW, said Suhail Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure....
Masdar, a clean energy leader, announced that its renewable energy portfolio capacity has reached 65 gigawatts (GW), up from 51GW in 2025, marking two decades since the UAE made the strategic decision to invest early in clean energy....
Egypt has signed renewable energy deals worth a combined $1.8 billion. Egypt hopes to have renewable energy reach 42 per cent of its electricity generation mix by 2030, but officials say the goal will be at risk without more international support....
Irena Director-General Francesco La Camera said renewables now dominate the global energy system and the transition is irreversible, highlighting record $2.4 trillion energy-transition investment, including $800 billion for production capacity, showing rapidly accelerating investment in renewables and related energy sources....
Germany stepped up the construction of solar panels and wind turbines last year, with installed renewable energy capacity rising by 11 per cent to around 210 gigawatts, the country’s energy regulator said. The Federal Network Agency said the pace of expansion was close to that of previous years, after capacity grew by about 12 percent in both 2023 and 2024....
The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects has issued Request for Proposals to qualified bidders for the development of Al Dibdibah Power and Al Shagaya Renewable Energy (Phase III – Zone 2) Solar PV IPP project with a total capacity of 500MW. ...
Eni inaugurated a 200 kW solar plant at Lycée de Tataouine, completing its solar programme in 14 Tataouine schools. The initiative benefits around 7,000 students, teachers, and staff, promoting renewable energy access across southern Tunisia’s primary and secondary education institutions....
Global investments in the energy transition reached a new record of $2.4 trillion in 2024, up 20% from the average annual levels of 2022/23. About one-third was directed towards renewable energy technologies, pushing the key sector's investment to $807 billion, said a report....
The Utilities for Net Zero Alliance (UNEZA) announced at COP30 the expansion of its annual investment target for renewable energy transmission and storage systems from $117 billion to $148 billion. The coalition of 73 members now foresees a project pipeline worth $1 trillion by 2030....
Terra-Gen, one of the largest independent, integrated renewable energy producers in the US, jointly owned by Masdar and Igneo Infrastructure Partners, announced the commissioning of the Monte Cristo I Windpower Project....
RIQ, the AI-native reinsurance platform purpose-built for the future of global risk transfer and a subsidiary of IHC, has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Masdar to design tailored capital efficient reinsurance solutions for renewable energy infrastructure....
The Trump administration's reciprocal tariffs aim to strengthen domestic manufacturing but disrupt clean energy supply chains. This evolving tariff landscape significantly complicates the renewable energy transition across the Americas, according to GlobalData, a prominent data and analytics firm....
China's newly installed renewable energy power generation capacity surged 47.7 per cent year-on-year to 310 million kilowatts in the first three quarters of this year, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said....
