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The global pipeline for wind and utility-scale solar projects grew by 11% in 2025, reaching 4.9 TW. While China and India lead in construction and prospective capacity, G7 nations show stagnant growth in their pipelines, creating a gap in meeting the COP28 goal to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030.

This report by Ember examines the global expansion of solar power in the decade following the 2015 Paris Agreement, focusing on the leadership of emerging economies, specifically Brazil, China, and India. It details how national targets, international finance, and industrial policies accelerated solar adoption, shifting the center of solar generation from OECD nations to emerging markets.

This report by Ember, developed for the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), provides a comprehensive analysis of global offshore wind targets across national, subnational, and regional levels. It examines current ambitions, deployment projections for 2030, and the potential for expansion in countries without existing targets, while highlighting the gap between political ambitions and projected delivery.

This report section outlines the requirements for Turkey to reach its 2035 renewable energy targets, emphasizing the need for grid modernization and the removal of bureaucratic barriers for diverse solar projects over the continued subsidization of domestic coal.

The report by Ember analyzes the strategic importance of wind energy in India's energy transition, emphasizing its complementarity with solar power to reduce reliance on thermal power during non-solar hours. It highlights the need to accelerate wind capacity deployment to meet the 14th National Electricity Plan (NEP14) targets and discusses policy interventions, economic benefits, and the potential for offshore wind and repowering.

This report by Ember analyzes national wind capacity targets for 2030, finding that while current targets aim for a doubling of global capacity, they fall short of the tripling required to maintain the 1.5C climate goal. The report highlights a significant implementation gap outside of China, where most countries are projected to miss their targets, while China is expected to over-deliver.

A briefing by Global Energy Monitor detailing Spain's current standing as a European leader in commercial-scale solar energy and the challenges it faces in meeting its 2030 renewable energy targets for wind and solar power.

This January 2024 report by Global Energy Monitor analyzes utility-scale solar and wind power capacity across ASEAN countries. It finds that while the region has seen a 20% increase in operating capacity since January 2023 and possesses a massive pipeline of prospective projects, actual construction rates are low, and the transition is hindered by continued reliance on coal and gas infrastructure.

This report by Ember analyzes the onshore wind energy potential in Bavaria, Germany. It argues that current restrictive distance regulations, specifically the 10H rule, have severely limited wind power development. The analysis demonstrates that relaxing these distance requirements to 800 or 1,000 metres would allow Bavaria to significantly increase its wind capacity, meet its 2030 renewable energy targets, and reduce its dependence on imported fossil gas.

This report by Ember analyses India's power generation capacity additions in 2022, highlighting the dominance of solar and wind energy over coal and the significant contributions of the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat toward national renewable energy targets.

This report by Ember analyses electricity generation data for the European Union from May to August 2022, highlighting a record share of solar power and its role in reducing the need for expensive fossil gas imports during an energy crisis.

A June 2022 briefing by the Climate Action Tracker reporting that progress on updating 2030 climate targets has stalled following the Glasgow Climate Pact. The document warns that current targets and policies are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C, projecting end-of-century warming of 2.4°C based on 2030 targets and 2.7°C under current policies.

This report analyzes the energy transition in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, highlighting the state's struggle to meet renewable energy targets despite its significant role in India's total power demand. The authors argue that UP's heavy reliance on coal-fired power creates financial and operational vulnerabilities, and they propose reforms for the state's distribution companies (Discoms) to facilitate a shift toward solar and biomass energy.

This research paper by the NewClimate Institute analyzes global trends in national climate change legislation, strategies, and targets between 2007 and 2017, highlighting the influence of international agreements on national policy adoption.

This report evaluates the costs and benefits of the United Kingdom's biofuel industry and its associated support policies, focusing on employment, emissions abatement, and the role of biofuels in meeting EU renewable energy targets.

This report evaluates the costs and benefits of Spain's biofuel policies, focusing on industry support, employment, emission abatement, and the role of biofuels in meeting EU renewable energy targets.

This guide explains the 'Minimum Share of Production' variable within the Stockholm Environment Institute's energy-system-optimization tools, which ensures a specific process supplies at least a defined percentage of a fuel's total annual production regardless of cost.