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A report by Ember detailing how record renewable energy generation in Türkiye during the first five months of 2026 led to a significant reduction in government electricity subsidies for households.

This report provides a scenario-based analysis of Botswana's development trajectory from 2023 to 2043, comparing a 'Current Path' of historical trends against a 'Combined scenario' of coordinated cross-sectoral reforms. While the Current Path shows moderate improvements, it is deemed insufficient to meet the goals of Vision 2036. The Combined scenario suggests that targeted investments in manufacturing, green energy, human capital, and regional trade integration can accelerate growth, reduce inequality, and transition the country into a high-income, inclusive, and knowledge-based society.

This briefing by RMI analyzes the economic impact of utility-scale wind and solar energy on rural American agricultural lands, noting that revenues from these sources are becoming comparable to major agricultural commodities in several states.

This report section details the growth of wind and solar energy in Türkiye, highlighting record-breaking capacity additions in 2025 and the increasing share of these sources in the national electricity mix compared to regional and European benchmarks.

The document outlines policy recommendations for Turkey to reach its 2035 renewable energy goals, focusing on overcoming grid capacity constraints, accelerating permitting processes, diversifying energy sources, and enhancing regional interconnection to ensure grid flexibility.

The Türkiye Electricity Review 2026 by Ember analyzes Türkiye's electricity generation in 2025, highlighting a rapid shift toward wind and solar energy, which reached a record 22% share. Despite this growth, coal remains the primary power source at 34%, with a significant reliance on imports. The report also details the economic impact of drought on hydropower and Türkiye's substantial battery storage project pipeline.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics examines how the European Union's increased investment in wind and solar energy between 2022 and 2025 has reduced its vulnerability to global energy shocks, specifically comparing the impact of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine crisis with a subsequent crisis caused by a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in 2026.

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.

The Western Cape Market Intelligence Report 2026 identifies a total investable renewable energy (RE) opportunity of R37.4 billion across approximately 2.35 GW of new capacity by 2030. While the region faces severe grid constraints, regulatory reforms in 2025—specifically the approval of congestion curtailment and transmission build-out timelines—have created new windows for large-scale wind and solar projects, as well as behind-the-meter (BTM) installations for businesses.

This report analyzes the role of risk mitigation and transfer instruments in utility-scale renewable energy investments across East Africa, utilizing six case studies from Burundi, Djibouti, Uganda, and Kenya to identify how these tools facilitate the transition from project development to financial close.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics challenges the claim that renewable energy increases electricity prices, arguing that real-world data from the US, EU, Australia, and India often show a correlation between high renewable uptake and below-average power prices.

This fact sheet from RMI explains the function and application of renewably powered minigrids (and microgrids), detailing three primary configurations—isolated, undergrid, and interconnected—and providing global examples of their use in enhancing energy resilience and access in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States.

The document concludes that while renewable energy additions are expected to set records in 2025, current national targets and policy support are insufficient to guarantee the global tripling of renewables by 2030, particularly regarding wind energy and supporting infrastructure like grids and storage.

An Ember report analyzing national renewable energy targets for 2030 finds that global ambition remains aligned with a doubling of capacity rather than the tripling goal set at COP28. Despite record deployment, aggregate targets have only increased by 8% since COP28, with significant gaps remaining in both solar and wind ambitions compared to the tripling scenario.

The report analyzes the evolving role of India's coal-fired power fleet as variable renewable energy (VRE) expands. It projects a structural shift from steady baseload generation to flexible balancing resources by FY 2031–32, characterized by deeper midday turndowns and steeper ramping requirements to accommodate solar peaks. This transition is expected to lower overall plant load factors (PLF) and disproportionately impact higher-cost, less efficient units.

This report by Ember argues that Türkiye can reach its 2035 target of 120 GW of installed wind and solar capacity by upgrading its electricity grid, removing bureaucratic barriers, and diversifying solar applications, such as rooftop, floating, and storage-integrated projects, rather than continuing to subsidize domestic coal.

This report by Ember analyzes the financial implications of Türkiye's decision to provide purchase guarantees for domestic coal power plants until 2030. It argues that the $8.7 billion allocated for these subsidies contradicts the country's renewable energy goals, as solar power has become the cheapest source of electricity generation in Türkiye. The report suggests that redirecting these funds toward grid modernization and removing bureaucratic barriers to diverse solar applications could help Türkiye achieve its 2035 target of 120 GW of installed wind and solar capacity.

This report by Ember examines the critical role of grid reliability and modernization in sustaining the economic growth of the ASEAN region. It argues that while the region has made progress in reducing outage durations, the rapid expansion of variable renewable energy (VRE) requires a transition from basic grid modernization to 'smart grids' incorporating digital intelligence and demand-side flexibility to avoid significant economic losses and energy curtailment.

In the first half of 2025, China, India, the EU, and the US accounted for 63% of global electricity demand and 64% of power sector CO2 emissions. While China and India saw declines in fossil fuel generation and emissions due to clean energy growth outpacing demand, the US and EU experienced increases in emissions, driven by demand growth in the US and declines in wind and hydro output in the EU.

A report by Ember analyzing the growth of solar and wind energy in the first half of 2025 and its implications for global fossil fuel demand and the transition to net-zero.