December 6, 2021
As the US gears up to meet its clean energy goal of reaching 100 per cent carbon-free electricity by 2035, renewable energy is expected to play a significant role in the country’s energy mix.
November 9, 2021
Kenya’s power sector witnessed extensive institutional and structural reforms during the mid-1990s. Post reforms, Kenya’s power sector has grown exponentially, with generation capacity expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.06 per cent, and transmission and distribution line lengths growing at a CAGR of 5.26 per cent and 21.24 per cent respectively since 2008.
November 8, 2021
Peru is the third largest country in Latin America after Brazil and Argentina, with a great diversity of ecosystems, along with mineral and energy resources
October 8, 2021
The European electricity sector is undergoing a steady transformation brought about by the massive growth in renewable energy resources and the European Union’s (EU) commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 as per its green deal.
October 4, 2021
Puerto Rico, a US territory with approximately 3.1 million residents, lags behind in the development of its energy sector. Puerto Ricans’ power consumption is one third that of other US residents.
September 9, 2021
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region—comprising eight developing South Asian economies—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka—is focusing on improving the energy trade infrastructure and developing a regional power market.
September 9, 2021
United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) power production has long been driven by hydrocarbons. However, in recent years, the country has been focusing on clean power in a bid to cater to its ever-growing power demand and to save costs associated with it.
August 13, 2021
Mexico’s Secretaría de Energía (SENER) or Ministry of Energy recently published the Programa de Desarrollo del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (PRODESEN) 2021–35 or the National Electric System Development Plan 2021–35 for the expansion of the power generation, transmission and distribution networks.
August 13, 2021
India’s Ministry of Power (MoP) in April 2021 released the draft National Electricity Policy (NEP), 2021. The policy is being updated after a long gap of 16 years since the notification of the NEP, 2005.
July 13, 2021
The South American country Paraguay, home to around 7.1 million people, has achieved 100 per cent access to electricity and is one of the few countries to generate almost 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy resources.
July 8, 2021
China's energy sector is undergoing an unprecedented transition. In a span of five years, from 2015 to 2020, the renewable energy (RE) share in the country’s generation mix grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 28 per cent.
June 11, 2021
The largest Middle Eastern country—Saudi Arabia—is ranked as the second major oil producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
May 12, 2021
The Southern African country of Mozambique is home to around 31 million people, of which only a quarter have access to energy, mainly in urban areas.