Renewable Energy
Renewable EnergyTürkiye has unveiled a sweeping National Energy Plan 2040 that would more than quadruple wind and solar capacity to 175 gigawatts and cut emissions by 40 percent by 2040 — a $500 billion shift presented days before COP31 in Antalya.
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Renewable EnergyAhold Delhaize and Rezolv Energy sign a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement covering 370 GWh a year from Romania's Dama Solar and Dunarea East wind projects.
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Renewable EnergyThe IEA's India Renewable Energy Market Report 2026 forecasts around 530 GW of renewable capacity by 2030, with solar providing more than 80% of new additions.
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Renewable EnergyTürkiye allocated 1,500 MW of wind capacity in seven YEKA RES-2026 tenders on 2 November, with Sivas the largest single site at 320 MW.
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Renewable EnergyThe Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo 2026 opens in New Delhi on 2 November, bringing participants from more than 130 countries together as India presses towards 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.
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Renewable EnergyChina's desert wind and solar bases passed 157 GW of completed capacity by September 2026, with the first 94.53 GW batch largely in operation.
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Renewable EnergyMasdar has signed an agreement with Invest New Zealand to explore up to NZ$1 billion in solar, wind and battery storage projects, with co-investment open to local and Māori-owned businesses.
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Renewable EnergyEgypt's Cabinet has approved golden licences for two 900 MW wind projects in the Red Sea Governorate and the Gulf of Suez, totalling 1.8 GW.
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Renewable EnergyRenewable energy supplied 28.1% of US electricity in January-August 2026, up from 26.2% a year earlier, as wind and solar together beat coal and nuclear, EIA data shows.
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Renewable EnergyChina's combined wind and solar capacity reached 2.01 terawatts at the end of September 2026, the first time above 2 TW, with wind and solar covering 64 percent of the growth in electricity consumption.
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Renewable EnergyIRENA chief Francesco La Camera warns the world will add less clean energy capacity in 2026 than in 2025, for the first time in five years, as grids fail to keep pace with wind and solar.
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Renewable EnergyTürkiye’s renewable capacity passed 80,315 MW at end-September 2026, 63.1% of total capacity, with renewables generating 56.9% of September electricity.
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Tanmiah Food Company has launched a plan to plant 100,000 eucalyptus and sidr trees across the UNESCO-listed Al-Ahsa oasis in Saudi Arabia, in a four-way partnership advancing the Saudi Green Initiative.
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Green JournalismCovering Climate Now has published a practical guide to help journalists cover COP31 in Antalya, from preparation and trusted resources to the negotiation storylines to follow.
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Green JournalismAmphora Media's cross-border investigation "Profit in Every Drop" has won Environment and Planning Journalism at the Malta Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismBroadcast journalists from Namibia, Zambia and Senegal have begun a two-day climate reporting programme under the AUB–Green Climate Fund Climate Impact Stories Partnership, aiming for accurate, human-centred, solutions-focused coverage.
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Green JournalismEntries have opened for the 2026 Climate Media Awards, celebrating African reporting on how communities grow, share and source food in a changing climate.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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