Solar energy is a rapidly growing market, which should be good news for the environment. Unfortunately there’s a catch. The replacement rate of solar panels is growing faster than expected,Continue Reading
Renewable energy technologies create jobs and up and down the supply chain and can spur broad and sustainable social and economic development. Renewables accounted for an estimated 11.5 million jobsContinue Reading
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has governments struggling with how to restart a global economy that has come to a grinding halt, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opinionsContinue Reading
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in 2016 estimated there was about 250,000 metric tonnes of solar panel waste in the world at the end of that year. IRENA projectedContinue Reading
In 2018, 11 million people were directly and indirectly employed in the renewable energy sector around the world, an increase on 10.3 million the year before, according to data published by theContinue Reading
According to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), while China, the US, Japan and the European Union lost solar photovoltaic employment in 2018, India saw a rise of employment in thisContinue Reading
With development and energy demands soaring worldwide, there is an opportunity for clean, renewable energy to supplant fossil fuels and take over as the main form of electricity generation. NewContinue Reading
