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2026
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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world, Adam Morton and Petra Stock, theguardian.com (May 15, 2026) - Sick of power outages, this remote Indigenous town is planning to build its own renewable grid, theguardian.com (Apr 26, 2026)
- How Pakistan’s solar boom is shielding it from worst of Iran war crisis, aljazeera.com (Apr 07, 2026)
- Amid an energy crisis, the renewables juggernaut gathers pace, positive.news (Mar 25, 2026) — The amount of solar installed worldwide doubled between 2022 and 2024 alone.
- “This is just a thing that I plugged in, and I’m generating my own power.” Balcony solar on the rise, in US and UK [Reasons To Be Cheerful], Daily Alternative (Mar 21, 2026)
- Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere, theconversation.com (Mar 06, 2026)
- Environmental defenders labeled ‘terrorists’ for bringing renewable power to Philippine communities, globalvoices.org/ (Feb 19, 2026)
- Amazon villages build autonomous energy systems after mega-dam failed pledges, news.mongabay.com (Feb 18, 2026)
- Geothermal could replace almost half of the EU’s fossil fuel power, grist.org (Feb 10, 2026)
- A Groundbreaking Geothermal Heating and Cooling Network Saves This Colorado College Money and Water, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 07, 2026)
2025
[edit | edit source]- ‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse, theguardian.com (Dec 20, 2025)
- Meet the biggest heat pumps in the world, BBC News (Dec 16, 2025)
- Rare Win for Renewable Energy: US Government Funds Geothermal Network Expansion, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 03, 2025)
- Lessons from Denmark – the world leader in climate action, theprogressplaybook.com (Nov 18, 2025)
- ‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution, theguardian.com (Nov 14, 2025) — From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
- Why solarpunk is already happening in Africa [Climate Drift], Daily Alternative (Nov 13, 2025)
- Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels, theguardian.com (Nov 03, 2025) — Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
- Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders, theguardian.com (Oct 23, 2025) — Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors
- IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, carbonbrief.org (Oct 09, 2025)
- We need to talk about storage, backchannel1.substack.com (Oct 09, 2025) — The question about what happens when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow may be less a technical than an emotional and psychological one
- Renewables have now passed coal globally – and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepa, theconversation.com (Oct 08, 2025)
- In numbers: Renewables have turned Spain into one of Europe’s cheapest electricity markets, theprogressplaybook.com (Oct 02, 2025)
- Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution, theguardian.com (Sep 12, 2025)
- Which countries are scaling solar and wind the fastest? Hannah Ritchie, sustainabilitybynumbers.com (Sep 09, 2025)
- Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative expanding across the Amazon, Aimee Gabay, news.mongabay.com (Sep 01, 2025)
- In numbers: Solar and batteries are rapidly displacing gas in California, theprogressplaybook.com (Aug 20, 2025)
- Filipino government wants co-ops to help meet electrification target, thenews.coop (Aug 18, 2025)
- 'It's a lifesaver': Making solar power affordable in South Africa, BBC News (Jul 22, 2025)
- In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops, insideclimatenews.org (Jul 10, 2025)
- Europe's citizen-led “Solar Revolution” is pioneering. But there are warning signs of corporate capture [DeSmog], Daily Alternative (Jul 04, 2025)
- Solar project reimagines railway network as clean energy lifelines, positive.news (Jul 01, 2025)
- How Hungary became the world’s solar energy leader, theprogressplaybook.com (May 13, 2025)
- ‘A future on our terms’: how community energy is lighting up Latin America, theguardian.com (May 08, 2025)
- Inside Florida’s unlikely transformation into a solar superpower, theprogressplaybook.com (May 04, 2025)
- How Pakistan pulled off one of the fastest solar revolutions in the world, edition.cnn.com (May 01, 2025)
- Making light work: solar’s potential to lift rural Indians out of poverty, positive.news (Apr 30, 2025)
- Distributed energy is driving Latin America’s energy transition, dialogue.earth (Apr 22, 2025)
- Labor’s home batteries policy could help people who will never take it up. Here’s how, theguardian.com (Apr 07, 2025)
- On April 22nd, Earth Day 2025's theme is "Our Power, Our Planet", Daily Alternative (Apr 06, 2025)
- In a Mumbai district, families’ lives are transformed when their rooftops become solar generators [Earth5R], Daily Alternative (Mar 31, 2025)
- ‘The heat you need at a reasonable price’: how district heating can speed the switch to clean energy, theguardian.com (Mar 28, 2025)
- Direct Access To Power, Alternative Editorial (Mar 23, 2025)
- In remote Philippine villages, micro-hydro alternatives power Indigenous homes, news.mongabay.com (Feb 27, 2025)
- Abandoned Coal Mines Are Becoming the Batteries of the Future, reasonstobecheerful.world (Feb 27, 2025)
- Green Microgrids Are Powering a More Resilient Future, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jan 17, 2025)
- How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again, theguardian.com (Jan 17, 2025) — Decentralised microgrids connected to a mix of renewables including solar and waterwheel devices could, in theory, help remote communities to become energy self-sufficient
- ‘Solar Mamas empower our people by giving them electricity’: the women lighting up Zanzibar, theguardian.com (Jan 15, 2025)
2024
[edit | edit source]- How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels, insideclimatenews.org (Dec 21, 2024)
- ‘We’re an evolving laboratory’: the island on a quest to be self-sufficient in energy, theguardian.com (Dec 11, 2024)
- After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution, theconversation.com (Dec 06, 2024)
- L.A.’s massive new solar farm is cheap and impressive. More, please, latimes.com (Dec 05, 2024)
- Veterans of Alaska’s Oil Industry Look to Blaze a Renewable Energy Pathway in the State, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 07, 2024)
- ‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating, theguardian.com (Sep 20, 2024)
- In Somalia, global warming makes a war-torn country even worse. But there’s also passion—and enterprise—for regenerative energy solutions, Daily Alternative (Sep 19, 2024)
- Hurricane blackouts: New Orleans' 'lighthouse' solution to keep the power on through floods and high winds, bbc.co.uk (Aug 07, 2024)
- Low-carbon milk to AI irrigation: tech startups powering Latin America’s green revolution, theguardian.com (Jan 30, 2024)
- ‘Our contribution to a cleaner world’: How Kenya found an extraordinary power source beneath its feet, theguardian.com (Jan 25, 2024)
- Puerto Rico is using residents’ home batteries to back up its grid, grist.org (Jan 16, 2024)
2023
[edit | edit source]- World's tallest wooden wind turbine starts turning, BBC News (Dec 28, 2023)
- Renewable energy drive for indigenous groups in Colombia, BBC News (Dec 27, 2023)
- Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done, theguardian.com (Dec 27, 2023)
- ‘We needed to get off the grid’: New Orleans’ community-driven response to blackouts, theguardian.com (Nov 16, 2023)
- These cities are building solar plants on trash to save space, theprogressplaybook.com (Nov 14, 2023)
2022
[edit | edit source]- First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California, The Conversation (Dec 22, 2022)
- France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution, The Conversation (Nov 17, 2022)
- There's a "solar energy insurrection" going on in Puerto Rico, from which we can learn. (Star Trek is also helping...), The Daily Alternative (Sep 22, 2022)
- Energy citizenship: Europe’s communities forging a low-carbon future, The Guardian (Sep 03, 2022)
- We created the first AI-powered solar electricity backup system for houses in sub-Saharan Africa, The Conversation (Jan 25, 2022)
- Germany To Dedicate 2% Of Its Land To Wind Power Development, Jan 14...cleantechnica.com
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