Luz Elena González, Mexico’s Energy Minister, has announced private companies will invest €4.5 billion to build 20 renewable energy projects across 11 Mexican states. In addition, the government plans three more solar power plants and will invest nearly €1.8 billion in transmission infrastructure.
Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has authorised Casa dos Ventos to operate new wind and solar farms in the northeast region of Brazil.
The Mexican Government has released its latest energy assessment, in which it states an expectation that nearly 70 per cent of all new installed capacity between 2025 and 2030 will come from renewables.
According to a report from the energy think tank Ember, renewable energy and nuclear energy jointly overtook coal as the world’s leading source of electricity in H1 2025.
The power market analytics firm Aurora Energy has published a report stating that 18 GW of renewable energy plants and battery energy storage systems (BESS) will be commissioned in Mexico by 2030, with costs falling and electricity demand rising.
According to a report from the energy think-tank Ember, China’s wind and solar electricity generation in H1 2025 was 27 higher than that of H1 2024.
Beijing SAWES Energy Technology, in collaboration with Tsinghua University and the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed the helium-fuelled S500 airship, equipped with an airborne wind turbine capable of generating to kW at an altitude of 500 m.
The share of renewable energy is electricity production in Oman rose to 11.5 per cent in May, as part of the national strategy to increase renewable energy’s contribution to power generation to 30 per cent by 2030 and 60 per cent by 2040.
A joint venture of Mingyang Hydrogen and Shenzhen Energy has constructed a 30 MW turbine that will run on 100 per cent hydrogen in the Otoke High-Tec Industrial Development Zone in Ordos, northern China.
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has published its Updated Strategic Plan, detailing its plans to improve the reliability and resilience of New York’s grid.