Featured in TOP notch – 03-2022

Energy security, solar style

The geopolitical implications of the uptake of renewable energy were brought into focus in 2019, when the International Renewable Energy Agency launched a report, the first of its kind, into the subject. The report argued that with the dominance of oil and gas likely to wane, traditional alliances and power dynamics were likely to shift. It presented a hopeful vision, and one in which the disruption of traditional power dynamics was likely.

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Jonathan Gifford

07 Mar 2022

Backstage at rehearsals for Roundtables Europe 2021. Be sure to set aside time on June 28 and 29 this year. | Image: pv magazine

During the final stages of the production of this edition of pv magazine global, looming war cast a shadow over Europe, with Russia having amassed troops and taken a dramatic posture of aggression toward Ukraine. Energy is crucial to the escalating conflict, with Russia’s gas reserves the source of much of its wealth and influence …

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