Quality Infrastructure for Renewables Facing Extreme Weather

While the weather is a primary resource for the production of energy by a wind turbine or a solar panel, it also conceals a capacity for damage and disruption that directly impacts renewable energy infrastructure. The exposure of renewable energy generators to the increasing occurrence of extreme weather events, driven by climate change, highlights the urgent need to ensure power systems are climate resilient.

Resilience begins with robust quality infrastructure: the ecosystem of standards, testing, certification and monitoring that supports the safety and performance of energy technologies. By embedding quality infrastructure across the life cycle of renewable projects, from planning …

The State of Sustainability Reporting 2025

From regulatory flip-flopping and political uncertainty to data collection challenges and scope 3 transparency, accurate and timely reporting is becoming increasingly important, yet simultaneously more difficult to achieve.

Reuters’ latest whitepaper covers the state of Sustainability Reporting and will equip you with the knowledge to navigate the current voluntary and mandatory non-financial reporting climate.

Resilience is more than a buzzword; it’s an actionable strategy to embed into your business practices. This whitepaper offers you the tools to stay ahead of the curve and report with confidence.…

The State of Sustainable Fleets: 2025 Market Brief

The 2025 Market Brief offers a comprehensive analysis of an industry navigating regulatory transformation while continuing to invest in clean transportation solutions. As federal policies shift and the market innovates, the transportation industry is adapting, demonstrating both resilience and a sustained expansion of cleaner, more efficient technologies.…

The Economic Impact of Community Solar

Community solar isn’t just delivering clean energy and consumer savings—it’s one of the most affordable and effective tools we have to drive local economic growth in America. At a time when utility bills are climbing and families are feeling the strain, community solar offers a faster, cheaper way to expand clean energy access—especially for those who need it most.

Unlike large-scale utility projects, community solar is uniquely positioned to be deployed quickly, at scale, and in communities that are often left behind. It brings affordable energy options directly to renters, small businesses, landowners, and low-to-moderate income families—helping lower monthly bills …

Reimagining the Electricity Sector in Island Nations with Virtual Power Plants

Distributed virtual power plants (VPPs) can revolutionize the Caribbean’s energy landscape. These networks of decentralized and distributed energy sources (DERs) are aggregated and actively controlled by a VPP aggregator, enabling hundreds or thousands of devices to operate as a unified system offering an innovative solution to the region’s energy challenges. Many island nations remain heavily dependent on expensive, imported and polluting fossil fuels for electricity generation, leaving them vulnerable to volatile global fuel prices and frequent power outages due to aging grid infrastructure. Climate change further exacerbates these challenges, with hurricanes posing a constant threat to power systems and economic …

Supporting a Reliable Grid: The Opportunity for Virtual Power Plants in Michigan

Michigan has an aging distribution grid with high incidents of blackouts. It also suffers from narrowing capacity availability for resources to meet peak demand. Virtual power plants (VPPs) — aggregations of distributed energy resources (DERs) that can provide utility-scale and utility-grade grid services — can help address those challenges while supporting the state in reaching its ambitious clean energy standard of 80% by 2035 and 100% by 2040.

According to the Department of Energy, VPPs can be configured to provide a range of benefits, including reliability and resilience, affordability, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, resource adequacy, and more.

This brief outlines …

2023 Year in Review: Climate-driven Global Renewable Energy Potential Resources and Energy Demand

This collaboration involving the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), operated by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), highlights how climate conditions impact energy supply and demand in the context of sources such as solar, wind and hydropower.

The report underscores the importance of integrating climate insights into energy planning to improve reliability, anticipate demand peaks, and strengthen infrastructure resilience. It advocates diversified energy portfolios, new market structures, and better data sharing to optimise resource allocation and enhance energy security. The report stresses the need for cross-sector …

Decentralised Renewable Energy for Agriculture in Zimbabwe

This report highlights the transformative potential of decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions in strengthening Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector, which supports 70% of the population and accounts for as much as 14% of the nation’s GDP. Focusing on five key value chains (maize, groundnuts, tomatoes, mangoes and fisheries), the study identifies critical energy gaps hindering productivity, such as lack of access to irrigation pumps, cold storage and post-harvest processing facilities. With only 12% of smallholder farmers connected to the grid, the report underscores the urgent need to address energy poverty to enhance rural livelihoods, ensure food security, and promote gender and youth …

Renewable Energy in Climate Change Adaptation: Metrics and Risk Assessment Framework

The essential role of renewable energy in the transition towards a climate-friendly future is undisputed. Often overlooked, however, is the part that renewable energy can play in climate change adaptation. Examining the intersection of renewable energy and climate adaptation measures presents a critical opportunity to examine the dual challenges of addressing climate impacts and supporting sustainable development. Promoting renewable energy as a strategy for adaptation requires informed policy-making as well as raising awareness of its benefits – including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved energy security, enhanced socio-economic outcomes and greater resilience to climate impacts.

Policy and finance play key roles …

Decoding DERMS: Options for the Future of DER Management

Several converging trends are transforming the electric grid in the United States including:

– Increasing variable renewable energy generation,
– Rising electricity demand,
– Grid decentralization driven by the adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs), and
– Increasing need for electric grid resilience in response to extreme weather events.

Traditional, infrastructure-centric approaches are insufficient to deliver reliable, affordable power in this new reality. The generation, transmission, and distribution upgrades needed are simply too expensive and time-consuming to be effective on their own. Fortunately, demand flexibility has the potential to enable utilities to meet the needs of the future at much …