{"id":64801,"date":"2025-10-07T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/64801\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:15:08","slug":"global-solar-and-wind-power-surges-despite-us-green-cuts-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/64801\/","title":{"rendered":"Global solar and wind power surges despite US green cuts under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The International Energy Agency has cut in half its forecast for renewable energy growth in the US this decade, even as green power surpassed coal globally in the first half of 2025 for the first time on record.<\/p>\n

The global energy agency said last year it expected the US to add 500 gigawatts of new capacity \u2014 almost all solar and wind power \u2014 by 2030. But it now expects it to add 250GW.<\/p>\n

The figures are the most comprehensive assessment yet of the effect the Trump administration is having on global efforts to shift towards greener energy to address climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels, as it urges the world to buy its oil and gas.<\/p>\n

The IEA also upgraded its forecast for India\u2019s renewable energy growth by 10 per cent, putting it on track to become the second-largest renewables growth market globally after China.<\/p>\n

The forecast for green energy in the Middle East and north Africa was also upped by 23 per cent, helped by Saudi Arabia rolling out wind turbines and solar panels.<\/p>\n

Almost 80 per cent of the global growth will come from solar power, the IEA added, propelled by lower costs and quicker permitting.<\/p>\n

The IEA forecast comes as a report by energy think-tank Ember found that renewables generated more power than coal globally during the first half of 2025, for the first time on record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Renewables supplied 5,072 terawatt-hours and coal supplied 4,896 terawatt-hours, the report said. Sonia Dunlop, chief executive of the Global Solar Council, said it was a \u201chistoric shift\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But IEA\u2019s slower than previous outlook in the US, and a tempering of the pace of growth expected in China, could not be entirely offset by the upgrades to its expectations for India, the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n

It means the IEA has lowered its overall expectations for global renewables growth by about 5 per cent to 4,608GW by 2030 \u2014 still roughly equivalent capacity to that of China, the EU and Japan today.<\/p>\n

One gigawatt <\/a>can power hundreds of thousands of homes, depending on an array of weather and consumption differences.<\/p>\n

Under the IEA\u2019s forecasts, total global renewable capacity will reach 9,529GW in 2030, short of an ambitious 11,000GW target world leaders put in place at the UN COP28 climate summit in Dubai two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis target can still be brought within reach if countries adopt enhanced policies to bridge gaps in both ambition and implementation,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The IEA also cautioned on rising instances of negative prices and curtailment \u2014 when plants have to switch off because their power cannot be used \u2014 as new wind and solar farms are rolled out faster than cables for transmission and batteries for energy storage.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolicymakers need to play close attention to supply chain security and grid integration challenges,\u201d said Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The IEA said a major factor in the US downgrade was President Trump\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which has sped up the end of tax credits for green developments. Permits for wind and solar projects on federal land or waters have also been suspended.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the pushing forward of deadlines, renewable capacity additions are now projected to peak in 2027, then decline in 2028 and remain stable through 2030,\u201d the IEA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Revising down its high growth forecast for China\u2019s renewables growth by 2030 by 5 per cent, the IEA cited policy changes which would limit earnings for new projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But it added that China \u201ccontinues to account for nearly 60 per cent of global renewable capacity growth\u201d and was on track to meet its target for wind and solar power five years early by 2035.<\/p>\n

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