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According to IRENA, the renewable energy employed 16.2 million people in 2023, of which 7.1 million jobs were in the solar PV industry.

Europe’s solar sector exceeded 800,000 full-time equivalent jobs for the first time in 2023, following record-breaking installation figures.

The world could meet the targets set out at last year’s COP28, as long as 'additional international efforts' are made, according to the IEA.

The global weighted average LCOE of utility-scale PV plants fell to US$0.044/kWh in 2023, a 12% year-on-year decline from 2022.

The world is on pace to add 593GW of new solar power capacity in 2024, a 29% increase over the capacity added in 2023.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published a draft roadmap to reform the grid connection processes for distributed renewable energy.

The Kiwa Group has published a report into PV module testing, which includes recommendations for a number of pass/fail module testing metrics.

The US added 142,000 jobs to its clean energy sector in 2023, accounting for more than half of all new jobs added to the US energy industry.

Europe and the US could need to announce close to 200GW of new clean energy capacity by 2030 to meet the world’s energy transition goals.

AEMO has published two engineering roadmaps that highlight successes in supporting 'the continuous increase of renewables in the energy mix'.