File photo of workers inspecting solar panels at a photovoltaic power generation base in Taizhou, China. The country’s renewable energy generation is expanding faster than its rising electricity demand. — AFP
FOR the first time in modern history, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the world’s largest source of electricity. The event marks more than a statistical milestone – it represents a profound shift in how nations generate, consume, and think about power.
Yet behind these figures lies a complex reality of uneven progress, political divergence, and technological imbalance that will determine whether this transition endures or falters.
