<p>The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) united parties around a pledge to triple current global renewable capacity from about 3.8 GW currently to reach 11 TW by 2030, placing renewables at the centre of achieving global climate commitments. If fully realised, 11 TW of capacity could see renewable energy contributing to 62% of all emissions reductions by 2030. Still, this is not fully sufficient to realise net zero goals and will have to be complemented by other important pledges signed / reiterated at COP28. What is the outlook for renewable, especially solar, capacity over this period? Can its growth be sustained, and which are the main established and emerging markets? What are the implications of large-scale, very low-cost solar power for the global energy system and geopolitics?</p>

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