The push for renewable energy has intensified significantly, with major technological leaps occurring in just the past two years.
Solar panel efficiency, which saw incremental improvements a decade ago, has recently jumped, as reported in a study from nine months ago.
Just three days ago, a startup unveiled a new battery storage solution that promises to address intermittency issues, a problem highlighted in a conference last month.
This innovation builds upon research that started four years ago.
Wind turbine designs have also evolved; the latest models, detailed in a technical paper five weeks ago, are far more powerful than those available seven years ago.
Governments are expected to announce new subsidy programs next year, based on recommendations submitted last quarter.
The current energy policy was drafted six months ago.
A key patent for a new type of geothermal energy extraction was granted two weeks ago.