Vi trenger mer solkraft. Det krever raskere utbygging og mer effektiv teknologi. Hvordan får vi det til? Vi spør forsker Kristin Bergum.

Businesses in Africa suffer from the world’s highest costs of electricity. Solar PV on the user’s site can slash energy costs, improve competitiveness and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, but government regulations are holding investments back.

Unsubsidized solar power, energy-smart homes and communities, greening of corporations, and zero-emission hydrogen – Europe may well reemerge as a global powerhouse in the era of the solar-centric energy system.

Norway’s renewable energy sector generates $1.2bn in export revenues today. My analysis of commitments by both private and state actors shows that that figure should rise 8-fold by 2030.