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Energy Transition
Iran accelerates solar push amid crippling power shortages and sanctions
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is accelerating the rollout of solar energy projects in an effort to curb severe electricity shortages...
Vestas halts plans for major wind turbine factory in Poland amid weak European demand
COPENHAGEN (Realist English). Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has suspended plans to build what would have been its largest factory...
Trump administration halts $10bn Esmeralda solar complex, citing new energy priorities
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States has cancelled what would have been the largest solar project in North America, deepening...
Brookfield raises $20bn for record energy transition fund amid AI-driven power boom
TORONTO (Realist English). Brookfield Asset Management has closed a $20bn fund dedicated to energy transition projects, one of the largest...
Africa’s solar boom driven by Chinese panel imports and large-scale projects
JOHANNESBURG (Realist English). Africa is experiencing a rapid expansion in solar power, fuelled by record imports of Chinese-made panels and...
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest dam amid Nile water dispute
ADDIS ABABA (Realist English). Ethiopia has formally inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydroelectric facility in Africa,...
Trump cancels $679m in offshore wind funding, prioritises fossil fuels
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has cancelled $679 million in federal funding for offshore wind...
China leads global energy investment as solar PV becomes top-funded technology, IEA reports
PARIS (Realist English). Global energy investment is expected to hit an all-time high of $3.3 trillion in 2025, driven by...
U.S. loses $14 billion in green energy investments amid Trump policy shift
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States has seen over $14 billion in clean energy investments cancelled or frozen in 2025...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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