IMF says war should spur faster adoption of renewable energy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the war in the Middle East, which has precipitated an energy crisis similar in scale to the 1970s oil crisis, should spur countries to accelerate their adoption of renewable energy to strengthen their resilience to energy shocks. Speaking at the release of the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said the diversification of energy sources to protect economies from price hikes and supply disruptions was one of the key lessons from the 1974 crisis.
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Wetility’s free municipal grid reliability tool points to stark differences

Solar energy company Wetility has released a free-to-use interactive lookup tool that allows anyone to search their municipality and view a detailed electricity outage profile, including average duration, monthly trends and how their area compares with the national average. South African households experienced an average of six to nine grid outages a month in 2025 and more than 91 000 unique outages were recorded during the year, the company says.
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