The global energy landscape is changing amid a rush to net-zero emissions by 2050, and renewable energy is going from strength to strength, with these projects having captured nearly 50% of all new generation build capital in 2020.

Energy services company Wärtsilä Canada business development manager Mark Kennedy said during an Energy and Mines World Congress 2021 session on November 9 that, by 2030, this would likely increase to 67%.