In brief | 2 March ‘26

Electrive: Germany tops two million battery-electric cars in circulation

The number of battery-electric cars has risen from just 34,022 vehicles in 2017 to more than two million in 2026 – an almost sixtyfold increase within nine years.

DW: Will Iran war send oil prices above $100 a barrel?

Oil markets are bracing for sharp price spikes after the US-Israel attacks on Iran and Tehran's retaliation. 

pv magazine: Global energy transition hits a hardware bottleneck

As transformer lead times double and US prices surge 79 percent, a manufacturing “supercycle” struggles to keep pace with the explosive growth of AI data centres and renewable energy. 

University of Birmingham: Air-con heat relief significantly worsens climate change

Researchers estimate that air-conditioning use will add 0.03°C to 0.07°C of global warming by 2050, depending on the emissions pathway the world follows, and drives major global inequality.