Bloomberg The world’s worst polluter is leading the clean energy revolution, according to the International Energy Agency. China will account for a third of new wind and solar power installations and 40 percent of electric vehicle investments through 2040, the Paris-based agency said on Tuesday in its World Energy Outlook. Meanwhile, the country’s coal use peaked four years ago and ...

Bloomberg Solar manufacturers are being battered by higher costs and smaller margins, after an unexpected shortage of a critical raw material. Prices of polysilicon, the main component of photovoltaic cells, spiked as much as 35 percent in the past four months after environmental regulators in China shut down several factories. That’s driving up production costs as panel prices continue to ...

Bloomberg Sugar production in India is set to bounce back from a seven-year low as the area planted to cane increases and rain boosts yields in the world’s top consumer. Production may total 25.886 million metric tons in the crop year that began on October 1, according to SGS SA, a researcher hired by Bloomberg to survey farmers during September ...