Trend · rank 128 of 250

Renewable generation expansion

Wind and solar are taking larger shares of electricity supply, reducing exposure to imported fuels while their variability raises the importance of storage, land and network capacity.

Strategic InfrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilienceclean energypowercarbon

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Renewable energy. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
128of 250
Sensitivity
8.3rank 137
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
36.1rank 116
Eigenvector
0.8
Betweenness
14.7
Links
16trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
20.2

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
80
Over a year
−5%Steady
Over three years
−30%
Peak
13613 Oct 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.56
Coverage
28languages · 57 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (28 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English34%83−12%
Spanish13%76−8%
Vietnamese7%124+14%
French6%71+8%
Arabic5%48+0%
German5%94+1%
Russian4%80+0%
Chinese4%70−20%
Persian3%45−30%
Portuguese3%67+5%
Thai2%64+34%
Japanese2%87−15%
Turkish2%51+14%
Polish1%94+4%
Italian1%69+11%
Korean1%91+28%
Ukrainian1%57+10%
Indonesian1%95+16%
Hindi1%131+19%
Bengali1%109+61%
Dutch1%77+5%
Hebrew0%73−7%
Afrikaans0%69−64%
Swedish0%93+17%
Tamil0%95+22%
Malay0%79+13%
Swahili0%114+60%
Urdu0%18−53%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Australia

Singapore

New Zealand

Ireland

China

Nigeria

Ghana

Kenya

United States

United Kingdom

India

South Africa

100

85

83

78

72

70

67

67

67

63

59

59

The 12 highest of 57 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English87−5%−4%−22%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish88−14%+7%−16%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country100+5%−2%−7%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay86+10%−3%−34%
South AsiaGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Urdu91+12%+5%−24%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew58−29%−12%−52%
AfricaGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Afrikaans, Swahili89+50%−23%−18%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese73−18%−14%−35%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian81−33%+37%−26%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle87−26%−14%−23%
AustraliaGoogle109+17%−4%−3%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese67−13%−12%−45%
CanadaGoogle84−6%−12%−20%
ChinaGoogle100+5%−2%−7%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French75−22%+2%−24%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German100−12%+6%−6%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil95+20%+4%−21%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian78−8%−5%−19%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian72−33%+4%−21%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese82−5%−21%−27%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean82−11%+24%−49%
MexicoGoogle52−46%−18%−44%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian80+9%+1%−43%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle66−25%−24%−43%
South AfricaGoogle117+27%+2%+4%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish60−28%−2%−50%
United KingdomGoogle77−10%−27%−30%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English89−5%−1%−21%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighElectrification of heat & industryEnergy, networks & climate resilience70
4 · HighDistributed powerEnergy, networks & climate resilience81
4 · HighGrid expansion & demand flexibilityEnergy, networks & climate resilience131
4 · HighElectric transport & charging networksEnergy, networks & climate resilience211
4 · HighEnhanced geothermalTrade, industry & supply chains232
3 · ModerateBatteries & energy storageTrade, industry & supply chains42
3 · ModerateSolar manufacturing cost declineTrade, industry & supply chains107
3 · ModerateFossil fuel supply & refiningEnergy, networks & climate resilience112
3 · ModerateFirm & black-start capacityEnergy, networks & climate resilience119
3 · ModerateData-centre power & water demandEnergy, networks & climate resilience144
3 · ModerateReliable energy access gapsEnergy, networks & climate resilience197
3 · ModerateAdvanced nuclear fissionTrade, industry & supply chains210
3 · ModerateHydrogen & low-carbon fuelsTrade, industry & supply chains212
3 · ModerateCarbon capture, utilisation & storageTrade, industry & supply chains218
3 · ModerateRail & mass transit expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience224
3 · ModerateFusion energyTrade, industry & supply chains226