The Iran war has pushed governments from India to sub-Saharan Africa to build more solar and wind, with some regions almost tripling new capacity. But in Europe, that rollout is stalling.

The oil and gas shock from the Strait of Hormuz is speeding up the transition to renewables almost everywhere in the world, but not in Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its annual renewables report on Friday (6 November).