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Renewable Energy & System Transition

Solar/wind onsite or PPA; grid decarbonization; sector coupling.

10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026


Electrification shifts energy onto electricity; renewable energy ensures that electricity is clean. Together they decarbonise energy. This lesson covers the renewable transition - sourcing clean electricity and managing the shift to a renewable energy system.

In this lesson

  • 01Renewables complete the picture
  • 02Sourcing renewable electricity
  • 03The credibility hierarchy
  • 04On-site generation
  • 05The system transition
  • 06Sector coupling and integration
  • 07Renewables in the roadmap
  • 08Sources and further reading