Transition is at the heart of Recharge. Since our launch in 2009, our editorial mission has closely mapped the rapid evolution of the renewable energy industry we report on worldwide – and simultaneously evolved to meet the fast-changing demands of the global media business.

Coming into 2017, with our revamped website up and running, we took the decision to further focus our efforts on our digital platform, with our award-winning magazine made a bi-monthly. Online, Recharge would deliver its growing readership with not just the news that matters, but also the journalism that explains why it matters.

That includes analysis, in-depth features, one-on-ones with New Energy influencers, Thought Leader and Opinion columns, and special reports that give dimension to the stories that are the lifeblood of the transition now underway in the global energy system.

This belief in context has led us to rework our Solar section into one headed with this exact word: ‘Transition’.

While our frontpage will continue to carry a wind power-led agenda, solar coverage will now be reported as it relates to the wider renewables market, and will live alongside Transition section articles dealing with energy storage, the greening of Big Oil, government policy, climate change and – tying it all together – the decentralised worldwide power infrastructure that will need to be developed to wire in 2,100GW of wind and 2,300GW of solar by 2030.

I hope this decision is seen positively in retrospect: “Let the future tell the truth,” said the godfather of electricity, Nicolas Tesla.

As ever, we welcome your thoughts.

Darius Snieckus, Editor-in-Chief

Transition

Transition is at the heart of Recharge