'Extraordinary new phase' of renewable energy as Ukraine war accelerates shift from fossil fuels, energy leader saysExperts celebrate "a new energy security age" driven by renewable energy boom, in spite of huge investment plans by oil and gas companies.Tuesday 6 December 2022 11:58, UKThe global energy crisis is turbocharging an "extraordinary" boom in renewable energy so vast it could yet "keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5C".That fact highlights "how quickly governments have thrown additional policy weight behind renewables," amid energy security concerns following Russia's latest invasion of Ukraine, the IEA said."Renewables were already expanding quickly, but the global energy crisis has kicked them into an extraordinary new phase of even faster growth as countries seek to capitalise on their energy security benefits," said the think tank's chief, Fatih Birol.The analysis from the IEA still finds an "extraordinary new phase" of growth will see solar overtake coal to become the largest source of power worldwide by 2027."