Paris, France, April 6, 2026 (AFP) - Mideast war to kickstart renewables boom: IEA chief

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The world's worst energy crisis, caused by the Middle East war, will accelerate the development of renewables, nuclear energy and electric vehicles, the head of the International Energy Agency has predicted. In an interview published on Tuesday with the French conservative Le Figaro newspaper, IEA executive director Fatih Birol argued that the current energy crunch "is more serious than those of 1973, 1979 and 2022 combined". But despite the fuel......

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