Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy

The world's governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in December.

An order for a new wind turbine or a transformer to connect to the grid can take months or longer to arrive than it did before the COVID-19 pandemic.So-called NIMBY syndrome remains an issue in many places. Germany's southern region of Bavaria, for example, is known for resisting the noise and appearance of wind turbines in its scenic landscape.The result is that the same solar park if built today costs twice as much in Ghana as it would in the U.S.

A program that helps Albertans identify signs of wild pigs is helping get rid of some of the destructive animals in the province. Reported sightings of wild boars have doubled in the three years since the launch of a public information program called Squeal on Pigs, said Megan Evans, executive director of the Alberta Invasive Species Council.The reports are relayed to a team of trappers, jointly hired by the Alberta government and Alberta Pork in November 2020.

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