LONDON - One year after Russia's war in Ukraine began, the global energy crisis has worsened and renewables have emerged as a viable solution to energy security, with unprecedented growth predicted over the next five years. Russia's war in Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24, 2022, further placed global energy markets into turmoil. "The war exacerbated the energy crisis that had been developing since mid-2021, when Russia first began curtailing gas flows into Europe," Sarah Brown, a senior energy and climate analyst at independent energy think tank Ember, told Anadolu. According to the Energy Information Administration, Russia began to limit gas flow to European customers with long-term contracts and ended spot-market sales. Its gas flow decreased by 12 percent in 2021 compared to the previous month. Coupled with growing demand as economies started to recover from the impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the supply-demand imbalance has been reflected in gas and