New Delhi, May 1 -- Last year was a major step forward in the clean energy revolution, with installations of renewable sources such as solar panels and wind turbines hitting record highs not only in the developed world, but in emerging economies too.

But then came the war in Iran, a global curve ball that's bound to change our collective future in unpredictable ways. In the face of yet another energy crisis-just four years after the one sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine-the question of whether clean energy's upward trajectory will be among the disruptions is an urgent one.

While these types of shocks strengthen the case for renewables, which offer both secure supply and stable prices, they also tend to create fiscal conditions-ris...