Thursday, April 19, 2018

Solar outshined all fossil-fuels sources combined in 2017

An all-time record of 98 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity was installed worldwide in 2017, according to a new report from the United Nations (UN). Nearly half of that solar capacity was installed in China, which also installed 157 GW of renewable energy overall in 2017. The net new capacity from fossil fuels was only 70W in 2017. “We are at a turning point ... from fossil fuels to the renewable world,” UN Environemtn head Erik Solheim told Reuters. “The markets are there and renewables...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/solar-outshined-all-fossil-fuels-sources-combined-in-2017
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