Renewable Energy’s Record Year Helps Uncouple Growth of Global Economy and CO2 Emissions
Laboratorio Metrologico Ternano
19 Giugno 2015
clean energy investment Climate emissions English Fossil Energy Renewables
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Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; Renewable energy targets created in 20 more countries, new total: 164; Renewables account for over 59% of net additions to world’s power capacity; Policy-makers more attentive to green energy heating / cooling; Developing world investments on par with developed world, total $301 billion
Renewable energy targets and other support policies, now in place in 164 countries, powered the growth of solar, wind and other renewable technologies to a record-breaking energy generation capacity last year: about 135 GW of added renewable energy power increasing total installed capacity to 1,712 GW, up 8.5% from the year before.
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