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"The International Energy Agency has a history of underestimating the growth of
wind and solar, but a deep dive into its latest
World Energy Outlook
highlights the speed and scale of the global energy transition now being
predicted by one of its most skeptical observers.
As
Renew Economy reported last week, the
WEO has documented a rapid
increase in the rollout of wind and solar in the last year, to the point where
it is now closer than ever to the latest global commitment to treble the amount
of renewables by the end of the decade.
A deeper analysis of the data by
Carbon Brief highlights the extraordinary
role that solar – thanks to its still plunging technology costs – is playing in
this accelerating transition.
It notes that the IEA is predicting a four-fold increase in the solar
generation across the globe, so much so that it will bring the growth of coal
to a halt possibly as early as next year.
Solar generation across the globe in coming years will overtake both nuclear
and hydro in 2026, and then gas by 2031. In 2033, solar generation is forecast
to overtake coal to become the world’s biggest single source of electricity.
By 2050, the report says, solar generation will be higher than coal, gas,
nuclear and hydro combined, and produce twice as much as global wind power."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
