IEA: Renewables enjoy record global growth in 2020 despite Covid-19 headwinds

Michael Holder
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IEA confirms surging growth in capacity puts renewables on track to become largest single source of electricity worldwide by 2025

Renewable power continues to go from strength to strength, despite the disruption caused by the global coronavirus crisis, with new capacity added in 2020 set to close in on a record of almost 200GW, according...

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