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WoodMac Trims Global Wind Energy Forecast as Coronavirus Ripples Across Markets

GreenTechMedia

Europe may be hit hardest. where developers face declining subsidies, wind developers placed a record 100 gigawatts' worth of turbine orders last year. The most severe impacts of that are likely be felt in Europe and potentially the U.S. The global nature of the wind supply chain is likely to limit the impact.

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World adds record new renewable energy capacity in 2020

Renewable Energy World

Renewables’ rising share of the total is partly attributable to net decommissioning of fossil fuel power generation in Europe, North America and for the first time across Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey). Africa continued to expand steadily with an increase of 2.6

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IRENA: Renewables accounted for three quarters of new power capacity in 2019

Business Green

But while renewables made up at least 70 per cent of new power generation added in most regions of the world last year, the proportion was lower in the Middle East and Africa at 52 per cent, where non-renewable generation is still playing a major role in economic growth.

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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

The City Fix

One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. Taken together, such stories.

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? Lithium’s shale moment? #175

Climate Tech VC

Big Oil spins whale deaths to stall wind power installations. Heat stress caused income loss equivalent to 4% of Africa’s GDP , when 2022 losses in Europe and North America were just 0.1% World's largest insect farm set to squirm with 100,000tons/yr of mealworms in France. Walewashing.

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