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

Business Green

The global renewable power sector added 176GW of new capacity in total last year - just fractionally down on the 179GW added in 2018 - as rapid growth in wind, solar, hydropower and other renewable power sources outpaced the fossil fuel sector by a factor of 2.6, according to IRENA.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. This is also largely true across North America, and beyond. interior across the West Coast to Asia, as one Getting To Zero story explored. If not sooner. The economics of carbon-free living have fallen into place.

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Bloomberg predicts wind and solar will power half the world and bag $9 trillion investment

Renewable Energy World

Wind or solar now represent the least expensive option for adding new power generation capacity in approximately two-thirds of the world.