Wind energy just 15 years from grid cost parity

James S Murray
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Study finds renewables could provide 40 per cent of global electricity by 2050

Renewable energy technologies could meet 40 per cent of global electricity demand by 2050 as long as governments show the sector the same degree of support they provide the nuclear and traditional fossil...

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