Is a 100 per cent renewables-powered world really possible?

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Could Greenpeace's latest report once again provide more accurate predictions than those from some mainstream analysts

What was once seen as "fanciful or unrealistic" is now very much in vogue. The vision for a fully decarbonised, and perhaps even 100 per cent renewable powered global economy, has in the past year moved...

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