2016 Global renewables surge: At a glance

Michael Holder
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New UN-backed report details how renewables deployment hit record levels last year, even as investment fell by almost a quarter

Unlike efforts to revive the ailing coal industry, the business case in favour of renewables is looking increasingly unstoppable. Adding to the mounting evidence that the plummeting cost of renewables...

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