'Deeply worrying': New global renewables capacity stalls in 2018

Michael Holder
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International Energy Agency data prompts fresh concerns about world's ability to meet long-term climate change goals

The amount of new renewable power capacity added around the world stalled in 2018, according to new figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which today described the latest data as a "deeply...

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