IRENA director general: 'We are living in a fascinating time for renewables'

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Adnan Z. Amin sits down to discuss peak oil demand, energy storage, floating wind farms, e-mobility, and the geopolitical disruption sparked by the clean power revolution

After yet another year of unprecedented success for renewable energy across the globe, you would fully expect to find the man at the helm of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - now widely...

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