'Lacking ambition': Why the wind energy boom is falling short of global renewables targets

James Murray
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'Lacking ambition': Why the wind energy boom is falling short of global renewables targets

'National targets are not ambitious enough for a global tripling, and most countries are still not on track to deliver even these,' new Ember report warns

The global wind energy industry is booming. Since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 global wind power capacity has basically doubled to just shy of 1,000GW, driven by falling costs and supportive...

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