IEA: Solar power to generate quarter of global electricity by 2050

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Reports predict solar photovoltaics and concentrated solar power could compete with power from the grid by the 2020s

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has given one of the clearest signals to date that it expects renewable to dominate the global energy complex over the coming decades, with the release of new figures...

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