Shell boss: Solar will be 'backbone' of global energy system
Ben van Beurden predicts bright future for solar industry, even as new figures highlight slowdown in growth of panel manufacturing capacity
Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has provided a ringing endorsement of the global solar industry, predicting that it will prove the "dominant backbone" of the energy system in the coming years...
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