The world now has more than one terawatt of wind and solar

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Wind and solar capacity passes landmark 1,000GW mark - and it will only take five years for capacity to double again, according to analysts

The world now has more than one terawatt (TW) of wind and solar power capacity, according to new statistics released late last week by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) that underscore the rapid shift...

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