ING tips wind and solar investment to reach $13tr through to 2050

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Banking giant predicts wind and solar could meet two thirds of global power demand, even as electricity use more than doubles

Soaring investment in wind and solar power is set to become one of the defining economic stories of the next three decades, according to a new analysis from Dutch banking giant ING. The bank's economics...

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