IRENA: Renewables provided 80 per cent of new global power capacity in 2021

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A wind and solar plant in Japan | Credit: iStock
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A wind and solar plant in Japan | Credit: iStock

Clean energy now comprises 38 per cent of global power capacity after another record year of additions driven largely by wind and solar, latest figures reveal

Solar and wind power continued their rapid expansion around the globe in 2021, pushing global renewable energy capacity to record levels, according to fresh figures from the International Renewable Energy...

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