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"Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power
source combined.
Solar is now growing much faster than any other energy technology in history.
How fast? Fast enough to completely displace fossil fuels from the entire
global economy before 2050.
The rise and rise of cheap solar is our best hope for rapidly mitigating
climate change.
Total solar capacity tipped over 1 terawatt (1,000 gigawatts) for the first
time last year. The sector is growing at around 20% a year. If this continues,
we’ll hit 6 terawatts around 2031. In capacity terms, that would be larger than
the combined total of coal, gas, nuclear and hydro.
Fewer and fewer new fossil fuel power stations are now being built. As the rest
of the global fleet age, most will retire by mid-century."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
