Climate Changed
Solar Grew Faster Than All Other Forms of Power for the First Time
- Renewables enjoyed record installations in 2016, IEA says
- Forecaster sees solar dominating the renewables industry
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Solar power grew faster than any other source of fuel for the first time in 2016, the International Energy Agency said in a report suggesting the technology will dominate renewables in the years ahead.
The institution established after the first major oil crisis in 1973 said 165 gigawatts of renewables were completed last year, which was two-thirds of the net expansion in electricity supply. Solar powered by photovoltaics, or PVs, grew by 50 percent, with almost half of new plants built in China.