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Fast-Growing Solar and Wind Are Still Concentrated in a Handful of Countries

Most of the solar and wind capacity added since 2012 has been located in the top 10 markets. But that’s changing, especially for solar. 

Contractors work on a solar farm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

Contractors work on a solar farm in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg

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There is a succinct way to describe the development of the global power sector over the past decade: more of almost everything. More plants under construction; more generation from those plants; more renewables everywhere — but also more coal and gas.