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Renewable energy has overtaken coal as
the world's leading source of
electricity for the first time. Figures
from the global energy think tank Ember
show the growth in solar and wind was so
strong it helped drive a slight overall
decline in coal and gas use. Ember says
developing countries, especially China,
led the clean energy charge, but richer
nations, including the US and the EU,
relied more than before on planet
warming fossil fuels for electricity
generation.
While renewable energy, including
nuclear power, has overtaken coal, as we
just said, as the world's biggest source
of electricity for the first time.
Here's our climate editor, Justin Rolat.
The world's renewable revolution has
passed a crucial turning point,
according to the global energy think
tank, Ember. China is leading the
charge. It added more solar and wind
capacity than the rest of the world
combined, reducing the amount of
electricity it generated from fossil
fuels by 2%.
India also saw renewables outpace
electricity demand.
So we seen for the first time that
renewables overtook coal and if solar
keeps growing as it is growing and we
have steady grow with wind, there is no
going back. But the Ember data shows the
world is moving at different speeds. In
some developed countries, notably the US
and EU, electricity demand grew faster
than clean energy output, leading to a
rise in coal and gas generation. One
problem is wind power is much more
expensive than solar power. Our
calculations suggest that the cost of
roundthe-clock electricity, electricity
whenever the consumer wants it will be,
you know, twice as high or more in the
northern wind belt than it will be in
the sunb belt of the the world. Solar is
now the cheapest form of energy
available in many developing countries,
which explains why it has been the
largest source of new electricity
globally for the last three years in a
row. Justin Rolat, BBC News.
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