Solar power is fastest-growing source of new energy

Solar power was the fastest-growing source of new energy worldwide last year, outstripping the growth in all other forms of power generation for the first time and leading experts to hail a “new era”, reports the Guardian.

Renewable energy accounted for two-thirds of new power added to the world’s grids in 2016, the International Energy Agency says in a new report, but the group found solar was the technology that shone brightest.

The Guardian adds that the IEA predicts that solar will dominate future growth, with global capacity in five years’ time expected to be greater than the current combined total power capacity of India and Japan.

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