global capacity
Global renewable capacity grew by record levels in 2016, at a 23% lower cost than the previous year. That’s according to new research published by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The report shows 138.5GW of new wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, small hydro and marine power was installed, an 8% increase from the 127.5GW of new capacity […]
China is set to lead the global wind power capacity market, which is expected to more than double by the end of the decade, a new report claims. Wind power capacity will rise from 319.6GW at the end of last year to 678.5GW by 2020, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. Its report claims […]