Climate advocates welcomed an IEA forecast that renewables will be the world's top source of electricity by 2025—although mzjacobson stressed that the world doesn't need 'miracle technologies' or new nuclear power to meet its electricity needs.
Climate advocates welcomed the forecast—although one expert stressed that the world doesn't need"miracle technologies" or new nuclear power to meet its electricity needs.Renewable energy will become the world's number one electricity source by 2025 thanks largely to a surge in wind and solar, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, a development welcomed by climate advocates.
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"The world's growing demand for electricity is set to accelerate, adding more than double Japan's current electricity consumption over the next three years," IEA executive director Fatih Birol said in a."The good news is that renewables and nuclear power are growing quickly enough to meet almost all this additional appetite, suggesting we are close to a tipping point for power sector emissions.
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