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significant threshold has been crossed by
renewable energy as analysts report that the sectorʼs size last
year reached double the level it was at just 10 years earlier.
Removing fossil fuel and hidden nuclear subsidies globally
would make it evident that renewables are the cheapest energy option.
This expansion happened in a year when the global economy
and energy use both grew, but without a matching rise in emissions of carbon
dioxide—the main greenhouse gas targeted in efforts to restrain global warming.
The report by REN21, a global renewable energy policy
network, says the result is an example of sustainable development. Despite the
worldʼs annual 1.5
percent increase in energy consumption in recent years and 3 percent GDP growth
last year, 2014ʼs
CO2 emissions were unchanged from 2013ʼs
total of 32.3 billion tonnes.
Read the EcoWatch
story - “‘Renewables Are Cheapest Energy Option’ When Fossil Fuel Subsidies AreRemoved, Says REN21”.
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