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The expansion of renewable power generation picked up sharply in 2022 and within three years it could pass coal as the top source of electricity, the International Energy Agency said in a new report published Tuesday.
The Paris-based agency said the global energy crisis stoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered an unprecedented surge in renewables as countries look to wind and solar power to bolster their energy security.
More than 90% of global electricity expansion will be from renewable sources in the coming five years, the IEA said, revising its forecast for 2027 upward by 30%.
“Renewables were already expanding quickly, but the global energy crisis has kicked them into an extraordinary new phase of even faster growth as countries seek to capitalize on their energy security benefits,” IEA’s executive director, Fatih Birol, said. “The world is set to add as much renewable power in the next five years as it did in the previous 20 years.”
“This is a clear example of how the current energy crisis can be a historic turning point toward a cleaner and more secure energy system,” Birol added.
Replacing fossil fuels with renewables will help keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the agency’s report. That is the more ambitious limit countries agreed to in the 2015 Paris climate accord.
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The IBJ is so much better than the Indy Star.
The Star just ran an article that utility bills were going up
because of fossil fuels. LMAO!!!
I mean, fundamentally you’re right. A C-minus is a better grade than a D. And the Wall Street Journal is so much better than the New York Times.
Gannett newspapers like Indy Star are basically just clowncars. How much longer will the Indy Star need its luxurious space on one floor of the old Nordstrom? Isn’t it about time it operates out of a recently vacated Jiffy Lube?
But the IBJ is far more compromised than it was even three years ago. And its continued choice to use WaPo and Associated Press as its syndicates should arouse suspicion. I mean, in the interest of balance, why not use their counterparts as well–Breitbart and the Daily Caller?
Cue the inevitable “You mean to put the Washington Post on the same level as Breitbart?!” Well, yes. Both are hyperpartisan ragebait. D-grade journalism. But in a field rife with Fs and basically no As or Bs (at least among the mainstream), D-grade becomes the new median. And explains the polarized state of the world far better than a sage like Doctuh Anthony Fauci or Eland Musk ever could.
Lauren, you should seriously consider starting a right-wing talk show. Do you happen to be one of the former hosts of the “Chicks on the Right” show WIBC used to air? All of your talking points match what they used to say. I will give you credit though. You’re very articulate for a MAGA person.
Agreed completely Lauren.
The WSJ still has informative content and has maintained
journalistic standards.