Bloomberg New Energy Finance's head of solar analysis has revealed that new solar installations in 2018 are likely to have hit as high as 109 gigawatts (GW) and that growth in 2019 could see annual capacity additions increase to as much as 141 GW. With the coming of a new year, solar analysts all over the world will be busy sorting through as much project data as they can so as to determine how much solar energy was brought online. [ 1,504 more word ]
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One of the ongoing arguments that the forces opposed to dealing with climate change make is that transitioning the grid to renewables will be economically devastating. A nuance that's emerging is that a mixed grid with lots of fossil fuels is economically superior. It isn't, and it's worth pulling together the set of arguments for why. We have to start by asking ourselves what we mean when we say 'economically superior'. [ 1,902 more word ]
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