More than half new power in EU and US is green
15-07-10 More than half of all new electricity capacity added in the United
States and Europe last year was from renewable power such as wind and
solar, a body backed by the International Energy Agency and the UN
reported. "In 2009, China produced 40 % of the world's solar PV supply, 30 % of
the world's wind turbines, up from 10 % in 2007," REN21, or the
Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, said in a report.
Of an extra 80 GW of new renewable power capacity added worldwide,
China added 37 GW, more than any other country, said the study, titled "Renewables
2010, Global Status Report". Grid-connected solar PV power had grown by an average of 60 %every
year for the past decade, increasing 100-fold since 2000. That boom has
been largely on the back of support in European countries, where a
recent pullback following recession has raised investor jitters. But the
wind and solar sectors were still poised for a record year in 2010,
operators and investors say.
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