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Rise of renewables starts climate-change fightback

Green energy is growing faster than any other power source, and is poised to overtake gas within three years. Will it be enough to counter global warming?

By Michael Marshall and Peter Aldhous

3 July 2013

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Editorial: “No more excuses over switch to clean energy“

THE age of renewable energy is upon us. Within three years, the amount of electricity generated worldwide from wind, solar and hydro energy will exceed what is made using natural gas, according to the Agency.

“Within three years the electricity generated from wind, solar and hydro will exceed that from gas”

The IEA also predicts that green power will provide double the electricity of nuclear plants – and outstrip every other electricity source except coal – by 2016. If…

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