IEA: Fossil fuels losing price advantage to renewables

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Clean power is becoming cheaper than fossil fuels in growing number of circumstances, according to new report from IEA

Renewable energy sources can now produce electricity at a price very close to the cost of electricity generated by fossil fuels, according to a new report released yesterday by the International Energy...

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