IEA: Surge in clean energy capacity to drive five per cent drop in power sector emissions in 2020

Cecilia Keating
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International Energy Agency's latest electricity markets update confrms major drop in emissions in 2020, but warns that coal and gas-fired generation will bounce back next year

Global renewable energy generation is expected to grow by seven per cent in 2020, further bolstering record shares of the power mix for clean power sources after plummeting electricity demand during the...

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