IEA declares 'new normal' as renewables installations soar during pandemic year

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Influential agency ratchets up renewables forecasts once more, raising them by 25 per cent compared to projections set just last November

Renewable electricity expanded at its fastest pace in two decades last year with demand for clean energy skyrocketing, as coal plants shuttered and companies and governments embraced tougher climate goals....

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