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Solar power grew faster than any other source of fuel for the first time in 2016, the International Energy Agency said in a report suggesting the technology will dominate renewables in the years ahead.
The institution established after the first major oil crisis in 1973 said 165 gigawatts of renewables were completed last year, which was two-thirds of the net expansion in electricity supply. Solar powered by photovoltaics, or PVs, grew by 50 percent, with almost half of new plants built in China.
"What we are witnessing is the birth of a new era in solar PV," Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, said in a statement accompanying the report published on Wednesday in Paris. "We expect that solar PV capacity growth will be higher than any other renewable technology through 2022."
Solar Grew Faster Than All Other Forms of Power for the First Time
International Energy Agency
Solar power will only work until the sun burns out, but dinosaurs are forever.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 05 2017, @12:52PM (1 child)
> Ummmm... let's run a comparison, shall we?
> Average salary Australia - $81,000 p.a. [livingin-australia.com]
It would be helpful if you used the same currency for comparisons...or did you think that the Aussies used US Dollars??
Just now Google tells me that 81947 Australian Dollar equals 64035.02 US Dollar.
(Score: 4, Informative) by deimtee on Thursday October 05 2017, @01:21PM
Since he's comparing labour costs to install costs, it doesn't matter. If you convert to US $ then the average salary goes to $64,000 as you said, but the install cost goes to 94 cents. The ratio is still the same.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.