Green electricity reaches ‘tipping point’
This entry was posted on Thursday, July 15th, 2010 and is filed under Green Energy, Industry News.
More fresh electricity capacity was added to the electricity grids of both the United States and Europe last year from wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable sources than from conventional power plants run on fossil fuels and nuclear energy.
It was the second year in a row that renewable energy beat its conventional competitors.
The findings are being released Thursday in reports jointly issued by the United Nations Environment Program and Paris-based Renewable Energy Policy Network, which said green energy has “reached a clear tipping point” in becoming the dominant type of new electricity supply.
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