The way we get electricity is about to change dramatically, as the era of ever-expanding demand for fossil fuels comes to an end—in less than a decade. That’s according to a new forecast by Bloomberg New Energy Finance that plots out global power markets for the next 25 years. Call it peak fossil fuels, a turnabout being driven by cheaper, less polluting alternatives. It’s coming sooner than we thought because electric cars and affordable battery storage for renewable power are arriving faster than expected, as are changes in China’s energy future. Here are eight massive shifts coming to power markets near you. 1. There Will Be No Golden Age of Gas Since 2008, the single most important force in U.S. power markets has been the abundance of cheap natural gas brought about by fracking. Cheap gas has ravaged the U.S. coal industry and inspired talk of a “bridge fuel” […]