Solar and wind power generation capacity additions last year jumped by as much as 45 percent from 2019 to close to 280 GW, the International Energy Agency said in a new report , noting that the record pace of new solar and wind capacity additions will become the new normal after the pandemic. This year and next, the IEA said, solar and wind additions will account for as much as 90 percent of new power generation capacity additions globally. “Wind and solar power are giving us more reasons to be optimistic about our climate goals as they break record after record,” said the head of IEA, Fatih Birol. “Last year, the increase in renewable capacity accounted for 90% of the entire global power sector’s expansion,” “Wind and solar power are giving us more reasons to be optimistic about our climate goals as they break record after record. Last year, […]