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IEA – International Energy Agency: Wind energy seen generating up to 18% of global power by 2050

New IEA publication details the advances in technology that make increasingly possible a surge from the current 2.6%. Wind power could generate up to 18% of world's electricity by 2050, compared with 2.6% today, the new report IEA Technology Roadmap: Wind energy – 2013 Edition finds. The nearly 300 gigawatts of current wind power worldwide … Continue reading IEA – International Energy Agency: Wind energy seen generating up to 18% of global power by 2050

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Wind energy and other renewables to power 25% of world within 5 years

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), stating that global power generation from hydro, wind, solar and other renewable sources will exceed that of gas and be twice that of nuclear by 2016, is receiving widespread news coverage. Renewable power is expected to increase by 40% in the next five years, according to … Continue reading Wind energy and other renewables to power 25% of world within 5 years

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A shifting global energy balance will include wind energy

Wind power and other renewables will become the become the world’s second-largest source of power generation by 2015 and close in on coal as the primary source by 2035, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). “A steady increase in hydropower and the rapid expansion of wind and solar power has cemented the position of … Continue reading A shifting global energy balance will include wind energy

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