Solar power was a niche technology of a few fanatics as recently as ten years ago. Our figures show that in 2007 we had around 10GW — the equivalent of ten large coal power plants — of solar installed in the world. At the end of 2016, there were over 300GW of solar installed globally; no other technology has seen such a rapid rate of deployment in such a few years.
Solar broke records in 2016 and global growth looks unstoppable
OPINION | Solar has gone from a niche to a world-beater in ten years but there's more to be done, writes James Watson
14 June 2017 12:22 GMT
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14 June 2017 12:22 GMT
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