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Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University

Despairing about climate change? These 4 charts on the unstoppable growth of solar may change your mind

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Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power source combined.

Solar is now growing much faster than any other energy technology in history. How fast? Fast enough to completely displace fossil fuels from the entire global economy before 2050.

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