The good and the bad news Two weeks ago, IRENA organization ( International Renewable ENergy Agency ) published it's 2020 report . Several positive highlights can be found : The world has today a total renewable energy electricity production of 2.500 Giga Watts (GW) - installed capacity-. This is a + 7,4 % increase over the last year, and a fantastic +100 % increase over the last decade! Interesting to note that about 50% of this increase is located in Asia, and close to 75% consist of solar and wind sources. More interesting to note is the following: the new electricity production plants are more and more fueled by renewable energies rather than fossil sources (almost 3/4 in 2019): (sources : IRENA press release ) This is consistent years after years. The recent COVID-19 crisis will probably accelerate this as, due to current low oil prices, new investments in fossil fuel installations are slowed down drastically. Is it good news? YES sure. Is it enough to...
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