Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:13:09 +0200
#^Is the IEA underestimating renewables? | DW | 26.03.2018
Hans-Josef Fell wrote:
Scenarios from the International Energy Agency (IEA) have failed to predict the growth of renewables and overestimated the role of nuclear. Critics say that's a political choice.
Last year, the world's photovoltaic power capacity overtook nuclear for the first time – reaching 402 gigawatts, compared to 353 (GW). Wind power outstripped nuclear back in 2014, and by the end of 2017 amounted to 539 GW.
Hans-Josef Fell wrote:
The main driving force behind the new nuclear reactors are nuclear weapons, and the desire for nuclear weapons
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