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Wind and solar could replace fossil fuels 100 times over, says new report – RenewEconomy
A new report shows the stunning potential of wind and solar to fully displace fossil fuels from the world.
A new report released by climate and energy think tanks Carbon Tracker and Ember Climate shows that the technical potential of wind and solar to power the world is around 100 times greater than total electricity demand, with rapidly increasing economic and physical capacity to take advantage of sun and wind to fully remove fossil fuels from human society.
The report also finds that the land constraints on renewable energy growth are far less than commonly stated. Harry Benham, report co-author and…
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