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Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? And what can we do to use this global opportunity for green growth?

Our World in Data (2020)

Fossil fuels dominate the global power supply because until very recently electricity from fossil fuels was far cheaper than electricity from renewables. This has dramatically changed within the last decade. In most places in the world power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels.

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