The Optimist Daily has reported several times on the renewable energy records set in 2015. It was the first year that more renewable power capacity was added than other sources. It was also the first year that renewable energy investment was mostly in developing countries. Here are seven charts summarizing the promising developments.
The renewable energy records of 2015 in 7 charts
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