ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 11, 2024
The world’s renewable energy grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years in 2023, the International Energy Agency reported Thursday in its first assessment since nations agreed in December on ambitious new targets to slow dangerous climate change. The report forecasts that solar power and onshore wind energy deployment through 2028 is expected to more than double in the United States, the European Union, India and Brazil, compared with the last five years. China, already the global leader in renewable energy, will likely account for 60% of the new clean energy capacity that will become operational by 2028.