* (H / T James Wimberley)
Renewable electricity investment in 2015 was «more than sufficient» to cover the growth in global demand, according a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Commentary: Changing utility business models and
electricity investment in Europe Technology, market and policy changes are transforming European utilities and new creating strategic opportunities 15 December 2017
Refinancing the GA would provide significant and immediate rate relief by spreading the cost
of electricity investments over the expected lifecycle of the infrastructure that has been built.»
A study produced for the United Nations Environment Programme credits the country with a 17 % increase in renewable
electricity investment last year, most of it going to wind and solar.
And a recent Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory study of the impacts of the economic stimulus package incentives for renewable
electricity investments estimated that about 40 percent of the (gross) jobs created by new wind - energy investments were outside the United States, where many wind turbines are manufactured.