Photovoltaics (PV) generated about 1 percent of the total
electricity produced globally in 2015 but also represented about 20 percent of new installation.
Not exact matches
For example, the iron
produced globally in one year would be enough to build all the low - carbon
electricity capacity needed by 2050.
«We want to apply the same creativity and innovation to the challenge of generating renewable
electricity at
globally significant scale, and
produce it cheaper than from coal.»
In the recent past, coal generation has played an important, albeit supporting, role to gas —
producing a third of
electricity generation in 2013, compared to 41 %
globally.
Not all solutions, though — Portfolio 21 nor Green Century also screen out companies that
produce nuclear power, which provides more low - carbon
electricity,
globally and in the US, than solar and wind combined.
A new analyst note
produced by investment bank Morgan Stanley suggests that the world's most used cryptocurrencies will consume significantly more energy
globally than the entire amount of
electricity produced in the Netherlands this year.