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ENERGY
Record year for renewables
By Jordi Bou
June 1, 2016 - Developing countries spent more on renewable power than rich nations for the first time in 2015, driving the fastest ever increase in green energy.
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An estimated 147.2 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable power generation was added globally in 2015, increasing capacity to 1,848.5GW, Paris-based REN21's annual renewables global status report showed.
Renewables were Europe's largest source of electricity, with green power making up 44% of total capacity by 2015, although clean energy markets are slowing across the bloc.