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2015 Was Record-Breaking Year for Worldwide Investment in Renewable Energy
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35485-2015-was-record-breaking-year-for-worldwide-investment-in-renewable-energyThe top-five destinations for clean energy investment dollars were China ($110.5bn), the U.S. ($56bn), Japan ($46bn), the UK ($23.4bn) and India ($10.9bn).
Renewables investment was up 24 percent from 2014 in the UK and 23 percent in India, although it fell by an embarrassing 46 percent in Canada. Which somehow didn’t affect Canada’s global ranking—it’s still number eight.
And 2015 was the first time that more money was invested in clean energy in developing countries ($167bn) than developed countries ($162bn).
The report calls 2015 a “breakout year” for the Middle East—especially for solar—and names Africa as another region to watch in the next few years.
These pretty impressive numbers (Canada aside) probably have something to do with the plummeting costs associated with renewable energy. The report finds that the unsubsidised cost of wind energy is down 61 percent since 2009 and utility-scale solar PV is down 82 percent.
