The pandemic has not slowed the deployment of renewable energy. On the contrary, the installation of this type of structure worldwide increased twice as fast in 2020 as in 2019. In 2020, more than 260 additional gigawatts of renewable energy capacity was installed.
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) report, global renewable energy capacity in 2020 was 2 799 gigawatts, an increase of 260 gigawatts in one year. Eighty percent of all new electricity capacity installed is from renewable sources. While hydropower still dominates global capacity 1 211 gigawatts, wind and solar together account for 91% of the increase between 2019 and 2020.
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