{"id":7285,"date":"2016-10-28T15:31:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2016-10-28T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:31:34","slug":"one-thing-learnt-week-renewables-capacity-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7285","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week &#8211; renewables capacity soars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1669\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A whole heap of reports have come out over the last week suggesting renewables capacity is soaring.\u00a0 The International Energy Agency have said that renewables made over half of all capacity added in 2015 &#8211; a first.\u00a0 China and the US are leading the charge.\u00a0 Another report says that in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/oct\/21\/us-energy-shakeup-continues-as-solar-capacity-set-to-triple\" target=\"_blank\">USA solar capacity<\/a> is set to triple by 2017 with it growing by almost 40% a year.\u00a0 Renewables capacity still provides only a small proportion of US electricity but its growing fast as coal power declines.\u00a0 In Europe renewable energy investment is soaring.\u00a0 The latest Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index from the consultancy EY\u00a0 has many EU countries leaping up it.\u00a0 Of particular mention is France which is starting a project to line a 1000km of roads with solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>There is one country where investment has stalled- that is the UK which has moved to its lowest ever ranking since the wind and solar cuts.\u00a0 I heard a programme on the radio looking at this issue.\u00a0 Despite Brexit the government says that it wants to still meet the mandatory EU 2020 target.\u00a0 It was on course to meet this with 15% of all energy coming from renewables.\u00a0 Now since the cuts it won&#8217;t meet the target and is scrabbling around for ways to meet it.<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whole heap of reports have come out over the last week suggesting renewables capacity is soaring.\u00a0 The International Energy Agency have said that renewables made over half of all capacity added in 2015 &#8211; 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