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Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Solar pv and wind are on track to replace all coal oil and gas within two decades | History Defined

Solar photovoltaics are now the world's leading source of new electricity generation. US Air Force

Solar photovoltaic and wind power are rapidly getting cheaper and more abundant – so much so that they are on track to entirely supplant fossil fuels worldwide within two decades, with the time frame depending mostly on politics. The protestation from some politicians that we need to build new coal stations sounds rather quaint.

The reality is that the rising tide of solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy offers our only realistic chance of avoiding dangerous climate change.

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