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The balance for expansion

The annual UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate summits draw criticism for their overly lofty goals but the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) new “Renewables 2023” report states that the COP28 target for solar is well within reach, as lead author and IEA Senior Energy Analyst Heymi Bahar explains to Jonathan Gifford.

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Jonathan Gifford

08 Feb 2024

“There is an upside in supply chain diversification globally and economic benefits locally” – Heymi Bahar. | Photo: IEA

pv magazine: I think one of the headline figures from the “Renewables 2023” report is that we are on track for a 2.5-times expansion of renewables generation capacity by 2030, as forecast by the IEA. Why do you expect there to be so much demand for solar, in fact more than any other renewable energy …

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