IEA: Renewables will surpass natural gas for power generation by 2016

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Posted on June 26, 2013 at 9:22 am by Jeannie Kever in Beaumont, Electricity, featured, Midland, Solar

One day after President Barack Obama called for expanding renewable energy projects on public lands in the United States during a landmark speech on combating climate change, the International Energy Agency reported Wednesday that global power generation from renewable energy will exceed that from natural gas by 2016.

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