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Increasing competitiveness of wind and solar energy will see renewables grow by over 400% by 2040 if current trends continue, according to new predictions by BP.

The oil and gas giant said that renewables would provide around 14% of primary energy by that time, and account for over half the global increase in power generation, which will rise by a third.

It expects China to be the largest source of renewable energy growth, addin

The UK’s onshore wind industry faces a steep decline in new investment without a change to government policy, despite enjoying a record year of additional capacity.

That is according to analysis by RenewableUK, which warns how the government could be costing customers up to £1.6bn by continuing to block onshore wind fro

Wind, solar and biomass overtook coal in supplying electricity across Europe for the first time last year, according to analysis by think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende.

This marks significant progress considering coal generation was more than twice that of wind, solar and biomass just five years ago, with these three energy sources providing 12% more electricity in 2017 than in 2016.

However, it was also found that growth in green energy ha

Provisional government statistics reveal that renewable energy accounted for a record-breaking 29.4% of electricity demand in the UK last year, up from 25% in 2016.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy data also shows that greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3% last year and have decreased by a whopping 43%