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"The UK envisages multiple low-carbon technologies: renewables, nuclear and carbon capture and storage, all competing freely against each other in the years to come … For this reason, we cannot support a 2030 renewables target," it reads.

The 2020 Factbook showcases the impact of sustainable energy over the last decade and highlights findings for 2019 that follow the macro trends of the 2010s: • Renewable energy became the cheapest new generation source in many U.S. power markets. The U.S. has over 2 times more renewable power generating capacity today than a decade ago. Solar capacity in 2019 was 80 times greater than what it was at the end of 2009. • Energy efficiency choices have proliferated, with federal programs helping high-efficiency appliances reach mass markets and state codes bolstering building efficiency. The economy grew every year in the past decade and energy use fell in five of the ten years. U.S. energy productivity (GDP/energy consumption) improved 18% between 2010 and 2019, benefiting businesses and households. • Natural gas became the primary source of U.S. power generation and shifted the scales in the global market. Between 2010 and 2019 domestic natural gas production jumped 50%, and natural gas went from providing 24% of the nation's electricity to 38%. The U.S. increased its export capacity to exceed its import capacity, building stronger trade relationships around the world. In 2019, the U.S. exported more gas than it imported.

Solar installers and manufacturers certainly saw good news on that front last year. Forbes reports that an analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance found a record level of investment in clean energy in 2011. The renewable energy sector saw around $260 billion invested worldwide last year, a 5 percent increase.

SSE Renewables has received consent from North Ayrshire Council to construct an offshore wind turbine test facility in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The facility will be Scotland's first offshore wind turbine test site and will be an extension of SSE's Glasgow-based Center of Engineering Excellence for Renewable Energy.

The report, prepared by a task force comprising Marine Scotland, environmental regulators, renewable developers and The Crown Estate, was welcomed by Alex Salmond as he co-chaired the first 2012 meeting of the Scottish Energy Advisory Board (SEAB).

However Scottish Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson has said the blueprint is yet more bad news for Scotland’s coastal communities and businesses.

The energy market in Germany will see dramatic changes during the next few years. With the nuclear energy capacity halved, the landscape to 2020 will look very different with renewable energy to account for 36 percent of electricity generated.

The government's climate watchdog today urged the coalition to focus on hitting the UK's renewable energy targets rather than raising them higher.