Renewable sourcesThe three important renewable sources of wind turbines, biomass and waste-to-energy plants, and solar power has surpassed the entire global installed nuclear capacity.

According to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-2011, published by the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute:

“The combined global installed capacity of wind turbines at 193 gigawatts (or 193,000 MW), biomass and waste-to-energy plants at 65 GW, and solar power at 43 GW reached 381 GW. This, in effect, has surpassed the entire global installed nuclear capacity of 375 GW (prior to the Fukushima disaster).”

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Wind power has increased from a paltry 6.1 GW (in 1996) to 193 GW (in 2010) in this period (more than thirty times).

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