Solar energy set to eclipse fossil fuels as world passes ‘tipping point’, study reveals

Solar energy has reached an “irreversible tipping point” that will see it become the world’s main source of energy by 2050.

Solar energy has reached an “irreversible tipping point” that will see it become the world’s main source of energy by 2050, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of Exeter and University College London analysed recent technological and economic advances to determine that the transition to clean energy is not just reachable, but inevitable.

“The recent progress of renewables means that fossil fuel-dominated projections are no longer realistic,” said Femke Nijsse from the University of Exeter.

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