Investments in renewable energy drive down the cost of their production, expanding the market for their adoption and making further investment more attractive. From 2009 to 2014, these mechanisms drove down the cost of solar photovoltaic energy by 80% and reduced the cost of land-based wind power by 60%, according to Lazard’s Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group.
Dopad rychlého rozšíření obnovitelné energie by mohl mít stejně hluboké následky jako ty, které rozpoutaly průmyslovou revoluci.