Sun and wind will grow 4-5 times faster than other energy sources, according to the report by the McKinsey

Solar energy has a bright future ahead, not least in China, according to McKinsey. The text below is an extract from their latest report. Read the full report through the link below.

Demand for electricity will grow twice as fast as that for transport.China and India will account for 71 percent of new capacity. By 2050, electricity will account for a quarter of all energy demand, compared with 18 percent now. How will that additional power be generated? More than three-quarters of new capacity (77 percent), according to the McKinsey research, will come from wind and solar, 13 percent from natural gas, and the rest from everything else. The share of nuclear and hydro is also expected to grow, albeit modestly.

What that means is that by 2050, nonhydro renewables will account for more than a third of global power generation—a huge increase from the 2014 level of 6 percent. To put it another way, between now and 2050, wind and solar are expected to grow four to five times faster than every other source of power.

Read the full report here:

http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/oil-and-gas/our-insights/energy-2050-insights-from-the-ground-up?cid=sustainability-eml-alt-mip-mck-oth-1611