去年全球可再生能源发电能力增长8.3%

据World Energy News网4月7日报道，国际可再生能源机构（IRENA）7日公布的统计数据显示，去年全球可再生能源发电能力同比增长了8.3%，这是有史以来的最快年增长率。

导致去年全球可再生能源发电能力强劲增长的主要原因是技术成本的持续下降。总体而言，在新安装风能和太阳能设施的支持下，全球可再生能源发电能力在过去5年里增长了大约三分之一。

根据IRENA的2016年可再生能源产能统计报告，由于陆上风力涡轮机成本下降，去年全球风能发电能力同比增长了17%或63GW。由于光伏模块价格下降，去年全球太阳能发电能力同比增长了37%或47GW。

IRENA总经理说，即使在低油气价格时代，可再生能源开发在全球市场上将继续增加。

从地区上来说，可再生能源发电能力增长最快的是发展中国家、中美洲和加勒比地区，去年增长了14.5%，而亚洲去年增长了12.45%。

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Global Renewables Grew at Fastest Rate on Record in 2015

World Energy News

April 7, 2016

Renewable energy generation capacity expanded by 8.3 percent last year to 1,985 gigawatts globally, the fastest annual rate on record, data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed on Thursday.

The strong growth was mainly due to a continued decline in technology costs. Overall, capacity has increased by roughly a third over the last five years, mostly fuelled by new installations of wind and solar energy.

Wind power capacity rose by 17 percent, or 63 gigawatts (GW), from the previous year as the cost of onshore wind turbines fell. Solar power capacity increased by 37 percent, or 47 GW, due to declines in the price of photovoltaic modules, according to IRENAs Renewables Capacity Statistics 2016.

Renewable energy deployment continues to surge in markets around the globe, even in an era of low oil and gas prices, IRENAs director general Adnan Z. Amin said in a statement.

Regionally, the fastest growth in renewable generation capacity was in developing countries. In Central America and the Caribbean it increased at a rate of 14.5 percent last year while capacity in Asia rose by 12.4 percent.