
    Som Patidar - All Headline News Staff Writer
        
      Oslo, Norway (AHN) - A report by the European Photovoltaic Industry 
      Association and Greenpeace revealed that solar energy could generate 
      2.5 percent of the world's electricity by 2025.
            
      Solar power could fulfill the annual output from 150 coal-fired power 
      plants by 2025, the report predicted. Sven Teske of Greenpeace's Climate 
      and Energy told Reuters, "We are in a crucial phase in the solar 
      industry. It's now on a transition from a niche market to the mainstream." 
            
      The report further revealed photovoltaic systems, which converts solar 
      light energy into power, now generates 0.05 percent of world electricity 
      and could rise to 2.5 percent in 2025 and 16 percent in 2040.
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