Time to shine: Solar power is fastest-growing source of new energy

Renewables accounted for two-thirds of new power added to world's grids last year, says International Energy Agency

Solar power was the fastest-growing source of new energy worldwide last year, outstripping the growth in all other forms of power generation for the first time and leading experts to hail a "new era".

Renewable energy accounted for two-thirds of new power added to the world's grids in 2016, the International Energy Agency said, but the group found solar was the technology that shone brightest.