據World Energy News網4月7日報道，國際可再生能源機構（IRENA）7日公布的統計數據顯示，去年全球可再生能源發電能力同比增長了8.3%，這是有史以來的最快年增長率。

導致去年全球可再生能源發電能力強勁增長的主要原因是技術成本的持續下降。總體而言，在新安裝風能和太陽能設施的支持下，全球可再生能源發電能力在過去5年里增長了大約三分之一。

根據IRENA的2016年可再生能源產能統計報告，由于陸上風力渦輪機成本下降，去年全球風能發電能力同比增長了17%或63GW。由于光伏模塊價格下降，去年全球太陽能發電能力同比增長了37%或47GW。

IRENA總經理說，即使在低油氣價格時代，可再生能源開發在全球市場上將繼續增加。

從地區上來說，可再生能源發電能力增長最快的是發展中國家、中美洲和加勒比地區，去年增長了14.5%，而亞洲去年增長了12.45%。

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原文如下：

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.