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sation , and digitisation ”. De-carbonisation reflects the global movement away from fossil fuels in favour of renewables like wind , solar and geothermal energy . In addition to the moral imperative , CBRE uses the rapid advance of green technologies like battery storage and photovoltaics to “ make sure people will do something because it makes financial sense as well .’’ In January , Business Green reported : “ As early as 2020 , renewables are on course to overtake fossil fuels for the first time as the UK ’ s primary electricity source .” Over the summer of 2018 , renewable energy already exceeded other sources during periods of intense sunshine , and in 2018 UK energy production from coal fell by 25 %. “ That ’ s a consequence of that agenda being driven and price points beginning to compete with and become better than traditional methods ,” says Gomez .

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