The content originally appeared on: News Americas Now The content originally appeared on: Al Jazeera – Latin America News The demand for energy is growing fast. The world’s annual energy consumption nearly tripled from 62,949 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 1969 to 173,340TWh in 2019. As of 2020, nearly 80 percent of the world’s energy was made by burning fossil fuels – oil, coal and gas. Renewable energy, including hydropower, solar, wind and biofuels, accounted for just over 10 percent, with nuclear […]