article_snippet.sent: This shift will require substantial effort from China to retool China economy, increase investment in renewable energy and divest from coal.
article_snippet.sent: As the world's No. 1 investor in renewable energy, China has already taken important steps forward.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, India has set the audacious goal of installing 100 gigawatts of solar power capacity by 2022, a 30-fold increase from current levels and eight times more solar capacity than The United States has today.
article_snippet.sent: Leading companies, like Apple and Google, are making major bets on renewable energy.
article_snippet.sent: And another 25 businesses have signed onto the Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers' Principles—Leading companies, like Apple and Google represent energy demand equal to more than 1 million homes.
article_snippet.sent: For instance, renewable sources now provide one-fifth of the world's electricity, while solar manufacturing costs have dropped 80% in the last seven years.
article_snippet.sent: Wind turbines installed now are 100 times better at generating power than turbines were 30 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Clean technology investments surged to $310 billion last year.