I think most people would be very surprised by this fact.

"Second, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report forecasting that renewable energy—wind, solar, biofuels and the like—will eclipse natural gas and nuclear as a source of electricity by 2016."

(Read more: Clean Energy to Run Past Nuclear, Gas by 2016: IEA)

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100849559