“Far from being a one-off, this has continued to become the norm over summer.”

The news follows on from the declaration that Sweden wants to become the first fossil-fuel free country in the world, Scotland is undergoing somewhat of an energy revolution and the UK Government announced plans that would see Britain’s first coal-fired power stations likely to close by 2025.

Last year saw green energy account for more than half of all electricity capacity for the first time, leading the International Energy Agency to call it a “turning point” for the planet.

The announcement is welcome news particularly in light of Donald Trump’s victory across the pond, which will see America become the only country in the world to have a leader who has actively denied climate change.

Trump has spoken out about abandoning the Paris Agreement, scrapping the EPA and effectively cancelling a lot of the crucial good work done to get the ball rolling towards a cleaner planet by President Obama.

The hope is that rather than following through on Trump’s previous statements, the President-Elect will at least make compromises when in office and the efforts of China or India won’t diminish as a consequence; something that would be a catastrophe for the state of the planet.

As more countries continue to push on with low-emissions energy alternatives though, the technology will only garner more attention and as it continues to gather momentum, one would hope it will progress to the stage where it cannot be ignored.