An Energy [R]evolution is not just possible, it's already happening. Here's a few amazing facts about renewable energy that the world ought to know.
Solar photovoltaic could account for 5% of global power demand by 2020, and up to 9% by 2030 | |
Google is planning to build an offshore wind superhighway that will supply 1.9 million households.. | |
West Virgina could replace all its electrical capacity with just 2% of its geothermal power potential.. | |
The world's largest offshore windfarm is made of 100 turbines & supplies enough power for 200,000 homes. | |
Subsidies to fossil fuels worldwide outweigh renewable energy support by a ratio of 12:1. | |
Wind could meet 12% of global power demand by 2020, and up to 22% by 2030.. | |
On November 9th, 2009, Spain generated more than half its electricity demand with wind power. | |
A project is underway 2 deliver one sixth of Europe's electricity fm solar plants in the Sahara by 2050. | |
Price Waterhouse Cooper says Europe and North Africa could run on 100% renewable energy by 2050. | |
China built (roughly) one windmill an hour in 2009. | |
Wind overtook coal as the third-largest producer of power in Spain in 2009. | |
The annual market for renewable technology will rise fm appx US$100 billion today, to $600 bn+ by 2030. | |
Europe DECOMMISSIONED more coal, fuel oil and nuclear capacity than it installed in 2009. | |
Solar energy is now working at night on a commercial scale. A plant in Spain has seven hours of heat storage. | |
The global financial crisis didn't stifle the US wind power market: it grew by 39% in 2009. | |
China become the largest investor in clean energy in 2009, investing $16 billion more than the US. | |
Concentrated Solar Power plants focus the suns rays with mirrors at temperatures which melt steel. | |
The world's largest wind farm is in Texas. | |
Geothermal power provides 10% of New Zealand's electricity needs. | |
Iceland's power supply went from 75% imported coal to more than 80% local geothermal and hydro in 30 years. | |
In the space of just 5 years, Portugal's electric grid leapt from 15% to 45% renewables. | |
Concentrated Solar Power could employ 200,000 people by 2020, 2.1 million by 2050. |
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