Renewable

ISSUES

Renewable energy

According to Observ'ER, renewable electricity production amounted to 18.6% of total production, 89% coming from water-power and 5.7% from biomass, the rest being shared out between wind-power (3.5%), geothermal power (1.7%), and solar power (0.2%). North America is world's first producer of renewable energy with 21.8% of total production, followed by western Europe (19.3%), East and South-East Asia (19.2%) and South America (19%). In 2007, wind-powered electricity production increased from 20,000 MW to 94,000 MW. Photovoltaic production increased by 50% compared to 2006, reaching 12,400 MW.
The United States experienced the greatest increase, followed by China and Spain. Investments in renewable energy amounted to 66 billion dollars, an increase of 20 to 25% compared to 2006. However, the European Commission predicts that the percentage of renewable energy used in global consumption will decrease from 13% to 8% between 2000 and 2...

NEWS

Obama calls for Congress to enact 'green' tax credits

Goldman to plow $40 bn into green energy

Solar plane ends first leg of intercontinental bid

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DEBATES

Solar Power Off the Grid: Energy Access for World’s Poor

Carl Pope

More than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring it to them — while reducing greenhouse gas...

Greening the European Investment Bank

Over the past four years, the European Investment Bank –...

Alternatives to Alternative Energy

The problem of long-term energy sources has been drifting...

FOCUS

Wood energy

Wood accounts for 10% of world primary energy consumption but this is relatively little. Because, if it is exploited sustainably, - the opposite of what takes place during deforestation – unlike fossil...

VIDEOS

07/11/2011

A video about solar panel production in Kenya.

11/03/2010

On the small Danish island of Bornholm, a coalition of governments,...

GREEN TIPS

A new wind turbine is born

The famous French designer Philippe Starck has just created (May 2008) six domestic wind turbines which cost...

INDICATORS

Carbon dioxide emissions
Renewable energy in the energy mix
Electricity use

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