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

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Goldman Sachs to invest in Japan green energy

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DEBATES

Spain to gain from growth in green jobs

International Labour Organization

An ILO-sponsored report shows that the green economy can help Spain beat the jobs crisis. The challenge is putting in place the...

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

More than a billion people worldwide lack access to...

Greening the European Investment Bank

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

FOCUS

Nobel Price of ecology

Designed to recognize grassroots environmental heroes, the Goldman Environmental Prize, founded by Richard and Rhoda Goldman in 1989 In San Francisco, is awarded annually to individuals from the six inhabited continental regions for sustained and significant efforts to...

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

Wood-fired boiler

In 2007, the city of Lyon set up a 14 megawatt wood-fired boiler, with the support of the community of Grand...

INDICATORS

Carbon dioxide emissions
Renewable energy in the energy mix
Electricity use

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