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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ITALY - MILAN - Le groupe américain SunEdison a annoncé jeudi le lancement de la construction d'une centrale solaire géante...

INDIA - Waste tea leaves could be a cheap source of biofuel that does not compromise food security, according to Pakistani...

FRANCE - NANCY - Une centrale solaire qui sera "la plus grosse en France, voire dans le monde", doit être construite à...

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DEBATES

Photovoltaic (PV) energy payback vs PV input energy due to market growth

Andy Black

The question of photovoltaic “Energy Payback” has long been settled with modern modules and systems returning their input energy...

Solar Power: The future’s bright

In theory, solving the world's energy problems should be...

In Support of Renewable Energy

As far as world energy supplies go, there is good news and...

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

11/03/2010	On the small Danish island of Bornholm, a coalition of governments,...	26/05/2009	Une nouvelle technologie pour produire de l'énergie à partir des vagues...
26/02/2009	Jim Hutchison est professeur de l'université d'Oregon et spécialiste en...	25/02/2009	Le parc de panneaux photovoltaïques de la petite commune de Amareleja,...

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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