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       Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
       By: AGelbert Date: May 4, 2014, 3:23 pm
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       In the midst of all the turmoil in Egypt, we're pleasantly
       surprised to hear that the government plans to invest in solar,
       reports PV Magazine.
       To spur clean energy and create jobs for youth, they say they
       will invest up to $1 billion for several big solar projects.
       They also will install rooftop solar on government buildings to
       reduce strain on the grid.
       The government "will not be able to prevent electrical power
       cuts" this summer, says Egypt's Minister of Electricity and
       Energy, but they will reduce energy consumption as much as
       possible to resolved the overburdened grid within a few years,
       reports Daily News Egypt.
       Egypt's goal is to raise the share of renewable energy to 20%
       by 2020. 12% is expected to come from wind. In a separate plan
       for solar, they want 3.5 gigawatts by 2017 - 700 MW of solar PV
       and 2.8 GW of concentrating solar.
       Last year, the government's New and Renewable Energy Authority
       (NREA) asked for bids (from local and international companies)
       for its first major solar project. Ten, 20 megawatt solar farms
       would be spread over the southern Egyptian province of Aswan.
       Italy is helping out with a $500,000 grant.
       Egypt is also taking small steps toward manufacturing solar PV
       modules, starting with a 21 MW capacity this fall and building
       to 80 MW by the end of 2016.
       "MENA" countries (Mid East, North Africa) could see $50 billion
       in solar investment alone by 2020, says the Middle East Solar
       Industry Association. They expect 37 GW of renewable energy
       projects to be built, with 12-15 GW of that in solar.
       There are already 2.3 GW of solar, with Israel in the lead with
       842 MW, according to a report from the International Renewable
       Energy Agency (IRENA), Renewable Energy Policy Network for the
       21st Century (REN21) and the United Arab Emirates' Directorate
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       All 21 MENA countries have renewable energy targets, up from
       five countries in 2007, reports PV Magazine, adding up to 107 GW
       by 2030.
       Read our article, Arab Spring Spawns Middle East Youth Climate
       Change Movement.
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       Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
       By: AGelbert Date: May 19, 2014, 12:07 am
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       China To Triple Solar Capacity To 70,000 MW By 2017, To Help
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       China has thrilled the solar industry in the past few years with
       bigger and bigger solar installation targets. Of course, this
       also came on the back of solar capacity oversupply and a solar
       manufacturer shakeout that put many non-Chinese solar companies
       out of business, but it has also helped to pull manufacturers
       out of a financial crisis and further drive down the cost of
       solar for customers and the developers and installers who
       benefit from growing demand. China’s latest announcement is a
       pretty impressive solar target of 70,000 megawatts by 2017.
       However, anyone who has followed the China solar story over the
       past few years knows that we may well see that target raised
       higher before too long. Furthermore, if the driving factor is
       air pollution, and China is going to be building even more coal
       power plants in the coming years, the push for clean energy is
       only going to get stronger. Anyhow, for more information on the
       new China solar target, see this Solar Love repost:
       China just seems to be getting ever more ambitious with its
       renewable energy targets, as recent announcements have shown. Or
       is “ever more desperate” the more accurate way to put it?
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       In a recent announcement, the Chinese government revealed that
       it would (yet again) speed up solar energy development in the
       country — aiming to triple installed capacity up to 70,000
       megawatts (70 gigawatts) by the year 2017. The move is part of a
       renewed push in the country’s “war on smog” and is intended to
       help reduce its (great) reliance on coal-fired power plants.
       If the new goals are met, then China’s installed solar capacity
       will surge by 50 GW in just 3 years. That’s seriously impressive
       installation rates. Of course, as always, that’s if the goals
       are met — always a big if when dealing with publicly released
       figures from government bodies. As it stands currently, China is
       home to about 20 GW of installed solar capacity.
       However, it’s worth noting that China has a history of setting
       “low” solar targets and then raising them. A few years ago,
       China’s 2015 solar target was 5 GW, then it doubled that to 10
       GW, then it more than doubled that to 21 GW, then it nearly
       doubled that to 40 GW! This all occurred within the course of
       about 2 years. 70 GW by 2017 sounds impressive, but we’ll see if
       that isn’t increased yet again in the coming years.
       The announcement also noted that the current aim is to possess
       150 GW of installed wind power capacity, 11 GW of biomass power,
       and 330 GW of hydro power by 2017.
       ;D Climate Progress provides more:
       The announcement comes just two months after Chinese Premier Li
       Keqiang’s officially “declared war” on the country’s horrific
       and tragic smog problem, which scientists in Beijing have
       compared to the effects of a nuclear winter. The pollution has
       made headlines around the world as it has worsened, causing
       myriad health problems, marring cityscapes, and even giving an
       8-year-old girl lung cancer. What’s more, the pollution has
       recently been confirmed to be caused by fossil fuel production,
       with coal at the forefront.  >:(  :P
       China’s announcement that it would increase solar capacity also
       comes just days after a report found that China’s continued
       dependence on coal would thwart any effort to fight global
       warming by any other country. That report, led by the UK’s
       Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham
       Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment,
       recommended China swiftly reduce its dependency on the fossil
       fuel, otherwise it would be “almost impossible” for the world to
       avoid a situation where global warming stays below 2°C.
       “The actions China takes in the next decade will be critical for
       the future of China and the world,” the study stated (rather
       starkly for such a report). “Whether China moves onto an
       innovative, sustainable and low-carbon growth path this decade
       will more or less determine both China’s longer-term economic
       prospects in a natural resource-constrained world, … and the
       world’s prospects of cutting greenhouse gas emissions
       sufficiently to manage the grave risks of climate change.”
       Something to note — last year the country approved the
       construction of over 100 million metric tons of new coal
       production capacity.
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       To put that another way, in only a single year, the country
       “added coal production capacity equal to 10% of total US annual
       usage.”
       …
       To get back to the subject of air-pollution — a decade-long
       study exploring the after-effects of the closure of a coal-fired
       power plant,
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       with regard
       to human health, was recently released. The report shows —
       without any kind of ambiguity — the great cost that such plants
       have on human health, and, more specifically, on the health of
       children.
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       One of the most interesting findings of the research was that
       “childhood developmental scores and levels of brain-derived
       neurotrophic factor (BDNF) — a key protein for brain development
       — are significantly higher with decreased levels of exposure to
       air pollution in utero.”   >:( Not really surprising, but still
       good to see it spelled-out so clearly.
       Agelbert NOTE:Remember that the next time somebody tells you
       children growing up in coal country (WV) or in areas near a coal
       fired power plant (I.E. THE POOR and the POOR MINORITIES) all
       over the USA have the SAME CHANCE as the rich and upper middle
       class kids who AREN'T BRAIN IMPAIRED BY PROFIT OVER the PLANET
       in general AND THE POOR IN PARTICULAR...
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       Another study conducted by the then-director of the Harvard
       Medical School found that coal cost the United States $500
       billion a year in health and environmental impacts. Amazing.
       Imagine what the global total must be.
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       South Carolina Prepares for Solar Revolution
       By: AGelbert Date: May 23, 2014, 3:35 pm
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       South Carolina Prepares for Solar Revolution With Historic 105-0
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       The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth: REDUCE BEFORE YOU PR
       ODUCE!
       By: AGelbert Date: May 25, 2014, 12:20 am
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       Stanford Professor’s 50-State Plan For 100-Percent Renewable Ene
       rgy
       By: AGelbert Date: May 25, 2014, 4:53 pm
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       Stanford Professor’s 50-State Plan For 100-Percent Renewable
       Energy
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       How Scotland is powering the renewables revolution
       By: AGelbert Date: May 26, 2014, 7:56 pm
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       How Scotland is powering the renewables revolution  ;D
       Michael Gray
       Scotland remains on track to produce the equivalent of 100% of
       its electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2020,
       according to a recent report by WWF Scotland.
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       Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
       By: AGelbert Date: May 31, 2014, 12:08 pm
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       Chile's New Energy Agenda Lays the Foundation for Sustainable
       Growth
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       Amanda Maxwell, NRDC
       May 29, 2014
       Chilean President Michelle Bachelet released a new Energy Agenda
       on May 15th, which her administration will use as the foundation
       for a national energy policy. The much-anticipated document
       outlines seven pillars, or key areas, where new and specific
       efforts are needed if the country is to grow sustainably and
       stably over the coming decades. Overall, the agenda is right on
       target regarding several broad issues –and a few specific ones
       as well— and if Bachelet and Energy Minister Máximo Pacheco are
       able to execute these plans, Chile’s renewable* energy and
       energy efficiency sectors should be able to compete with
       conventional energy –dirty fossil fuels and large hydro—on a
       more even playing ground than before.
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       A wide variety of people have been calling for more strategic
       and coherent government direction of the energy sector for
       years, and with good reason: existing and proposed plants have
       caused significant social and environmental damage; many new
       conventional projects are stalled in legal appeals; the booming
       growth of renewable energy has been stifled by a variety of
       regulatory obstacles; and energy efficiency—the energy sector’s
       “low-hanging fruit”—has been languishing in the background. As a
       result, experts warn of an impending energy crisis in the next
       few years, when the country will not have enough generation to
       power continued growth in the mining sector in particular and
       the economy at large. The Energy Agenda is this administration’s
       answer to those calls.
       There are four high-level themes in the Energy Agenda which are
       particularly encouraging:
       1.The government will take a more active role in the energy
       sector. This is, in fact, the first pillar of the agenda (“A New
       Role of the State”), but is also present throughout the
       document. The historic lack of government engagement in planning
       and overseeing the energy sector has led to an industry in which
       most of the power and influence is highly concentrated in three
       powerful companies, resulting in the problems listed above. The
       agenda recognizes that the government’s role in areas such as
       zoning and strategic planning is fundamental if things are to
       improve.
       2.Stakeholder participation will be incorporated into key
       processes. This is major. Participatory processes are critical
       to making decisions that are trusted, transparent and supported
       by the public – and for which the decision-maker (i.e. the
       government) can be held accountable. The Energy Agenda describes
       the role of participation in several of its objectives, ranging
       from specific processes such as setting the new natural gas
       tariff in the distribution market, to more broadly creating the
       new “Participation and Dialogue” Section within the Ministry of
       Energy, to dedicating the entire seventh pillar to “Citizen
       Participation and Territorial Planning.”
       3.Energy efficiency gets the attention it deserves. Energy
       efficiency was largely ignored during the past four years,
       although it is the fastest and most economical way to help meet
       future energy demand. The fifth pillar of the Energy Agenda is
       dedicated to energy efficiency and management, and it gets a
       number of things right. It is also largely in line with NRDC’s
       report, “From Good to Great: The Next Steps in Chilean Energy
       Efficiency.” First and foremost, the government will prioritize
       passing an Energy Efficiency Law, a “legal framework to convert
       [energy efficiency] into a long term State policy.” This would
       ensure that energy efficiency efforts are no longer at the whim
       of any given administration, but that they would instead be a
       permanent institutional priority. The document reasserts the
       goal of reducing national energy consumption by 20 percent by
       2025 compared to BAU projections, and specifies objectives for
       various sectors. I’ll go into detail on this in another blog,
       but in the meantime here is a review from the good folks at
       Opower.
       4.Addressing concrete obstacles to renewables. The renewable
       energy sector is poised to penetrate the Chilean energy market
       in a huge way, with over 17 GW of projects in the pipeline. Yet
       some key obstacles stand in the way. For example, the current
       system used for energy auctions heavily favors conventional
       projects. Financing is also more difficult for renewables
       –particularly geothermal – and speculation prevents real
       projects from going forward.  The Energy Agenda addresses them
       specifically. It also focuses on improving conditions for
       geothermal power companies, which face unique regulatory and
       financial barriers in Chile despite the country’s vast
       geothermal resources. The document also reaffirms the national
       commitment to meet Chile’s renewable portfolio standard of
       producing 20 percent of its energy with renewables by 2025. The
       Chilean Renewable Energy Association (ACERA) has written an
       excellent summary here about how the Energy Agenda’s items will
       benefit renewables.
       There are two more specific items in the Energy Agenda that I
       want to call attention to as well.
       First, the document calls for the creation of a government
       entity devoted to the collection and analysis of energy data,
       similar to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Although
       it was mentioned just briefly in the Energy Agenda, I cannot
       underscore the importance of this action enough. Presently, data
       about the energy sector in Chile is either difficult to find,
       outdated or different depending on which government agency
       database you are using. This makes it nearly impossible for
       academics, private companies, the media, civil society and the
       government itself to know the real, accurate status of energy
       generation, consumption, and other indicators – information
       necessary to make decisions about the future of the sector.
       Second, the Energy Agenda’s first two annexes list the
       legislative bills and regulations that the administration will
       pursue, as well as when the government aims to pass or adopt
       each one. This provides civil society and the private sector
       with a clear schedule of the government’s agenda, for which it
       can be held accountable.
       Of course, the devil is in the details; these objectives and
       ideas will only be successful if the government can follow
       through and make them a reality. But if President Bachelet and
       Minister Pacheco are able to do so, this Energy Agenda would put
       Chile on the path to be an innovative, sustainable energy leader
       in the region and around the globe.
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       *The term “non-conventional renewable energy” is used in Chile
       to exclude large hydro (over 20 MW) from the category. For the
       sake of space in this blog, I use “renewable energy” though with
       the same intention of excluding large hydro, which I include in
       the “conventional energy” category.
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       Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
       By: AGelbert Date: June 2, 2014, 2:05 pm
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       Germany's Wind Energy Nexus: A Tour Around Hamburg
       James Montgomery, Contributing Editor
       June 02, 2014
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       Microalgae biogas system sitting in the sun at E.ON's Reitbrook
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       Demand Destruction of Fossil Fuels continues accelerating due
       sustainable, biosphere defending, human ingenuity in the Service
       of Future Generations, not calloused, conscience free greed.
       Good!
       It's time for Americans in the Service of Future Generations to
       GET WITH THE PROGRAM! We did it with the massive, industrial
       scale building of Liberty Ships in WWII. We can do it again with
       the massive, industrial scale building of Liberty Renewable
       Energy Machines.
       Country of Origin: United States of America
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       Manufacturers: Alabama Dry Dock Co, Bethlehem-Fairfield
       Shipyards Inc, California Shipbuilding Corp, Delta Shipbuilding
       Co, J A Jones Construction Co (Brunswick), J A Jones
       Construction Co (Panama City), Kaiser Co, Marinship Corp, New
       England Shipbuilding Corp, North Carolina Shipbuilding Co,
       Oregon Shipbuilding Corp, Permanente Metals Co, St Johns River
       Shipbuilding Co, Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp, Todd Houston
       Shipbuilding Corp, Walsh-Kaiser Co.
       Major Variants: General cargo, tanker, collier, (modifications
       also boxed aircraft transport, tank transport,
       hospital ship, troopship).
       Role: Cargo transport, troop transport, hospital ship, repair
       ship.
       Operated by: United States of America, Great Britain, (small
       quantity also Norway, Belgium, Soviet Union, France, Greece,
       Netherlands and other nations).
       First Laid Down: 30th April 1941
       Last Completed: 30th October 1945
       Units: 2,711 ships laid down, 2,710 entered service.
       Despite being initially labelled an 'ugly duckling' by the
       newspapers, and intended to be expendable if necessary, the
       ships eventually caught the imagination of the public. They
       proved to be easy to build, reliable and versatile, exceeding
       even the most optimistic expectations for their overall
       contribution to the war effort.
       It was a project on a massive scale, undertaken with great speed
       and efficiency. The first Liberty ship (the Patrick Henry) was
       launched on 27 September 1941 (and completed on 30 December
       1941), which was an incredible feat considering that just seven
       months previously neither shipyard nor workforce existed to
       build her.
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       Average Liberty Ship deadweight = 12,500 metric tons.
       (33,875,000 metric tons of ships built!).
       Convert short tons to metric tons by multiplying the number of
       short tons by 0.907184
       On the GE 1.5-megawatt model the total weight is 164 tons. The
       corresponding weights for the Vestas V90 are 75, 40, and 152,
       total 267 tons, and for the Gamesa G87 72, 42, and 220, total
       334 tons.
       164 x 0.907184 =  148.8 metric tons
       33,875,000 divided by 148.8 =  227,655  wind turbines X 1.5 MW =
       341,482 MW = .3415 TW x 20% capacity factor = 68.3 x 24 hours X
       365 days = 598.3 TWh/year.
       2012 wind power production   United States 140.9 TWh  26.4 % of
       world total wind power.
       1 TWhour per year = 1,000,000 MW / 8765.8 hours in a year) 114
       megawatts per hour.
       USA total annual electric consumption = 3,886,400,000 MWh =
       3,886,400 = GWh = 3,886 TWh.
       3886.4 / 598.3 =  20 to 40% of US electrical demand just from
       Wind Turbines in less than five years of Liberty Ship scale
       manufacturing wind turbine tonnage.
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       Liberty Ship scale manufacturing wind turbine tonnage can
       provide  25 to 40% of US electrical demand  in less than five
       years. Double that in ten years and add in Solar Panels,
       Geothermal, Tide and Undersea Current and we have MORE than 100%
       Renewable Energy!
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       WE can use the excess to bioremediate the environmental damage
       done in the last 100 years.  WE can rid ourselves of Planet
       Polluting Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Poison Plants in a decade and
       win the Climate Victory for Future Generations!
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       />can set an example for all the nations on the Earth of the
       Proper Path to a Viable and Vibrant Bounty filled, harmonious
       Biosphere.
       Let's GET IT DONE! Our children and grandchildren are counting
       on us!
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       Developing Countries Lead Global Surge in Renewable Energy Capac
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       By: AGelbert Date: June 4, 2014, 10:51 pm
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       Developing Countries Lead Global Surge in Renewable Energy
       Capacity
       Yale Environment 360 | June 3, 2014 4:34 pm | Comments
       The number of developing nations with policies supporting
       renewable energy has surged more than six-fold in just eight
       years, from 15 developing countries in 2005 to 95 early this
       year, according to a report from REN21, an international
       nonprofit renewable energy policy network.
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       Countries with renewable energy policies or targets in place in
       early 2014 (top), versus 2005 (bottom). Graphic courtesy of
       REN21, Renewables 2014 Global Status Report via Yale Environment
       360 .
       Those 95 developing nations today make up the vast majority of
       the 144 countries with renewable energy support policies and
       targets in place. The report credits such policies with driving
       global renewable energy capacity to a new record level last
       year—1,560 gigawatts, up 8.3 percent from 2012. More than
       one-fifth—22 percent—of the world’s power production now comes
       from renewable sources.
       Overall, renewables accounted for more than 56 percent of net
       additions to global power capacity in 2013,  ;D the report says.
       Although financial and policy support declined in the U.S. and
       some European countries, China, the U.S., Brazil, Canada and
       Germany remained the top countries for total installed renewable
       power capacity. China’s new renewable power capacity surpassed
       new fossil fuel and nuclear capacity for the first time, the
       analysis found.
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       Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
       By: AGelbert Date: June 5, 2014, 12:30 am
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       A truly amazing, concise (and filled with hard data easy to
       understand  ;D) about how we CAN transition to 100% Renewable
       Energy and NOT have a civilizational collapse along the way!
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       “Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil, and Proliferation” by
       Amory B. Lovins
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