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Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
By: AGelbert Date: July 8, 2014, 2:58 pm
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Investment In Clean Energy At Highest Point Since 2012
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[quote]New investment in the global clean energy sector totaled
$66.2 billion in the second quarter this year. The post
Investment In Clean Energy At Highest Point Since 2012 appeared
first on ThinkProgress.
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Spectacular NEWS! This is the DEATH KNELL of Dirty Energy Stock
Prices!
By: AGelbert Date: July 12, 2014, 9:23 pm
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[move][font=courier]Group Representing 590 Million Christians
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Fri Jul 11, 2014 at 01:54 PM EDT.
"Perhaps recalling the parts of the Bible in which God asks that
his followers be good stewards to the Earth, the World Council
of Churches, a global coalition of 345 churches moved to no
longer invest in oil, gas, or coal companies and urged their
members to follow their lead. ...
The move is the biggest one yet by Christian groups attempting
to reconcile the damages that climate change is causing with
their beliefs to serve the planet well.
In a statement sent from its meeting in Geneva, the group
strongly condemned the rampant burning of fossil fuels and its
effects on the environment:
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“The World Council of Churches reminds us that morality demands
thinking as much about the future as about ourselves–
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there’s no threat to the future greater than the unchecked
burning of fossil fuels,” said Bill McKibben, the founder of
350.org, a global climate campaign that is supporting the
divestment effort. “This is a remarkable moment for the 590
million Christians in its member denominations: a huge
percentage of humanity says today ‘this far and no further.’”
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This isn’t from a fringe group either, the WCC includes many of
the biggest churches in the world. The 25 million-member Church
of England and the 48 million-member Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
Church count themselves as members of the umbrella Christian
coalition group."
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100% RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD, HERE WE COME!
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Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
By: AGelbert Date: July 14, 2014, 10:52 pm
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07/14/2014 01:09 PM Solar Wins Big In Iowa, Next Battle is
Wisconsin
SustainableBusiness.com News
Solar just won big in Iowa in the latest battle with utilities.
Iowa's Supreme Court ruled in favor of solar leasing, :emthup:
:icon_sunny: rejecting the utility's (and state regulators)
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that only it can sell energy. In a typical leasing arrangement,
the city of Dubuque signed a long-term power purchase agreement
with Eagle Point Solar, which installed and owns the solar
system. :emthup:
Alliant Energy Corp insists that Eagle Point acted like a
public utility in signing a third party power purchase
agreement, infringing on its monopoly in the service area.
Iowa's regulatory board agreed.
If the case ended there, solar installers would be subject to a
gamut of regulations, increasing costs and complexity for the
industry, says the Environmental Law and Policy Center, which
represented a coalition of solar businesses and environmental
groups in the appeal.
Alliant Energy's service area: (at the link ;D)
Solar Alliant Energy Service Area
"One of the important aspects of the case is that it says that
the purpose of utility regulation is to protect the public, not
the utility industry," :icon_mrgreen: Brad Klein, a senior
attorney with the Environmental Law and Policy Center, told
Midwest Energy News. "Generating one's own power "behind the
meter" - meaning it doesn't move through a utility's
distribution system - is a private transaction and should not be
subject to interference by a utility."
On the East Coast, "conversations are beginning on how the
electric utility industry transitions to a system that's more
decentralized. We want to see these conversations happen in Iowa
and the Midwest. We want to work with Alliant on approaches that
are win-win," says Klein. represented a coalition of solar
businesses and environmental groups in a case appealing an Iowa
Utilities Board
Read our article, NY State Leads: Radical Changes Toward
Distributed Energy.
Iowa gets close to 30% of its electricity from wind and is now
moving to support the growth of solar. In May, the legislature
voted - almost unanimously - to triple the solar tax credit and
raise the rebate cap for residential and commercial projects.
What Will Happen in Wisconsin?
Amazingly, utility We Energies in Wisconsin is seeing how far it
can go. Like so many utilities across the US, they want big
surcharges from solar owners, and they even propose barring
customers from leasing solar systems.
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"The proposals in Wisconsin right now are some of the most
damaging to the growth of the solar industry, Brad Klein, an
attorney with the Environmental Law and Policy Center, told
Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
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Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
By: AGelbert Date: July 15, 2014, 5:16 pm
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The World Is Going Solar ;D
Thom Hartmann | July 15, 2014 2:49 pm
Snippet:
[quote]The bottom-line is that solar power and other renewable
forms of energy are the energy of today and of the future, in
both developed and developing nations. Not coal. Not oil. Not
natural gas. And as the richest country in the world, we need to
finally embrace that fact, and lead the world in investing more
in these clean and green energies that will be powering our
country into the future.
[color=brown][size=12pt]Each year, Big Oil receives $500 billion
in government subsidies. >:( Can you imagine what would happen
if that $500 billion went to investing in developing renewable
sources of energy instead? ;D Despite what Big Oil executives
and their cronies in Washington might say, going green isn’t
just a choice. It’s reality.
It’s the only option we have if we want to save the human race
from a climate disaster. So, let’s start treating it like that,
by investing in a secure energy future for America, and the rest
of the world.
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Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
By: AGelbert Date: July 17, 2014, 9:57 pm
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[quote]Contrary to widespread misreportage, closing those eight
reactors did not cause more fossil fuel to be burned. Whenever
renewable sources run in Germany, both law and economics
require them to displace costlier sources, so renewables always
make fossil-fueled plants run less, though often in more complex
patterns.
The data confirm this: from 2010 through 2013, German nuclear
output fell by 43.3 TWh, renewable output rose by 46.9 TWh, and
the power sector burned almost exactly as much more coal and
lignite as it burned less of the costlier gas and oil. German
utilities bet against the energy transition and lost. ;D Now
they gripe that the renewables in which most of them long
underinvested have made their thermal plants too costly to run.
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Many claim renewables could harm grid stability. So why do
Germany, with 25% renewable electricity in 2013, and Denmark,
with at least 47%, have Europe’s most reliable electricity,
about ten times more reliable than America’s?
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These countries, like three others in Europe (none very rich in
hydropower) that used roughly half-renewable electricity in
2013—Spain 45%, Scotland 46%, Portugal 58%—simply require fair
grid access and competition. Of all major industrial nations,
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Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
By: AGelbert Date: July 30, 2014, 7:51 pm
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A Province of Denmark is totally energy independent. It can be
done.
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Retired Monk - "Ideology is a disease"
Samsø, Denmark, Vineyard Power & Energy Independence
from Vineyard Voice Plus 4 years ago / Creative Commons License:
by nc sa All Audiences
This video presents the reality of energy independence
experienced by the people of Samsø, Denmark.
This film chronicles the success of the Danish island of Samsø
in achieving energy independence through community involvement.
Produced by Miljø Media, funded by European REislands and
distributed by the International Network for Sustainable Energy,
the film includes Samsø's perspectives and experiences with
renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Much like Martha's Vineyard, Samsø, Denmark is an island
community with a small core of year-rounders and an economy that
relies on thousands of summer residents and visitors who take
the ferry from the mainland to one of the island's two ports.
Like Martha's Vineyard, much of Samsø is green, with
agricultural lands and forests meeting the blue of the
surrounding waters. Samsø's residents also pay higher prices on
everything from sugar to tires, the result of an economy where
everything is transported to the island by ferry.
One thing residents do not worry about, however, is their energy
bills. By improving the efficiency of their homes and offices,
using the natural resources that are found on and around the
island, and working together as a community to take ownership of
their future, the residents of Samsø have secured their energy
future.
Eleven onshore and 10 offshore wind turbines now generate more
electricity than Samsø uses. Visitors still flock to the island
to enjoy the agricultural surroundings and sparkling ocean
vistas, but now the island's tourism industry has also grown to
meet the interests of a whole new kind of visitor - the one
interested in seeing sustainability and renewable energy at
work.
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new education and conference center introduces thousands of
tourists to Samsø's energy achievements each year.
Over the past few months, the Vineyard Energy Project (VEP) has
been talking to Islanders about our energy resources and has
found an overwhelming desire to take control of our Island's
energy resources. Islanders have strongly supported the idea of
a community-owned cooperative to generate our own power and
promote energy efficiency, keeping the benefits on the Vineyard.
This was underlined by the Island Plan's vision of a more
sustainable energy future.
This excerpt is part of a longer "European Renewable Energy
Islands." Permission for this excerpt was granted by Miljo
Media.
Read More…
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Agelbert NOTE: They DID IT ALL on Samsø from insulation to wind
power to solar to biofuels to selling excess electricity all at
a cost of about 4,000 euros per resident in LESS than ten years!
Now they've got a nice fat 200,000 Euro account from their CLEAN
energy profits!
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The sooner we ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUELS, the BETTER!
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Claiming Renewable Energy can't handle the load is a myth, says
Amory Lovins
By: AGelbert Date: August 7, 2014, 9:38 pm
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We Don’t Need a Huge Breakthrough to Make Renewable Energy
Viable—It Already Is
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The idea that renewable energy can't handle the load is a myth,
says Amory Lovins
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Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
By: AGelbert Date: August 8, 2014, 11:52 pm
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From the North American Student Energy Summit: Bright Outlook
for a Carbon-free Future
By Lauren Levin and Viktoriya Syrov
on July 03, 2014 at 11:00 AM
California Continues To Lead U.S. In Green Technology
Breaking Energy was honored to be included in the recent North
American Student Energy Summit held in New York City. Author and
environmental activist Bill Hewitt and Breaking Energy’s
Managing Editor Jared Anderson helped out with the Role of Media
in Energy interactive breakout session in which students
formulated blog posts about an important energy issue.
Students were asked to write about the following question: “Have
there been any recent political and social developments that
indicate significant movement towards fully decarbonized and
denuclearized economies globally in the foreseeable future?” We
selected the following post for publication on Breaking Energy:
“If properly harnessed, there is enough sunlight that falls on
the Earth in just one hour to meet the world energy demands for
a whole year,” explained Dr. Mark Jacobson, founder of The
Solutions Project, to an audience of over 300 students at the
first ever North American Student Energy Summit (NASES) held in
New York City. Innovators and energy leaders like Jacobson,
whose Solutions Project aims to power the United States on 100
percent renewable energy by 2050, along with policy makers and
journalists, took the stage to present their work in the energy
sector and answer challenging questions from the
cross-disciplinary body of students in attendance.
As the subject of renewable energy makes its way into college
curricula and news headlines – and as we witness rising tides
and an increasing number of storms – it has become more and more
apparent that we live in a world of environmental thresholds.
More than ever before, students are motivated to act to reduce
the level of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere and prevent
further environmental destruction.
NASES, which was held on June 19-20,, 2014 at the United Nations
and Columbia University, was one of four Regional Student Energy
Summits taking place simultaneously around the world in Africa,
Latin America, North America and Europe. The inaugural events,
organized by nonprofit group Student Energy, aimed to connect
approximately 1,200 students around the globe and inspire them
to tackle the energy issues facing their nations. The issues are
vast and entrenched, but the speakers at NASES were optimistic,
they urged the young audience to steer the movement away from
fossil fuels, as Carbon War Room COO, Peter Boyd, simply
summarized it: “Go efficient and go renewable.”
Efficiency has been a driving force across all sectors during
our lifetimes. In the U.S., policies now require all federal
agencies to purchase only Energy Star and Federal Energy
Management Program-designated products and for all new agency
buildings to be constructed with LEED Gold standards in mind,
setting a powerful example. On the social scale, the rise in
popularity of the collaborative consumption movement has enabled
the international success of sharing economy giants such as
Airbnb and ZipCar, encouraging the maximized use of existing
resources rather than wasteful acquisition of new products. Even
the energy sector is learning lessons from sharing: a company
called Sunrun leases out solar panels to homeowners in 11
states, providing users the benefit of lower energy bills and a
clean source of electricity, without the often high initial
installation costs.
The global community is implementing clean, renewable energy
into existing and new infrastructure at unprecedented levels.
“With every passing month, renewables become the most economical
option in an ever greater number of places. Clean energy markets
are scaling fast, with government incentives, economies of
scale, and decreased production costs all factoring into the
accelerating momentum for the industry,” noted Nick Blitterswyk,
CEO of Urban Green Energy (UGE), a worldwide distributed
renewable energy company.
The green energy sector has shown consistent growth in U.S.,
with 74% of electricity installations in the first quarter of
2014 being solar, and the first offshore wind farm approved this
year off the coast of Massachusetts, the world’s second largest
energy consumer is making great strides towards lowering carbon
emissions and fulfilling the new EPA requirements of cutting
carbon emissions by 30 percent of 2005 levels by 2030.
Although China has caused major unease with the proliferation of
coal power plants, the government of the leading energy consumer
has invested heavily in renewable energy ($54 billion in
investments in renewables in 2013 compared to U.S. investment of
$36.7 billion) and is leading the world in installed wind power.
In Europe, Germany has set a goal to produce 35 percent of its
electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and 100 percent by
2050 and just this month for the first time, was able to meet 50
percent of the country’s energy demand with solar.
Some islands are also at the forefront of the carbon-free,
nuclear-free movement. Floreana island in the Galapagos and El
Hierro in the Canary islands have already transitioned to 100
percent renewable energy ;Dand many other island nations plan
to follow in their footsteps. These and other advancements
towards a global divestment in carbon and nuclear technologies
will be discussed at the upcoming September UN Climate Summit in
New York, in preparation for the 2015 UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change, where countries are expected to make strong
commitments towards a low carbon future.
The students at NASES appear ready and willing to take on the
speakers’ challenges. A glimpse into the United Nations
Sustainable Energy Innovation Jam breakout session, shows they
are well prepared. With only 90 seconds to pitch an innovative
energy idea to a panel of experts from Sustainable Energy For
All, including Blitterswyk of UGE and other experts, attendees
presented diverse projects with high potential for improving our
energy future. From the “low hanging fruit” of converting
organic waste to energy in an urban metropolis such as New York
City, a solution offered by John Ortolano of Columbia University
and Earl Co of NYU, to the prospect of using satellite
technology to assess viability of greenroof construction on
urban buildings, proposed by Columbia graduate Alan Burchell,
the ideas were applauded by the judges for their creativity and
feasibility. “The technology is already in place,” said Co, “we
just need policy to put it into action.”
Topics: Carbon Emissions Mitigation, Climate Change, Columbia
University, Emissions, Energy Policy, EPA, EPA Carbon Rule,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Innovation, Jobs, Student Energy,
Student Featured, Sustainable Energy for All, United Nations
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Global Renewable Energy Status Uncovered
By: AGelbert Date: August 13, 2014, 11:43 am
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Global Renewable Energy Status Uncovered
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“Over the last 10 years, continuing technology advances and
rapid deployment of many renewable energy technologies have
demonstrated that the question is no longer whether renewables
have a role to play in the provision of energy services, but
rather how we can best increase the current pace to achieve a
100 percent renewables future with full energy access for all.”
-- Arthouros Zervos, chair of REN21
REN21’s 2014 Global Status Report reveals a number of key trends
for the renewables sector, shedding light on likely policy and
market movements across technologies. Despite stormy weather,
the analysis picks up on a positive under current for
renewables.
David Appleyard, Contributing Editor
August 13, 2014
LONDON -- More than a fifth of the world's electrical power
production now comes from renewable sources and in 2013
renewables accounted for more than 56 percent of all net
additions to global power capacity. These remarkable conclusions
come from this year’s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) from
REN21. This highly-regarded annual analysis — the 2014 edition
was released this summer — concludes that renewable electricity
capacity jumped by more than 8 percent overall in 2013, to
produce some 22 percent of all global power production. Total
global installed renewable electricity capacity reached a
staggering 1,560 GW in 2013.
The Policy Landscape
At the end of 2013, China, the United States, Brazil, Canada,
and Germany remained the top five countries for total installed
renewable power capacity. Excluding hydro, the top three were
again China, the U.S. and Germany, but now followed by Spain and
Italy and in sixth spot, India. Aside from the bare facts, the
report also identifies a number of hotspots. For example,
China's new renewable power capacity surpassed new fossil and
nuclear capacity for the first time in 2013 while per capita,
Denmark’s non-hydro renewable capacity places it as a clear
lead. In the European Union, renewables represented the majority
of new electric generating capacity for the sixth consecutive
year, with a 72 percent share. But, relative to annual GDP,
Uruguay, Mauritius, and Costa Rica were among the top countries
for investment in new renewable power and fuels in 2013.
At least 144 countries now have renewable energy targets in
place with 138 having renewable energy support policies, up from
the 138 and 127, respectively, seen in 2012.
Inevitably policy mechanisms continued to evolve in 2013, with
increasing differentiation by technology. Feed-in policies and
renewable portfolio standards (RPS) remained the most commonly
used support mechanism. Many countries with existing feed-in
policies shifted towards premium payment schemes to top up
prices traded on electricity markets. Competitive bidding gained
further prominence, with the number of countries turning to
public auctions rising from nine in 2009 to 55 as of early 2014.
Furthermore, the report also identifies a trend, particularly in
Europe, that is seeing new policies emerge that respond to the
issue of grid integration of renewable energy. This is in some
cases being manifested as support for energy storage,
demand-side management, and smart grid technologies, REN 21
finds. Indeed, variable output renewables achieved high levels
of penetration in several countries in 2013, with wind meeting
more than a third of Denmark’s and more than a fifth of Spain’s
electricity demand. Meanwhile, solar met 7.8 percent of the
total 2013 electricity demand in Italy.
In addition, a growing numbers of cities, states, and regions
are developing strategies to transition to 100 percent renewable
energy. For example, Djibouti, Scotland, and Tuvalu are
targeting 100 percent of their electricity from renewables by
2020. Among those who have already achieved their goals are
about 20 million Germans who live in so-called 100 percent
renewable energy regions, the authors note.
This policy momentum continued in 2013 with city and local
governments increasingly using their authority to regulate, make
expenditure and procurement decisions, facilitate and ease the
financing of renewable energy projects.
However, 2013 also saw an increasing focus on revision to
existing policies, including retroactive changes that reduced
financial support, either to improve policy effectiveness or to
curb rising costs associated with renewables support schemes.
In some cases the reductions have exceeded even the rapid
decline in technology costs, the report says. In Europe, policy
uncertainty has also increased the cost of capital; as a result,
the region continued to see a significant loss of start-up
companies, especially in the solar PV sector, during 2013.
Technology Profiles
In the last five years, the report finds, hydropower capacity
has increased by nearly 4 percent annually to approximately
1,000 GW. In 2013, hydropower and solar PV each accounted for
about one-third of new renewable power capacity; however, solar
PV has experienced the fastest growth of any energy technology,
with growth in global capacity of 39 percent in 2013 and
averaging almost 55 percent annually over the last five years.
Non-hydro renewables for electricity generation, including wind,
collectively grew nearly 17 percent during 2013 to more than 560
GW.
Hydropower and Marine/tidal
Global hydropower generation during 2013 was an estimated 3,750
TWh and about 40 GW of new capacity was commissioned over the
year. By far the most capacity was installed in China at 29 GW,
with significant capacity also added in Turkey, Brazil, Vietnam,
India, and Russia.
Growth in the industry has been relatively steady in recent
years, fuelled primarily by China’s expansion but modernization
of ageing hydropower facilities is another growing global
market. There also is increasing recognition of the grid support
potential for hydropower to complement other renewables.
Ocean energy capacity, mostly tidal power generation, was about
530 MW by the end of 2013 and a handful of pilot installations
were deployed, notably in the U.K. and France. A key trend is
the continued strategy of major corporations to consolidate
their positions through partnerships and acquisitions.
Solar Photovoltaics
The global solar PV market had a record year, after a brief
slowdown, installing more capacity than any other renewable
technology except perhaps hydropower. Even as global investment
in solar PV declined nearly 22 percent compared with 2012, new
capacity installations increased by more than 27 percent. The
solar PV market had a record year, adding about 38 GW for a
total of around 138 GW. China accounted for nearly a third of
the total global capacity added, followed by Japan and the U.S.
During 2013, module prices stabilised, while production costs
continued to fall and cell efficiencies to increase. Lower
prices are opening up new markets from Africa and the Middle
East to Asia and Latin America, while interest has continued to
grow in corporate- and community-owned systems.
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Global CSP capacity was up by nearly 0.9 GW (36 percent) in 2013
to reach 3.4 GW. The U.S. and Spain remained market leaders but
markets are expanding to developing countries. Beyond the
leading markets, capacity nearly tripled with projects coming
on-line in the United Arab Emirates, India, and China. Thermal
energy storage continued to gain in importance, but revised
growth projections and competition from solar PV in some
countries led a number of companies to close their CSP
operations. The trend towards larger plants to take advantage of
economies of scale was maintained, while improved design and
manufacturing techniques reduced costs.
Wind
More than 35 GW of wind power capacity was added in 2013, making
a total above 318 GW, but the market was down nearly 10 GW
compared with 2012, reflecting the U.S. fall in installations.
The European Union remained the top region for cumulative
capacity, with Asia nipping at its heels and set to take the
lead in 2014. New markets continued to emerge with, for the
first time, Latin America representing a significant share of
2013 installations. Wind power was excluded from one of Brazil’s
national auctions because it was pricing all other generation
sources out of the market.
Offshore wind had a record year, with 1.6 GW added, almost all
of it in the EU. However, the record level hides delays due to
policy uncertainty and project cancellations or downsizing.
Bioenergy
Global bioenergy electricity generation capacity was up by an
estimated 5 GW to 88 GW, producing more than 400 TWh in 2013.
Liquid biofuels met about 2.3 percent of global transport fuel
demand in 2013, with production up by 7.7 billion litres to
reach 116.6 billion litres. Ethanol production was up 6 percent,
biodiesel rose 11 percent, and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO)
was up by 16 percent.
As of early 2014, at least 63 countries supported transport
biofuels through regulatory policies, up from 49 in 2012, and
some mandates were strengthened during 2013. In some countries,
however, support for first-generation biofuels was reduced due
to environmental and social sustainability concerns and overall
investment in new biofuel plant capacity continued to decline
from its 2007 peak.
Within the bioenergy sector, 2013 trends included the increasing
use of renewables in combined heat and power plants and district
heating and cooling systems. Hybrid solutions in the building
sector and growing use of renewable heat for industrial purposes
also featured. Meanwhile, demand is driving increased
international trade in biofuels, including wood pellets, and new
advanced biofuel production plants were commissioned in Europe
and North America.
Geothermal
About 530 MW of new geothermal generating capacity came on-line
in 2013, bringing total global capacity to 12 GW and
representing 4 percent annual growth. Governments and industry
have continued technological innovation to increase efficiency
and the use of low-temperature fields for both power and heat
continues to expand.
Solar Thermal Heating and Cooling
Solar water and air collector capacity reached an estimated 330
GWth by the end of 2013 with China accounting for more than 80
percent of the global market. Demand in key European markets
continued to slow, but expanded in countries such as Brazil. The
trend towards deploying large domestic systems continued, as did
growing interest in district heating, cooling, and industrial
applications. China maintained its lead in manufacturing while
Europe saw accelerated consolidation during the year, with
several large suppliers announcing their exit from the sector.
Industry expectations for market development are brightest in
India and Greece.
The Current Renewable Energy Landscape?
As renewable energy markets and industries mature, the report
notes, they increasingly face new and different challenges, as
well as a wide range of opportunities. In 2013, renewables faced
declining policy support and uncertainty in many European
countries and the U.S. Grid-related constraints, utility
opposition and continuing subsidies for fossil fuels were also
issues.
Nonetheless, markets, manufacturing, and investment expanded
further across the developing world, and it became increasingly
evident that renewables are no longer dependent upon a small
handful of countries, the authors’ state. They add that
continuing technological advances, falling prices, and
innovations in financing means renewables have become
increasingly affordable for a broader range of consumers.
According to Janet Sawin, the report’s lead author, “renewable
energy is considered crucial for meeting current and future
energy needs in a growing number of countries.”
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“Global perceptions of renewable energy have shifted
considerably,” concludes Arthouros Zervos, chair of REN21. He
continues: “Over the last 10 years, continuing technology
advances and rapid deployment of many renewable energy
technologies have demonstrated that the question is no longer
whether renewables have a role to play in the provision of
energy services, but rather how we can best increase the current
pace to achieve a 100 percent renewables future with full energy
access for all.”
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Re: The Big Picture of Renewable Energy Growth
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US Renewable Electrical Generation Hits 14.3 Percent
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In the first half of 2014 US wind energy hit 5 percent, while
solar more than doubled.
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