Posted on 04/18/2024 7:31:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Seven countries now generate 100 per cent of their electricity from renewable energy - two are in Europe.
Last year was the best year on record for new wind energy installation.
The world installed 116 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2023, according to the latest Global Wind Report from industry trade association the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). That is a 50 per cent increase from 2022 making it the best year on record for new wind projects.
China led for both offshore and onshore wind installation followed by the US, Brazil and Germany. Thanks to strong growth in the Netherlands, Europe also had a record year in 2023 with 3.8 gigawatts of new offshore wind capacity.
The report notes that, while wind power growth is highly concentrated in a few big countries, some other regions and nations saw record growth. Africa and the Middle East installed nearly 1 gigawatt of wind power capacity in 2023, almost triple that of the previous year.
Commission clears €1bn Greek aid for renewables Building new wind and solar projects is getting harder but this German village could have the answer Its authors say the world is “moving in the right direction in combatting climate change”. Authors warn, however, that annual growth must be at least 320 gigawatts by 2030 to meet the COP28 pledge of tripling renewable energy by the end of the decade.
“It’s great to see wind industry growth picking up, and we are proud of reaching a new annual record,” said GWEC CEO Ben Backwell. “However much more needs to be done to unlock growth.”
Which countries are powered entirely by renewables? Seven countries now generate all of their energy from renewable sources, according to figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.
Solar panels work in the town of Milagro, Navarra Province, northern Spain. Solar panels work in the town of Milagro, Navarra Province, northern Spain.AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File Norway came close with 98.38 per cent of its energy from wind, water or solar, according to the data compiled by Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson.
Another 40 countries got at least half of their electricity from renewables in 2021 and 2022 including 11 in Europe. Others, like Germany or Portugal, are capable of running on 100 per cent wind, water and solar for short amounts of time.
Solar could overtake other renewables Though many of these countries currently use a large amount of hydropower or wind energy, experts predict solar could take over as a major source in the near future. Technology has improved and costs are rapidly dropping.
Meet the companies creating a ‘city of the future’ inside Berlin’s Tegel Airport How does subscription solar work? This Spanish company instals panels with no upfront investment Solar dominated the expansion of renewable energy capacity in 2023, accounting for 73 per cent of all growth, followed by wind power at 24 per cent. It now makes up 37 per cent of the world’s total renewable energy capacity.
A 2023 study from the University of Exeter and University College London predicts that solar will reach an “irreversible tipping point”, becoming the world’s primary source of energy by 2050.
no- it’s all windmills, hydro-dams, geothermal ventings and capture projects- etc etc et- no room for people lol
FTA: “More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.”
I wold bet dollars to donut holes the operative words there are “Hydro” and “Geothermal.”
Fake news.
I am sure they measured the potential wind, solar and hydro power installations, and not what was actually delivered to the power grid.
For isntance there is a claim of the trains in the Netherlands run 100% on “renewable” power, but what it really means is the train lines in the Netherlands are “buying renweable power” from the grid system via third party contractors/producers of “renewables”; but again that is not real measure of the actual power those renewable sources actually produced and delivered to the grid. When the wind is not blowing right or clouds and rain or snow are blocking the sun something else has to be making up for the power they are not creating. Those lapses demonstrate how those sources are not really “sustainable”.
arent we destroying hydro?
“I smell bovine excrement. They may have the capacity, but there is no way they can cover the variable demand.
They have it covered. Most production is from hydro.
“and tried to fool the reader into thinking that this “renewable miracle” was due to wholly unreliable windmills and solar panels.”
Then why did they list geothermal first and hydro second?
“More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.”
Garbage. They cannot cover the variable demand without backup from other nations. The outlier is Iceland. Most of that nation is basically one big volcano. Geothermal power has been there for a very long time.
All these miraculous things made possible by massive taxation and subsidies eg tax-breaks for ‘green’ companies. A kind of eco-fascism.
Oh I should have added they also cannot cover the variable supply due to things like clouds and changes in wind without backup from other nations. Also, most of those listed are impoverished Third World cesspools with low energy demands.
Again, Iceland is the outlier due to geothermal.
PS Making America into an impoverished Third World cesspool is apparently the goal of the left...
Probably more like: Of our own energy we create, 99% is from wind.....but 95% of our energy is imported.
...there’s always ‘that part’ they’re not telling you. This is absolute garbage - what when the wind isn’t blowing?
Iceland has natural hot springs. I bet geothermal, which is steady, proven technology, is the lion’s share of Icelandic energy output.
Greenies don’t like Hydro, and they ignore geothermal, and those are the two that are continuous and are generally not eyesores or bird-killers.
Iceland and Albania. Iceland is almost all geothermal, and Albania... that industrial powerhouse.
Ignoramuses.
What is Norway going to do with all that North Sea oil that has been enriching them for years?
I’ll be in Norway in 2 weeks....I’ll let you know!
Hydroelectric dams. And Iceland uses geothermal sources ie volcanic heat.
We use a lot of hydroelectric in the Philippines, but during the hot dry season we have brownouts because the water level goes down.
So everyone uses generators. They didn’t mention that.
I smell bovine excrement. They may have the capacity, but there is no way they can cover the variable demand.
Concur! But also:
Wikipedia:
[Norwegian] Export revenues from oil and gas have risen to over 40% of total exports and constitute almost 20% of the GDP. Norway is the fifth-largest oil exporter and third-largest gas exporter in the world [...]
So the drug-pusher this article is lauding is himself a "tea-totaller." Big fookin' deal!
Regards,
The ONLY country on that list that is not a 3rd world chithole is Iceland. Iceland due to its geography sits atop multiple volcanoes and has access to relatively cheap geothermal energy as a result. Every other country they named is extremely poor and uses relatively little energy as a direct result of their poverty.
Yes we in the first world can indeed manage to make all of our energy “renewable”....so long as we’re willing to make ourselves into impoverished 3rd world countries too.
Once again, the Gaia worshipers’ propaganda is a complete joke.
116 Gigawatts!!!!
Why, that is ALMOST enough to power a 96 time-traveling Deloreans.
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