Renewable energy use gaining worldwide
Renewables like solar and wind represent the fastest-growing
source of energy power generation and will make up a quarter of the global
power mix by 2018.
In 2016 renewable energy will overtake natural gas as a power
source and will be twice that of nuclear, and second only to coal as a source
of power.
The growth of renewables -- non-fossil fuels like hydropower,
wind, solar, geothermal and bioenergy -- has been bolstered by increased
competitiveness compared with conventional energy.
Non-hydro renewable power, mainly wind and solar photovoltaics, is
projected to grow from 4 percent of all power generation in 2011 to 8 percent
in 2018.
Still there is some uncertainty about long-term government
policies that discourages investment; reduced subsidies in some countries due
to economic problems; and tough competition from other energy sources, such as
the United States
US President Barack Obama's energy and climate proposals were
unveiled Tuesday. Obama's polices constitute a clear example of a target that
goes beyond the four years of a presidential mandate.
A report released earlier this month warned the world is on track
to surpass by more than double the two-degree Celsius warming goal set by the
United Nations, unless urgent measures are taken. The recommendations include
curtailing coal-fired power stations and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.
Let's continue the growth in all areas of renewables right here in the USA.
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