Good news, wind power capacity grows to 100 GW
According to a post in Treehugger and the Earth Policy Institute, global energy generation from wind is growing in leaps and will very soon -estimated within a month- reach 100 GW! This considerable amount covers the needs of 150 million people!
Although certainly not solving global energy problems, it is a great start and holds even more promise for the future, since rates of installations are increasing in several countries. In 13 of them, generation exceeds 1 GW and growth exceeds any other type of energy, including natural gas.
EU champions are Germany, Spain and Denmark, all with almost 10% or more of total energy generation from wind. Other countries leading the installation statistics are the US, China and India. Despite all the pessimism, green energy increases are happening in the background with conventional technology. Taking into account other eco-friendly sources -especially solar- and the promise of efficiency increases, the next technological revolution will definitely have to do with energy generation.
Link: Treehugger
[...] energy projects going on at the moment. Large scale wind energy production has proven itself in North Europe, on the other side of the Atlantic there is predictions that by 2030 it could power up to 20% of [...]
May 16th, 2008 at 11:33 am