Solar Energy Could Provide 25% Of World Electricity
The International Energy Agency (IEA) presented two new analyses in Valencia, Spain this week, a Solar Photovoltaic Energy Technology Roadmap and a Concentrating Solar Power Technology Roadmap. 1bog reports.
A key long-term finding from these analyses is that 20-25% of global electricity production could be from solar electricity by 2050.
Some interesting charts:
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Is the Sun finally rising on Solar Power?
There is a must read interview at renewableenergyaccess.com with Rob Styler president of marketing division of Citizenre.
Citizenre come out with a new way to sell solar energy, with no upfront costs to the client, and probably founding a new way to make solar energy cost efficient to the company and client.
This new model seems very interesting, even if it requires a big sum of money from the company, but should represent one more push for the explosion of solar energy in the upcoming years.
In 1931, Thomas Edison had a conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. He said, "I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." We have waited 76 years, but an innovative company may have finally found a solution.
The sun supplies enough energy to earth in one hour to supply all of our energy needs for an entire year. But currently solar power produces less than 1/2 of 1% of our residential energy needs.
Read the full interview at
renewable energy accessCitizenre
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Interest in solar energy rising in the East
SEABROOK, N.J. -- A refrigerator repairman with a modest home backing onto a spinach farm, Bob May doesn't appear to be the kind of fellow who can afford to go solar.
Renewable-energy advocates love solar energy, but acknowledge it hasn't caught on more because it's expensive. It takes between $50,000 and $80,000 to buy the equipment to power a single-family home.
But last winter, May and his father installed 60 solar panels, largely paid for by the state, in the yard of his southern New Jersey residence.
read the full article at Dellaware online
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The price of solar energy
Interesting article at Renewable Energy Access.
Not always the region with more sun can be the best choice for solar plants, since electricity rates tend to weight even more in the solar energy cost.
The Future of Solar Power Lies in the NortheastToday, even in the best case scenario, solar power still requires substantial subsidies. It will be another decade before it reaches the break even point -- that is, the point where solar power becomes economical without subsidies.
The Southwest does enjoy a tremendous sunlight advantage over the Northeast, making solar power less expensive in that region. However, the advantage does not come close to compensating for the difference in electricity rates.
read the full article, by Jonathan Klein,
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