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* There is unprecedented interest in renewable energy, particularly solar and wind energy, which provide electricity without giving rise to any carbon dioxide emission.
* Harnessing these for electricity depends on the cost and efficiency of the technology, which is constantly improving, thus reducing costs per peak kilowatt.
* Utilising electricity from solar and wind in a grid requires some back-up generating capacity due to their intermittent nature. Policy settings to support renewables are also generally required, and some 50 countries have these.
* Utilising solar and wind-generated electricity in a stand-alone system requires corresponding battery or other storage capacity.
* The possibility of large-scale use of hydrogen in the future as a transport fuel increases the potential for both renewables and base-load electricity supply.
http://endoilcrisis.blogspot.com/
* Harnessing these for electricity depends on the cost and efficiency of the technology, which is constantly improving, thus reducing costs per peak kilowatt.
* Utilising electricity from solar and wind in a grid requires some back-up generating capacity due to their intermittent nature. Policy settings to support renewables are also generally required, and some 50 countries have these.
* Utilising solar and wind-generated electricity in a stand-alone system requires corresponding battery or other storage capacity.
* The possibility of large-scale use of hydrogen in the future as a transport fuel increases the potential for both renewables and base-load electricity supply.
http://endoilcrisis.blogspot.com/
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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Pryor on -
Check out www.lac-core.org! It is an initiative to get people working on renewable energy to collaborate on projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Membership is free!
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Permalink Reply by Nitish Verma on -
JP, Carolyn
Thanks for this. I have checked out www.lac-core.org . It appears to be a good initiative in its early stages.
What has fascinated me is - how do educated,and often, empowered individuals make practical, day-to-day consumption choices:energy & others. Their behavior is likely to be a major contributor to the success (and _cost_ of success/failure) of similar new energy policies promoted worldwide.
I totally love the approach taken by this new initiative. Http://sustainability.govt.nzWhen you sign up (free) you can volunteer to 'pledges' - to modify your own consumption behaviors (large & small) - the site then tracks them for you. It's supported by the NZ Ministry for the Environment and aimed at NZ'rs. I guess its applicable to many around the world nowadays...
I have signed up and its nice to see polite reminders arrive in my mailbox once in a while...
Cheers
Nitish
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Permalink Reply by Kai Zhang on -
I like your opinions. And I think there must be profit-activitated plan.
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Permalink Reply by Mugisho Ndabuli Theophile on -
Reply by Mugisho Ndabuli Th. Thanks for this infromation that seems profitable to everyone. It sounds a constructive project that renews energy as to offer to people good living conditions by scaling down the dramatically high cost of energy in some countries; especially in Africa. As this initiative is a great potential in the domain of transportation, we hope it will impact on fuel cost and thus reduce transport fares, which is a good thing for even the poor people to access public transportation. Yet the world population is increasing day by day, thus the use of energy if strengthened in tis way, everyone can have cheap access to energy. Indeed, this is a long term initiative that is of course consuming lumps of money that will not be easily found. Dec 3, 2009.
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