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Developing Countries Lead Global Surge in Renewable Energy Capacity

Developing Countries Lead Global Surge in Renewable Energy Capacity

written by Yale Environment 360

The number of developing nations with policies supporting renewable energy has surged more than six-fold in just eight years, from 15 developing countries in 2005 to 95 early this year, according to a report from REN21, an international nonprofit renewable energy policy network.

Those 95 developing nations today make up the vast majority of the 144 countries with renewable energy support policies and targets in place. The report credits such policies with driving global renewable energy capacity to a new record level last year — 1,560 gigawatts, up 8.3 percent from 2012. More than one-fifth — 22 percent — of the world’s power production now comes from renewable sources.

Overall, renewables accounted for more than 56 percent of net additions to global power capacity in 2013, the report says. Although financial and policy support declined in the U.S. and some European countries, China, the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Germany remained the top countries for total installed renewable power capacity. China’s new renewable power capacity surpassed new fossil fuel and nuclear capacity for the first time, the analysis found.

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June 4, 2014 0 comment
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Renewable Energy Comprised Total U.S. Power Generation Gains in November

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All of the additional electricity-generating capacity added by the U.S. last month came from renewable energy sources, according to a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Solar, biomass, wind, geothermal, and hydropower projects provided 394 megawatts — 100 percent —

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December 23, 2013 1 comment
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Solar Power Gets the Greenlight in Durban

written by Walter Wang

The municipality of eThekwini in Durban, South Africa, has greenlighted a new project of solar powered traffic lights. Funded by the state-owned power utility Eskom and implemented by ZRW Mechanika and Saint Gobain Solar, the project uses CIS solar modules to power lights at four intersections.

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August 17, 2012 0 comment
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Florida University Seeks To Tap into Power of Gulf Stream

written by Yale Environment 360

The U.S. Interior Department is reviewing a proposal from a Florida university to launch an experimental project to generate electricity using the power of the Gulf Stream, the warm-water current that flows along the eastern U.S. and the North Atlantic.

In the first application to test an ocean current

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May 25, 2011 0 comment
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Investment in Renewables Outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe and U.S.

written by Yale Environment 360

The U.S. and Europe added more power capacity in 2009 from renewable sources than from conventional sources such as coal and oil, and this year or next the world as a whole will add more capacity to the electricity supply from alternative energy sources than from fossil fuels, according to two new reports. The reports, issued by the United Nations Environmental Program and

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July 16, 2010 0 comment
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