Renewable energy sources can have an exponential growth if we want.
The development sketched here can of course go much faster
Prices are falling rapidly. Solar energy is competitive with fossil fuels in most areas. According to many, solar energy is likely to become the dominant future source of energy.
- Solar Photovoltaic Power Potential by Country (World Bank 2020)
- Solar power (The Guardian)
- Solar Capacity Exceeded All Other Fuel Sources Combined in 2017, Study Finds (2018)
- This Solar Device Converts Seawater to Drinking Water (2020)
- The solar revolution (March 2016)
- How Does Solar Power Work, Anyway?
- Solar Is the Fastest-Growing Source of Renewable Energy in America (May 2015)
- The truth about the price of solar energy
- Power Brokers -Africa’s solar boom is changing life beyond the grid. (Aug 2017)
- Solar Is Booming … Costs Keep Falling (Dec 2016)
- New Record Set for World’s Cheapest Solar (May 2016)
- World’s Largest Solar Farm Leapfrogs India to Third in Utility-Scale Solar (Dec 2016)
- Report: Solar Will Dominate World Energy Supply in Just 15 Years (March 2015)
- No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming. Elon Musk just showed us the grand unification of Tesla: Fast cars, big batteries, and a stunning solar rooftop.(Nov 2016)
- Audi is developing a “solar sun roof” to power your electric car (Aug 2017)
- Why Tesla’s battery for your home should terrify utilities (Feb 2015)
- Rooftop solar is now cheaper than the grid in 42 American cities (Jan 2015)
- Solar Power is at a Tipping Point (The Upshot is Massive Profits) Money morning, Jan 2015
- Solar has the brightest sustainable energy future. Here’s why (Aug 2017)
- Are You Ready to Power Your Car With the Sun? (Feb 2016)
- Solar cells get growth boost (March 2015)
- Solar Power for the Global Masses: The Next Revolution (May 2014)
- Why Investing in Solar Energy Is Attracting the Big Boys (Aug 2014)
- Solar Energy Profits Start to Attract the Big Boys
- World’s First Solar Airport No Longer Pays Electricity Bills (March 2016)
- Apple close to being 100% powered by renewables (March 2016)
- Stanford University Study Finds Utility-Scale Solar Development Enough to Power Communities (March 2015)
- Solar Energy Could Power the World
- 75,000 New Jobs to Enter Solar Workforce, Including Military Veterans (April 2015)
- Solar Roadways: Turning Pavement into Power
- Good News About Solar Energy From Disparate Parts of the World
- What if Solar Panel Where on Every Family Roof ? #Infographic
- 3 Charts Prove the Solar Revolution Is Here to Stay (Jan 2015)
- Solar Is Creating Jobs Nearly 20 Times Faster Than Overall U.S. Economy (Jan 2015)
- Africa’s new breed of solar energy entrepreneurs (BBC Jan 2015)
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- Tesla Model S P85D – We couldn’t believe our eyes – Can the new Tesla really outrace a snowmobile? (April 2015)
- Global investment in renewable energy hit US$270B in 2014, says UN report
- Energy Storage Would Play Major Role in a Green Future
- Wind and solar power entering new generation says IEA (June 2016)
- Own the switch
- Solar for Climate Deniers and Changers
- Solar Cost Hits World’s New Low, Half the Price of Coal (Aug 2016)
- Tesla: solar roof will likely cost less than a normal roof (Nov 2016)
- Tesla powers a whole island with solar to show off its energy chops (Nov 2016)
- 2015 Saw Renewable Energy Boom, Led by Developing Nations
‘What is truly remarkable about these results is that they were achieved at a time when fossil fuel prices were at historic lows.’(June 2016) - World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That’s Cheaper Than WindEmerging markets are leapfrogging the developed world thanks to cheap panels (Bloomberg Dec 2016)
- Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution (Bloomberg Nov 2016)
- New Energy Outlook (NEO) is Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s annual long-term view of how the world’s power markets will evolve in the future
- USA Installs Record Amount of Solar Power With 192% Growth (Dec 2016)
- Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities (Feb 2017)
- Solar panel that generates energy not just from the sun, but also from the rain that hits it
- 305 GW of solar power capacity installed worldwide (March 2017)
- The cumulative U.S. solar market is expected to nearly triple in size (March 2017)
- Jobs in the solar field in the United States grew at a rate 17 times faster than the overall economy. This was part of a larger trend towards jobs in renewable energy and away from more dangerous, less sustainable jobs in fossil fuels (May 2017)
- China Has Already More Than Doubled Its 2020 Solar Power Target (Aug 2017)
- Green energy revolution threatens to upend predictable utility investments (Sept 2017)
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| Chapter 6 | 6 Greener future? | |
| 6.1 Green technology | ||
| 6.1.1 Solar | ||
| 6.1.2 Wind | ||
| 6.1.3 Renewable energy | ||
| 6.1.4 Energy storage | ||
| 6.1.5 Geo-engineering | ||
| 6.2 Ecological footprint | ||
| 6.3 Greener law? | ||
| 6.4 Greener business? | ||
| 6.5 Greener architecture? | ||
| 6.6 Greener tourism | ||
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