Monday, August 23, 2010

Energy efficiency and renewable energy

Worldwide energy consumption would be 56% higher today than it would have otherwise been without the various Energy Efficiency policies that have been implemented since 1973.

Worldwide, investment in renewable energies has boomed in recent years, with some $190 billion worth of new clean energy in 2008, according to the Renewables Global Status Report for 2009. The number of large solar plants tripled to 1,800 between 2007 and 2008, with the majority of new plants in Spain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Portugal.

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