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The necessary investments include large-scale deployment of
solar
and wind power; broader adoption of electric transport, both public (buses and trains) and private (cars); energy-efficient buildings; and power grids to carry renewable energy across large distances (say, from the North Sea and North Africa to continental Europe, and from California’s Mojave Desert to US population centers).
And these countries have the most suitable environment for
solar
thermal power production.
According to some optimistic studies,
solar
thermal power plants and wind farms in North Africa could not only boost economic growth there, but also provide more than 15% of Europe’s electricity by 2050.
Solar
Sister is a social business that has created jobs for 2,500 women selling affordable
solar
lighting in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Lumos, another
solar
solution, empowers women entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
Solar
panels and wind turbines can provide off-grid power in isolated rural areas.
In India, the switch could be equal to two more of the Indian government’s current National
Solar
Mission, which promotes solar-energy penetration and the construction of new rooftop and ground-mounted
solar
plants.
Some measures aimed at redistributing the energy load – such as
solar
and wind power – have been retained.
Electricity generated by strictly green sources – water, wind, and
solar
– increased by 20%, with the most dramatic growth occurring in
solar
power generation, which rose a staggering 175%.
Solar
power also surpassed nuclear in terms of new energy produced, providing an extra 17.43 terawatt-hours last year, compared to 14.70 terawatt-hours from nuclear sources.
Direct comparisons of different power sources are difficult, because the use of wind, solar, nuclear, and fossil-fuel plants varies according to the time of day.
Wind, water, and
solar
plants added 51 gigawatts of generating capacity.
As a result, wind, water, and
solar
power accounts for 31% of China’s total electricity-generation capacity, up from 21% in 2007, while nuclear power accounts for another 2%.
The trend was driven by a boom in
solar
energy in China and Japan and increasing European investment in off-shore wind power.
In such a forum, water and
solar
energy in tandem could help to move the Middle East from conflict to collaboration.
Indeed, in 2008 India unveiled an ambitious National Action Plan on Climate Change, which includes eight national missions, including
solar
and enhanced energy efficiency missions.
The nonprofit company Grameen Shakti currently leads the world in the installation of
solar
panels for the rural poor.
From 1996 to 2009, Grameen Shakti installed 750,000
solar
home systems in Bangladesh to provide emissions-free electricity to more than two million people.
Moreover, China is the world leader in total renewable energy capacity, small hydroelectric capacity, and the use of
solar
hot water heaters; second for wind power added in 2008 (ahead of Germany and Spain); and third in total ethanol production.
Suntech, a Chinese company founded in 2001, is the third largest manufacturer of
solar
cells in the world.
Japan and South Korea were third in the amount of grid-connected
solar
photovoltaic panels added in 2008; the Philippines was second for total geothermal power and third for total biomass power;Indonesia was third for total geothermal power.
Although open-ocean aquaculture should still require less diesel fuel than commercial fishing – and could run on renewable energy sources like solar, wind, or waves – offshore aquaculture is more energy-intensive than conventional fish farms.
Since January 2018, when the Trump administration announced tariffs on imported
solar
panels and washing machines, the year has been marked by an escalating “trade war,” waged primarily – but not exclusively – by the US against China.
Suddenly, even remote schools can connect to the Internet and to other schools through a
solar
panel, low-cost computers, and wireless access.
2010 was one of the two hottest years on record globally, despite extremely low
solar
activity.
If the Arctic ice disappears in the summer months, we will lose a giant mirror that reflects
solar
heat back into space and helps keep the planet cool.
Highly efficient buildings often can be easily heated with locally produced renewable electricity and supplied with hot water from
solar
collectors.
Obama also mentioned that he had raised fuel-economy standards for cars in the US, and had invested in renewable energy sources, like
solar
and wind power.
In the last year, Trump has withdrawn the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), renegotiated its free-trade agreement with South Korea, and raised “safeguard” tariffs on imported washing machines and
solar
panels from China and South Korea.
Similarly, Trump hastily withdrew from the Paris climate agreement before taking the opportunity to shape its rules, including with regard to tariffs on
solar
panels, which could have served US interests.
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