Liming Qiao of the Global Wind Energy Council analyses the current status of the wind power market in China and examines future trends. In 2011 China led the global annual wind power market again, by adding 17.631 MW of a new wind capacity and cementing its place as the world’s leading wind market with a total of 62.364 MW.
Renewable electricity capacity achieves new record level, jumps 8,3% in 2013, according to the Renewables 2014 Global Status Report.
On 11th of May 2014, Germany’s impressive streak of renewable energy milestones continued, with renewable energy generation surging to a record portion — nearly 75 percent — of the country’s overall electricity demand by midday. In the first quarter of 2014, renewable energy sources met a record 27 percent of the country’s electricity demand, thanks to additional installations and favorable weather.
According to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) bioenergy production should follow EU resource efficiency principles. This means extracting more energy from the same material input, and also avoiding negative environmental effects potentially caused by bioenergy production.
The process by which plants convert energy from the sun’s rays into chemical ‘fuel’ has inspired a new way of generating clean, cheap, renewable hydrogen power which could solve looming problems with the UK’s energy infrastructure.
Hydroelectric power stations are typically located near water sources, or on the source itself, such as dams on rivers. But Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station is located more than 80 kilometers from the nearest water source – the Mississippi river.
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