Comments on: 10 Interesting Solar Power Graphics

By: ThomasGerke

ThomasGerke — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:54:00 +0000

In a world where technologies are disconnected from the energy system that they supply, your statement might make some sense.

The reality of today is though, that the same people that controll nuclear in japan are the ones that fight the idea of reducing japans dependency from oil.. With the high state of todays renewable technology Japan could lower it’s energy costs within just a few years in a way and for a price that nuclear could never accomplish. If they realize the possibility and break free from the nuclear lobby that almost crippled their nation beyond repair, they could expant wind & solar capacity and stimulate their economy by redirecting all those funds that go into energy imports. Besides:Your plan doesn’t address transportation.Nuclear operates in a demand driven baseload-centric energy power system that is heavily dominated by vested interessts of the fossil fuel corporations.Renewable energy sources operate in a supply-driven system dominated by variable sources. That means that there will be moments of surplus energy all the time, which will be utilized for transportation & heating/cooling. There are just a few hundred GWh of wasted surpluss windpower in Germany and the car industry is already investing millions in power-to-gas storage technology with industrial scale applications under construction. 30 Years of the nuclear hydrogen economy and nothing happend… a pipedream with massive profits, corruption and hazardous waste for generations to come….

By: Nuclear

Nuclear — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:31:00 +0000

Nice graphs. But dont even dream about reducing nuclear. This worldwide recession is triggered by higher oil prices. After Japan shutdown its reactors, oil prices increased further. We have to build more reactors alongside renewables and find a way to move the transport from oil to electricity.

Any plan that does not talk about reducing Oil in the transport area is doomed to disaster.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:27:00 +0000

woops, sorry, thanks for the catch!

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:25:00 +0000

Yep, see this post for more on that: http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/12/top-solar-power-countries-per-capita-per-gdp-per-twh-of-electricity-produced-in-total/

By: Bristolboy

Bristolboy — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Graph number 9 is mislabelled. Instead of wind and solar PV accounting for 47% it was actually 47TW (out of a total new capacity of 84.5TW. Therefore wind and solar PV account for 55.6% of new capacity in the EU in 2011. Add in the other renewables which were added (5TW) and renewables account for 61.5% of all new generation in the EU.

By: tibi stibi

tibi stibi — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:53:00 +0000

#6
interesting that germany 80 million inhabitants is nr1!!
and usa 300 million inhabitants and richist country in the world is nr 5

no wonder the german economy is doing well, a lot of energie money stay’s in their country

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:37:00 +0000

yeah, i was very happy & a bit surprised to see those.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:36:00 +0000

cool, but then you have to check this post:
http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/12/top-solar-power-countries-per-capita-per-gdp-per-twh-of-electricity-produced-in-total/

By: Robert Farbe

Robert Farbe — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:58:00 +0000

Nice graphics. # 6 is my favorite. I like to see where each country stands in relation to others. I knew that Germany was in the lead so I can ‘show’ my customers exactly how much. Thanks.

By: Top Solar Power Countries (Per Capita, Per GDP, Per TWh of Electricity Produced, & in Total) - CleanTechnica

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:05:42 +0000

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By: ThomasGerke

ThomasGerke — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:15:00 +0000

Great Graphics!

Especially 8,9 & 10 are looking good. It seems that things are certainly changing.