The 1,230 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generating capacity in place at the end of 2009 now constitutes just over 25 percent of total generating capacity worldwide. This is over three times nuclear generating capacity and roughly 38 percent of the capacity of fossil fuel-burning power plants worldwide.
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petrol… - Christopher Flavin
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petrol…
- Christopher Flavin
The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development - Christopher Flavin
The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development
Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The questi… - Christopher Flavin
Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The questi…
Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs. - Christopher Flavin
Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs.
The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has become—or else scrap it and get ready to start all over. - Christopher Flavin
The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has become—or else scrap it and get ready to start all over.
The 1,230 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generating capacity in place at the end of 2009 now constitutes just over 25 percent of total generating … - Christopher Flavin
The 1,230 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generating capacity in place at the end of 2009 now constitutes just over 25 percent of total generating …
The bottom of the oil barrel is now visible. - Christopher Flavin
The bottom of the oil barrel is now visible.
Already, China's world-leading solar industry provides water heating for 35 million buildings, and India's pioneering use of rainwater harvesting bri… - Christopher Flavin
Already, China's world-leading solar industry provides water heating for 35 million buildings, and India's pioneering use of rainwater harvesting bri…
Improved energy productivity and renewable energy are both available in abundance—and new policies and technologies are rapidly making them more econ… - Christopher Flavin
Improved energy productivity and renewable energy are both available in abundance—and new policies and technologies are rapidly making them more econ…
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