Re: "Europe: No. 1 in Sustainable Energy"
- From: Larry Caldwell <firstnamelastinitial@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:56:19 -0700
In article <pan.2007.08.06.10.11.16.275842@xxxxxxxx>, nntpmail@xxxxxxxx
(Ann) says...
"Currently more than 25,000 wind farms are operating throughout Europe,
and capacity is expected to double by 2015.
...
Similarly, solar panel capacity in Germany, the world's largest market
with annual sales over $5 billion, is expected to reach 4,500 megawatts by
2010-the equivalent of almost six coal-fired power stations.
That's not that much power. Oregon alone generates 4,500 megawatts just
by burning wood waste. They are also building wind farms so fast that
they have run the wind turbine manufacturers completely out of capacity.
The waiting list for buying wind turbines is a year long.
Ocean Power Delivery, a Scottish company that has designed a turbine
powered by wave energy, has targeted North America as a key battleground.
Growth in the U.S., according to the company's Business Development
Director Max Carcas, could propel the wave-power sector to a $10
billion-per-year industry by 2012."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,498312,00.html
I'll believe wave energy when it happens. It seems to be very popular
among people who have never been near the ocean. I have seen waves
throw house sized boulders around, and break ships in half. It may be
possible to build a serviceable wave power plant, but I suspect it will
be prohibitively expensive.
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