No, really. Understanding security is tied to energy independence and that's tied to peak oil and alt en which is tied to climate change which is tied to security is a bigger step than a lot of people have taken.
And it is tied to our economic future. Almost every nation in the world is headed towards energy sustainability. There's been a lot posted on Europe, but China...
. But wind-generated power, which is growing worldwide at 30% per year, and which costs 80% less per megawatt than it did 20 years ago, is an important part of China's energy strategy. The world leader in wind energy is the nation of Denmark, whose wind manufacturers have forged strong ties with Chinese partners. Over 50% of the large capacity windmills currently installed in China are manufactured in Denmark. ...
By the end of 2004, China produced 200,000 off-grid wind turbine generators, ranking it number one in the world. I have off grid neighbors)...
. By the end of 2005, China had built 59 wind farms with 1,854 wind turbine generators and a 1,266 megawatt in-grid wind power installed capacity, ranking it number ten globally.
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China set to invest $200bn in renewable energy sector
HONG KONG • China is set to spend $200bn on renewable energy over the next 15 years, and industry players are racing to grab a slice of the action.
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and what's the US plan? (Bear in mind solar powers wind, rain, photosynthesis, everything, but I suspect they only mean PV.)
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Government marks $170 million for solar energy
By Reuters
Published: June 28, 2006, 4:26 PM PDT
The Bush administration said on Wednesday it would offer $170 million to public and private partnerships to make solar energy more competitive with conventional electricity sources by 2015.
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