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In reply to the discussion: 'Faster Than We Thought': An Epitaph for Planet Earth [View all]kristopher
(29,798 posts)5. XXX is happening faster than expected.
From the IEA's 1998 World Energy Outlook
IEA's WEO projection 2010:
Aggregate Global Renewable Capacity = 43GW
Amount generated by all renewables that year = 154TWh
IEA's WEO projection 2020:
Aggregate Global Renewable Capacity = 73GW
Amount generated by all renewables that year = 239TWh
IEA's WEO projection 2010:
Aggregate Global Renewable Capacity = 43GW
Amount generated by all renewables that year = 154TWh
IEA's WEO projection 2020:
Aggregate Global Renewable Capacity = 73GW
Amount generated by all renewables that year = 239TWh
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Table 6.1 really hammers home what a lot of us have felt for a long time here on E/E
NickB79
May 2012
#9
Funny that you choose to use GW values instead of TWH values in your reply to my point about TWH's
NickB79
May 2012
#35
Here's another version using the actual 2009 data instead of their projection
GliderGuider
May 2012
#15
Given that you seem awfully concerned about what sources other people are using...
XemaSab
May 2012
#25
You understated a key data point by 600% to grossly understate the renewable trendline
kristopher
May 2012
#33