Re: Large increase in PV solar energy production

2005-07-11 Thread RC Macaulay
    Jed wrote..   >The "Wind Force 12 Plan" calls for wind power to supply 12% of world >electricity by 2020. . . . The plan calls for 1,245,000 MW total wind >capacity, 26 times more than we now have.I have wondered if anyone has built a windmill like the Schauberger theme . Shortcut to: htt

Re: Large increase in PV solar energy production

2005-07-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: The "Wind Force 12 Plan" calls for wind power to supply 12% of world electricity by 2020. . . . The plan calls for 1,245,000 MW total wind capacity, 26 times more than we now have. This calls for an increase over present annual construction by a factor of 10. It seems like a reasona

Large increase in PV solar energy production

2005-07-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
The Asahi newspaper Japanese edition reported on July 10 that Germany has overtaken Japan as the world's largest producer of photovoltaic PV solar energy panels. Both countries report a large increase in production and a rapidly falling cost per watt. 2004 PV production was 270 MW in Japan, an