06-16-2012, 07:31 AM
Out of all the islands, the cost of electricity is the highest on the island of Hawaii, according to the report on the new report last night. If your not outraged, you are not paying ATTENTION.
Electricity from volcanoes would not only reduce oil dependency and hence the state's vulnerability to outside forces, it would also play a small but positive part in slowing CO2 buildup from fossil fuels and the accompanying global warming. (Unchecked, this warming could result in the inundation of Hawaii's famed coastline, where most of its people live.) So an ambitious initiative is now under way to develop a series of geothermal stations on the Big Island to produce some 500 megawatts of electricity, much of which would be exported via an undersea cable to the island of Oahu, where 80% of the state's people live.
The drilling is not difficult by today's standards. Geothermal technology is proven, as power plants in Italy, Iceland, California, New Zealand and other places have shown. Indeed, a test plant on the Big Island built for experimental purposes worked well enough to be successfully hooked into the island's power grid over a period of several years. So, from the perspective of the engineers and the planners sitting in Honolulu offices, geothermal is definitely part of the solution.[}
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Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-co...z1xzf1K100
World's Top 10 Generators of Clean Energy
With Rio 20+, the latest United Nations organized Earth Summit, less than a week away, the Natural Resources Defense Council has released a scorecard ranking the G20 nations and their commitment to clean energy development.
It comes as no surprise that G20 countries lead the world in renewable energy investment. Since 2004, investment in clean energy from G20 countries has grown by nearly 600%, while electricity produced from solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, and wave power has tripled.
Nevertheless, the NRDC says an even greater commitment to clean energy is required, given that clean energy currently only accounts for 2.6% of the G20's electricity production. This number is expected to increase to 6% by 2020 -- which is not nearly enough to meet the demands of climate scientists. The NRDC recommends G20 nations seize the opportunity of Rio 20+ to enhance their commitment to clean energy.
Here is a list of the G20's top 10 producers of clean energy in 2011 -- in terms of total percentage of renewable energy in the nation's electricity generation mix.
1. Germany -- 10.7%
2. European Union (as a whole) -- 6.7%
3. Italy -- 6.2%
4. Indonesia -- 5.7%
5. United Kingdom -- 4.2%
6. France -- 2.8%
7. United States -- 2.7%
8. Mexico -- 2.6%
9. India -- 2.4%
10. Australia -- 2.0%
http://geobigisland.blogspot.com/2012/06...clean.html
Electricity from volcanoes would not only reduce oil dependency and hence the state's vulnerability to outside forces, it would also play a small but positive part in slowing CO2 buildup from fossil fuels and the accompanying global warming. (Unchecked, this warming could result in the inundation of Hawaii's famed coastline, where most of its people live.) So an ambitious initiative is now under way to develop a series of geothermal stations on the Big Island to produce some 500 megawatts of electricity, much of which would be exported via an undersea cable to the island of Oahu, where 80% of the state's people live.
The drilling is not difficult by today's standards. Geothermal technology is proven, as power plants in Italy, Iceland, California, New Zealand and other places have shown. Indeed, a test plant on the Big Island built for experimental purposes worked well enough to be successfully hooked into the island's power grid over a period of several years. So, from the perspective of the engineers and the planners sitting in Honolulu offices, geothermal is definitely part of the solution.[}
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Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-co...z1xzf1K100
World's Top 10 Generators of Clean Energy
With Rio 20+, the latest United Nations organized Earth Summit, less than a week away, the Natural Resources Defense Council has released a scorecard ranking the G20 nations and their commitment to clean energy development.
It comes as no surprise that G20 countries lead the world in renewable energy investment. Since 2004, investment in clean energy from G20 countries has grown by nearly 600%, while electricity produced from solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, and wave power has tripled.
Nevertheless, the NRDC says an even greater commitment to clean energy is required, given that clean energy currently only accounts for 2.6% of the G20's electricity production. This number is expected to increase to 6% by 2020 -- which is not nearly enough to meet the demands of climate scientists. The NRDC recommends G20 nations seize the opportunity of Rio 20+ to enhance their commitment to clean energy.
Here is a list of the G20's top 10 producers of clean energy in 2011 -- in terms of total percentage of renewable energy in the nation's electricity generation mix.
1. Germany -- 10.7%
2. European Union (as a whole) -- 6.7%
3. Italy -- 6.2%
4. Indonesia -- 5.7%
5. United Kingdom -- 4.2%
6. France -- 2.8%
7. United States -- 2.7%
8. Mexico -- 2.6%
9. India -- 2.4%
10. Australia -- 2.0%
http://geobigisland.blogspot.com/2012/06...clean.html