renewable energy – wastedmonkeys http://wastedmonkeys.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:08:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Al Gore’s energy challenge, we can solve it http://wastedmonkeys.com/al-gores-energy-challenge-we-can-solve-it/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:08:04 +0000 http://wastedmonkeys.wordpress.com/?p=462 Former Vice President of USA and an environmental activist, Al Gore, issued a challenge yesterday to all fellow Americans to achieve 100% energy from indigenously produced renewable sources within 10 years. This is not only a challenge for Americans, but a mission for all residents of the planet who ought to play their own part in their own region. Visit weCanSolveIt.org to sign up and join the revolution.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idlJDcr669o]

]]> World’s biggest solar farm in Portugal http://wastedmonkeys.com/worlds-biggest-solar-farm-in-portugal/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:15:14 +0000 http://wastedmonkeys.wordpress.com/?p=396 “When fully commissioned later this year, the £250m farm set on abandoned state-owned land will be twice the size of any other similar project in the world, covering an area nearly twice the size of London’s Hyde park. It is expected to supply 45MW of electricity each year, enough to power 30,000 homes.” – Guardian

EU renewable energy league

Top

  • Sweden 2005 39.8%, target by 2020 49%
  • Latvia 34.9%, target 42%
  • Finland 28.5%, target 38%
  • Austria 23.3%, target 34%
  • Portugal 20.5%, target 31%

Bottom

  • Cyprus 2.9%, target by 2020 13%
  • Netherlands 2.4%, target 14%
  • Ireland 3.1%, target 16%
  • Netherlands 2.4%, target 14%
  • Belgium 2.2%, target 13%
  • UK 1.3%, target 15%

World’s biggest solar farm at centre of Portugal’s ambitious energy plan

]]>