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Which Countries Are Leaders In Renewable Energy
Oct 22nd, 2017 at 7:48am
 
Which countries are leaders in renewable energy?

    Several countries are taking advantage of their naturally windy conditions. (AAP)


Most of the world's top countries for renewable energy output are blessed with the natural resources - others have ambitious goals to get there.

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Iceland   Smiley



The tiny Nordic nation's natural resources allow it to boast that almost all its energy comes from renewable sources, with 75 per cent from hydroelectricity (generated by water rotating through a turbine shaft) and 24.5 per cent geothermal energy. The latter is generated from hot water circulating among rocks below the earth’s surface, or through cold water pumped into hot rocks and obtaining the heated water at the surface.

Policies instituted in the mid-20th century have taken Iceland from one of the poorest nations in the world to one with high living standards. A whopping 99 per cent of houses are heated with renewable energy.
Sweden   Smiley

Hydro power



In 2016, Sweden obtained 57 per cent of its power from renewables like hydropower and wind, which it’s claiming is the highest in the EU. It’s aiming to go fossil free by 2040. In 2003, to promote renewable energy it launched a green certification scheme in which electricity must come from wind, solar, geothermal or wave power. Energy retailers must buy some certificates as part of their supply. The country also claimed to have about 12,000 electric and hybrid cars in 2015.
Denmark   Smiley



Denmark is taking advantage of its naturally windy conditions by powering its grid with 42 per cent wind generation. In comparison, coal makes up 35 per cent of Denmark’s energy mix. The country is aiming to rid itself of fossil fuels entirely by 2050. Wind energy accounts for more than five per cent of the nation’s exports. In addition, Denmark’s biggest energy company Danish Oil and Natural Gas has just announced it will abandon fossil fuels entirely by 2023 and focus on green energy.
Germany   Smiley



This year Germany raised the proportion of energy from renewable sources to 35 per cent, compared with 33 per cent the previous year. It is also aiming to phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022 and obtain 80 per cent of its electricity supply from renewable energy sources. Since 2009, generation from renewable sources has almost doubled. Earlier this year, it set a national record after obtaining 85 per cent of its electricity from renewables in one day on April 30.
Switzerland   Smiley



Hydroelectricity sources make up a whopping 60 per cent of its energy mix. The rest is largely nuclear, with solar PV and thermal making up the rest of the mix. Under new laws, the country wants a four-fold increase in generation from wind, solar and biomass sources and ban the building of new nuclear plants. Swiss voters have also backed the laws which will slug them around an extra $50 a year to fund renewable subsidies.
What about Australia?   Sad

More than 60 per cent of electricity was generated from coal in Australia, with renewables making up 14 per cent of that mix last year. Under the government's new national energy guarantee, announced in 2017, coal and gas will contribute between 64-72 per cent of energy generation by 2030, and deliver 28 to 36 per cent renewables by 2030.

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The biggest con job being foisted on the World is 'renewable energies' this barrow is pushed as clean energy...it isn't

With the global push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it’s ironic that several energy- or resource-saving technologies aren’t being used to the fullest simply because we don’t have enough raw materials to make them.

For example, says Alex King, director of the new Critical Materials Institute, every wind farm has a few turbines standing idle because their fragile gearboxes have broken down. They can be fixed, of course, but that takes time — and meanwhile wind power isn’t being gathered. Now you can make a more reliable wind turbine that doesn’t need a gearbox at all, King points out, but you need a truckload of so-called “rare earth” metals to do

Rare earth metals recycling
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These bits of critical elements are bound for recycling at a Mitsubishi subsidiary in Japan.
it, and there simply isn’t the supply. Likewise, we could all be using next-generation fluorescent light bulbs that are twice as efficient as the current standard. But when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) tried to make that switch in 2009, companies like General Electric cried foul: they wouldn’t be able to get hold of enough rare earths to make the new bulbs.

The move toward new and better technologies — from smart phones to electric cars — means an ever-increasing demand for exotic metals that are scarce thanks to both geology and politics. Thin, cheap solar panels need tellurium, which makes up a scant 0.0000001 percent of the earth’s crust, making it three times rarer than gold. High-performance batteries need lithium, which is only easily extracted from briny pools in the Andes.
In 2011, the average price of ‘rare earth’


Photo of toxic lake 5 miles wide in China where the majority of rare earth metals come from

Neodyium is used in windmills which comes from this site


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Reply #2 - Oct 22nd, 2017 at 9:03am
 
OK...


Australia is basically flat and arid, in fact it is the most arid populated continent on the planet.

We don't have the water sources available to other countries or the topography required to naturally run some forms of energy.

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Iceland is small compared to Australia and has ideal natural features to run a "renewable" energy network.  Iceland provides 87% of its demand for hot water and heat with geothermal energy, primarily through an extensive district heating system. Altogether, hydro and geothermal sources meet 81% of Iceland's primary energy requirements for electricity, heat, and transportation.

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OMG look at all that carbon pollution...  oh wait...  I'm not a carbon zealot...  not everything is pollution some is just steam.  OMG STEAM pollution. Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #3 - Oct 22nd, 2017 at 9:23am
 
red baron wrote on Oct 22nd, 2017 at 8:10am:
The biggest con job being foisted on the World is 'renewable energies' this barrow is pushed as clean energy...it isn't



And the con that it is equivalent to base load energy.


We are getting more and more solar power and fkk all in the way of base load power up here and all to fix a problem that barely exists in this country.


We produce around 1% of the world's CO2 and of that power/gas/water produces 36% of that 1% the other 66% we we don't talk about that, because we only care about intermittent power and shutting down coal fired power stations.


Because as a nation, being ignorant fkkheads is an aspirational goal.




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Reply #4 - Oct 23rd, 2017 at 3:31pm
 
BigOl64 wrote on Oct 22nd, 2017 at 9:23am:
red baron wrote on Oct 22nd, 2017 at 8:10am:
The biggest con job being foisted on the World is 'renewable energies' this barrow is pushed as clean energy...it isn't



And the con that it is equivalent to base load energy.


We are getting more and more solar power and fkk all in the way of base load power up here and all to fix a problem that barely exists in this country.


We produce around 1% of the world's CO2 and of that power/gas/water produces 36% of that 1% the other 66% we we don't talk about that, because we only care about intermittent power and shutting down coal fired power stations.


Because as a nation, being ignorant fkkheads is an aspirational goal.





The real con is you not knowing what baseload is!
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Reply #5 - Oct 23rd, 2017 at 3:33pm
 
red baron wrote on Oct 22nd, 2017 at 8:10am:
The biggest con job being foisted on the World is 'renewable energies' this barrow is pushed as clean energy...it isn't

With the global push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it’s ironic that several energy- or resource-saving technologies aren’t being used to the fullest simply because we don’t have enough raw materials to make them.

For example, says Alex King, director of the new Critical Materials Institute, every wind farm has a few turbines standing idle because their fragile gearboxes have broken down. They can be fixed, of course, but that takes time — and meanwhile wind power isn’t being gathered. Now you can make a more reliable wind turbine that doesn’t need a gearbox at all, King points out, but you need a truckload of so-called “rare earth” metals to do

Rare earth metals recycling
Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg





These bits of critical elements are bound for recycling at a Mitsubishi subsidiary in Japan.
it, and there simply isn’t the supply. Likewise, we could all be using next-generation fluorescent light bulbs that are twice as efficient as the current standard. But when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) tried to make that switch in 2009, companies like General Electric cried foul: they wouldn’t be able to get hold of enough rare earths to make the new bulbs.

The move toward new and better technologies — from smart phones to electric cars — means an ever-increasing demand for exotic metals that are scarce thanks to both geology and politics. Thin, cheap solar panels need tellurium, which makes up a scant 0.0000001 percent of the earth’s crust, making it three times rarer than gold. High-performance batteries need lithium, which is only easily extracted from briny pools in the Andes.
In 2011, the average price of ‘rare earth’


Photo of toxic lake 5 miles wide in China where the majority of rare earth metals come from

Neodyium is used in windmills which comes from this site



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Reply #6 - Oct 23rd, 2017 at 3:34pm
 
No mention of China?
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Reply #7 - Oct 23rd, 2017 at 7:16pm
 
How many are muzzo run?

Oh, thats right, they only live off others.

They dont actually DO anything
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Reply #8 - Oct 24th, 2017 at 10:10am
 
red baron wrote on Oct 22nd, 2017 at 8:10am:
The biggest con job being foisted on the World is 'renewable energies' this barrow is pushed as clean energy...it isn't

With the global push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it’s ironic that several energy- or resource-saving technologies aren’t being used to the fullest simply because we don’t have enough raw materials to make them.

For example, says Alex King, director of the new Critical Materials Institute, every wind farm has a few turbines standing idle because their fragile gearboxes have broken down. They can be fixed, of course, but that takes time — and meanwhile wind power isn’t being gathered. Now you can make a more reliable wind turbine that doesn’t need a gearbox at all, King points out, but you need a truckload of so-called “rare earth” metals to do

Rare earth metals recycling
Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg





These bits of critical elements are bound for recycling at a Mitsubishi subsidiary in Japan.
it, and there simply isn’t the supply. Likewise, we could all be using next-generation fluorescent light bulbs that are twice as efficient as the current standard. But when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) tried to make that switch in 2009, companies like General Electric cried foul: they wouldn’t be able to get hold of enough rare earths to make the new bulbs.

The move toward new and better technologies — from smart phones to electric cars — means an ever-increasing demand for exotic metals that are scarce thanks to both geology and politics. Thin, cheap solar panels need tellurium, which makes up a scant 0.0000001 percent of the earth’s crust, making it three times rarer than gold. High-performance batteries need lithium, which is only easily extracted from briny pools in the Andes.
In 2011, the average price of ‘rare earth’


Photo of toxic lake 5 miles wide in China where the majority of rare earth metals come from

Neodyium is used in windmills which comes from this site




So what's the problem when you libbos seem to like trashing the planet and turning a blind eye to it ?

Oh wait a minute. Generating power in ones back yard in competition to greed incorporated was never part of your master plan was it Wink
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Reply #9 - Oct 24th, 2017 at 10:23am
 
TheFunPolice wrote on Oct 23rd, 2017 at 3:31pm:
BigOl64 wrote on Oct 22nd, 2017 at 9:23am:
red baron wrote on Oct 22nd, 2017 at 8:10am:
The biggest con job being foisted on the World is 'renewable energies' this barrow is pushed as clean energy...it isn't



And the con that it is equivalent to base load energy.


We are getting more and more solar power and fkk all in the way of base load power up here and all to fix a problem that barely exists in this country.


We produce around 1% of the world's CO2 and of that power/gas/water produces 36% of that 1% the other 66% we we don't talk about that, because we only care about intermittent power and shutting down coal fired power stations.


Because as a nation, being ignorant fkkheads is an aspirational goal.





The real con is you not knowing what baseload is!



Here ya go fkkhead, hope this helps.  Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley


"The base load on a grid is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time, for example, one week. Base load power sources are power stations which can economically generate the electrical power needed to satisfy this minimum demand."


I even got you a picture as well if that helps.  Smiley Smiley Smiley
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Reply #10 - Oct 24th, 2017 at 11:52am
 
Easy answer to this one - the most profligate with other people's money.
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