Social Mercor
18
Social Media Advertising & Social Network: www.socialmercor.net
Join Us! It's FREE!
Curated by Mercor
Follow
Rescooped by Mercor from green infographics onto Social Mercor
Scoop.it!

Renewable Energy Revolution: Declining Costs, Surging Capacity

Renewable Energy Revolution: Declining Costs, Surging Capacity | Social Mercor | Scoop.it
From cleantechnica.com - February 4, 6:07 AM

The renewable energy revolution is under way. Renewable power generation now accounts for around 50% of all new power generation capacity installed worldwide.


The combination of rapid deployment and high learning rates for technology “has produced a virtuous circle that is leading to significant cost declines and is helping fuel a renewable revolution,” according to a new global study of renewable power generation costs in 2012 produced by IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, which announced it isestablishing its global headquarters in the United Arab Emirates during last week’s Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

 

Additions to global wind power generation capacity totalled 41 gigawatts (GW) in 2011, according to IRENA’s “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2012: An Overview.” That’s in addition to 30 GW of new solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation capacity, 25 GW of hydro power, 6 GW of biomass, 0.5 GW of concentrated solar power (CSP), and 0.1 GW of new geothermal power capacity.


Via Lauren Moss
Mercor's insight:

Scooped by Lauren Moss

  • 1 Comment
  • +
ecOiko's curator insight, January 28, 6:21 PM
Renewable energy revolution worldwide news, and in Cyprus our renewable energy production in 2012 increased by 24%. We have some fantastic renewable energy companies who can be found on www.ecoiko.eu
Sign up to comment
Delete the scoop?

Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?

Yes No
Related Scoops
An 8-Step Social Media Marketing Strategy For Brands [INFOGRAPHIC]
The World as 100 People
How Bad Are Social Media For Your Phone And What Can You Do About It? #infographic DR4WARD
Your new post is loading...
Rescooped by Mercor from School & Learning Today
Scoop.it!

We Need Teachers, Not Facilitators

We Need Teachers, Not Facilitators | Social Mercor | Scoop.it
From stager.tv - January 2, 3:57 AM

I recently heard that a conference speaker told his audience, “We need fewer teachers and more facilitators.” My first reaction was, “1986 called and would like its keynote back.” My second thought was that the speaker is dead wrong!...read more...


Via ManufacturingStories
Mercor's insight:

Scooped by ManufacturingStories onto School & Learning Today

ManufacturingStories's curator insight, January 1, 6:29 PM

You may also enjoy this TED video by the author http://bit.ly/ZSGmc4 .  This type of school reform will be very disruptive to our current system of standards and assesments.  Food for a lot of thought!
Sign up to comment
Delete the scoop?

Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?

Yes No
About Media Follow us How it Works Legal Mobile Developers
Facebook
Twitter
Google +
LinkedIn