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Transmitting Renewable Energy to the Grid

Many countries are scaling up their investments in renewable energy. In 2010, electricity production from renewable sources - wind, solar, biomass, biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, and ocean energy accounted for 18 percent of global electricity supply. By early 2011, renewables made up a quarter of...

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Main Authors: Madrigal, Marcelino, Jordan, Rhonda Lenai
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
approach
biomass
Black carbon
BOTTOM LINE
burning fossil fuels
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
climate
climate change
CO
CO2
CO2 emissions
coal
combustion
conventional energy
cost of electricity
distribution of energy
electrical power
electricity
electricity production
electricity supply
emissions
energy consumers
energy consumption
Energy Department
energy industries
energy mix
Energy Planning
energy sector
energy sources
energy systems
environmental issues
fossil
fossil fuels
Framework Convention on Climate Change
generation
greenhouse
greenhouse gas
greenhouse gas emissions
greenhouse gases
grid
heat
heat generation
hydropower
income
industrial emissions
methane
ocean energy
oil
petroleum
pipeline
power capacity
power sources
power supply
power systems
renewable development
renewable energy
renewable energy development
renewable energy generation
renewable energy projects
renewable energy sources
renewable resources
renewable sources
solar radiation
source of energy
Sustainable Energy
transmission lines
utilities
waste
wind
wind energy
wind power
wind power capacity
wind speed
world energy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17139

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