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Friday, October 3, 2014

Move over Coal; Fast-Growing Solar Power Can Dominate World Energy Production, IEA Says

Move over Coal; Fast-Growing Solar Power Can Dominate World Energy Production, IEA Says

By Pete Danko
HUSUM 2012 Wind Energy Trade Fair
It’s easy to dismiss solar as a bit energy player. Look at the most recent Energy Information Administration data and you’ll see that utility-scale solar provided around 9.3 terawatt-hours of U.S. electricity in 2013, a mere 0.23 percent of total generation. But here’s the thing: Those numbers and other current data on solar are fast-fading

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