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11Renewable energy in China — China’s rapid economic growth and heavy reliance on increasingly expensive foreign oil, the vast environmental toll that is one of the most apparent costs of China s economic success, persistent rural poverty in China and periodic power shortages …
12Renewable energy in Africa — The developing nations of Africa are popular locations for the application of renewable energy technology. Currently, many nations already have small scale solar, wind, and geothermal devices in operation providing energy to urban and rural… …
13Renewable energy industry — The present day renewable energy industry is an energy industry focusing on new and appropriate renewable energy technologies, which excludes large scale hydro electricity. Investors worldwide have paid much greater attention to this emerging… …
14Renewable energy in the United States — Brazos Wind Ranch in Texas. Presiden …
15Renewable energy in Scotland — The production of renewable energy in Scotland is an issue that has come to the fore in technical, economic, and political terms during the opening years of the 21st century. [See for example: Scottish Executive (2005) Choosing Our Future:… …
16Renewable Portfolio Standard — A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a regulatory policy that requires the increased production of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal energies. The RPS mechanism generally places an obligation on electricity… …
17Renewable energy in the European Union — The countries of the European Union are currently the global leaders in the development and application of renewable energy. Promoting the use of renewable energy sources is important both to the reduction of the EU s dependence on foreign energy …
18Renewable energy in Germany — The share of electricity from renewable energy in Germany has increased from 6.3 percent in 2000 to over 14 percent in 2007. More than 9 billion euros (US$12.7 billion) was invested in new renewable energy installations in Germany in 2006. Some… …
19Renewable Resource — A substance of economic value that can be replaced or replenished in the same amount or less time as it takes to draw the supply down. Some renewable resources have essentially an endless supply, such as solar energy, wind energy… …
20Renewable energy in Portugal — In 2001, the Portuguese government launched a new energy policy instrument – the E4 Programme (Energy Efficiency and Endogenous Energies), consisting of a set of multiple, diversified measures aimed at promoting a consistent, integrated approach… …
