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We Need to Demand Solar PV Power Generation

Posted By mike On March 18, 2009 @ 9:53 am In Politics, Connect the Dots, Small Foot Print, Global Warming | 1 Comment

Thanks to Climate Progress for their coverage on this issue. Climate Progress is the top of my list of climate links.

Solar PV electric generation is available here and now. We simply have to demand that our power generation move to sustainable systems now.

[1] clipped from [2] climateprogress.org

[3] Solar PV market doubled to 6 Gigawatts in 2008 — U.S. left in dust, having invented the technology
[4] clipped from [2] climateprogress.org

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After growing [6] 19% in 2006 and [7] 62% in 2007, world solar photovoltaic ([8] PV) market installations exploded by 110% last year to a staggering 5.95 GW, according to Solarbuzz’s Annual Report, [9] Marketbuzz 2009:
Europe accounted for 82% of world demand in 2008. Spain’s 285% growth pushed Germany into second place in the market ranking, while the US advanced to [a very distant] number three. Rapid growth in Korea allowed it to become the fourth largest market, closely followed by Italy and Japan.
And who is the leading producer of PV cells?
China and Taiwan continued to increase their share of global solar cell production, rising to 44% in 2008 from 35% in 2007.

Graph illustrating the relative portion the United States has contributed to annual world production. The world shipments increased to a record high of 1194 MW during 2004, more than a 35-fold increase since 1989. The largest annual increase in U.S. production since data has been collected, a 60% increase, occurred between 2003 and 2004. U.S. production reached a record of more than 139 MW in 2004.
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ations-capacity-production-solarbuzz/
[3] Solar PV market doubled to 6 Gigawatts in 2008 — U.S. left in dust, having invented the technology: http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/17/world-solar-photovoltaic-pv-market-install
ations-capacity-production-solarbuzz/
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[5] climateprogress.org: http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/17/world-solar-photovoltaic-pv-market-install
ations-capacity-production-solarbuzz/
[6] 19% in 2006: http://www.solarbuzz.com/Marketbuzz2007-intro.htm
[7] 62% in 2007: http://www.solarbuzz.com/Marketbuzz2008-intro.htm
[8] PV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaics
[9] Marketbuzz 2009: http://www.solarbuzz.com/Marketbuzz2009-intro.htm
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[11] climateprogress.org: http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/14/concentrated-solar-thermal-power-a-core-cl
imate-solution/
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