Researchers have reconstructed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the past 2.1 million years in the sharpest detail yet, shedding new light on its role in the earth’s cycles of cooling and warming. The low carbon dioxide levels outlined by the study through the last 2.1 million years make modern day levels, caused by industrialization, seem...Continue Reading
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities. In 2014, CO2 accounted for about 80.9% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Carbon dioxide is naturally present in the atmosphere as part of the Earth’s carbon cycle (the natural circulation of carbon among the atmosphere, oceans, soil, plants, and animals)....Continue Reading
(in million metric tons of oil equivalent) This statistic represents electricity consumption around the world in 2008 and 2030, by region. In 2008, North America’s electricity consumption came to approximately 74 million metric tons of oil equivalent.Continue Reading
(in gigawatts) This statistic represents major countries at the end of year 2015, by cumulative solar PV capacity. China’s cumulative solar PV (photovoltaics) capacity reached 43.5 gigawatts at the end of 2015.Continue Reading
(in U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt hour) This statistic shows electricity prices in selected countries worldwide in 2015. In the United States, electricity prices stood at 9.43 U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt hour. In the United Kingdom, electricity users paid 14.16 U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt hour.Continue Reading
This statistic reflects the structure of residential end-user electricity prices in selected European cities as of February 2016. In Dublin, Ireland, energy taxes accounted for around six percent of the electricity price. (source: statista)Continue Reading
(in megawatts) This statistic represents the demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) power worldwide from 2007 to 2014 with a forecast for 2015 to 2020. In 2017, solar PV demand is expected to total 61,165 megawatts around the world. The United States has started a process to implement taxes on solar products from China and Taiwan,...Continue Reading
(in megawatts) This statistic displays the leading global companies based on their investment into wind and solar energies in 2015. In this year, Owens Corning, a building materials manufacturer, made deals to acquire 250 megawatts of renewable energy. Businesses around the world invested in some 3.4 gigawatts of renewable energy in 2015.Continue Reading
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