NREL: 200,000 GW of Solar Could be Installed; 4,000 TWh/a
August 2nd, 2012What if that lab had the funding equivalent of what the U.S. is spending on the war over a period of two or three days?
—Chart: The Cost of the War in Iraq vs. Spending on Solar Energy Research
Here’s another one for our herniating Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda file folders.
The consolation prizes were a decade plus of wars, financial collapse, an unblinking surveillance grid and a snarling police state… Now topped off with Hope and Change.
Have a nice day.
Via: PV Magazine:
According to a new study released by NREL, the technical potential of photovoltaics and concentrating solar power (CSP) in the U.S. amounts to just under 200,000 GW, which could generate around 399,700 TWh of energy annually.
Related:
U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis
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