Sentences with phrase «renewables at a global scale»

But replacing fossil fuels with renewables at a global scale will take time.

Not exact matches

Renewables like wind and solar and biomass will certainly play roles in a future energy economy, but those energy sources can not scale up fast enough to deliver cheap and reliable power at the scale the global economy requires.

modern diplomacy Public - Private Dialogue at IRENA's 8th Assembly highlights what governments and businesses can do to unlock investment in renewable energy «We find ourselves in a time when scaling - up renewable energy investment makes sense, even when not much of anything else makes sense,» Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council told a ballroom filled with ministers, diplomats, parliamentarians and...

We'll need all the solar, wind, oceanic, biomass, hydro, and geothermal energy we can get, but renewable energy (now about 13 percent of global energy use) simply can not be scaled up at the pace needed to supplant our fossil fuel use — certainly not before the predicted down - curve in available oil and gas supplies.

As James Hansen and three other notable climate scientists urged in an open letter earlier this month: «Renewables like wind and solar and biomass will certainly play roles in a future energy economy, but those energy sources can not scale up fast enough to deliver cheap and reliable power at the scale the global economy requires.

And while the naysayers will continue to pound their fists to thinning crowds, we will focus on the data that proves renewable energy integration — on a global scale - is not only happening... but will continue to happen at a rapid pace.

The heaving up of the drawbridge for new entrants to the UK's Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme at the end of March signified another milestone in a global trend of shrinking government incentives for utility scale renewable energy projects..