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| A wind farm sprouts alongside the Interstate 10 road near Whitewater, California Image: Chuck Coker via Flicker |
Renewables offer quick fix for US emissions
January 31, 2016, by Tim Radford
Scientists say interstate energy “highways” would allow current wind and solar technologies to deliver electricity where and when it’s needed throughout the US.LONDON, 31 January, 2016 – The US could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation by 80% below 1990 levels within 15 years just by using renewable sources such as wind and solar energy, according to a former government research chief.
The nation could do this using only technologies available right now, and by introducing a national grid system connected by high voltage direct current(HVDC) that could get the power without loss to those places that needed it most, when they needed it.
This Solar Road Will Provide Power to 5 Million People
The French government plans to pave 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of its roads with solar panels in the next five years, which will supply power to millions of people.“The maximum effect of the program, if successful, could be to furnish 5 million people with electricity, or about 8 percent of the French population,” Ségolène Royal, France’s minister of ecology and energy, said according toGlobal Construction Review.
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