GLOBAL IMPACT OF SOLAR ENERGY CASE STUDY - GERMANY

Gheorghe Caralicea Marculescu
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Gheorghe Caralicea Marculescu: Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu-Jiu, FSEGA

Annals - Economy Series, 2014, vol. 1, 230-232

Abstract: Renewable energy is a socially and politically defined category of energy sources. Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are continually replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat. About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewable resources, with 10% of all energy from traditional biomass, mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 3% and are growing rapidly. This paper seeks is aimed at presenting the impact solar energy could have on a world level given the finitude, reachability and ever increasing prices of fossil fuels. As a case study we will present the solar energy industry in Germany emphasizing the advantages and disadvantages this form of energy has in this country and worldwide.

Keywords: solar energy; renewbable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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