Half Of Worlds Energy Could Be From Renewables By 2050

green peace logoA new report out today shows that the world could achieve a majority of its energy from renewable sources while maintaining strong economic growth all by 2050.

From here.

The report, Energy Revolution: a sustainable world energy outlook, provided a “roadmap” for meeting future energy needs without fuelling climate change, said Sven Teske from Greenpeace International.

“We have shown that the world can have safe, robust renewable energy, that we can achieve the efficiencies needed and we can do all of this while enjoying global economic growth,” he said.

He added that the strategy outlined in the report showed that it was economically feasible to cut global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by almost 50% over the next 43 years.

Read the full report here. (pdf)

From the report:

giant solar cooker

This solar cooker in India provides enough heat to make meals for over 2000 people a day. This report is full of interesting and revolutionary projects like this. I highly recommend downloading the pdf and giving it a read.