Worldwatch Institute

Index
Netherlands, 21
Nissan, 28
no-carbon energy, 18–22
North, Douglass, 31
North Carolina Utility Commission, 33
Norway, 12
nuclear power, 17, 18, 19
O
ocean energy, 18, 21, 22
Ohio, 34
oil, 9, 11, 29
oil shale, 11
P
Pacific Gas and Electric, 20, 24, 33
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 21
Pasivhaus Institute, 15
Pennsylvania, 34
Pickens, T. Boone, 26, 34
plug-in vehicles, 27
positive feedback, 8
Potsdam Institute, 10
power plants. see specific types
Prometheus Institute, 20
pumped hydro, 23
R
renewable energy. see also specific types and aspects of
economics, 29–31
government policies, 32–36
job creation, 34
land and water requirements, 22
sunlight energy content, 21
vs. fossil fuels, 18
“zero-carbon” buildings, 16
research and development rates, 7, 29–30
Royal Dutch Shell, 30
S
Schmidt, Eric, 34
sea level rise, 9
Seville (Spain), 25
Sharp, 30
Siemens, 19, 30
Smart Car, 13
solar cells, 20, 22, 30, 31, 35
solar energy
concentrating solar power, 20, 21, 22, 25, 30, 35
employment, 34
output variability, 23
resource potential, 19, 20, 21–22
South Africa, 7
Spain, 19, 25, 32, 33, 34
Stern, Nicholas, 9, 34
Stevens Institute, 29
sunlight energy content, 21
SunPower, 30
T
Tanaka, Nobuo, 35
tar sands, 11
Toyota, 28
transmission systems, 23, 25
transportation, 11, 17, 27, 32
tundra melting, 9
TXU, 25
U
United Kingdom, 16, 21
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, 10
United States
carbon capture and storage, 12
carbon dioxide emissions, 9, 10–11
combined heat and power, 16–17
compact fluorescent lamps, 14
concentrating solar power, 20
electrical transmission systems, 25–26
energy efficiency, 13, 32
energy scenario, 26, 27
geothermal energy, 21
green certification, 15
natural gas, 28
nuclear power plants, 19
renewable energy employment, 34
renewable energy mandates, 32
wind power, 21, 33
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 10, 12, 26
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 26, 27
U.S. Green Building Council, 15
V
Vestas Wind Systems, 19, 30
W
waste heat, 13
water requirements, 22
Weyburn (Canada), 12
wind power
economics, 31, 33, 34
energy potential, 21, 22, 26
growth rate, 19–20
output variability, 23–25
World Energy Council, 18
Worldwatch Institute, 26, 27
Y
Yeager, Kurt, 24
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