tao Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 From Pittsburgh to Frankfurt, cities around the world are pledging to stop burning fossil fuels for electricity by 2050 or sooner. But the Chinese province of Qinghai has already reached that goal, according to news outlet Xinhua. For seven days — from June 17 to 23 — the region ran on 100% renewable energy, including solar, wind, and hydropower. The week was part of a trial conducted by the State Grid Corporation of China, which aims to test the viability of relying on renewables long-term. During that time, the Qinghai province generated 1.1 billion kilowatt hours of energy for over 5.6 million residents. That's equal to burning 535,000 tons of coal. Hydropower contributed to approximately 72% of the electricity generated during the seven days, Xinhua News said. As of May 2017, Qinghai’s power grid had a total installed capacity of 23.4 million kilowatts, with around 82% of that capacity made up of solar, wind, and hydro sources. By 2020, the province plans to expand its clean energy capacity to 35 million kilowatts, which could supply 110 billion kWh of renewable energy annually. Nationwide, China hopes to produce 20% of its electricity from clean sources by 2030. Despite the recent rapid growth of clean energy, wind power accounted for just 4% and solar for about 1% of China’s electricity in 2016, according to The Guardian. Qinghai is not the first place to run on 100% renewable power. Tokelau, a set of three tiny islands between Hawaii and New Zealand, replaced its diesel energy system with one that uses solar in 2012. And Costa Rica ran on 100% clean energy for 285 days in 2015, and on 98% renewables for 250 days in 2016. Austria's largest state also currently gets all of its energy needs from solar, wind, and hydropower. These efforts signal that a power grid that doesn't rely on fossil fuels is possible for other cities, too. < Here > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humble3d Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 We all really need to move in this direction...But, some world leaders are quite insane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylence Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Well done China, other governments should learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 5 hours ago, saeed_dc said: Well done China, other governments should learn Quick ...someone please send a memo on this to the asshat in the Whitehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 11 minutes ago, dMog said: Quick ...someone please send a memo on this to the asshat in the Whitehouse He'll just tweet " climate change is just a myth" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 1 minute ago, BioHazard said: He'll just tweet " climate change is just a myth" He already has..... Several times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordi Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 43 minutes ago, BioHazard said: He'll just tweet " climate change is just a myth" this made me remember when I saw in National Geographic channel this morning, Republican Party representatives on one state in US (I dont remember it) presenting an old man, expert from university to tackle about climate change, and he said that all the climate change data is fake, it has been changed by NOAA and NASA WTF, I laugh so hard after that statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 "Renewable/Clean Energy" is one thing and the "Climate Change Myth" is another thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oliverjia Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Sounds great. However, every heard of "butterfly effect"? If such green energy were to be used in a global scale, the wind, river will surely be disturbed (not to mention the dams could endanger the normal life cycle and reproduction activities of many fish species), essentially may change the circulation of the whole atmosphere, which further leads to climate change. The result may be more desert, drought, and famine. It may turn out to be worse than just burning fossil fuel or relying on nuclear/solar energy only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tao Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 1 hour ago, oliverjia said: ... ever[.] heard of "butterfly effect"? ... Now hear "Proving the butterfly effect with a single act of kindness": Extract: "The butterfly effect is this idea that a single butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the globe can, in theory, start a hurricane on the other. It's a physics concept, but Rosati wondered if it could be applied to kindness as well. "An act of kindness, how far could it go?" he wondered. A few months ago he decided to test the theory at a diner in his hometown of Durham, North Carolina. He saw two girls at the table next to his and gave them each $50 with one very simple instruction -- do something kind. Rosati says he left the diner and forgot all about it until he got an email. It included pictures from a village in Africa with people holding signs that read, "Thanks a lot for spreading kindness -- Chris Rosati."" Please, if interested, read it < here >. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisPC666 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Quote Hydropower contributed to approximately 72% ofcourse. coz solar and wind are not sustainable. thats the main problem with renewable energy. they are not sustainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylence Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 On 7/1/2017 at 5:12 PM, BioHazard said: He'll just tweet " climate change is just a myth" He thinks climate change is change in his room's temperature lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted July 3, 2017 Administrator Share Posted July 3, 2017 Trusting an politician or not depends on the individual, but please, please trust experts in other fields, especially the ones who are working hard to make the environment better for everyone I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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