Renewable Energy around the World

Class 2Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany

Norway

Population: 5 millionGNI/capita: $102,700Annual population growth rate: 1.19%People per square mile: 34RECAI Mar 2015

#8 Hydropower #1-7: China, Brazil, US, Japan, Canada, India, Peru

#8 Marine #1-7: Ireland, UK, South Korea, Philippines, France, Canada, Portugal

#31 overall 

Energy from Norway, Made in Germany

• https://youtu.be/1QYxWqddPWU

Pumped-storage hydropower

• https://youtu.be/lsSUPpwtqhQ

Osmotic Power Plant

• https://youtu.be/Oc5bXa5PcWo

Electric Vehicles

• https://youtu.be/s1iW5Kj51rw• https://youtu.be/iT9G6uVsuUQ

• Norway Aiming for all New Cars to be Emissions-Free by 2025

• http://cleantechnica.com/2015/08/06/norway-aiming-new-cars-emissions-free-2025/?utm_source=EV+News&utm_campaign=eeb0016fa4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d002dfc067-eeb0016fa4-332000257

Sweden

Population: 10 millionGNI/capita: $61,710Annual population growth rate: 0.79%People per square mile: 54RECAI#7 Biomass #1-6: China, US, Japan, Brazil, UK, Finland#10 Onshore Wind #1-9: China, US, Germany, Canada, Brazil, India, Ireland, UK, France#20 overall

Wind Power Sweden – 7 GW

Denmark

Population: 6 millionGNI/capita: $60,820Annual population growth rate: 0.22%People per square mile: 332RECAI

#6 Offshore Wind #1-5: UK, China, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands#17 overall

Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

• https://youtu.be/t5GaRCkMEQc

2020 goal: ½ of Denmark’s electricity from wind!

LEGO’s parent company invests $450 million in off-shore German wind farm.

LEGO“One of our fundamental values is to enable future generations of children to grow up in a better world. We do that first and foremost through our play materials – but also by improving the safety of our employees, improving the energy efficiency of our production, and reducing the volume of waste. In the field of renewable energy our objective is an ambitious one – and I am very pleased at this time to be able to announce this investment,” says Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, LEGO Group CEO.

Largest hybrid ferry fleet

http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Scandlines_hybrid_electric_ferries_largest_hybrid_ferry_fleet_in_the_world_999.html

GermanyPopulation: 80 millionGNI/capita: $47,250Annual population growth rate: -0.18%People per square mile: 593RECAI

#3 Offshore wind #1-2: UK, China#3 Onshore wind #1-2: China, US#4 Solar PV #1-3: China, US, Japan#8 Biomass #1-7: China, US, Japan, Brazil, UK, Finland, Sweden#8 Geothermal #1-7: US, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Philippines,

Turkey, Italy#10 Hydropower #1-9: China, Brazil, US, Japan, Canada, India,

Peru, Norway, Turkey#3 Overall

Insolation (Amount of solar resources)

Algae covered/powered building Hamburg, Germany

Other two sides

BIQ House

• As the world’s first building powered by algae, the 15-unit Bio Intelligent Quotient (BIQ) House generates biomass and heat with the assistance of 129 integrated glass bioreactor panels (read: microalgae harvesters) measuring .78 inches thick and covering approximately 2,150 square feet of the four-story structure's southeast and southwest facing sides.

• Most conveniently, the algae-cultivating bio-façade provides the building with thermal insulation, shading from direct sunlight, and noise reduction in addition to generating a ready-to-harvest source of biomass.

• The algae flourish and multiply in a regular cycle until they can be harvested.

• They are then separated from the rest of the algae and transferred as a thick pulp to the technical room of the BIQ.

• The little plants are then fermented in an external biogas plant, so that they can be used again to generate biogas.

• Algae are particularly well suited for this, as they produce up to five times as much biomass per hectare as terrestrial plants and contain many oils that can be used for energy.

• The BIQ has a holistic energy concept: it draws all of the energy needed to generate electricity and heat from renewable sources — fossil fuels remain untouched

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• It is able to generate energy using the algae biomass harvested from its own façade.

• Moreover, the façade collects energy by absorbing the light that is not used by the algae and generating heat, like in a solar thermal unit, which is then either used directly for hot water and heating, or can be cached in the ground using borehole heat exchangers — 80 metre-deep holes filled with brine.

• This remarkably sustainable energy concept is therefore capable of creating a cycle of solar thermal energy, geothermal energy, a condensing boiler, local heat, and the capture of biomass using the bio-reactor façade.

• Read more: http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling-design/blogs/algae-powered-apartment-complex-blooms-in-hamburg#ixzz3g43BtDmr

German Electric/Solar Plane first to cross alps in both directions

WavePOD

Overview renewable energy in Germany video – 8 minutes

• https://youtu.be/25bmXpEPosc