RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #25 7.5 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $402.3 BILLION NET COST $519,4 TRILLION NET SAVINGS How does the world get from one powered by fossil fuels to one that runs entirely on energy from the wind, sun, earth’s heat, and water’s movement? Part of the answer is biomass energy generation. It is... Continue Reading →

RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #25 10.9 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $1.32 BILLION NET COST $413.9 TRILLION NET SAVINGS So far, concentrated solar power (CSP) “has been a tale of two countries, Spain vs. the U.S.” That is how the International Energy Agency sums up the beginning of the story of CSP, also know as solar... Continue Reading →

RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #29 9.2 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $411.8 BILLION NET COST -$1 TRILLION NET SAVINGS The oceans are in constant motion, rippling, swirling, swelling, retreating. As wind blows across the surface, waves are formed. As the gravitational forces of earth, moon, and sun interact, tides are created. These are among the most... Continue Reading →

RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #10 24.6 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $453.1 BILLION NET COST $3.46 TRILLION NET SAVINGS      The year was 1884, when the first solar array appeared on the rooftop in New York City. Experimentalist Charles Fritts installed it after discovering that a thin layer of selenium on a metal plate could... Continue Reading →

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