| From Commodityonline.com: Wind power could satisfy more than one-fifth of the global power demand by 2030, an industry group and environmental organization Greenpeace said Tuesday.Total wind power capacity would rise to 2,300 gigawatts within the next two decades in the most optimistic scenario of a study released Tuesday by the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace. That's up from just less than 200 GW this year.
Investments in the sector could rise to $280 billion in 2030, up from $71 billion in 2009, the study said. Wind turbines would then save 3.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year -- roughly equivalent to the European Union's yearly emissions..............................................Full Article: Source
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