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See
data table: World Wind Energy Generating Capacity, 1980-2003
See
data table: Wind Energy Generating Capacity by Country, 1980-2003
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Trends
in Energy Use by Source, 1995-2002
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|
| Energy Source |
Annual
Rate of Growth
|
|
Percent
|
|
|
| Solar photovoltaics |
30.9
|
| Wind Power |
30.7
|
| Geothermal Power
* |
3.1
|
| Natural Gas |
2.4
|
| Nuclear Power |
2.2
|
| Oil |
1.5
|
| Coal |
0.7
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| Hydroelectric |
0.5
|
| |
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|
|
| *
Note: Data available through 2000. |
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| Source:
Compiled by Earth Policy Institute. Data for wind from Worldwatch
Institute, Signposts 2002, CD-Rom (Washington, DC: 2002), updated
by Earth Policy Institute from American Wind Energy Association, Global
Wind Energy Market Report (Washington, DC: updated March 2003); solar
photovoltaics from Paul Maycock, "Annual Survey of PV," Photovoltaic
News, March 2003, p. 1; geothermal from Worldwatch Institute, op.cit.
this note; Oil from Energy Information Administration (EIA), "World
Oil Demand," International Petroleum Monthly, April 2003; natural
gas, coal, nuclear, and hydroelectric from BP, Statistical Review
of World Energy 2003 (London: Group Media & Publishing, June 2003),
p. 36. |
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