Global wind energy to surpass 1 terawatt milestone by end of 2023
According to a recent market report from Wood Mackenzie, global wind energy capacity is expected to surpass the milestone of 1 terawatt (TW) sometime in 2023. With the world’s total energy capacity from all sources now roughly 8 TW, the share of the world’s energy generated from climate-friendly wind turbines is already more than 10% and growing quickly.
The world’s push toward wind power has been led by China, which accounts for more than a quarter of all wind capacity worldwide. Germany, the United States, India, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, and Brazil have also proven notable global leaders in wind power.
This 1 TW milestone is the culmination of more than four decades of effort and investment. But the 2 TW won’t take nearly as long; it is expected to be reached by 2030 or sooner due to rapidly accelerating investment from China and many others. By 2032, the global wind power sector will likely see sevenfold growth compared to today and account for more than a quarter of all energy capacity worldwide.
With similar growth in renewable solar energy also happening in parallel, our journey to a clean energy future is perhaps now finally kicking into high gear.
The Cook Islands decriminalize homosexuality
With the Crimes Amendment Bill, the group of 15 islands located in the South Pacific has rescinded a 1969 law that said men who have sex with men could be jailed for up to five years.
Ghana first country to approve ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine
Malaria kills about 620,000 people each year, most of them young children. It has been a massive, century-long, scientific undertaking to develop a vaccine that protects the body from the malaria parasite.
Cyclists now outnumber motorists in London
The number of motorists has fallen by 64% since 1999, while the number of climate-friendly cyclists has increased by 386%.
New Jersey governor protects trans youth seeking health care with executive order
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order preventing people in the state from being extradited for providing, receiving, or facilitating gender-affirming care.
The world’s first rewilding center opens in Scotland
The Dundreggan Rewilding Centre in Glenmoriston offers a gateway to the UK’s largest nature recovery site. The 10,000-acre landscape is being nursed back to health by the charity Trees for Life, which bought the site in 2008.
Convictions cleared for nearly 850,000 Michiganders as ‘Clean Slate’ program takes effect
The bipartisan “Clean Slate” legislation, as advocates call it, wipes clean a range of convictions from people’s records after a defined waiting period.
Apple will use 100% recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025
In addition, all Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100% recycled tin soldering and 100% recycled gold plating by 2025, and magnets in its devices will be made completely of recycled rare earth materials.
Germany to ban new gas and oil heating beginning in 2024
A recently approved bill stipulates that any heating system installed in new or old buildings after January 1, 2024 must be 65% based on renewable energy.
Alzheimer’s proteins beaten back by sleeping pill in small study
The pills showed promise in combating the substances that lead to the harmful tangles and plaques in the brain that contribute to the disease.
James Blyth of Scotland builds and operates the world’s first electricity-generating wind turbine (1887 C.E.)
Blyth built a cloth-sailed wind turbine at his cottage in Marykirk and used the electricity it produced to charge accumulators. The stored electricity was then used to power the lights in his cottage.
Global wind energy capacity surpasses 2 terawatts (2029 C.E. ???)
After reaching the milestone of 1 TW of global wind capacity, the global community surpasses the 2 TW milestone just six years later due to massive growth in renewables worldwide.
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