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The Asian continent by 2020: a pollution champion turning into a model for the production of clean energy
According to the 2030 Market Outlook report, the Asian giants of China, India and Japan will soon turn in clean energy leaders.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), a company specialized in the supply of clean modern energy services, has recently published a report, in collaboration with the Global Wind Energy Council, which could be a good sign for those who work in the renewable energy field: by 2020, the sun and the wind will become the main sources of energy in the Asia-Pacific area.
A rush then, the one of renewable energies over traditional fossil fuels (such as oil, coal and gas, in particular), that will gradually get more and more consistent, until becoming predominant as early as 2030, when, according to 2030 Market Outlook’s estimates, two-thirds of the new electric power capacity installed in the Asian region will derive from renewable sources, precisely from photovoltaic (800GW), wind (500GW) and hydropower (440GW).
The last-minute return to coal in some countries, such as South Korea and Japan, should however not be misinterpreted: according to BNEF, in fact, it will only be temporary longing, designed to meet a similarly extemporaneous demand, destined as it is to extinction in the near future, when the use of renewable energy by the most competitive economies worldwide will be so overwhelming to shake the nostalgics of black gold.
It is becoming increasingly clear, even in the eyes of public opinion, the fact that the use of renewable energy, compared to traditional fossil fuels, not only is more convenient from an economic point of view, that is, in terms of production cost savings, but also from an environmental point of view: coal, gas and oil, if compared to renewable energies, produce irreversible damage to health and to the ecosystem, as China and India, two of the greatest oil giants, well know, struggling as they are against pollution levels already out of control.
In the future, according to the study, the match photovoltaic vs. fossil fuels will still be open only in those countries that, relying on domestic coal, oil and gas resources, will persist in not adopting policies limiting greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. On the other side, for those countries skillfully exploiting the energy derived from the sun and the wind, as well as the general richness offered by their natural resources, remarkable energy savings and environmental protection will be assured, since the match for them is won before it even began.
A rush then, the one of renewable energies over traditional fossil fuels (such as oil, coal and gas, in particular), that will gradually get more and more consistent, until becoming predominant as early as 2030, when, according to 2030 Market Outlook’s estimates, two-thirds of the new electric power capacity installed in the Asian region will derive from renewable sources, precisely from photovoltaic (800GW), wind (500GW) and hydropower (440GW).
The last-minute return to coal in some countries, such as South Korea and Japan, should however not be misinterpreted: according to BNEF, in fact, it will only be temporary longing, designed to meet a similarly extemporaneous demand, destined as it is to extinction in the near future, when the use of renewable energy by the most competitive economies worldwide will be so overwhelming to shake the nostalgics of black gold.
It is becoming increasingly clear, even in the eyes of public opinion, the fact that the use of renewable energy, compared to traditional fossil fuels, not only is more convenient from an economic point of view, that is, in terms of production cost savings, but also from an environmental point of view: coal, gas and oil, if compared to renewable energies, produce irreversible damage to health and to the ecosystem, as China and India, two of the greatest oil giants, well know, struggling as they are against pollution levels already out of control.
In the future, according to the study, the match photovoltaic vs. fossil fuels will still be open only in those countries that, relying on domestic coal, oil and gas resources, will persist in not adopting policies limiting greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. On the other side, for those countries skillfully exploiting the energy derived from the sun and the wind, as well as the general richness offered by their natural resources, remarkable energy savings and environmental protection will be assured, since the match for them is won before it even began.
