Linea Trovata Group - Smart sustainable energy solutions

Our Group's marketing team is always good for a surprise. New year 2011 starts with a new corporate movie showing from helicopter-view several renewable energy installations realized by Linea Trovata Group in Belgium, the Netherlands, in France and Italy. We wish you a pleasant flight. Enjoy!

100% renewable energy by 2050 is a feasible objective

According to an article published on PV-tech.org, a recent McKinsey feasibility study with the intention to determine if electricity from 100% renewable resources was possible, has observed that by the year 2050, such goal not only is feasible, but that countries like Germany are already leading the way to making it possible. The study report, published by the European Climate Foundation was commissioned to examine the possibility of the EU achieving 80% greenhouse gas reduction by 2050 compared to 1990 levels. Furthermore the study concluded that along with renewable energy being 100% feasible, it was also a reliable and economically sound energy decision. Renewable energy industries record strong growth, generate many jobs, hence represent emerging markets in times of global economic crisis.

As reported October last year, Germany currently has one of the biggest renewable energy markets in the world and represents European Lead-Market in Solar PV. Only in the year 2009 Germany had an incredible 16.1% increase in the total share of electricity from renewable resources. Beginning of the new year 2010, Germany also saw its solar PV installations surpass the 3.8GW benchmark, making it responsible for more than half of the world’s solar market. Considering that at present only 2% of Germany’s suitable rooftops are covered with PV systems, the country has plenty of opportunity to expand its international lead in the solar renewable energy market and to further proof, that a clean energy future is a convertible dream.

Sources: PV-tech.org | Author:  Syanne Olson (all rights reserved).

Earth Day 2010

Today the Earth Day Movement celebrates its 40th Anniversary. In fact the first Earth Day took place on 22nd of April back in the year 1970. That day US senator Gaylord Nelson managed to mobilize 20 million of Americans for a giant demonstration in favor of our environment.

Since then, the Earth Day became an year by year institution which takes place each year on April 22 in virtually every country on Earth, and also gave birth to the Earth Day Network, which was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. The movement has the mission to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. Today Earth Day Network has a global reach with more than 20,000 partners and organizations in 190 countries. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world.

For further informations visit www.earthday.org. GET INVOLVED!

Is the German Renewable Energy Industry in Jeopardy after the election?

"Germany's newly elected government could hinder the expansion of renewable energy in the country with its plans to extend the lifetime of nuclear reactors, warns the German Renewable Energy Federation (Source: Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie - BEE)."

Like BEE spokesman Daniel Kluge, many other experts of renewable energy industry worry that renewable energy upstarts could be the ones bumped aside by the new government. The main issues to be disputed will be the tariffs for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. Is the feed-in tariff for solar, which many argue is too high, in jeopardy or is Germany now heading in the right policy direction by seeking market-oriented feed-in tariffs?

click here to read the full article by by John Blau on renewableenergyworld.com

Read more Articles about this Topic (click LINKS indicated below):

photovoltaik.eu 1

photovoltaik.eu 2

photovoltaik.eu 3

rinnovabili.it

Solar Evolution — The beginning of a new era for solar power

"A new era for solar power is approaching. Long derided as uneconomic, it is gaining ground as technologies improve and the cost of traditional energy sources rises.Within three to seven years, unsubsidized solar power could cost no more to end customers in many markets, such as California and Italy, than electricity generated by fossil fuels or by renewable alternatives to solar. By 2020, global installed solar capacity could be 20 to 40 times its level today."

McKinsey & Company | Authors: Peter Lorenz, Dickon Pinner, and Thomas Seitz

Source: Climate Change Special Initiative and McKinsey Quarterly

Forecast — The growing competitiveness of solar power: McKinsey forecasts grid parity within the next three to seven years. This means that solar energy's unsubsidized cost to end users will approach the cost of conventional electricity in a number of markets, including parts of the United States (California and the Southwest), as well as Italy, Japan and Spain.

Outlook — The global solar market in 2020: According to McKinsey, the worldwide installed global solar capacity will grow by roughly 30 to 35 percent a year, from 10 gigawatts today to about 200 gigawatts in 2020.

TO READ THE FULL ARTICLES:

McKinsey Quarterly — The economics of solar power (LINK);
McKinsey Quarterly — Evaluating the potential of solar technologies (LINK1, 2).

Endless potential of the sun

"The total power needs of the humans on Earth is approximately 16 terawatts. In the year 2020 it is expected to grow to 20 terawatts. (Ed. A terawatt is a trillion watts.)

The sunshine on the solid part of the Earth is 120,000 terawatts. From this perspective, energy from the sun is virtually unlimited."

Eicke Weber, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems,

in Freiburg (Germany)

Source: National Geographic Magazine | Author: George Johnson

TO READ THE FULL ARTICLES:

National Geographic — Plugging Into the Sun (LINK)

National Geographic — Ranking Renewables (LINK)

National Geographic — Renewable Futures (LINK)

What costs the sun? | Was kostet die Sonne?

Deutschland zählt im Bereich der Solartechnik zur Weltspitze, es sind Tausende neue Jobs entstanden und deutsche Wissenschaftler machen mit ständig neuen Weltrekorden bei den Wirkungsgraden von sich reden. Stehen wir vor dem Durchbruch in eine solare Zukunft?

Watch a stream of yesterdays german telecast by clicking here!

Copyrights: Jörg Moll Fernsehproduktion

All rights ZDF/3sat.

Monthly review

22.05.

RAI TG1 Economia "energia rinnovabile";

16.06.

German corporations plan to invest in mega desert solar power plants (click 1 and 2);

22.06.

Accident: 5 MW BP-Solar roof pv plant catches fire;

23.06.

TERNA 500m network expansion plans;

30.06.

Longest, but at the same time very enjoyable, business meeting in Torremaggiore (FG);

01.07.

Nice to be back in Munich;

02.07.

Nano Technologies — Certainly the next big thing (check it out: 1, 2, 3, 4);

03.07.

Crisis prevention in Eggenfelden;

04.07.

RAI 2 Voyager — energia (part 1, part 2);

04.07.

Climate scientist Mojib Latif "only the sun can save our world";

05.07.

Sunday rainy blues, so I watched Wimbledon finals and Zeitgeist Addendum;

07.07.

European Renewable Grid Initiative Launched;

07.07.

E.ON continues expansion in photovoltaics and acquires French PV developer;

07.07.

Bye MJ, R.I.P. We are the world!

The programme with the mouse — How does photovoltaics work?

part1


part2


part3


[Copyright WDR and Armin Maiwald "Die Sendung mit der Maus"]

Silicon Valley Fun

Tesla Motors, makers of high-performance electric sports cars, like the Tesla Roadster, another Silicon Valley Innovation and success story:



[Copyright ZDF production "Amerikas andere Seite - Was Kalifornien besser macht";
watch part1; part2; part3; part4; part5]


Watch Jay Leno testing the Tesla Roadster:

Home Project

In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it's too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth's riches and change its patterns of consumption.

More than a movie, HOME will be a major event all over the globe: for the first time ever, a film will be released on the same day in over 50 countries and on every format: movie theatres, TV, DVD and Internet.

On June 5th we all have a date with the planet!

http://www.home-2009.com

http://www.youtube.com/homeproject
http://www.ppr.com

Movie Trailer:


Watch full movie by clicking here or the title of this post!

10 Important ways to save energy & fight global warming

1. Use energy-efficient appliances, such as energy-saving lightbulbs;
2. Switch to an electricity provider that offers electricity derived from renewable sources;
3. Ride a bicycle for distances under e.g. 10km. Consider a bus or train for longer distances;
4. Lower your thermostat by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius during the night and when nobody's home;
5. Make sure your home is well insulated;
6. Completely switch-off appliances that you do not use;
7. Consider going to your holiday destination by bus or train, instead of car or airplane;
8. If possible, work at home instead of an office location;
9. Support forestation programs that focus on planting indigenous trees in tropical regions; and
10. Educate others. Tell people of the importance of an energy-efficient lifestyle.