The Power of the Sun
¥Technologies
include photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal power plants, solar hot water and space heaters
¥Sunlight
hitting the earth in 1 hour could power global economy for 1 year
¥Plan B
goal: Solar heating and electricity each exceed 1 million MW installed capacity by 2020
Photo Credit: iStockPhoto / Ekaterina Romanova
World Cumulative Photovoltaics Production,
1975-2009