Renewables and fossil fuels in Wales
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Installed capacity of wind, wave and solar (normalised to 2003)
England
Northern IrelandScotland
Wales
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20England 18
Wales 3Source: DECC
Wales England Scotland Northern Ireland0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
Non-renewable installed capacity per capita (2005-2011) (MW per 1000 people)
Source: DECC
Source: The Guardian
“any contextual interpretation of the science demonstrates that the threshold of 2°C is…
…no longer viable”Anderson and Bows, Nature Climate Change, September 2012
Year
2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100
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of g
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(GtC
O2e
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0
20
40
60
80
Peak in emissions by 2025
Source: Tyndall Centre
… and this will give us a 40% chance of exceeding 2oC
Source: Tyndall Centre
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Slide 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalart/2101765353/ Slide 4 http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Environment/documents/2012/02/27/UK_Windfarms.pdfSlide 5 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimshields/6379360207/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Slides 7 and 8 Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre (with permission)Slide 9 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/saturn/saturn_false.jpg Slide 10 http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/galleries/2011/Oilwatch+on+COP17.jpg.html
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