Peter Meisen, President Global Energy Network Institute, USA e-mail:[email protected]@geni.org.

Peter Meisen, PresidentGlobal Energy Network Institute, USA www.geni.org e-mail:[email protected]

Source:http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov

An Interconnected world, yet 1.5 billion remain in dark

Global Population Density

Source:http://www.econbrowser.com

GDP Density

Global Annual CO2 Emissions

CO2 Emissions reach 400ppm

Source: UC Riverside

Global Temperature and Carbon Dioxide

 www.ncdc.noaa.gov

Mean temperatures 2000-2010

 Source: NASA GIS Surface Temperature Analysis

Global Mean Solar Irradiance

Global Mean Wind Speed at 80m

Global geothermal projects

Electricity Generation from Renewable sources

Renewable Energy Cost Trends

Worldwide Installed Wind

Worldwide Installed PV

China Wind Potential

source: Siemens, image: China Wind Power Center]

China Solar Potential

China’s solar PV market growth

China: Water scarcity vs. Coal reserves

South Korea Wind Potential

South Korea Solar Potential

South Korea PV Market forecast

Source: Display Bank

Source: Korean Policy on Biofuel” by Ministry of Knowledge Economy Korea

South Korea’s Renewables Projected 5x

Japan Wind Potential

Source : http://newenergynews.blogspot.com

Japan Solar Potential

Source: Ministry of Environmental Research, Research Potential of Renewable Energy, 2003

Japan Solar Energy growth

Electricity grid and companies in Japan

Asia Super Grid

Source: Japan Renewable Energy Foundation

High voltage interconnection of all nations

The focus: tapping abundant renewable energies on every continent.

Each • represents 1% of global population.