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

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6

8

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20England 18

Wales 3Source: DECC

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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

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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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