Clean Energy

In the energy topic we should deal a lot with the clean energy. As far as global warming and oil spills, environmental damage are concerned, the alternative energy has more and more importance in our world. According to the IHS Emerging Energy' survey the top 5 producers of alternative energy are in Europe, namely in Iceland, Denmark, Portugal, Finland and Spain. The renewable share of electricity production is 4.7% in the U.S.

 http://energypolicyinfo.com/2010/08/the-clean-energy-race/

Despite of the fact, the U.S. shows low efforts toward green energy, there are some efforts to integrate solar, wind and other intermittent generators under the state's current 20% renewable standard. However, the gas as an energy source cleaner than coal and cheaper than building renewable systems. That is why the renewable energy did not receive as much attention as in the case of other developed countries.

On the other side of the coin, Californian government prefers the renewable energy and initiates lot of projects aiming at getting 1/3 of their electricity form renewable sources by 2020. One of the most significant wind farms was built just outside of Bay Area at the Altamont Pass and Californian government are planning to finalize twice as many renewable contracts as in 2009. Michael Peterson, the CEO of Solargen Energy would like to build a solar plan in Panoche Valley which would power about 120 000 houses. 80% of the US'S geothermal energy is generated in California.