Question

36 : One MW of renewable energy saves around
tonnes of coal annually. ?

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Answer 1

Answer:

Related Emissions by Measuring What Matters

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Beyond Renewables: How to Reduce Energy-Related Emissions by Measuring What Matters

by John Woolard

Despite the uptick in renewable energy usage, global emissions have steadily increased. Senior Fellow John Woolard argues that commitments to 100% renewables, while critical for sending market signals to increase investment, will not alone achieve the system change needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. It's time for companies and countries to commit to 100% zero-carbon energy.

In the 27 years since the 1992 Rio Climate Summit, the use of renewable energy has increased dramatically and the efficiency of energy use and production has soared. Yet global carbon emissions continued to rise. What happened? Why has no progress been made in reducing carbon emissions despite huge improvements in efficiency and rapid growth in the use of renewable energy? What can be done to achieve meaningful reductions in energy-related emissions of the carbon dioxide heating the planet?

To achieve the rapid emissions reductions needed to avert the worst effects of climate change, policy makers, market regulators, utility companies, corporate energy buyers and climate activists must focus relentlessly on driving down a simple metric: the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of electricity.

Renewable energy, primarily solar and wind, is a technology success story. By the end of 2017, global installed capacity of renewable power topped 1,000 gigawatts (GW), an amount roughly equal to the total installed capacity of the United States (Figure 1). China accounted for 45% of global invest

Answer 2

One MW of renewable energy saves around 1000 tonnes of coal annually :

Let us look into this in detail in the following points :

• A global transition to 100% renewable energy across all sectors – power, heat, transport and desalination – is feasible and economically viable.
• In 2021, about 4,108 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or about 4.11 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.
• About 61% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases.
• Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, emit little to no greenhouse gases, are readily available and in most cases cheaper than coal, oil or gas.
• Despite significant investments in renewable energy sector, fossil fuels still dominate and supply 80% of world's energy.
• Energy consumption and production contribute to two-thirds of global emissions, and 81% of the global energy system is still based on fossil fuels, the same percentage as 30 years ago.

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