Renewable Energy Now Accounts for 14% of the World's Primary Energy Supply

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32093) has announced the addition of Renewable Energy Report Ed 2 2006 to their offering.

-- In recent years renewable energy has become a high profile issue

-- Renewable energy is a significant source resource, with many diverse applications

-- It accounts for 14% of the world's primary energy supply

-- It is the energy mainstay of large swathes of the developing world

-- Many people see it as a sustainable, environmentally friendly energy for a polluted industrialised world, with rapidly developing new technologies

-- Renewable energy is a vital resource for many isolated communities

-- Hydro Power / Geothermal / Marine Energy / Hybrids/ Fuel Cells / Hydrogen / Wind Power / Solar Photovoltaic / Solar Thermal / Biomass

The report:

-- Pulls the various resources into a coherent picture

-- The contribution and characteristics of each resource are examined

-- The technologies are explained and new developments outlined

-- The status of industrial development described for each resource

-- Markets are evaluated and those in commercial development are sized

-- The manufacturing industry for each technology is outlined

-- The report is divided into 13 sections, covering each resource in detail

-- Historical development is charted and commercialisation is described

Key Findings

-- The technologies cover a spectrum from mature to pioneering status

-- The mainstream technologies are identified

-- Accessibility of the Renewable energy sources is explored

-- How far off is large scale usage of which resources?

-- The structure of Renewable energy markets and industries

-- The size of the markets

-- The commercialisation of each technology

-- Which forms of renewable energy can provide base load power?

-- The costs of this energy

-- The environmentally friendly renewable energies

Reasons to buy

-- Gain insight into a rapidly developing new market

-- Understand the market positioning of each resource

-- Look at opportunities in these markets

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