The Road to a 100% Clean-Powered Planet
Written by Brian Merchant
Earlier this year, the energy consulting firm Meister noted that,
of all the forecasts made by government agencies, non-profits, and
industry investors, the group that most correctly predicted the rapid
rise of clean power was Greenpeace. Sven Teske, an energy campaigner
with an engineering background, has been authoring its annual Energy Revolution survey
since 2005. In the beginning, the report, which mines market research
to predict clean energy industry trends, may have read to an outsider
like an activists’ wishful dreaming. Today, it mostly just looks correct.
Teske’s
latest study, the tenth, argues that clean energy technologies can meet
all of the world’s power demands by 2050. And, given his track record,
perhaps we should take the conclusion seriously: The man who most
accurately predicted today's clean power boom in 2005 is now saying we
could see 100 percent clean energy by midcentury.
of all the forecasts made by government agencies, non-profits, and
industry investors, the group that most correctly predicted the rapid
rise of clean power was Greenpeace. Sven Teske, an energy campaigner
with an engineering background, has been authoring its annual Energy Revolution survey
since 2005. In the beginning, the report, which mines market research
to predict clean energy industry trends, may have read to an outsider
like an activists’ wishful dreaming. Today, it mostly just looks correct.
Teske’s
latest study, the tenth, argues that clean energy technologies can meet
all of the world’s power demands by 2050. And, given his track record,
perhaps we should take the conclusion seriously: The man who most
accurately predicted today's clean power boom in 2005 is now saying we
could see 100 percent clean energy by midcentury.
