Energy Worksheet – Solar and Wind energy
Instructions: For the below use the Renewable Energy 2021 Global Status Report (GSR) available on the LMS.
Part I. Solar Energy
1. What is the total amount of power capacity for solar photovoltaics now? How much was added in 2020?
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2. What three countries have the biggest markets for solar PV?
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3. What is the status of floating solar?
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4. What is agricultural PV?
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5. What has happened to solar PV module prices?
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6. Why did solar CSP markets grow very slow (1.6%) in 2020 compared to previous years?
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7. Since 2010, has the costs of CSP gone up or down? By how much?
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Part II. Wind Energy
1. How much wind power capacity was added in 2020? What is total global wind power capacity?
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2. GSR states that the record amount of added wind power was primarily due to policy mechanisms. What are some of these policy mechanisms?
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3. What has made wind energy more competitive and allowed it to compete with fossil fuels?
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4. Which had more investment – offshore wind power or offshore oil and gas?
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5. Which countries had more than 20% share of electricity was wind power?
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Worksheet on Solar and Wind Energy
Instructions: Use the Renewable Energy 2021 Global Status Report (GSR) available on the LMS for the following.
Part I: Solar Power
1. What is the current overall power capacity of solar photovoltaics? What was the total amount added in 2020?
Ans.
2. Which three countries have the largest solar PV markets?
Ans.
3. What is the current state of floating solar?
Ans.
4. What exactly is agricultural PV?
Ans.
5. What happened to the costs of solar PV modules?
Ans.
6. Why did solar CSP markets grow very slow (1.6%) in 2020 compared to previous years?
Ans.
7. Since 2010, has the costs of CSP gone up or down? By how much?
Ans.
Part II. Wind Energy
1. How much wind
