Identify the Challenges and Barriers to the Growth for Renewable Technologies Worldwide.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c59583) has announced the addition of Investment in Renewable Technologies Worldwide to their offering.

It is possible that the world is heading towards a global energy crisis due to a decline in the availability of cheap oil and recommendations to a decreasing dependency on fossil fuel. This has led to increasing interest in alternate power/fuel research such as fuel cell technology, hydrogen fuel, biomethanol, biodiesel, Karrick process, solar energy, geothermal energy, tidal energy and wind energy , and fusion energy. To date, only hydroelectricity and nuclear power have been significant alternatives to fossil fuel, with big ecological problems (residues and water spending). Hydrogen gas is currently produced at a net energy loss from natural gas, which is also experiencing declining production in North America and elsewhere. When not produced from natural gas, hydrogen still needs another source of energy to create it, also at a loss during the process. This has led to hydrogen being regarded as a carrier of energy rather than a source.

Renewable energy is energy derived from resources that are regenerative or for all practical purposes can not be depleted. Renewable energy sources contribute approximately 29.3% of human energy use worldwide. Mankinds traditional uses of wind, water, and solar power are widespread in developed and developing countries; but the mass production of electricity using renewable energy sources has become more commonplace only recently, reflecting the major threats of climate change due to pollution, exhaustion of fossil fuels, and the environmental, social and political risks of fossil fuels and nuclear power.

There have been alarming predictions by groups such as the Club of Rome that the world would run out of oil in the late 20th century. Although technology has made oil extraction more efficient, the world is having to struggle to provide oil by using increasingly costly and less productive methods such as deep sea drilling, and developing environmentally sensitive areas such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The worlds population continues to grow at a quarter of a million people per day, increasing the consumption of energy. The per capita energy consumption of China, India and other developing nations continues to increase as the people living in these countries adopt more energy intensive lifestyles. At present a small part of the worlds population consumes a large part of its resources, with the United States and its population of 300 million people consuming far more oil than China with its population of 1.3 billion people.

This report on Investment in Renewable Technologies Worldwide brings you a complete analysis of the renewables industry, focusing on the various types of renewable technologies available today, the economics of each, challenges and barriers to the growth of each technology, research and development scenario in renewable energies, lifecycle analyses, among others. With the world realizing the potential of renewable energies, this report serves as the complete intelligence on this industry.

Topics Covered
A. Executive Summary
B. Introduction to the Energy Crisis
C. The Investment Case for Renewable Power
D. Introduction to Hydropower
E. Wind Power
F. Biomass
G. Solar Power
H. R&D Needs for Renewable Energy Technology in Industrialized
   Countries
I. Environmental Externalities, Market Distortions & the Economics of
   Renewable Energy Technologies
J. Measuring the Contribution to the Economy of Investments in
   Renewable Energy
K. Future Outlook
L. Appendix
M. Glossary of Terms

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