Geographical Relations Dynamics (5) - Geopolitics on Renewable Energies

摘要

The total solar energy coming over the Earth surface is ca 3,000 times more abundant than the total energy spent by mankind today. However, as well as subsurface non-renewable fossil fuels, renewable energies (i.e. solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and so on) are not evenly distributed throughout the world. In addition, better areas for specific renewable energies productions are not matching to major energy consuming areas globally. Western Europe is an exceptional area, because abundant wind power is available where residents consume energy heavily. The author suggests how to overcome this mismatch problem of renewable energies production and energy consumption from a geopolitical viewpoint, by means of combination of renewable energies (production) and a battery tanker (energy storage and transportation) to the energy consuming areas.