The share of solar energy from the world energy basket in 2030

Document Type : Review Article

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1 Master of Science (MSc) Student, Renewable Energies Engineering, Department of Renewable Energies and Environment, Faculty of New Science and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Renewable Energies and Environment, Faculty of New Science and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

By increasing the population of the world, it is expected to reach to 8.5 billion by 2030. The excessive use of fossil fuels that meet human needs only by 2300, there is a growing need for alternative and new energy sources. Fossil fuels have two major problems; it is going to finish and releasing various kinds of greenhouse gases, which, in contrast to one of the most important advantages of renewable energy, that they are clean. Among all the renewable energies, solar energy is one of the most widely used renewable energies that has a huge potential for its use in different forms in Iran and the world. With the advent of technology and lower prices, the use of solar energy is becoming more and more affordable. In this paper, by studying the population growth and consumption of different types of fossil fuels in the world and its prediction by 2030, and the study of the properties of solar energy and the trend of its use in the world, it is predicted that by 2030, the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources reaches to 10,200 billion kilowatt hours. Also  solar power generation will be 1040 billion kilowatt hours, the amount of energy from the primary sources will be about 655 quadrillion btu, and energy consumption will be about 670 quadrillion btu. 

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Journal of Renewable and New Energy
Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 10
September 2018
Pages 116-121

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  • Receive Date: 17 September 2018
  • Revise Date: 16 October 2018
  • Accept Date: 16 October 2018

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