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Figure 37.4 Shares of renewable energy sources in the lead scenario of
2008. (Source: Federal Ministry of the Environment, Germany, BMU, 2009.)
37.3 Full Solar Supply or the “Great Transformation”
Today, at the advent of the solar industrial age, tried and tested basic
technologies
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as well as a number of experimental technologies
are already available. These technologies can make energy from
renewable resources available on a scale many times that of current
global energy consumption, and can continue to do so for millions
of years. The only limit will be the availability of land area, water
and resources ...