The promise of solar energy: a low-carbon energy strategy for the 21st century.

From: UN Chronicle | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Resch, Rhone; Kaye, Noah | Copyright information

In an increasingly carbon-constrained world, solar energy technologies represent one of the least carbon-intensive means of electricity generation. Solar power produces no emissions during generation itself, and life-cycle assessments clearly demonstrate that it has a smaller carbon footprint from "cradle-to-grave" than fossil fuels.

Of the more than 10,000 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity generation produced by the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperat...

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