GreenpeacelaunchesrenewableenergyglobaltourWednesday,june26,hornsrev,denmark:intheleaduptotheearthsummitinjohannesburginaugust,thegreenpeaceship,therainbowwarrior,todaybeganthefirstpartofaglobaljourneytosupportthedevelopmentofrenewableenergyaroundtheworld.Offshorewindinthenorthseaalonecanproducenearlytwicetheelectricityneedsofthenorthseacountries.usingonly20%ofthatwouldsupplyone-thirdofthesecountries’electricity.greenpeacearegoingtochallengegovernmentsandindustrytomakethishappen.Therainbowwarriorsailedtodaytohornsrev,theworld’slargestoffshorewindpark,whichisbeingbuiltoffthecoastofdenmark.anothergreenpeaceship,thearcticsunrise,willbeginthesecondpartoftheglobaltourinsoutheastasianextmonth.
“duringtheseweeks,greenpeacewillbeconductingthisglobaltourwithtwoshipstoshowthatrenewableenergyisreadyandabletoreplacedirtycoal,oil,gasandnuclearpower-notonlyinthefuture,buttoday”,saidagreenpeacespokesperson.Windenergyisreportedtobecompetitivewithcoalandgaspowergenerationandclearlybeatscostlynuclear.theUKgovernment’senergyreviewclaimedthatwindenergywillbethecheapestenergysourceby2020.Nextmonth,thearcticsunrisewillbevisitingthephilippinesandthailand,wherecommunitiesarerejectingdirty,old-fashionedenergytechnologylikecoal-firedpowerstationsanddemandingclean,renewableenergy.
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