The *official* complain about XemaSab thread

[joshcryer]

45. We're talking about whether or not renewable production is putting a dent in CO2 production.

Not whether or not renewables are growing at a nice rate.

IEA didn't predict that we would be at the high end of the IPCC CO2 scenario, either.

WEO has been spot on as far as CO2 is concerned, and they've been far better than EIA as far as energy production is concerned. They could not have predicted, in 1998, that EU countries would build out renewables with subsidies or that China would come on as a big player. But even in the 1998 report they said that wind had great growth potential. They just didn't know how good it could be. That proves nothing. Show me the flaws in their analysis.

Meanwhile:

Wind turbine growth to slow as market looks east
The world's top wind turbine maker Vestas shed market share in 2011 in a global sector forecast to grow much more weakly in the next five years.

Vestas's Chinese rivals again grabbed four spots among the world's top 10 players, according to Danish consultancy BTM Consult which blamed government austerity measures for the cut in its industry growth rate outlook by one third compared with 2011.

BTM also said Europe lost out to Asia as the largest wind power continent last year.

It said Europe had 24.5 percent of all new installations, its lowest level and down from 51 percent five years ago, while Asia accounted for 52.1 percent.