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Niamh Cein on 29 Nov 12"Crown Capital Eco Website Discussion: Potential applications of renewable energy sources Other benefits are: · Power generation. Renewable energy provides 19% of electricity generation worldwide. Renewable power generators are spread across many countries, and wind power alone already provides a significant share of electricity in some areas · Heating. Solar hot watermakes an important contribution to renewable heat in many countries. Direct geothermal for heating is also growing rapidly. · Transport fuels. Renewable biofuels have contributed to a significant decline in oil consumption in many parts of the world. The 93 billion liters of biofuels produced worldwide in 2009 displaced the equivalent of an estimated 68 billion liters of gasoline, equal to about 5% of world gasoline production."