Eco-Economy Indicators are twelve trends that the Earth Policy Institute tracks to measure progress in building an eco-economy. Using energy from the sun is a key component of the Plan B renewable energy economy.

Production of photovoltaics (PV) jumped to 3,800 megawatts worldwide in 2007, up an estimated 50 percent over 2006. At the end of the year, according to preliminary data, cumulative global production stood at 12,400 megawatts, enough to power 2.4 million U.S. homes. Growing by an impressive average of 48 percent each year since 2002, PV production has been doubling every two years, making it the world’s fastest-growing energy source. MORE...

World Annual Photovoltaic Production, 1975-2007 (figure and table)

World Cumulative Photovoltaic Production, 1975-2007 (figure and table)

Annual Photovoltaic Production, Select Countries and Europe, 1995-2006 (figure and table)

Annual Thin Film Photovoltaic Production, Select Countries and Regions, 2003-2006 (figure and table)

Annual Photovoltaic Installations, Select Countries and Regions, 2000-2007 (figure and table)

Photovoltaic Production by Top Ten Producing Companies, 2006 and First Half of 2007 (table)

World Average Photovoltaic Module Cost per Watt, 1975-2006 (figure and table)

U.S. Mayors Respond to Washington Leadership Vacuum on Climate Change (3 May 2006)

Wind Energy Demand Booming (22 March 2006)

Coal Takes Heavy Human Toll (24 August 2004)

Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel (14 April 2004)

Europe Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy (8 April 2004)

Coal: U.S. Promotes While Canada and Europe Move Beyond (3 December 2003)

Wind Power Set to Become World's Leading Energy Source (25 June 2003)

Sales of Solar Cells Take Off (12 June 2002)

Green Power Purchases Growing by Leaps and Bounds (2 April 2002)

World Wind Generating Capacity Jumps 31 Percent in 2001 (8 January 2002)

Wind Power: The Missing Link in the Bush Energy Plan (31 May 2001)

OPEC Has World Over a Barrel Again (8 September 2000)

U.S. Farmers Double Cropping Corn and Wind Energy (7 June 2000)

From Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth by Lester R. Brown		Chapter 5 - Building a Solar/Hydrogen Economy The Energy Efficiency Base Harnessing the Wind Turning Sunlight into Electricity Tapping the Earth's Heat Natural Gas: The Transitional Fuel Getting to the Hydrogen Economy
From The Earth Policy Reader by Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, and Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts		Chapter 1 - The Economic Costs of Ecological Deficits: Facing the Climate Challenge The Rising Costs of Climate Change Restructuring the Energy Economy Building the Wind Hydrogen Economy Fixing the Market