Fast Facts
Oneworld is building an integrated renewable energy company. We have offices in North America and Europe. We have businesses in Wind Power Generation and Consulting, Wind Blade Repair Services, Solar Power Integration and Generation. Oneworld will achieve success by (i) continuing to see its current revenue generating divisions continue to expand (ii) being able to construct quality renewable energy projects for its own account that will typically generate IRRs of 10-20% and provide excellent revenue streams and earnings (iii) having a significant number of projects within its development pipeline that can be eventually constructed and (iv) being not just a developer of energy products, but also a producer.
More than 50 countries have adopted targets for renewable energy. In a very short period, renewable energy has become a global business sector.
- According to the United Nation’s Environment Programme, over $100 billion has been invested globally in alternative energy projects.
- More than 2.5 million people work in renewable energy, of which approximately 10 percent are employed in global wind energy projects (Source: Emerging Energy Research of Barcelona, Spain)
- Wind power is one of the fastest growing sectors. Worldwide capacity has doubled every three years over the past decade (Source: Global World Energy Council). Latest figures show wind power is expected to grow at a rate 25-30% annually. (Source: REN21 Renewable Global Status Report 2007)
- Over $25 billion has been invested in the world's wind power projects (Source: CanWea)
- Wind farms around the world produce 59,000 MW of electricity – enough to power 18 million homes.
- Last year Canada's 80 wind farms generated enough energy to power 563,000 homes.
- Around the world wind power is considered a tried and true technology. However, compared to other countries Canada is lagging behind in the production of electricity from wind power.
Canada 1,855 MW US 16,818 MW Europe 22,247 MW Asia 16,091 MW Africa 528 MW (Source: 2007 Global World Energy Council) - By 2015, installed wind power projects will produce
In Canada 14,000 MW In US 57,000 MW In Europe 125,000 MW (Source: Emerging Energy Research of Barcelona, Spain) - More than anywhere, electricity from alternative energy sources is seen as an economic savior for the third world and developing nations. Wind power and other means of alternative energy could bring relatively inexpensive sources of electricity to more than 2 billion people. Consider that only 10% of Africa's 700 million people regularly have electricity. And most of Asia and Latin America are without electricity or suffer rolling blackouts.