Schlagwortarchiv für: Energiewende

The convention program of PV SUMMIT was opened by the Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay. Subsequently Mr. Fell was introduced to Vice President Binay and asked to address his keynote speech titled „Vision on energy security, Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) and the economics of solar energy, evolution of the Renewable Energy in Germany” to the audience. As the Philippines is at a crucial stage of decision making on Feed-In-Tariffs, Mr. Fell ́s insights on the development of solar markets were well received. Participants from politics, government agencies and business were supportive of the lobbying efforts of the Philippine solar industry.

Warning about the dangers of nuclear power has been a driving force in the founding of Green movements worldwide. For the Greens in Germany, phasing out nuclear energy has been one of the party’s goals since its inception. With the „nuclear consensus“ in 2000/2001 we Greens – in government for the first time – secured a political commitment to phase out nuclear power and impose restrictions on the hitherto unlimited nuclear power plant lifetimes.

Renewable energy comes from enticing sources: wind, which also produces waves; water, which includes hydroelectric, tidal and geothermal ener- gy (water heated by hot underground rock); and sun, which includes photovoltaics and solar pow- er plants that focus sunlight to heat a fluid that drives a turbine to generate electricity. Our plan includes only technologies that work or are close to working today on a large scale, rather than those that may exist 20 or 30 years from now.