$73bn for energy research Europe, Solar & Smart grid cities
Post date: Oct 05, 2009 10:14:10 PM
Europe's goal 2050
cutting greenhouse gases by 80 %
Technology race with Japan and the United States
Triple funding for energy research to $12bn / €8bn euros
Solar power research €16bn over next decade
Smart grid research:30 energy-sipping "Smart Cities €11bn
Wind energy research €6bn next decade
Nuclear research €7bn
Energy from biomass and other waste €9bn
Innovative "carbon capture and storage" technology €13bn
In total, at least 50 billion euros of additional funding is seen over the next 10 years.
Science in materials, in chemistry and physics, in nanotechnology and biotechnology,
to find new and better ways of producing and consuming energy.
Job creation by Green energy 250 000
SET plan
Motor fuels direct from sunlight, digital light sources that last for decades,
batteries that store electricity at 10 times the current density
source: reuters.com Green Business