Africa eyes Germany world leader Renewable energy reaching 80% by 2050
Post date: Feb 05, 2012 12:46:10 PM
World eyes German efforts to become leader in reneable energy resources
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government passed legislation in June setting the country on course to generate a third of its power through renewable sources — such as wind, solar, geothermal and bioenergy — within a decade, reaching 80 percent by 2050, while creating jobs, increasing energy security and reducing harmful emissions.
source: washingtonpost.com
China view
German village in vanguard of energy revolution
FELDHEIM, Germany
The sign says "Feldheim energy independent village"
This tiny village in a wind-swept corner of eastern Germany seems anunlikely place for a revolution.
Yet environmentalists, experts and politicians from El Salvador to Japan to South Africa haveflocked here in the past year to learn how Feldheim, with just 145 people, is already putting intopractice Germany's vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy.
source chinadaily.com.cn
Rifkin says
"If Germany can't pull this off," said Rifkin. "We don't have a plan B."
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