GLG News by Solar Power Experts (EU)

We will have a conflict of objectives in the future, but we can overcome those problems through considerate and adequate action. Due to the growing utilization of biomass we will have a competition for the limited farmland. Those conflicts can be solved by extending the farmland (e.g. as in Argentina...

The efficiency of photosynthesis is only about 1%. Therefore, plants or animals should not be used for producing biofuels, unless they are anyway needed for other purposes like food or fodder supply and industry (e.g., construction wood). On the contrary, biofuels from organic waste products of...

Due to the global climate change the energy supply mix will change: energy efficiency and renewable energy are becoming the energy markets of the future. Those countries which first develop their technology in these areas will have the say on the global market and will experience substantial growth...

Prepare for a carbon constrained economy. Postpone the need for new coal power plants by electricity savings and renewable energy. Use the time to improve technologies and the electricity grid to prepare for more dynamic consumption patterns with intelligent consumption and local electricity production....

A 15% national RPS by 2020 has passed the house. This is good news as it establish the principle that all consumers should pay their share of the renewable energy and creates a strong market driver for renewable energy technologies.

Agricultural ground shall be used for growing food, not for energy plants. There is, however, a hudge unexploited biomass potential for fuel production in organic products that can be recycled: all kind of organic wastes, from households, municipal wastes, sewage slurries, wood wastes from wood industry...

ExxonMobil has learned the European lesson: There is no need to worry for the profit in a cap and trade system - it is all about system design. The real fight will be between fuel suppliers and industrial consumers.  

Biofuel could be considered a mean to achieve CO2 reductions and decrease dependence of fossil fuels. But now it has turned into a goal of its own resulting in low energy efficiency and higher CO2 emissions than otherwise would be achieved. Biofuels has become an excuse for not considering unpopular...

Retired admirals and generals state that climate change is a security risk that should be treated seriously before it requires military actions. The report was published few days before George Bush presented his plan and left for Europe for negotiations in G8 where both climate change, the situation...

Guess who signed the Kyoto Protocol for Germany in 1997 and took a 21% CO2 reduction target  as its contribution to the EUs overall 8% target? She is chairing the G8 Summit, so George Bush had to bring something with him. Chancellor Angela Merkel has a professional background in physics and chemistry...