‘A joint study by A.T. Kearney and the European Solar Thermal Electricity Association, ESTELA, shows the growing mid-term potential of STE to progressively substitute conventional energy sources and complement the renewable energy sources portfolio with a cost-competitive dispatchable solution – In a best-case scenario industry roadmap involves creation of 100,000 to 130,000 jobs by 2025’ (see for example at save-more-energy.com).
‘…Solar energy is the power source of the future. Only 15 years ago, hardly any photovoltaic systems could be found on top of German roofs. Today, close to 500,000 systems collect the rays of the sun and convert them into energy. … Over the last 20 years, the share of renewable energy in our total power consumption has more than quadrupled on a country-wide basis and now accounts for 16 percent. …. According to a study published by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), projects like DESERTEC should be able to allow for roughly 15 percent of Europe’s demand for electricity to be covered by solar energy from Africa by the year 2050.’ (Dr. Martin Heming, CEO of SCHOTT Solar AG in an interview at save-more-energy.com).
It is not necessary to talk in this blog right now about the importance of the Renewable Energy Industry. We all know that we need to increase the use of renewable energy and that the current installed capacity is not enough. We agree on this.
But if we go back – some years – we can see a similar situation for the Internet Industry and also for the Real Estate Industry. They were all booming and very creative solutions were developed. BUT as we all know this hype were suddenly stopped and the result was – the financial crises.
So, to develop the Renewable Energy Industry (which is not new but which is currently booming) we should be careful and develop it in a sustainable way.
We should try to focus on environment and our first priority should be to protect mother nature. We should try to start in our houses, apartments, offices, factories, et.al to use our resources in a proper way. We should also support new developments and research. We should also educate our children not to do the same mistakes like we did. We should also find some ‘regulations’ for example with IRENA to create standards and a framework for a sustainable development in this sector.
The focus should be on ‘Quality’ and ‘Equity’! The focus should be on happy and healthy people. Otherwise the result will be the next financial crises.
Günter Theuermann
Managing Partner
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