Worldwide Renewable Energy

This month the G8 Summit agreed the first steps towards a significant global strategy on climate change by agreeing that global warming temperatures should not exceed 2C of 1900 levels and that member nations will work towards an 80% reduction of green house gas emissions by 2050.

The USA has taken a major step-change in its attitude towards the climate and President Obama who chaired the discussion stressed that the issue of climate change could no longer be ignored and that we should look towards December and Copenhagen.

This is positive news for the environment and energy industry. It shows a real commitment at last, by the world’s most powerful nations to act to arrest global warming and this commitment can only add to the industry’s growth.

But how are we going to supply the world with renewable energy? As developments are made, we were interested to talk to one of the leading authorities on the "Supergrid" Dr Gregor Czisch - an energy systems modelling expert at the University of Kassel, Germany.

When Dr. Czisch first published his ideas outlining a European “Supergrid” a few years ago, in which he explored a concept to supply the continent’s electricity demands by using only the renewable energy technologies that are now available, the world didn't take much notice.

However now, European policy-makers, as well as the global business community, are gradually taking note of the significance of his ideas.

In this month's newsletter, Mark Vidler, Energy Group Manager at Allen & York found out more when he spoke to Dr Czisch on a recent visit to the UK.

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