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ISEO-Newsletter Autumn Issue 2010 Sustainable Energy saving the Economic & Environmental World Crisis CONTENTS: NEXT GEN visions and remedial action ► The hope for nature and humanity to survive on Earth China Clean Energy Evolution ► 20th Anniversary of the CMDC Clean Energy Initiative in Beijing NEXT GEN Objectives to be resolved The Fallacy of Nuclear Power Here are the fatal mistakes made by humankind: Completion of Finnish pressurized nuclear reactor delayed by 4 years until 2013 1) Overexploitation of all natural resources right to the bitter end of depletion 2) Wrong energy systems causing global warming, pollution and radiation 3) Noisy oversized too heavy vehicles damaging the environment and health 4) Wrong intensive agriculture destroying the natural balance with chemicals 5) Unhealthy diets causing high cost from obesity, diseases and early death 6) Disastrous medicine and dentistry with superfluous lethal drug excesses 7) Wrong and insufficient school programs as regards character education 8) Misconceived monetary system abused by tricky bankers and speculators 9) Abuse of public funds for weaponry and war poisons instead of building peace HELSINKI (AP) – The Finnish utility TVO says the completion the country's fifth nuclear reactor will be further delayed and the company does not expect it to go online until 2013. TVO says the Areva-Siemens consortium responsible for its construction has said that "most of the work will be completed in 2012" and the plant could begin to produce electricity the following year. Monday's announcement marks the fifth delay at the site in Olkiluoto, which has been plagued by faulty materials and planning problems since construction began in 2005. The 1,600-megawatt plant was to be the continent's first European Pressurized Reactor, which are planned to eventually replace aging reactors worldwide, but the cost already more than doubled and are far beyond competitiveness with clean, risk free renewable power as illustrated in the energy cost forecast below. 10) Misinterpretation of laws by greedy law twisters robbing innocent citizens Remedial action on these fatal errors of the past will be discussed at the historic NEXT GEN event at the West Palm Beach conference 15 - 19 October 2010. See www.next-gen-expo.com China Clean Energy Revolution The China Securities Journal reported recently that the country will soon release a plan for investing $739 billion in "newly developing energy industries" through 2020. They have already over 100 Million electric vehicles on the road in daily use, which need more electricity from clean sources. The explosive growth of renewable energy since the first UN sponsored renewable conference, organized by the editor of the ISEO News twenty years ago with several Ministries and Commissions, is mind boggling. Millions of sustainable jobs were created since and exports amount already to billions of $. International Sustainable Energy Organisation for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency ISEO, POB 200, CH1211 Geneva 20 - Tel: +41-22-910-3006 - Fax: +41-22-910-3014 e-mail: [email protected] - http://www.uniseo.org Germany targets switch to 100% renewables for its electricity by 2050 10,000 Renewable Energy Jobs at Old Michigan Ford Complex possible Germany already leads the world on renewable energy and could become the first G20 country to kick the fossil-fuel habit, deriving all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050 and become the world's first major industrial nation to fully substitute fossil fuels, the country's Federal Environment Agency proclaimed. Wixom, Michigan may see a historic site renewed to create renewable energy products and jobs. The old Ford Motor factory near Detroit, which turned out T-Birds and Lincoln Town Cars and other envies of the highway for over five decades, may be converted into a facility for turning out energy storage batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines. If the requested government funding for the proposal is approved, it will lead to anywhere from 2’800 to about 10’000 green energy jobs in the new “energy park”. Germany already gets 16% of its electricity from wind, solar and other renewable sources – three times' higher than the level it had achieved 15 years ago. "A complete conversion to renewable energy by 2050 is possible from a technical and ecological point of view," said Jochen Flasbarth, president of the Federal Environment Agency. "It's a very realistic target based on technology that already exists – it's not a pie-in-the-sky prediction," he said. Thanks to its Renewable Energy Act, Germany is the world leader in photovoltaics: it expects to add more than 5,000 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity this year to reach a total of 14,000 megawatts. It is also the second-biggest wind-power producer after the United States. Some 300,000 renewable energy jobs have been created in Germany in the last decade. The government has set goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40% between 1990 and 2020, and by 80-85% by 2050. That goal could be achieved if Germany switches completely to renewable sources by 2050, Flasbarth said. About 40% of Germany's greenhouse gases come from electricity production, in particular, from coalfired power plants. Flasbarth said the Environment Agency's study found that switching to green electricity by 2050 would have economic advantages, especially for the vital export-oriented manufacturing industry. It would also create tens of thousands of jobs. "The costs of a complete switch to renewables are a lot less than the costs to future generations that climate change will cause," he said. Last month a report by the UK's Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, mid Wales, said Britain could eliminate all its carbon emissions by 2030 by overhauling its power supply. It is irresponsible to extend the life of risky nuclear power plants or consider new ones. All of them are easy targets for terrorists, after the world watched the collapse of the world trade center skyscrapers in New York, besides Earth quake risks and meteorites, which would wipe out whole populations around nuclear power plants beyond national borders. The proposed $725 million endeavour which has been put before Michigan state lawmakers, would be like a divine intervention in Michigan, as it is in desperate need of jobs, having the highest unemployment rate of any state in the nation. Michigan is, therefore, looking to the near future of an exploding green economy to get itself back where it was when it was the auto-making capital of the world. “It’s not just that our city needs it or our county needs it. Our state needs it. We need to look at the new frontier”, says Wixom Mayor Kevin Hinkley. The Wixom Ford plant was closed in 2007. When will the electric vehicle fleet reach 100 Million units ? The answer is last year (2009) and that's just in Asia ! This is a surprise to most people. The usual predictions are in the 2020s (if we include hybrids) or well into the 2030s for electric vehicles without internal combustion (IC) engines. Light electric vehicles (LEV) represent a wellestablished market of great significance to the worldwide transport, energy and environmental sectors. It has trebled since 2004, to 10s of millions of units per year. The Chinese market remains very influential, but sales are surging also in other parts of Asia, North America and Europe. Energy Events around the World On the ISEO web portal www.uinseo.org > News & Events, there is an updated list of hundreds of conferences all over the world, dealing with all aspects of environment protection, climate change, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Dialogues with ISEO You may send us your questions, suggestions, updates and missing links for inclusion in ISEO’s international network website www.uniseo.org. Welcome also as active or passive member International Sustainable Energy Organisation for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency ISEO, POB 200, CH1211 Geneva 20 - Tel: +41-22-910-3006 - Fax: +41-22-910-3014 e-mail: [email protected] - http://www.uniseo.org