Modi chairs roundtable on renewable energy with top CEOs
If the changes go ahead, a number of “huge” renewable energy projects will not happen, says RenewableUK, and “home-grown electricity will be out of reach to ordinary households, farmers and small businesses”. While questions linger as to the feasibility or practicality of these projects, they still highlight the continual use and improvement in innovative technologies. These renewable sources include wind, bioenergy, solar, and hydroelectric, and they now collectively produce more than a quarter of the overall energy for Britain.
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Cost-benefit analyses of whether a company should switch to renewable energy are beginning to tip in favor of renewables – on cost alone.
Solar Trade Association External Affairs head Leonie Greene said: “Poll after poll shows the great majority of the public strongly supports local renewable energy“.
The company will be investigating commercial wave energy opportunities in the Seychelles after signing a similar agreement with Mauritius previous year.
Minister Dogley said that if and when Carnegie was ready to invest in establishing a commercial wave plant, the government would negotiate with them and agree on the relevant tariffs. Even Bangladesh is looking to install 5GW of solar. “We had to buy it at a premium because the tankers had to pay a premium on their insurance to come into the Indian Ocean because of piracy”, Minister Dogley told SNA.
The roundtable was attended by Ernest Moniz, the US Energy Secretary, his predecessor Steven Chu, top energy sector CEOs and investors.
But although on the surface these statistics appear to be promising, according to projections from the European Commision, the United Kingdom continues to be one of the lowest ranking countries in the European Union when it comes to the percentage of energy consumed that is produced by renewables.
IBM, Cornell University, GM, Microsoft, The Home Depot, Dow, Target, The University of Chicago, Yahoo, Kohl’s, Texas Instruments, Bloomberg, Walmart and 3M are a few companies Altenex works with that have added in renewables to their energy mix.
The Japan worldwide Cooperation Agency (JICA) is now conducting research on Seychelles’ current grid system and it is expected that by February 2016, a report will be made on how the grid can be adapted to a higher renewable intake level.