Comments on: One Plan to Solve the Euro Zone’s Debt and Energy Crises

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:54:00 +0000

Naw, come on.

The recession was caused by a combination screw-ups by a of poorly regulated financial industry.

New nuclear is just too expensive to be considered.

By: Nuclear

Nuclear — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:26:00 +0000

Good plan, if they can invest in renewables and cut the consumption of oil and gas, they can save a lot of money.

After all, oil prices are responsible for this recession in EU, USA and rest of the world. Europe has made great strides in renewables. But at the same time, they should continue to build new nuclear plants since that is also a cleaner source of energy.

By: Aiassa

Aiassa — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:59:00 +0000

Sadly it appears that Europe is no longer the driving force in alternative energy. Germany-Merkel has turned away from Solar & Wind all of the feed-tariff work of Hermann Scheer lost just when it was succeeding.
Gamesa/Spain may move to other markets..which wouldn’t help Spain’s recovery all due to
their mortgage/housing boom that stopped in 2008.
These are the same
suppliers that spearheaded more than $69 billion of wind and
solar projects since 2004 that today supply more than 50 percent
of Spain’s power demand on the most breezy and sunny days. Spain following that by freezing all alternative energy projects for 5 yrs a death wish for all the european companies like Q-Cell, Vestas, and Gamesa.

Looks as if China may dominate this sector with massive government loans and assistance just as Germany and Spain are turning off the lights on alternative energy..Hermann Scheer would be saddened if were alive to see so much gained only to be lost.
Back to massive carbon footprints just when jobs are needed and oil is climbing..austerity isn’t the answer investment in the future is. Some hope is left in Denmark.

By: Akbweb2

Akbweb2 — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:56:00 +0000

The issue of sovereign rights is addressed in the video interview…None would be given, merely the rights to producing renewable energy project assets…

By: sola

sola — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:19:00 +0000

An interesting idea. It would definitely help reaching higher than 20% renewable ratio in Europe.

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:10:00 +0000

This potentially could be helpful but the presentation needs to be separated from any patronizing concept of the sovereign ceding restricted rights over part of its territory. It would need to be seen as simple foreign direct investment.