Made in Germany | Offshore Energy: Germany Plans Wind Parks on the Open Sea
As more and more windy areas on land fill with rotors to convert wind power to electricity, manufacturers are pushing to move their facilities offshore, where the wind is stronger and steadier. Germany has plans to generate 25000 megawatts of power from offshore wind energy by 2030. That corresponds to 15 percent of electricity use. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has given the green light for six wind turbines for commercial use to be built 45 kilometers off the North Sea island of Borkum. The operator will be Alpha Ventus. Ironically, the wind has delayed construction until 2009. But a model plant is being built off the mainland town of Hooksiel. Three pipes, three meters in diameter are being rammed 45 meters deep into the Wadden Sea. Then come the tower, the gondola and the 60 meter long rotor blades. Made in Germany was there to see the giant wind energy plant put together.
Mexico Solar Panels for Climate Protection | Global 3000
The inhabitants of the barrio of Heroes de Tecamec do not have much money. But the people in this workers quarter of Mexico City are doing their part for climate protection.They use the energy of the sun to heat their water. There are sixty thousand houses in the barrio, a good one thousand have solar panels on their roofs. For the past two years Mexico has been running a cheap loan scheme to finance the installation of solar panels.
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How Solar Energy is Supplying Power to Senegal | Global 3000
Most people in southern Senegal get their energy from batteries and environmentally toxic gasoline or diesel generators. But some villages are now looking to produce power from the sun – with the help of German solar companies.Solar power units are already providing energy to a hospital and charging stations for lanterns and cell phones. It seems diesel and petroleum are on their way out.
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Made in Germany | Q-Cells and its solar panels
22-year-old Eric Schopp from Saxony Anhalt has landed gold with his apprenticeship at Q-Cells. Many of his friends are unemployed. For Eric, the future looks sunny. When he’s finished his training, he’s almost certain to be taken on by the company – the global market leader in solar panel manufacture. The company is enjoying enormous economic growth. In 2001 it had 19 employees and a turnover of some one Mmillion euros. Today over 1600 people work for Q-Cells and the turnover has increased …