solar has lost power, page-24

Germany battles over the future of solar energy

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/germany/120217/germany-battles-over-the-future-solar-energy

"The most important reason to cut the solar subsidies is that from an economic perspective, they are simply a waste of money,” RWI expert Manuel Frondel told GlobalPost. “We estimate that the average German household will have to pay 1,000 euros over the next 20 years as a result of the photovoltaic panels installed in Germany up to now.”

Frondel said that the attraction of installing solar panels has to be urgently reduced. “Otherwise the costs for the energy consumer will continue to rise massively.”

He points out that wind power is far cheaper to produce than solar, and suggests an alternative quota system for green technology would see utility companies opting for wind over solar.

Keeping the solar industry on life support with ongoing tariffs is pointless, Frondel said. “Many of these companies are facing bankruptcy. And of course one could delay their demise for a while by continuing subsidization, whereby the energy consumer pays high subsidies for solar energy, but it makes no sense from an economic point of view. You cannot prevent the collapse of the German solar industry.”
And while wind is cheaper than solar, there is currently insufficient infrastructure in Germany to get the energy from the coast to the rest of the country, whereas solar panels can be installed anywhere"


Does CFU's Bluegen have a place here?

Is the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline from Russia, the required
'infrastructure' needed for Europe and Germany ?

http://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/negp/