ENST 201 1st Edition Lecture 30 Outline of Last Lecture I Changing thoughts II Global Divides III Obstacles Outline of Current Lecture I Markets Scale up II Feed in Tarif III Student Activism Current Lecture These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute I II III 99 decrease in price of solar panels 92 decrease in price for wind power What could decrease be due to a Improvements in technology b Increased efficiency c Increased investments Why did these markets scale up a Government policies made them do it i German renewable energy act responsible for scaling up of renewable energies 1 Exports almost same amount as us every year with 25 of our population 2 Uses 31 of renewable technologies i Costa Rica has not burned any carbons at the moment they use hydro power but small so cannot relate to US Feed in tarif German renewable Energy Act a you have set price on energy that you produce i after 20 years the price for their energy will drop 1 this may cause a boom in electric car market because now people want to do more with the energy they are producing b Guaranteed access to energy grid Student activism a In the 60 s all about disconnecting from the grid and living away from society b Very diferent in Germany they encouraged working together with society instead of going of and disconnecting from society c Germany has multiple political parties i Conservatives strong supporters of renewable energy believe in preserving rural heritage and culture protecting family and environment 1 Rural people with land took advantage of their landscape and started using alternative energy from solar panels and wind turbines b From video this plan does not need to leave out low income people i Rural community bought electricity grid from the company with the help of large firms who gave them free publicity and support 1 They are able to complete on a national level
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