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CraigBennett3

  1. German Ministry of Economics and Tech has real time display showing how much electricity its sol Pv is generating. Germany 1 @hmtreasury 0
  2. Another MUST READ, esp for @gregbarkermp, from @dpcarrington in Berlin: How a green investment bank really works gu.com/p/37zd9
  3. PHOTO: multi-storey snack stand for each guest to keep us entertained during meeting with Kfp state bank in Berlin twitter.com/CraigBennett3/…
  4. For those who feared Germany's exit from nuclear would push up carbon emissions, this is a MUST READ by @dpcarrington m.guardian.co.uk/environment/da…
  5. Off to German parliament to talk to cross section of parliamentarians about German energy policy. Will report back.
  6. Agreement to power plants close to one's home in Germany (and acceptance increases with experience) twitter.com/CraigBennett3/…
  7. High public acceptance of renewables in Germany twitter.com/CraigBennett3/…
  8. @JohnBaldy am tweeting from phone. Not currently at hotel
  9. Germany has been offering soft loans (eg 1%) and tax breaks for energy efficiency measures for 20 yrs. 60% of new windows are TRIPLE glaze
  10. GERMANY: 3% economic growth last year, 5.3% reduction in energy consumption
  11. @EarthOrgUK but danger they divert money and effort from other options, they don't get built, and we get gas