The Time for Solar Energy Has Arrived, Mahuma

Engineering News reports on more talks at this week's International Solar Energy Society (ISES) solar world congress held in Johannesburg:- Plans for local superthin solar panel production plant move ahead; Eskom determined to build CSP demo plant; Renewable energy uptake needs adequate policy – Scheer. Some noteworthy comments made by the President of the World Council for Renewable Energy: "the renewable energy technology ‘revolution' in Germany took place largely thanks to policies put in place by that country's government, which created "investment autonomy"."; "in order to implement adequate renewable energy policies, there were a number of perceptions that needed to be changed."; "the industry should not wait for the outcomes of negotiations, such as the Copenhagen global climate change conference in December, as a habit of "globally talking and locally postponing" was emerging." "; "We must overcome the myth of indispensability of conventional energy,". Richard Worthington (WWF) was also quoted as saying that renewable energy technologies should be grown "as fast as is humanly possible".