WORLD WANTS INT’L F-I-T FOR 100% NEW ENERGY

ISES Calls for Feed-in Tariffs Worldwide
Paul Gipe, October 16, 2009 (Wind-Works)

"The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) has called for the use of feed-in tariffs worldwide at its world congress in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the strongest endorsement yet from ISES of the policy that has sparked renewable energy development in Europe.

"The [ISES resolution] also calls for the world to reach 100 percent renewable energy by mid-century."

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"ISES also singled out the host country, South Africa, as an example for praise. South Africa has embarked on developing a full system of feed-in tariffs to help solve the country's electricity shortages and to send a signal to the nations meeting in Copenhagen that the developing world is willing to do its part.

"The move by ISES, one of the world's oldest renewable energy organizations, follows recent announcements by China, India, Taiwan, and Japan that they will all soon introduce feed-in tariffs."

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[From the ISES Solar World Congress 2009 resolution:] “…The global target of 100 % renewable energies is both attainable and necessary by the middle of the current century. This is motivated on grounds of ecological, economic and social sustainability…The unacceptable backlog in energy supply in the third world countries can only be covered cost effectively and in time by the use of renewable energies. Especially the industrialised countries have to increase their efforts in transitioning to renewable energies.

“The world's governments are called upon to implement without further delay policies that have been proven internationally to be the most effective and efficient in the rapid transition to a renewable energy world, giving priority to renewable energy and refraining from any kind of caps that may slow down renewable energy deployment…[L]local and rural communities and people should be actively involved and benefit directly…Governments should especially encourage and support community power projects and distributed generation…The Congress applauds the first steps taken by the South African Government in introducing the renewable energy feed-in tariff…”