Global Green News
Germany receives A-grade for solar power policies
RENEWABLE ENERGY FOCUS. DECEMBER 29, 2009.
Germany has received the top grade for solar power policies in the Global Solar Report Card released by Global Green USA on behalf of President Gorbachev’s Green Cross International (GCI).
Although Germany was the only country among the 16 evaluated to receive an A, Italy, Japan, Greece and China received higher grades than last year for the solar energy policies.
The aim of the report is to raise awareness among policymakers, media and the public-at-large by grading the effectiveness of each country’s solar power policies every year.
“Solar is a key strategic investment that can help combat energy poverty to create economic growth and help fight climate change,” says Matt Petersen, President and CEO of Global Green USA. “We need governments to shift subsidies for oil, gas and coal toward solar and renewable technologies to create jobs, improve the lives of those in need, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report card enables us to see which countries are doing exactly that and which countries still need to strengthen their solar programmes.”
The solar power policies report card grades 16 countries, plus California, as it is the largest solar market in the USA. Over the next year, Global Green USA intends to expand the report to include additional developing nations, as well as funding of solar by developed nations and/or removal of barriers for increasing solar in the developing world.
