On the occasion of the 100th issue, GreenPrices Weekly launched a new feature:
'The Sustatement'. Every week we will invite people in the sustainable energy business to react on an actual statement to be renewed every month.
Here you will find the entire archive of our 'sustatements' with links to the respective stakeholder's point of view.


                                  

“Although there will be no ‘Poznan Protocol’ and expectations are low, 190 countries are urgently needed to make real commitments”

Our guests commenting in this sustatement:

Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Reactions from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook and the press conference by Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka.

   “The financial crisis will have a negative impact on renewable 

                        energy growth in the coming years”

Our guests commenting in this sustatement:

Michael Liebreich, chairman and CEO of clean energy research firm New Energy Finance.

Sigmar Gabriel, German Environment Minister.

Tanja Cuppen, the Global Head of Corporate Finance of Rabobank International.

Gilbert Chauny, Entrepreneur in Residence at Hudson Clean Energy Partners, L.P., a US private equity firm that invests in the clean energy market.

"In 10 years, renewable energy will no longer need subsidies"

Our guests commenting in this sustatement: 

Ian Fells, an emeritus professor at the University of Newcastle and an experienced energy policy analyst. 
Hermann Scheer, member of the German Bundestag (Parliament); President of EUROSOLAR, the European association for renewable energies; General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) (18-09-08)

Dr. Mario Ragwitz, senior scientist at the Fraunhofer-Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) (11-09-08)  

Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) (04-09-08)

  "The 10% EU target is required to establish a 100%

sustainable biofuels market within ten years”

Our guests commenting in this sustatement:

Richard van den Broek, Managing Director of Ecofys International BV (31-07-08)

Wolfgang Richert, Bioenergy Policy Advisor for Greenpeace International (17-07-08)

Carlos St. James, President of the Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber and Managing Director of the biofuels consultancy Santiago & Sinclair LLC (03-07-08)

Adrian Bebb, Friends of the Earth Agrofuels Campaign Coordinator (26-06-08)

Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General of the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) (19-06-08)

           "The EU Directive and its amendments will remove the                   existing barriers and ensure a prosperous growth of sustainable                                           energy in Europe”

Our guests commenting in this sustatement:

Carlos Gasco, from Iberdrola Renovables (12-06-08)

Claes Hedenström, President of RECS International and manager of regulatory affairs at Vattenfall (05-06-08)

Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy Commissioner (29-05-08)

Arthouros Zervos, President of EWEA (European wind energy association) and EREC (European RE Council), and chairman of GWEC (Global Wind Energy Council) (22-05-08)