RENEWABLE ENERGY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 CARING COMMUNITY

DANISH CONTACT:
Soren Groth 
 For a very long period, the human economic system was mainly limited to energy consumption from the renewable energy sources, and that development was therefore quite slow. The rapid economic development in the last couple of centuries, have very much been based on the use of terminated energy sources.
More figures about the relation between energy and economy  Energy the ecosphere stored a long time ago - put in economical terms; saved. If we stick to this economical terminology, we can put the question: Are we using this reserve to invest in a development which can benefit humanity ??

 It is healthy economics to use saved capital if you invest it wisely - but are we doing that ??
The use of energy should be in balance with the amount of energy input in the ecological sphere, which means the inflow of sun energy.

 Today we live on a saved energy "capital" in the form of fossil fuels (coal and mineral oil), which originally was sun energy, too, stored in the ecological sphere billion of years ago. 

   We therefore will encourage 

 1) The development of renewable and sustainable energy production, which means: 

   i) Biomasses - Energy through plants intake of sun energy in photosynthesis. Out take through firewood, methane gas production and alcohol. 

      ii)  Water- and Wind power  -  Energy through climatic effects of sun energy. Out take through power plants. 

     iii)  Sun energy - Energy directly from the source. Out take through sun heating and photo voltaic cells. 

2) The development of energy saving measures, such as less energy demanding technologies and more energy efficient technologies

There is a direct connection between the financial capital accumulated by the production and use of fossil fuels and the debt crisis and poverty in non-industrial countries.


This of course causes giant social problems - The global distribution of wealth is more unequal than ever


On the other hand the use of fossile fuels also cause giant ecological problems:

Sierra Leone: CO2 emission per capita: 0,1
Nigeria: CO2 emission per capita: 0,6
Denmark: CO2 emission per capita: 10,1
USA: CO2 emission per capita: 19,8

Here's an illustration of a possible strategy and its consequences:


The sun is the one true energy source - it warms our planet, provides energy for photosynthesis in plants, and creates wind. In the future, farmers will harvest not only food and crops for trading, but also energy crops. PV systems can provide high quality lighting, windpower can pump water or generate electricity, and plant oil can be used to provide heavy duty mechanical power necessary for agricultural processing, tractors, and transportation. The local production means local employment, and local generation of income.
These new enterprises can meet the energy needs of under-served populations while reducing the environmental and health consequences of existingenergy use, particularly low quality biomass fuels such as wood and dung.

We would like to intiate projects that can catalyse local economic growth & sustainable development by working in partnership with rural populations and local entrepreneurs. We therefore ask your opinion on this subject and ask you to consider and propose possible participation in such projects. We expect to work with a high level of networking - bring people and organizations together in sharing the vision, foster cooperation and coordination of their activities.

What we see need to be done:
* Training and tools to help entrepreneurs start and develop clean energy businesses
* Enterprise start-up support in areas such as business planning, structuring and financing
* Seed capital for early stage enterprise development
* Partnerships with banks and NGOs involved in rural energy development