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Greenpeace urges the Philippine government to pass a stronger ‘Renewable Energy’ bill
21/Sep/2006: A new industry report ‘Global Wind Energy Outlook 2006’ launched in Australia by the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace, said that Philippines has the highest wind energy potential in South East Asia. The report is an analysis on how to stop climate change by enhancing the wind energy capacity around the world. Based on this report, Greenpeace has urged the Philippine government to hasten the passage of a stronger ‘Renewable Energy (RE)’ bill that must be ambitious with legally-binding targets, which could make a difference in the fight against global warming.
Philippines can become a leading player in wind energy production with a potential of 70,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity that could exceed the country’s actual energy demand by over 7 times. However, only 1% of the total energy demand of Philippines is met by renewable energy sources like wind, biomass and solar energy today. Greenpeace wants this share of renewables to go up to 10% by 2010 and called on the Philippine government to adopt this new target. Philippines can benefit a lot by increasing its dependence on renewable energy sources, as its economy is already threatened by increasing fossil fuel prices and the country remains more vulnerable to the impacts of global warming.
The ‘Global Wind Energy Outlook 2006’ report, says that one-third of world’s electricity demand can be met by wind energy and expansion of wind energy capacities worldwide, is essential to tackle the challenges thrown by global warming. According to this report, wind turbine capacities implemented on a massive scale can prevent 113 billion tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere by 2050.
Jasper Inventor, a Greenpeace Southeast Asia Climate and Energy campaigner, said that wind energy would be a key in the fight against global warming, as it reduces Co2 emissions significantly and at the same time addresses the challenges faced by developing countries like Philippines, in securing energy supplies.
Kesavan Siva
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