Steady growth needs strategic thinking

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At the broad energy policy level, a major task for the wind sector is to keep abreast and stay relevant on energy issues. Discussing the EU's climate and energy roadmap to 2051, Danish energy minister Martin Lidegaard asked a high-level roundtable whether the carbon emissions trading scheme currently in operation is merely a cap to cut emissions or "whether it is our main tool to pursue green investments". Some argue that carbon trading should be the backbone of green electricity, making the price of carbon, which is currently very low, crucial. Conclusions to a subsequent debate at the European council of ministers "won't be visible before June 2012", he said, but the wind sector needs to stay on the ball. "Using a renewables incentive for expansion of green energy is cheaper than an across-the-board electricity charge in the form of a CO2 levy," said Ian Mays, CEO of UK ...

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