Germany wants G7 boost renewable energy across the … – RPP News

The German government wants to use its presidency of the G7 to promote the use of renewable energies worldwide, as part of the policy to combat climate change and also as a way to reduce dependence on fossil energy sources.

That will be one of the topics of the meeting of G7 ministers responsible for energy issues to be held from tomorrow in Hamburg (northern Germany).

The host of the meeting is the German Economy Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel that for a while now insists that a change in energy policy priority -dándole renewables will not only bring ecological benefits but also advantages economic.

The example is what has been happening in Germany where, according to Gabriel, the promotion of renewable facilitated the re-industrialization of many parts of the country with the development of new technologies.

In Germany, when it was decided to end nuclear energy, the last reactor should leave the network in 2022- the discussion focused on the economic consequences of the measure and the possible destruction jobs.

However, over time began to see the benefits and while the atomic energy sector generated, in its heyday, about 30,000 jobs in Germany, the energies Renewable currently has about 300,000 jobs.

The last meeting of energy ministers of the G7 was held in Rome in 2014 under the impact of the crisis between Russia and Ukraine and the implications that this may have for energy supply in Europe.

The issue, one year later, is still present so the ministers will surely continue some discussions initiated in Rome.

For the German presidency, the issue key is to face those fears from technological innovation, so that the challenge of securing the energy supply would also open opportunities for growth.

The ministers will be received tomorrow by Gabriel and the mayor of Hamburg, Olaf Scholz, both social democrats, in the municipality of the Hanseatic city and later inaugurated a wind park in the North Sea that will supply energy to 320,000 families.

On Tuesday is the day of deliberations, next the promotion of renewable, will issue a joint strategy to reduce dependence on Russian gas.

EFE