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Renewable Energy Policy that Works!
Renewable Energy Policy that Works
An Evening with German Parliamentarian Hans-Josef Fell
Co-author of the feed-in tariff policy that has resulted in Germany becoming number one in solar PV installations

Tuesday, July 13^th
6:30pm, Doors open for reception and light refreshments
7pm - 9pm, program
Admission is free
Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa

Hans-Josef Fell is a member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) who co-wrote the German renewable energy legislation known as feed-in tariffs in 2000. It resulted in a decade long boom in the solar market in Germany, making Germany number one in solar photovoltaic installations. The policy requires large utilities to pay small local clean power generators for the electricity they feed into the grid.

Mr. Fell, a Green Party member and spokesman on energy policy for the German Green Alliance, has won numerous awards for his work and has travelled to many countries to promote clean energy. Following his visit to Turkey, plans for a nuclear power plant were stopped, and the Prime Minister declared that his government would pursue renewable technologies. In Taiwan, following Fell's television appearances and talks with policy makers, the government announced the withdrawal of its plans to build the country's fourth nuclear power plant, and its intent to phase out nuclear power by 2020.

Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Advocates for Social Justice, Green Party of Sonoma County, Climate Protection Campaign, Global Exchange, Go Local, Solar Sonoma County, The Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy, the Sierra Club Sonoma Group, and the Transition Sebastopol Energy Committee

For more information email Woody: [email protected] or call 707-829-3460

07-13-2010

Renewable Energy Policy that Works!