by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In 2011 Germany finally saw their renewable energy production top that of almost all other sources of energy. Germany plans to move away from nuclear energy completely by 2022. Lignite, unfortunately, is also the dirtiest coal around and thus the causal agent of serious sulfur pollution. percent last year. MORE >>

Germany to close all its nuclear power plants by 2022 By Michael Smith (Veshengro) The German government has agreed on a roadmap for phasing out nuclear power, after reconsidering the implications of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima reactor meltdown after the earthquake and tsunami. The old question of “quo bono?” MORE >>

E.coli infected cucumbers kill ten people in Germany By Michael Smith (Veshengro) According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ten German citizens have been killed and hundreds taken ill after an outbreak of E.coli that was caught from a contaminated batch of imported cucumbers. Two people affected by HUS have died. MORE >>

In a major move to help support the proliferation of electric cars, the German government is prepared to spend “billions of euros” in an effort to get a million electric vehicles registered before 2021. Additionally, the German government is expected to directly purchase thousands of electric cars itself. MORE >>

This would make the Kingdom a bigger market than that of the current world leader, Germany. kWh per sq meter per day Saudi Arabian is much more suited to solar than Germany.  Installation of a planned 20 GW of solar over the next 20 years will catapult Saudi Arabia to world leadership in solar. These are huge. He should know. MORE >>