Doesn’t such a large-scale project consolidate the old monopolistic structures of large corporations and stand in the way of developing decentralized sources of renewable energy?
Excluding large corporations from climate protection doesn’t really make sense. Monopolistic structures are not a prerequisite to DESERTEC, and working only with small, decentralized units of supply and efficiency cannot attain the sustainable supply required to meet the energy needs of fast-growing cities worldwide. What’s more important is to find a sensible and necessary supplement for the existing supply. This is where large corporations can play a useful role. Within 5-10 years, photovoltaics will probably be able to compete with consumer energy prices charged by energy providers during the day and hence keep them low. Since the power production costs of energy providers are significantly lower than that of private production, they will have enough elbow room to exist in future markets (particularly if they focus in a timely manner on renewable sources of energy which are stable in terms of price). Should energy providers be willing to make massive investments in renewable sources
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- Doesn’t such a large-scale project consolidate the old monopolistic structures of large corporations and stand in the way of developing decentralized sources of renewable energy?
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- Does Checkwell have experience with large corporations?
