A car or eating meat. Heat flow, convincing the economics of going green. Thanks for joining us here, mate, im been physical and you can get wind water and sun for free. So why have we been digging around for oil all this time . Well, the tech was still too expensive, but its not any more. And there are bigger and even bolder projects, like harnessing the force of the wind produced on the high seas. Now, even though the wind is a lot stronger there than on land offshore, pocs arent set to become the key to germanys Energy Transition. Our reporter wanted to find out why, for someone afraid of heights he took this is simon to a whole new level when meeting the founder of one of europes biggest wind farm operators. Im eating close my, who founded the Energy Company w. P. D. One of europes biggest wind farm operators, w p. D runs clean energy parks on land and on c. That produced a lot of power 1st. I have to prove i dont have for a vehicle. The turbine is 80 meters tall. Its pretty windy
Solar energy would then account for a quarter of the countrys power output. The number of orders for new solar park is growing fast. Whats behind the boom . In the last decade, solar modules have decreased in price to around a 10th of what they were originally. We can now produce electricity in germany for 4. 00 to 0. 06 per kilowatt hour. You cant do that in a coal fired plant or Nuclear Power station, even after the initial investment has been paid off. Germanys big solar park project 10 years ago, the operating company was one of the biggest Nuclear Power, pretty 30 in the country. They still burn coal fired plants, but that will soon be a thing of the power these new Energy Sources will have to fill the gap. Theyve become a central pillar in our portfolio. Since 2012, weve seen growth in new and renewable segments, including wind, both offshore and onshore, as well as solar. These technologies will account for about half of our output by 2025. I need this solar power made in china.
A disputed election. And we speak to the is there is who are longing to go back to their homes after being uprooted by the conflict with the media in the early 1990 s. And im with your school says. A record 7th straight formula one constructive title and Lewis Hamilton closes in on the drivers championship. So we begin this news hour with one of the most divisive u. S. Elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have less than 48 hours now to make their final pitch to the American People and theyre doing it in several important battleground states President Trump is now on his way to michigan where he won by less than one percentage point and 2016 joe biden is hoping to win that state and he made his case when he visited there on friday trump is expected to hold. These in 5 different states on sunday will focus on pennsylvania another crucial state for the full fights president correspondents a closely following the campaigns alan fischer is in washington d. C. But 1st lets go
Todays action dow gaining 140 and nasdaq surging 1. 71 the market reflected everything going right, but totally obscured everything going wrong. Its a tale of two cities. It was the best at times and worst at times but on up days, we focus d on the best and ignoe the rest what do i mean lets start by going over the winners today to see what they are trying to say. You have to define them. They speak to you. The stars of reteail tell the story. The most important winner is amazon this morning, analysts who missed nearly the whole rally here took the recent pull back as an opportunity to upgrade it was very significant. I liked everything in the support from approval to the patience you see, he waited for a double digit decline before he pounced. Most people were flying. Not him. I like that. In recognition of the incredible strength with rapid delivery and the fly wheel approach he says buy amazon is there anything in this note actually, yes. You can make the same arguments about amazon
In america to rescue us from our primitive ways that will kill us if we dont evolve and marginal revolution points out some of the other you know technologies hes developing on why theyre so important to an individual and to a society how you can protect yourself Solar Panels Plus the tesla give you mobility even if saudi arabia goes up in smoke and world shipping lines are shut down thats how our federal government says our National Governments and these giant militaries keep us in line they say well if you dont have us then saudi arabias oil might not get to you and theres going to be apocalypse and youre never going to be able to get to walmart to buy your goods well here theyre saying if you have solar power panels at your home and fresh water and things like that you can you can survive any of that stuff but i would talk about dig a little ization dollars asian right so this is clearly clearly dayglo bill is ation on. Microlevel in the 2nd half we talked to Abraham Cambridge of so