#kristopher stevens

[nuclearfreenow2012]

A nuclear power free world consists of societies based on sustainable renewable energy.  Such societies can only be realized through a shift from the centralized energy policies, and active production and diffusion of renewable energy by local communities.  This session will explore the ways to realize this by learning from examples including actual practices in North America, Europe and Japan toward a society sustained 1005 by renewable energy.

Shota FURUYA (Chair) - Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (Japan)

Eric MARTINOT - Senior Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (USA/Japan)

Kristopher STEVENS - Executive Director, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (Canada)

Hans Christian SORENSEN - Middlegrunden Wind Turbine Cooperative (Denmark)

Akihiro HARA - Representative Director, Ohisama Shimpo Energy (Japan)

[ontario-sea]

Yesterday, Brad Duguid Ontario Minister of Energy did more than defend the Green Energy Act. Interviewed by Kristopher Stevens, Executive Director Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, Minister Duguid drew a future of Ontario with four healths that matter:

A healthy environment for our children as coal burning power stations are phased out;

A healthy electricity system that has not suffered brownouts nor blackouts nor needed large imports of high priced power this year - despite the record heat wave;

A healthy jobs market that has already bounced back from the recession, thanks in large part to 20,000 new jobs in clean energy - the rest of the economy remains fragile;

A healthy climate for investment - . Twenty billion dollars have already been invested in the new green economy in Ontario.