OREANDA-NEWS. On 25 May 2009 was announced, that the day of Germany was organized at “Lenexpo” fairgrounds within “Energetika and Elektrotechnika” exhibition. It was conducted by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology at their exhibition booth.

Experts speeches, presented at the event, aroused a great interest among the visitors. Martin Schnauss, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology advisor on energy issues, who was conducting the event, marked that his country had gained significant experience in the sphere of power supply and renewable energy.

Prices are annually growing everywhere. Oil prices have 18% increase, gas – 10%, electricity 4-5%, central heating - -10%. He is convinced that after the crisis is over prices will continue their growth.

Moreover, according to the experts’ estimates energy sources will exhaust this century. That is why the European Union is aiming to increase the share of renewable power up to the 20 %. And it will also give a 20% decline of fuels emission which causes the green house effect. To reach this goal they use Federal Legislation, flexible tax system for different kinds of fuel, bank credits, tax privileges and other measures. Also there are trainings provided for the specialists.

Starting last July Germany began providing every building with an energy certificate. The same policy is run relatively power-consuming equipment. People are now aware of what they are going to buy and how much they will have to pay for the power consumption.

Martin Schnauss believes that all energy sources possess a great potential. And the economic growth does not always mean the increase of power consumption; it can just be accompanied by its effective use.

There is an increased share of renewable energy use in Germany. It has helped to create new working places, decline gas emissions with green house effects and save a lot of money – around 12 billion EUR a year.

Martin Schnauss considers that this process will move faster when the use of renewable power becomes more profitable.

Christoph Urbschat speech demonstrated that this issue is very interesting for our specialists. He gave a detailed presentation of their produce in the sphere of solar power use.

Every square meter of solar battery annually provides as much energy as it could be gotten from an oil barrel. And this power is free. Germany has developed interesting technologies and materials for solar power use and storing. Russian participants of the “German day” really bombarded Christoph Urbschat with questions.