Huge solar power station planned for Portugal

The reticence of governments seemingly to encourage renewable energy should be chalenged by this: "the solar park and factory would have a big impact on the Alentejo region, creating three jobs in ancillary areas for every employee working directly on the solar power plant or in the factory. 'It will have a structural effect on the whole area,' he said. 'The local authorities are very enthusiastic.' The project would be financed by special renewable energy investment funds set up by international banks."

Just note those employemnt figures.



If the UK is due for an economically bumpy ride in the next year or two and longer in terms of the effect of oil prices, then we could do worse than a bit of Keynsian jiggery-pokery using renewable energy, it seems to me.

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