mounting posts. 250 kilometers of cable. 150 sensors working on behalf of one of germany's biggest energy companies. we definitely have the potential to complete projects of this scale but rather than size it's the viability of the project that counts for you. this solar park is the size of $225.00 soccer pitches facilities in europe tend to be smaller because they compete with agriculture for the. arid areas of india for example from solar parts can provide enough electricity for half a 1000000 households but solar parks alone aren't enough here in germany there are 19000000 apartment buildings and houses that's a lot of roof space. and an ideal place for solar panels. an

entire industry has been built around installing. now adays the systems are very affordable and economical to run since you basically don't have any maintenance costs. have become so affordable to install that they quickly pay for themselves. out. owns a house with their roof tops solar system in many cases the system actually produces more energy than i had sold needs. one of the things that makes it financially worthwhile is that the costs of heating your house or heating your water are pretty low. the equipment paid for itself in just a few years. after that the alec tricity fridge used is essentially

free. all germany's. power they cover the country's energy needs. it's a company that builds solar parks across europe. but they won't cover our energy needs on their own you have to set priorities 1st you have to figure out which roofs are technically suitable and then you have to figure out which ones of those are financially viable. solar energy is expected to see significant growth in germany. by the time the last coal fired power station is switched off and 2038 there would have to be 5 times as many rooftop solar systems on parks as there are now to cover energy needs.

solar energy would then account for a quarter of the country's power i would post. the number of orders for new solar parks is growing fast what's 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 can't do that in a coal fired plant or nuclear power station even after the initial investment has been paid off. back to germany because solar park project 10 years ago the operating company was one of the biggest nuclear power pretty 30 in the country. they still run several coal fired plants but that will soon be a thing of the past. 39 and. these new energy sources will have to fill the gap they've become

a central pillar in our portfolio. 2012 we've seen growth in all new and renewable segments including wind both offshore and onshore as well as solar. energy these technologies will account for about half of our output by 2025 i name. the solar panels made in china just keep on coming day in day as it's hoped to the park will be in operation soon. reducing carbon emissions is one of the key factors to show that the planet survives and not one. that the people living in a small town in southern india hear the new government 7 admissions to make. who did provide a model for the rest of let's take a look. evening stroll around his coffee

plantation the organic shade grown robust a coffee grows is a speciality in the southern states have kerala. why not this is why unutterable stokowski we count the number of clusters on each branch 12345678914 the best coffee harvester should. party of these clusters on a broad. plantation in the quaint town of mina is special it's on the verge of becoming the 1st carbon neutral certified coffee plantation in india. but that involves more than just the plantation the town has set itself an ambitious 21st century goal. as the world confronts global warming and climate issues we've started a carbon neutral program people tend to think of development in terms of infrastructural development like building roads bridges and airports but where

including the environment to. 2016 he has become something of a climate science lab the local government here is working with a wide range of groups to figure out how the towns need carbon footprint can be brought down to 0. this is significant for india a country that is the world's 4th largest greenhouse gas emissions. when the project began many of the 34000 residents of mino god didn't know what global warming even meant but they knew that things were changing. we've all been affected by climate change weather patterns or my own eyes are not what they used to be when i used to have a natural ac but now we can't sleep without using electric or conditioning.

the emissions produced by transport and households and industries in the town are already being partially offset by the forests that surround. that was revealed by detailed study conducted to determine the town's carbon footprint at the time. the study concluded that an additional $15000.00 tonnes of c o 2 needed to be put back into the ground each year for the town to attain net 0 emission or carbon neutral status volunteers and workers began to reforest the area. they have to do their bit to buffer the average temperature rise of between 2 and 4.5 degrees celsius that is predicted for the region by 2050 . such a rise would cause rice production to fall and devastate heat sensitive crops like cardamom and coffee.

the study found there were other improvements the town could make for example waste management. separating different kinds of waste and recycling plastic would contribute to attaining the goal of being carbon neutral. residents of mean and gabi have already taken the issue to heart says the manager of the town's recycling facility. make people carry their own bags now when they go grocery shopping they stopped using plastic sold in stores so plastic consumption and households has dramatically decreased it's decreased in my own home as well before this happened plastic bags were widely used by shopkeepers but that's gone down most of the people i'm in gardi have changed their ways a lot of my thinking on that and. that even before the carbon neutral movement

began here. the headmaster of a local school had begun working with his students to offset c o 2 emissions. over this other one would be well all right well we're going to learn about because they're 90 percent of the children studying here belong to local tribal communities . most of them belong to the lowest economic groups but they are the most sensitive to the environment. they don't need any lessons on how to plant and nurture trees and shrubs to get ample knowledge of. from their own homes and villages. together they cultivated bamboo plantations at the school as a valuable thing for carbon storage in this region has the potential to offset up to $400.00 tons of c o 2 equivalents per hectare. not many of you are shared if all of these programs

are implemented properly then we might just be able to achieve some precious objective. we hope that the number of new trees we planted will be enough to absorb the excess carbon. that i am about a younger you. often carbon neutrality is a goal that can never be entirely or completely achieved but even getting the community together is a success in itself and this could certainly serve as a model for many cities in india. reducing our carbon footprint is a macro as well as a micro for us as a species while governments and policymakers tackle the larger questions in backing our planet it falls upon us to address on a smaller scale you know individual lives as well what are you doing to reduce your carbon footprint levers mord eco india d.w. we'll see you again next week from our entirety good buy.

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