renewable energy.n a power plant is so sourced by wind or solar, it still needs natural gas to back it up. the world is going to rely on traditional fuels far into the future. here in more developed nations, it can be easy to overlook that nearly a billion people elsewhere still have to get by without consistent or any electricity. in those societies, more access to energy is what's going to make all else possible, in fib health, safety, jobs, and mobility, advancement in just about every kind. these aspirations are just one force driving global energy demands. it's growing everywhere. and the international energy agency expects that more than half the demand will be met by natural gas and oil for decades to come. as the world's leading natural gas and oil producer, our nation is in a position of strength. after decades of feeling captive to faraway events and to the decisions of others, we are now in this incredible position that we've never seen ourselves in before. and beyond the resources themselve

workable energy. workable energy. it helps if you have a 30% taxpayer subsidy for every piece of solar power equipment manufactured in this country, which is the case. it helps if you have massive state and local subsidies as well. when you look at the data, first, renewable power and solar wind power, if they were affordable you would not have to subsidize it and you would not have to force people to purchase it. when you look at the brookings institution, a left of center public-policy organization, it champions renewable energy. according to their study and ata, wind power is more than twice as expensive as conventional energy, if you replace it with solar power you will more than triple and probably more than quadruple your energy costs. it helps if you have taxpayer subsidies, and you overlook the massive upfront cost of the equipment pieces, and we talk about clean energy it helps if you overlook the des moines and of rare earth materials, which is probably the most destructive environment of pr

or green energy ideas? guest renewable energy is : already massively subsidized, tiernan says i'm spreading lies and misinformation. viewers can do an internet search. the u.s. energy administration produced two studies. google search the energy information administration. energy subsidies. that is federal government data. wind power by itself, more wind subsidies and same for solar power. we have been doing this. the green new deal in the language it talks about massive , investment in new green energy technologies and programs, as if we have not been paying enough. they also have a term redistribution, another takeover of the american economy at the time we are doing well. this program has been tried, the money has been flowing in, how long will we pay for failure? guest: we believe there is an enormous opportunity here. we need to pursue things like green infrastructure. let's use basic common sense to finally transition to clean energy economy that people voted for in november. that we clearly need. we

the renewable energy they have procured will represent an increasing amount of the energy portfolio. >> in 2017 you achieved 100% every deduction because of super-green products? >> let me explain what happened in 2017. these images here, the chart looks at our total sales and our total mix of resources. it is not segmented between super-green and green. it is the whole picture, come heat ar-- complete rate. >> green are default. renewable energy and hydroelectric supply, that is greenhouse gas free. in we were serving a segment of the city. it was a good winter from the hydro logical standpoint. there was a lot of available power to be supplied to the program. >> interesting. last question. a chart that i would love to see and i don't know if you can make this or we will talk to the department of environment about it. i would love to see in terms of the dhg reduction over time for the entire footprint in san francisco. i would like to see the impact on that reduction versus every other effort we have made. i don't know if that makes sense. i don't know if that is something we have.

and speaking of energy we begin the first full week of the year all with a focus on energy first of all we go a couple of questions and let me ask you this which is the largest source of energy used in the world is it all natural gas call how about nuclear energy and the answer is natural gas at thirty one percent followed by oil at twenty eight percent then call a seventeen point eight and nuclear nine point six percent and here's the second question which nations consumers consumes the most energy it's china followed by the united states then india then russia germany and then in sixth place as for consumption canada. but let's take a regional view of what types of energy are being consumed take a look here at consumption by region region with asia pacific having a mix but big time based upon coal followed by oh well then natural gas and some hydro and a little in terms of nuclear energy consumption but negligible in terms of renewables like solar and wind in europe and eurasia it's a more blended energy consumption as is north america they both have a relatively larger share of nucle

we are generating renewable energy by generating wind up renewable energy by generating wind up the windcatching kinetic energy which allows them to spin. the generator converts it to electrical energy. a bit like the opposite of how a fan operates little plug into relic and use it to generate wind. 0ur turbines do the opposite. they also monitor the weather, so they can work at maximum potential. there is a wind vane that measures wind direction to allow the turbines to face into prevailing winds and an anemometer to allow them to turn and move into the prevailing wind with the best aerodynamics. can it be too windy for the turbines? can the weather be so for the turbines? can the weather be so bad they will not work properly? the turbines tend to be available almost 100% of the time. you do get weather events swept turbines will switch off automatically but it is not for a long period of time. this is about as good as it gets. today is about as good as it gets. today is perfect. perfect for our needs for generating renewable energy. we will find out how much of that has been generated

people working in the fossil industry employed by them, so clearly clean energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency is the way of the future that is going to really jumpstart the economy and that is what we are excited about. >> host: you speak positively about what was invested. what do you think of that? >> guest: it takes a lot of expensive equipment if you diverse the solar energy and wind energy is very concentrated. and it is returned into workable energy. it helps if you have a 30% taxpayer subsidy for every piece of equipment is manufactured in the country which is the case. it helps if you have massive state and local subsidies as well so when you look at the data first of all, common sense says of renewable cover, solar power are affordable you wouldn't have to subsidize it so much and you wouldn't have to force people to purchase it. but if you look at for example the brookings institution this is a left of center organization that champions renewable energy. according to their own study and their own data, wind power is more than twice as expensive as conventional energy and

it's got enough energy stored for twenty minutes of music. vincent an oscar however are too busy during break time to shake a leg they need to inspect the thermostats in their classroom they've been appointed energy managers at their school listen first their tasks also include regulating the temperature in the classroom and checking the quality of the air. if it's bad we wouldn't be able to concentrate we get tired and end up with bad great song. they've learned how to make sure the air stays fresh without wasting energy by opening the doors and windows and airing the rooms during break time for example oh. it's a short blast of air we let in the fresh air and less out the stale air that's intermittent ventilation this isn't. the young technicians also keep a close eye on the central heating settings for all the classrooms. a total of eighteen schools participate in this project and the advantages are already obvious the fledgling energy managers have helped their schools reduce energy costs by an average of ten percent there was a boy do th

another aspect of that is energy efficiency, because the best energy spent, dollars spent is the energy basically -- the energy that we don't use. investing inefficiency and reducing our consumption, helps our consumers, your constituents and help save the planet. and these are things that we have worked on together. they may not come across as climate change in a way that is regulatory and hopefully at some point we'll get to that. in the meantime i hope to take these steps and i think the chairman and others are looking to find ways to work together with the president who has spoken doing about infrastructure that we can empower local power and do the things we need to do and help cities and reduce carbon. i'm going to leave it there and appreciate you having me. >> i appreciate your comments and appreciate your hard work. we really appreciate what you are doing. i was fortunate enough to serve on president obama's when local, state and tribal task force on climate change. in the last administration and the that, was asked by state department to go to india and talk to mayors there. i

and you look at energy and twenty nine thousand what types of energy are beings produced and which are being used around the world will answer those and take a couple of more questions about canada and u.s. energy specifically what parties scientists have injured and alex most pilotage all of it in our sights but first we get right to some headlines let's go to. the latest major merger to reshape the world's drug and health care sector leads our global report today as i literally in company of indianapolis indiana acquires locks on college e. for eight billion dollars in cash locks on college he is believed to be on the verge of major profits from a number of drug treatments which fight cancer with applied to no mix after a lock so first such product that he was approved for sale in the united states by the food and drug administration last year the prospects for several more potential blockbuster drugs already unlocks those pipeline seem to have inspired a generous bid with lilly offering two hundred thirty five dollars per share for a lock so as stock a premium of nearly seventy perc

on the it's about energy consumption is enormous in the farming sector as solar energy can reduce costs considerably in the long term you know i personally i always enjoy seeing how happy it makes people who live in the floors see i'm going to not. just sun in the skies above a previously untapped resource that is making the rocco's remarkable energy revolution possible from the high atlas mountains to the go away season of the day said to. me. the fast pace of life in the digital shift has the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information the witty useful. and interviews with the makers and users. should next d.w. . a muse alice to just let see belongs to us it's a call to shake us up to this concept so i bought the first plane plane. that people had put big dreams on the big screen playing the movie magazine on t.w. . book. shift life in the digital world. today with personal three d. avatars. mass state surveillance. and a new look at the old masters but first.

another aspect of that is also energy efficiency, because the best energy, dollars spent, is the energy basically that we don't spend, you know the energy we don't use. so investing in efficiency, and reducing our consumption, helps consumers, helps her constituent, and helps save the planet. these are things we hope we have been traditionally able to work on together, they may not come across as climate change in a way that is regulatory, and hopefully at some point we will get to that. in the meantime, i think we can take the steps. i think the chairman and others are looking to find ways to work together with the president, hopefully, who has also spoken about doing infrastructure that we can empower local governments, and do the things we need to do that help revitalize our cities and reduce carbon. so, i'm going to leave it there, and appreciate you having me. >> appreciate your comments, and i appreciate all your efforts and hard work. it is tough some days, we appreciate, really appreciate what you're doing. i was fortunate enough to serve on president obama's republican local st

what happens to these government rates depends on how much energy to carry if you have these low energy gotten grease for example those which come from the sun they are mostly shielded by the magnetic field of the earth so they follow the field lines of the magnetic fields and end up in the north and south polar regions where you can see them as the magnificent norton might but there is also does are a kind of cosmic rays those very high energy gotten growth which just goes through the magnetic field and doesn't care about it at all. and the northern lights are impressive but the phenomenon that releases the most any t. rich cosmic rays is even more stunning. the unusual thing about this radiation is that unfortunately we can't see it. get into the atmosphere and it had a molecule of air. and on the interaction it creates more particles which are going in random directions it's like a train collision so before all the cars of the train are going in a single direction and after a collision each car goes in a slightly different. so you take these particles from the interaction of the prim

some of them do realize they need to switch to solar energy. but they're discouraged by the high installation costs. but i believe we'll be able to win them over. for my sims. to back up his arguments he conducts a practical presentation outside and shows the farmers just how easy it is to operate a solar powered water pump. that many here have come from far away but they seem impressed with. the one doing the work of the i'd love to have one of those systems that. still use a gas powered motor but it's expensive and often doesn't work when the material. i've seen a lot of things to do there are new to me well i'd love to be able to buy one of those problems but i think they cost a lot of money when i can divert from the constable certain of a signal. to the same good hits the road again more he's visiting one of the families in the palm gardens of tata. and all of mohammad to marines the riches lie in his vast plantation of date palms and yet the trees are relatively easy to maintain absolutely dependent on two things heat and plenty of water.

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they talk about energy efficiency, benefit that people could be accessing to pay for energy.ater london switched to save, that could be for a commendation of reasons. one of the main ones is a lot more people in the private rental sector in london, there are some groups who don't really switch, there are people in the private rental sector, elderly people, people on low incomes. what about the difference between the small suppliers and big ones? isjust that the big ones are more expensive and this morons are cheaper?” the big ones are more expensive and this morons are cheaper? i think... —— the smaller ones are cheaper. there are lots of differences. one of the things we do on our comparison website is we don'tjust look at price, we also look at customer service, call waiting times, things like that. we encourage people to switch supplier based on the things that matter to them. for a lot of people, prices in them. for a lot of people, prices in the end point, it is about them knowing they can pick up the phone and be spoken to really quickly. some smaller companies have fai

or green energy ideas?renewable energy is already massively subsidized, tiernan says i'm spreading lies and misinformation, viewers can do , the energysearch in frustration administration produce two studies, google it's federal government data, wind power by andlf, more wind subsidies same for solar power. in the language of the green new deal it talks about massive investment in new green energy technologies and programs, as if we have not been paying enough. they also have a term redistribution, another takeover of the american economy at the time we are doing well. this program has been tried, the money has been flowing in, how long will we pay for failure? guest: we believe there is an enormous opportunity, we need to pursue things like green infrastructure. let's use basic common sense to finally transition to clean energy economies that people have voted for in november. that we clearly need. we found out yesterday from u.k. scientist that u.s. scientists are not able to do their job because of this

it will be driven by energy storage.t is the only way currently to make renewables really , really effective. right now, when you have renewables, wind or solar, they are weather driven. if the weather is bad, you're not getting that power. once you have energy storage, and many people are working on that right now, that will be a game changer for everyone. alix: will it be a battery in my backyard, or on a grid scale? paula: both. you can see the power wall phenomenon, but ultimately , people will have different types of systems. here is a little bit of the fallacy. people say, i will put a solar system on my house and have a battery system, that is great. but those systems need maintenance, they age out over time. when people say we will disconnect from the grid, possibly, but you almost have to have a back up system to your backup system when you want to do that. alix: if you are into a big disruption, how knowledgeable is your investor base on that? or your customers, or other ceos? paula: on one end of the spectrum,

efficient use of energy -- solar, wind, or energy-efficient housing and commercial facilities -- this is a necessary transition. we know there are going to be jobs created by the bucket full in that transition process. we are the perfect people to do this because we are the most innovative people in human history. your generation is the most perfectly poised to do this because you are the smartest generation in america. you are the most technologically adept. you are going to be the most entrepreneurial. i think this is teed up for enormous economic growth. when i opinedhat about 10 years ago is thankfully coming to pass. there is so much good news on this front. hasprice of solar energy come down 75% in the last 10 years. think about that. almost 75% just in 10 years. the price of wind energy has come down about 25% in the last 10 years. when i talked about 10 years ago, which is the availability of electric cars and electric buses, justin 10 years has -- just in 10 years has gone from a dream to a reality. my state is one of the top three states in the usage of electric cars. zero p

of energy is the biggest driver. -- theersification diversification of energy is the biggest driver.e more renewables. you will see a leveraging down on the fossil side, but it will be more balanced. alix: you travel around the world. is there a region that is most advanced in the shift to different types of technology, to storage, or moving faster? paula: i went to south korea and was really amazed how well on a policy level, federal level, and private level things are going really well. alix: that was my interview with paula gold williams. let's check in on the radar and what to watch for next week. we are definitely paying attention to what is happening in el niÑo. the australian weather bureau will release the el niÑo outlook next week. thursday, the california public utility commission will meet. front and center, pg&e, and who is responsible for the california wildfires and who is responsible for paying for them. friday, maybe the usda will issue its monthly crop report if the shutdown is over. markets getting hardest hit by the government shutdown and lack of visibility. that

by comparison, in 2018, a p.g. & e's energy portfolio featured future 33% renewable energy. the s.f. p.u.c. authorizes execution of the agreement on december 11th of last year. due to the board of supervisors recess in december, the resolution to approve the proposed contract was not introduced to the board until january 15th. southern california edison indicated that if we do not execute the contract in january, it would be unable to hold the energy volumes. to ensure the s.f. p.u.c. would be able to secure the renewable energy needed to meet the program's targets for 2018 -- for 2019, the general manager of the s.f. p.u.c. executed the agreement on january 17th. the negotiated contract meets all applicable conditions established by the board for renewable energy contracts for clean power s.f. the total cost is not to exceed $24 million. all costs associated with the contract will be paid from clean power s.f. revenues, and the total costs are within the approved clean power s.f. budget that concludes my remarks, i'm happy to take any questions you might have. >> thank you

also on the show how a hot summer has boosted germany switched to renewable energy. and how german industry hopes to tackle console for the ongoing challenges posed by trade routes and brics. welcome to do business now one of the world's most valuable companies tech giant apple has seen its share tumble down seven percent in after hours trading after the company cut its sales forecast for the last quarter apple chief executive tim called blaming slowing i phone sales in china but apple is also struggling in some developed markets where the number of i phone upgrades was lower than expected. apple's bad news seems to confirm what investors have feared for some time the i phone hype could be over and so far there doesn't seem to be a solid plan coming out of cupertino to re excite consumers for years the i phone has been apple superstar the device brings a solid sixty percent of apple's revenue but if those sales fall as they did over the christmas quarter it hits apple hard the company's problems have been looming for months after reaching a high last summer the share

such as measures to reduce energy use of homes and businesses that create new clean energy jobs within san francisco and the bay area, and then finally we need to balance those goals and ensure we are providing long-term rate and financial stability for the program. in balancing these goals, we are leading with affordability. our default product, evergreen product described here is priced competitively with standard offering, and it is cleaner with at least 40% renewable energy. it is a better product for a comparable price, and we also have a premium product, our super green product. customers prioritizing that renewable project can choose to pay a slight premium for our 100% renewable energy project. it cost the average residential customer in san francisco about four dollars more per month with their electric service than the green product. clean power s.f. is a choice program so customers can also opt out of the program and take their electricity supply away. we begin serving customers under the clean power s.f. program in may of 2016 when we enrolled commercial customers and super

has achieved explosive growth by employing the largest reality energy -- renewable energy workforce inorld. is not just china. the european union released a plan to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050. one of the members released a plan to stop using fossil fuels altogether by 2030 and a radically carbon pollution emissions by 2050. france is investing $9 billion to triple its onshore wind capacity and multiply solar generation. in 2017, brazil and india joined china to account for 63% of the renewable energy investments. $143 billion. india is producing the cheapest electricity in the world through solar and wind plants. this is a pivotal moment for the u.s. we cannot continue to abandon the globe. we must fight to cut carbon pollution omissions and create millions of jobs. [applause] bernie sanders: it goes without saying that the climate crisis not just a chinese or russian issue. this is an impact -- this is an issue that will impact every country on the planet and it is imperative we figure out ways to bring the world together instead of fighting wars and then they combat climate c

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and this transition away from fossil fuels to new sources of energy and efficient use of energy, be it solar or wind or energy efficient housing and commercial facilities, this is a necessary transition. and we know there is going to be jobs created by the bucketful in that transition process. and we are the perfect people to do this. because we are the most innovative people in human history. and your generation is the most perfectly poised to do this because you're to do this because you're the smartest generation in american history and most technologically adept and going to be the most entrepreneurial. i think this is tee'ed up for enormous economic growth. it turns out that what i opined about ten years ago is thankfully coming to pass. there is so much good news on this front. the price of solar energy has come down 75% in the last ten years. think about that, almost 75% just in ten years. the price of wind energy has come down about 25% in the last ten years. what i talked about ten years ago, which is the availability of electric cars and electric busses just in ten years, has

, total renewable energy. move away from fossil fuels, renewable power is within our power. it's equivalent of taking 26 million cars off the road. 30 coal-fired plants. now i'm beginning to sound like the wonk i hate. laughter] -- [laughter] but look. the point is, this is really important. and it's within our power. it's within our power to stem this erosion. you know, you banded together to purchase more electric vehicles, to provide cleaner air, to reduce oil dependence. last year, the one millionth electric vehicle was sold in the united states. 10 years ago, when we rescued the automobile industry, today ford and g.m. are intent on being the world's leaders in electric vehicles. how many of you have taken action to put recharging stations in your city? where your parking meters are. 48 electric vehicle charging corridors on american highways barack and i laid out before we left. just when we opened you, just like we opened up gas stations in the 1920's, we need towns to lead the way as well. city and tow