Business Where?
We’ve had more than a lion’s share of businesses moving manufacturing operations to China well over the past decade, yet this trend may change. China isn’t energy rich and currently isn’t an economy engine designed for sustainability or green initiatives. Wal-Mart is actively trying to move its Chinese suppliers into sustainability.
Energy is required to manufacture products and power networks, but sustainability is key to future survival and competitiveness. The future for one continent, which seems to have always held a dim outlook, might just now be more than a glimmer of hope.
According to the Financial Times, the World Bank is administering a multi-billion dollar fund established by the US, UK and Japan for clean energy for developing countries. According to the Center for Global Development, if the World Bank wants to play a transformational role, Southern Africa solar power could be a great opportunity.”
You can probably guess by the Daily Solar Radiation map that Africa stands to benefit in a huge way by adopting solar. This stands to make Africa an energy rich nation in the future. The Energy Challenges of the 21st Century presented last year by Hans Puttgen at Virginia Tech, discusses the many energy challenges we all will face head on.
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