Dear GENI
Friend,
Bangladesh's
Prime Minister proposes Asian Energy Grid
—
a headline that signifies just how far The GENI Initiative
has come. Via daily e-mail, we receive reports on
energy related issues from around the world. I want
to share with you some heartening results that are
being realized in Southeast Asia — an area that
needs energy infrastructure desperately.
From Reuters
News Service (January 15, 1997): Bangladesh's Prime
Minister Sheikh Wajed proposed setting up an Asian
energy grid along the Asian highway and railway for
the benefit of the region. The
opportunities in the energy sector should be fully
realized and an Asian energy grid could be of enormous
benefit to all of our countries,
she told
the inaugural session of the one day first-ever business
summit as the chairperson. (She received our 1997
newsletter just a few months ago.)
Such a grid could extend eventually
all the way from Turkmenistan to Singapore. The Asian
highway and railway will pass through our three countries
linking us on the one side to Central Asia and Europe,
and on the other side to China and the
ASEAN countries.. . Let us be inspired
by a vision of a South Asian community, a community
where fear and suspicion is replaced by a sense of
well-being, a community free of poverty where each
of our citizens can lead a life of dignity, free from
hunger and illiteracy.
Indian Prime Minister
Inder Kumar Gujral and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawz
Sharif also addressed the summit participated by a
large number of leading industrialists and businessmen.
We want
to share with you our Plans
for 1998. You'll see several global conferences
and exhibit opportunities, targeted communication
groups, research activities and fund raising goals.
We need sponsorship for all these projects —
from $1,000 to one million.
Once again
I thank you for your support. Where else can you leverage
the impact of your contributions as described by this
report? I have a request. Do you know someone personally
who could be a major donor to this work? We want to
take a big step forward this year— and it's going
to take some extra money. Please give us a call
with any possible referral.
In partnership
for the planet,
Peter Meisen
President
P.S.
I have just presented the enclosed
paper at the 1998 IEEE
Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, which makes
a strong argument for linking
renewable energy resources around the world. It's
written in technical journal format for publication
in the near future. Pass it along!
