Dear GENI
Friend,
Years of
hard work to validate GENI's credentials have just
been corroborated further by the Minister of Electricity
and Energy of Egypt. Eng. M. Maher Abaza keynoted
the opening session of CIGRE
(International Conference on Large High
Voltage Electric Systems) in Paris last month. Over
2000 engineers from around the world heard his energy
plan for an Africa-Europe
Electrical Interconnection
and how this technology
could be used in any region of the world.
I have
enclosed the final page of his presentation Conclusions
and Recommendations
so you can get the flavor
of his thinking. GENI's exhibit at CIGRE received
elevated respect because of the Minister's speech,
and the proposal to interconnect renewable resources
around the world is now in the hands and minds of
many energy planners globally. As well, both Presidents
of CIGRE and IEEE
said the GENI proposal was right on
target
— even if it's still politically and
economically difficult on some continents.
Graeme
Edwards (GENI Board member) and I carried that momentum
into the Cairo event, UN
Conference on Population and Development
.
With the Egyptian Minister's statement in hand, GENI
received added attention (beyond the divisive rhetoric
heard from most media). Interviews were taped/printed
with the BBC,
the Middle East Times, Nile TV
(morning news program), CNN,
and Canadian Globe and Mail. We had a chance to question
US Vice-President
Al Gore in front of a full stadium of people and cameras
-- a chance one rarely gets in today's world.
We couldn't
drive this proposal forward without your assistance.
I'd like to ask for a
bit extra this month — for you to write a
brief letter to Vice President Gore at the White House,
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20500 or
e-mail to: vice-president@whitehouse.gov.
Express your commitment to the GENI proposal and ask
him for funding and research assistance (and include
Minister Abaza's attachment). Of any politician, Al
Gore understands the interconnectedness of energy,
environment, population, development, trade and peace.
In Partnership
for the Planet,
Peter Meisen
Executive
Director
Keywords
: Eng. M. Maher Abaza Address to Opening Session of
CIGRE, U.N. Conference on Population and Development,sustainable
development, global energy network institute, international
electricity transmission, grid, power, environmental
educational programs, peace, zero population growth,
stabilization, life expectancy.
