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Investment of people, money and technologies required to effectsignificant change in the energy sector – DTEK General Director
Hydrocarbon and the sun will compete for energy market leadership in the next hundred years – Shell forecasts
Next century the global energy market could develop in one of two directions: either hydrocarbons (scenario “Mountain”) or solar energy (scenario “Oceans”) will become the major energy source, Graham Tiley, Country Chair, Shell Ukraine, stated on Friday at the 10th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” held in the Crimean Livadia Palace.
Energy Security is Ukraine’s Achilles’ Heel – Leonid Kuchma
The energy security issue is central to the Ukraine’s survival. So stated Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine from 1994-2004, at the session “Energy: Threats, Solutions, Revolutions” at the 10th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy.
Next Decade – a Period of Competition between Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources – Yuriy Boyko
The next decade will see a period of competition between conventional and renewable energy sources, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yuriy Boyko, stated at the 10th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” in the Crimean’s Livadia Palace on Friday.
Ukraine has chosen the right approach to the energy sector – US ex-Secretary of Energy
Energy saving, new gas production technologies and development of renewable energy sources is the path to energy independence for any country, stated US ex-Secretary of Energy and former Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, during the session “Energy: Threats, Solutions, Revolutions” at the 10th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy, which officially opened today in Yalta’s Livadia Palace.
Ukraine will probably have to fight again for its sovereignty in future – ex-President of the World Bank
Because of its cooperation with Europe, in the future Ukraine will have to defend its sovereignty in the East, stated Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank (2007-2012) at the 10th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” in the Livadia Palace, Crimea, on Friday.
“Credit Model” of Economic Development Has Exhausted Itself – Martin Wolf
Encouraging consumption, which underlies the pre-crisis model of economic development, has exhausted itself. This opinion was voiced by Martin Wolf, Financial Times Chief Economics Commentator. He was arguing on this issue with his old opponent Larry Summers, during a panel discussion on the global economy, at the 10th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy.
EU is in the gaseous state – Strauss-Kahn
The European Union finds it more and more difficult to take consolidated decisions on economic issues, stated former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (2007-2011), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, during a panel discussion on the problems facing the global economy held on Friday 20th September at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy.
Insufficient Level of Youth Education Stunts Economic Growth – Larry Summers
“It has been a truism for the last 200 years, that parents can expect their children to be better educated than them. This idea is now under threat,” said Lawrence Henry (Larry) Summers.
