All what is needed is political will power. Political will power is also needed to create a level playing field for all energy sources. In Germany for example, nuclear power has received more than 35 billion DM of direct public support during the past 20 years, says the government. Ten billion DM is spent every year for German coal through indirect subsidies. And just few million DM is given to renewables every year.
Big money is at stake, but climate change is on the other side of the scale.
Ambitious targets can be achieved when ambitious legislation is being introduced. Others say that if anybody can make the energy revolution happen, it will be the industry giants. Renewables offer a potential growth territory. Wind power is an especially attractive target of investment. The technology is tried and proven and it is already commercially competitive - the best performing wind farms are as cheap as gas power and all of them are competitive with coal and hydro.