Much of the success of the German energy transition depends on the support of the country’s 16 federal states. A new study shows which German federal states are leading and which are slowing down the development of renewable energy. Komila Nabiyeva summarizes the findings. Germany’s rapid shift to clean energy has been largely determined by federal policy. Yet the actual deployment of renewable energy depends on the efforts and policies of the country’s federal states. In 2014, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania were front-runners in policy, research, and development in the renewable energy sector, according to a new study released on 26 November. The analysis, commissioned by the Renewable Energies Agency (AEE), was jointly prepared by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW). The study compared the progress in clean energy deployment among all 16 German federal states, and analysed 60 indicators in four categories, including the adoption of energy policies, research and technology advances, and political efforts to expand renewable energy on the … Continue reading Energiewende movers: the federal states