The BDEW graphic is wrong. The upper limit for 2035 in the coalition treaty is 60, not 65%
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Christian is correct. To make shale gas 'low carbon' compared to coal requires heroic levels of engineering to firstly detect,…
On What role will shale gas play in the Energiewende?
"Efforts" by the United States to curb carbon emissions by moving to shale gas are not "laudable". They are a…
On What role will shale gas play in the Energiewende?
The UK's apparently lower greenhouse gas emissions are just an illusion. In reality, if 'exported emissions' are taken into account,…
On Low-Carbon Energy Policies Aren’t Just Pain
[…] 2011, more than half of investments in [German] renewables had been made by small investors. The switch to renewables […]
On German renewables still ground-roots movement
[…] The Hidden Power of Local Finance La importancia de las instituciones locales de ahorro en el energiewende alemán […]
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I have problems with the original LBNL study and with the current RMI study also. Quite honestly, I think one…
On Can the Cost of Solar in the U.S. Compete with Germany?
[…] uz fiksnu cijenu, ali svi klasični izvori također uživaju razne subvencije (za Njemačku vidi: Energy subsidies: more honesty, please!)…
On Energy subsidies: more honesty, please
As a U.S. ex-pat decades long resident of Germany, a member of the S.P.D., and with over 30 years in…
On New Year’s resolutions for the energy transition
Nice article. Germany gets its installation costs down by economies of scale in automated mass production of rooftop racking installation…
On Can the Cost of Solar in the U.S. Compete with Germany?