Tag: energiewende
Legal Shake-Up Threatens Germany’s Energy ‘Revolution’
In Germany, people’s power has wrought a revolution. All over the country, citizens have formed co-operatives to build wind [...]
German Consul General Boasts of His Nation’s Renewable Energy Policy
The Germans call their nation’s energy policy Energiewende. But the literal translation of the word — energy transition — belies the [...]
American and German Approaches to Energy-Climate Policy
Germany’s energy transition, or Energiewende, offers lessons for the United States, just not the ones typically cited on this [...]
Germany Clears Changes to Green Energy Law
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet agreed yesterday to revamp Germany’s green energy laws to curb the high cost of power [...]
Fracking Is Not a Good Alternative to Germany’s Renewable Energy Policy
Over the past few months, oil and gas expert Daniel Yergin has become a critic of the Energiewende, Germany’s [...]