Tag: germany
POWER Digest July 2014
Chile Banks on Renewable Capacity Expansion, Energy Efficiency. Chile in mid-May released a $650 million investment plan to reduce [...]
Germany Ups New Green Energy Surcharge on Industry to Meet EU Rules
Germany on Tuesday offered to change a planned reform of its renewable energy policy, trying to end a standoff [...]
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’s Renewable Energy Law Is About to Look More American
The next phase of Germany’s energy transition takes competitive markets into account. As cost pressures mount in the German [...]
The Money Problem With Germany’s Renewable Energy Law in 3 Charts
The world’s solar leader grapples with how to make its solar policies financially sustainable. As the German government gets [...]
German Bill Revises Energy Tax Concessions For Industry
The German Cabinet has approved a bill to modify the nation’s renewable energy law (EEG) to bring renewable energy [...]
BSW-Solar to Challenge Proposed Solar PV Self-Consumption Charge in Court
Germany’s Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) has announced that it will challenge government plans to impose the surcharge according to [...]
Germany Moves Forward on Renewable Energy Plan
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government approved legislation on Tuesday revamping Germany’s sweeping plan to generate more than 40 percent of [...]
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 [...]