"Green" energy. Whatever that may be, is as of yet not entirely clear.
But for certain is that Germany will start investing, even more then now already, in decentralised "small scale" power-generation. Such as wind, solar, heat, CHP (often nat-gas-fueled) and so on.
Germany and Denmark already "own" most knowledge and techniques for development and maintainance of wind- and solar-power. As of now, this is a serious and highly profitable business in .de and .dk. For example, in .nl (Where I am from) we buy all our windmills (and parts and knowledge) from Germany.
Whether it is a populist, bad argumented decision or not, Germanies economy is going to benefit from this shift big time.
Germany is definitely a leading European player in solar, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was true for wind too.
A key factor here is the availability of feed-in tariffs via the Renewable Energy Sources Act which has been a big incentive for the development, manufacture and deployment of renewables.
Well, along with the stop to nuclear power, a further decrease of the subsidies for solar technology was decided. Granted, this is mostly about private households putting solar panels on their rooftops, which doesn't have a huge impact on the national energy supply anyway.
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And replace it with?
"Green" energy. Whatever that may be, is as of yet not entirely clear.
But for certain is that Germany will start investing, even more then now already, in decentralised "small scale" power-generation. Such as wind, solar, heat, CHP (often nat-gas-fueled) and so on.
Germany and Denmark already "own" most knowledge and techniques for development and maintainance of wind- and solar-power. As of now, this is a serious and highly profitable business in .de and .dk. For example, in .nl (Where I am from) we buy all our windmills (and parts and knowledge) from Germany.
Whether it is a populist, bad argumented decision or not, Germanies economy is going to benefit from this shift big time.
Germany is definitely a leading European player in solar, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was true for wind too.
A key factor here is the availability of feed-in tariffs via the Renewable Energy Sources Act which has been a big incentive for the development, manufacture and deployment of renewables.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed-in_tariff#Germany.27s_Rene...
Well, along with the stop to nuclear power, a further decrease of the subsidies for solar technology was decided. Granted, this is mostly about private households putting solar panels on their rooftops, which doesn't have a huge impact on the national energy supply anyway.
Most importantly, our Lebenswelt will benefit, if this decision holds for the next centuries.
From an article I've read they're planning to use natural gas turbines until renewables can replace them as well.
That gas is probably going to come from Russia, so Putin must be smiling.