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The article is somewhat misleading in portraying Germany as a leader. In fact, these policies find their origin in the 2003 EU Energy Directive. What they descr
by LiamMcCalloway 12y ago
The article is somewhat misleading in portraying Germany as a leader. In fact, these policies find their origin in the 2003 EU Energy Directive. What they describe is true in all the E.U. countries which met their respective renewable energy objectives as mandated by the E.U.
- DanBC 12y agoHow well do the EU countries meet their objectives? Are any doing better than others? German demand for solar was so strong it drove up the price of silica.
- Brakenshire 12y agoGermany is the clear leader for non-hydroelectric renewable generation (which is, after all, the difficult form, and the form that can be rolled out worldwide). Curiously enough, though, it is outperformed by the UK and particularly France, in actual CO2 emissions: https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=en_atm_co2e_pc&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&idim=country:DEU:FRA:GBR&ifdim=region&ind=false https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9... That is, because of its reliance on coal. The UK, in comparison, gets much of its energy from gas, and France nuclear.