News Digest Item
15 Jul 2016

Sea change to Germany's energy transition as it throws renewables to the open market

Deutsche Welle

Among the motivations for Germany's reform of its renewable energy support system have been complaints from neighbouring countries, and the EU Commission’s rules on state aid to the energy sector, writes Dave Keating for Deutsche Welle. But Dörte Fouquet, director of Brussels-based European Renewable Energy Federation says with the new auction system for renewable producers, Germany has done more than was asked and could “decimate the industry and jeopardize Germany's ability to meet its climate and energy targets for 2020 and 2030”.

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