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Germany likely to pass 50% mark for renewable power this year - minister (www.reuters.com)

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BERLIN, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Germany is likely to generate more than 50% of its power from renewable energy this year but needs to ramp up the speed of its transition towards the end of the decade, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

It's good and I hope more and more country ramp up they renewables production but without following Germany's example.

I feel like Germany forgot that the goal is not to install renewables energies, the goal is to reduce CO2 emissions. Renewables energies are just a mean to this goal.

Rather than seeing that

renewables would have to account for 80% by 2030.

I would prefer to see something like

"CO2 emissions for electrical production should be down by 80% by 2030 compared to 19xx levels."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In this case I think the renewables target is better. CO2 reduction is the goal, but having it as a single target can lead to lock-ins. Especially when the target is only low CO2 and not zero.

E.g. you could reach an 80% goal, while still expanding the use of fossil gas to replace coal and lignite. But we need a system that goes to 100% renewables by 2035. And first ramping up gas to then switch to renewables after is what got Germany in this mess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

And first ramping up gas to then switch to renewables after is what got Germany in this mess.

It's the other way around, first it was going after renewables and now due to the coal exit ahead, gas capacities will be ramped up by a targeted 25GW over the next years.

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