Christian Democratic Party of Germany (CDU)

Christian Democratic Party of Germany (CDU) – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 A Green Spring in Germany: a bellwether for the Autumn? https://energytransition.org/2021/04/a-green-spring-in-germany-a-bellwether-for-the-autumn/ https://energytransition.org/2021/04/a-green-spring-in-germany-a-bellwether-for-the-autumn/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:30:12 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24127 In March’s two state elections, no party lost more ground than Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU. Tarred by deepening scandal, a slow vaccination rollout and lockdown fatigue, its popularity is plummeting. Conversely, big gains in these early contests in the nation’s super-cycle election year — culminating with September’s federal parliament and chancellery vote — show that public opinion is turning...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/04/a-green-spring-in-germany-a-bellwether-for-the-autumn/feed/ 0 Germany’s solar industry could implode this summer https://energytransition.org/2020/05/germanys-solar-industry-could-implode-this-summer/ https://energytransition.org/2020/05/germanys-solar-industry-could-implode-this-summer/#comments Wed, 13 May 2020 13:00:02 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22291 Germany’s solar industry is in deep crisis and may implode in the summer. Solutions have been around for a long time, but internal power struggles and debates over distance rules between wind turbines are holding back progress. Florence Schulz reports for EURACTIV.com Solar industry in Germany is trying to get politicians to act. ( Public Domain) The country’s solar industry is collecting...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/05/germanys-solar-industry-could-implode-this-summer/feed/ 1 Merkel’s Smoke and Mirrors Coal Exit Plan https://energytransition.org/2020/04/merkels-smoke-and-mirrors-coal-exit-plan/ https://energytransition.org/2020/04/merkels-smoke-and-mirrors-coal-exit-plan/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:00:41 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22011 A year after Germany’s 28-member “Coal Commission” presented a fragile compromise brown coal phase-out, in mid-January Merkel’s Grand Coalition government formally released their own plan. Breaking with the Commission’s recommendations by slowing down the pace of the phase-out, immediately greenlighting the new Datteln 4 hard coal plant and showering RWE and other coal operators with billions of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/04/merkels-smoke-and-mirrors-coal-exit-plan/feed/ 0 Wind-wreck: Germany’s Grand Coalition derails the turbine train https://energytransition.org/2020/01/wind-wreck-germanys-grand-coalition-derails-the-turbine-train/ https://energytransition.org/2020/01/wind-wreck-germanys-grand-coalition-derails-the-turbine-train/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:00:54 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21539 While ostensibly trying to craft policy that both transforms Germany’s energy sector to 65% renewables by 2035 and protects the security of Germany’s 20,000 coal workers, the Grand Coalition Government’s halting energy policies have just cost the jobs of over 30,000 workers through the wind sector. Facing the worst domestic slowdown in 20 years, manufacturers spent much of 2019 hemorrhaging jobs...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/01/wind-wreck-germanys-grand-coalition-derails-the-turbine-train/feed/ 0 Irrational thinking: Merkel’s government stunningly green-lights new coal-fired power plant https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/ https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/#respond Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21471 Despite all their rhetoric, Angela Merkel’s Grand Coalition government is clearly not all that interested in really powering past coal. The latest evidence is its decision to allow the Uniper-owned 1,200 MW hard coal-fired power plant, Datteln 4, to come online in 2020 — against the recommendations of the Coal Commission. As the government embarks on a bizarre sales campaign peddling the idea that...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/12/irrational-thinking-merkels-government-stunningly-green-lights-new-coal-fired-power-plant/feed/ 0 Fail: Merkel’s market-friendly Climate Plan banks on fairy tales https://energytransition.org/2019/10/michael/ https://energytransition.org/2019/10/michael/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:00:59 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20929 After months of deliberations, in late September Germany’s ruling coalition, made up of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Centrist SPD unveiled their new climate action strategy—to near universal disappointment. Now approved by the government, the plan’s architects hope a weak plan is better than none at all. L. Michael Buchsbaum summarizes Friday for Future protestors are disappointed with the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/10/michael/feed/ 1 Sound and fury: Merkel’s Climate Cabinet and its shortcomings https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/ https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20809 Despite increasing public pressure, both coalition parties within Merkel’s so-called Climate Cabinet favor taxes or market based trading schemes to tackle the climate crisis instead of new regulations to increase renewable energy or hard measures to phase out fossil fuels. L. Michael Buchsbaum takes a look Emission trading or CO2 taxation is one of the topics to be negotiated ( Public Domain) It’s...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/feed/ 0 Germany eager to become global leader in developing hydrogen technologies https://energytransition.org/2019/08/germany-eager-to-become-global-leader-in-developing-hydrogen-technologies/ https://energytransition.org/2019/08/germany-eager-to-become-global-leader-in-developing-hydrogen-technologies/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:00:20 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20405 Germany intends to invest €100 million annually into the research of hydrogen technologies. This could be the business of the future, as well as the country’s next top export. However, the future of green gas is still extremely shaky. Daniel Eck reports. Power-to-gas is an environmentally friendly process to produce hydrogen ( Public Domain) A world powered by hydrogen sounds beautiful.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/08/germany-eager-to-become-global-leader-in-developing-hydrogen-technologies/feed/ 1 #FridaysForFuture: changing behavior – and the debate https://energytransition.org/2019/05/fridaysforfuture-changing-behavior-and-the-debate/ https://energytransition.org/2019/05/fridaysforfuture-changing-behavior-and-the-debate/#comments Thu, 02 May 2019 13:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19599 Politicians and energy sector professionals have scratched their heads for years about how to get citizens – whom they generally refer to as “consumers” – to change their habits in order to protect the climate. Now, a young generation is telling decision-makers that we can’t wait. Was ethics the answer the whole time? Craig Morris takes a look. Fridays For Future student protesters in front of te...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/05/fridaysforfuture-changing-behavior-and-the-debate/feed/ 1 Gas wars part one: let’s be honest about Germany’s growing dependence on fossil gas https://energytransition.org/2019/03/gas-wars-part-one-lets-be-honest-about-germanys-growing-dependence-on-fossil-gas/ https://energytransition.org/2019/03/gas-wars-part-one-lets-be-honest-about-germanys-growing-dependence-on-fossil-gas/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:00:14 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19358 With the ink barely dry on Germany’s Coal Commission report recommending a phase out by 2038, the oil and gas industry is breaking out the champagne. While environmentalists criticize the plan’s particulars, the other side is celebrating the slaying of their strongest competitor. And they’re translating that joy into furious lobbying aimed at ensuring that renewables don’t fill the majority of the...

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