Germany gets a lot of criticism for its Energiewende (energy transition). For not phasing out coal quickly enough. For paying \u201ctoo much\u201d for solar early in the worldwide solar boom they helped create. Why are they phasing out nuclear at a time when the rest of the world is trying to maintain their existing nuclear capacity because it\u2019s carbon-free? For having the highest electricity prices in Europe. Surely these are all signs that its energy transition has been a failure, right?<\/p>\n
To the contrary: Germany\u2019s energy transition is proceeding along on plan and on schedule; they plan to phase out their coal entirely in just four years; and they plan to run their entire grid on renewables. Germans\u2019 energy bills are about on par with those of Americans, and the transition enjoys widespread popular support. Our guest in this episode directs a think tank in Berlin that aims to make the Energiewende a success, and explains why the critics are wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How is Germany\u2019s Energiewende (energy transition) coming along, why did they decide to phase out nuclear at a time like this, and when will they get off coal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[534,21,533,535,532,536,538,93,537,64,60,45],"class_list":["post-2017","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-agora-energiewende","tag-coal","tag-energiewende","tag-fortnite","tag-germany","tag-hambach","tag-north-sea","tag-nuclear","tag-rwe","tag-solar","tag-spain","tag-wind","xen_guests-patrick-graichen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n