More bad news for Germany’s green dreamers: Two reports published this week highlight some fundamental flaws underlying the Energiewende, Germany’s radical set of energy policies. The first, by the Commission for Research and Innovation (EFI), states that the subsidies by which green _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/germanys-energiewende-path-economic-self-destruction/

The Energiewende has turned the entire German energy industry into a quasi-planned economy with perverse outcomes. SIGMAR GABRIEL has been on a roll. The boss of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) has herded his party into a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/germanys-energy-transition-sunny-windy-costly-dirty/

Germany’s green energy revolution—it’s Energiewende—has been a disaster. The solar panels and wind turbines meant to replace the nuclear reactors and fossil fuels the country previously relied on have come at a premium, and these costs have been passed on _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/mainstream-german-media-lashes-energiewende/

When Chancellor Angela Merkel sacked her environment minister, Norbert Roettgen on May 15th this was not only for his failure as the CDU party’s main candidate in regional elections in North Rhine Westphalia, but, as many observers said, was also _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/german-energiewende-from-megashift-to-megaflop/

Einleitung: Der ideologisch begründete, von allen anderen Industrieländern abgelehnte radikale Umbau der deutschen Energiewirtschaft, der  einen massiven Ausbau der Wind- und Solarstromerzeugung mit dem Ziel der Zurückdrängung von Kohle und Kernkraft anstrebt, wird bereits seit mehreren Jahren verfolgt.  Dieses wegen _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/keil/

The truth is, the sacrifices being demanded of us in the name of Net Zero are incompatible with democracy. And the PM knows it. Boris Johnson has always tried to take a ‘cakeist’ position on Net Zero. We can drastically _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/net-zero-by-2050-is-dead-in-the-water-so-whats-plan-b/

The subsidies for promoting renewable energy are getting out of hand in Germany. Now the coalition government is resorting to a trick: it is using the federal budget to cover the horrific costs. The financial effects of the energy transition _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/germany-plans-to-hide-the-rising-cost-of-the-renewable-energy-transition/

Germany had to turn to coal this past winter when freezing temperatures made its solar and wind units inoperable and it plans to import from neighboring countries to back-up its renewable electricity in the future. Germany’s millions of solar panels _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/coal-rescues-germany-from-its-renewable-energy-folly/

From 1 January 2021, thousands of private solar energy projects in Germany are threatened with extinction. The reason is that the subsidies set for 20 years run out at the end of this year. If these solar projects go offline, _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/solar-energy-projects-face-extinction-as-subsidies-run-out/

EU recovery fund leaves €2 trillion investment gap towards climate targets A European Commission proposal for the European Union’s long-term budget and recovery fund risks leaving a huge shortfall in the “green” investment needed to meet Europe’s climate goals, researchers _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/eu-only-earmarks-peanuts-for-climate-targets-green-energy-ngo-laments/

Calculations by experts now show that the EU’s planned economic rescue package, worth €750 billion, is nowhere near enough to achieve the bloc’s climate targets. Even in the best-case scenario, only one-third of the costs would be covered.  EU leaders _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/eu-recovery-fund-ignores-climate-targets-experts-say/

At the end of this year, 5000 German wind farms are no longer eligible for any subsidies. They face shutdown and Germany faces the loss of considerable amounts of green electricity. The future of wind energy was already uncertain, now _…

https://www.netzerowatch.com/as-subsidies-run-out-5000-german-wind-farms-face-shutdown/