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Solar Energy Policies in Germany


However, in light of the nuclear catastrophe in Japan, electricity generation by nuclear power stations has led to massive public protest and dispute.


Packages of measures, such as those recommended by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and the Integrated Energy and Climate Programme (IEKP) clearly show that with more energy to be saved (energy efficiency) and further massive investment in solar energy, the targets of climate protection, less dependence on imports and more control on prices can be achieved.20


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A new report by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) has even concluded that the ambitious global goal of climate protection is possible without nuclear energy and fossil sources. At the centre of any decarbonisation strategy must be the massive extension of renewable energies and the infrastructure they need. However, the energy transition towards sustainability can only succeed if, concurrently, the huge potentials for efficiency increase are fully tapped, and changing our wasteful lifestyles is no longer a taboo subject, particularly in the industrialised and newly industrialising countries.21


All in all, the positive trend in solar energy is not


a self-starter. Germany must continuously improve sales of solar energy and must expand the electricity grid sustainably. n


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