The Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022 shook continental geopolitics and led to a major shift in EU energy … policy. The necessary speed of the combined diversification away from the Russian energy sources, fossil fuel phase-out and … mass scale-up of low-carbon energy and technologies are having a tremendous impact on European national economies and …

The Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022 shook continental geopolitics and led to a major shift in EU energy … policy. The necessary speed of the combined diversification away from the Russian energy sources, fossil fuel phase-out and … mass scale-up of low-carbon energy and technologies are having a tremendous impact on European national economies and …

fossil fuels, and renewable energy technologies were seen as a "soft path" towards a more sustainable energy system. The … German government's Energy Concept for 2050 declared the development of renewables as its number one energy priority. The … share of renewables in primary energy consumption was to rise to above 60% by 2050 (2020: 18%, 2030: 30%, 2040: 45%) and …

Germany plays a pioneering role in replacing conventional power plants with renewable energy sources. While this is … beneficial with respect to environmental quality, the energy turnaround implies increasing electricity prices for private …