News Digest Item
02 Aug 2017

“Germany’s transition from coal to renewable energy offers lessons for the rest of the world”

Ensia

Germany’s energy transition, or Energiewende, has transformed Germany into a global poster child for green energy, writes Emma Bryce in an article for online environmental magazine Ensia. Germany’s handling of the exit from coal-fired power generation could hold useful lessons for other countries, writes Bryce.

Read the article in English here.

For background, read the CLEW factsheet When will Germany finally ditch coal?

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