German town covering entire power demand with renewables “shows energy transition can work”
Global Post
The small town of Wolfhagen near Frankfurt in central Germany “has taken a big step into the future over the past few years” by becoming one of the country’s first municipalities to cover 100 percent of its power demand from renewable sources, Austin Davis writes on the news website Global Post. “I think that Wolfhagen shows that this energy transition can actually work,” said the mayor, Reinhard Schaake. “With four windmills, a 42,000-panel solar farm, and two biogas facilities that turn waste into energy, the town is able to generate about 106 percent of its electricity needs throughout the year,” Davis writes.
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