Germany’s Renewable Energy Shift: Addressing Climate Change |
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| Authors: | Christina Gerhardt |
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| Institution: | Department of LLEA/German, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA |
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| Abstract: | This essay considers how the state can be used successfully to initiate and support an energy shift from nuclear energy to renewable energy, as demonstrated by Germany’s Renewable Energy Act from 2000 and its previous Electricity Feed-in-Law (1991). As a result of these nationwide policies, Germany has reduced levels of greenhouse gas emissions, has a higher level of both energy security and employment in the renewable energy industry than the US. Germany is a global leader in this industry and provides a model for other nations in this regard. |
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| Keywords: | Renewable energy Germany nuclear energy feed-in-tariffs wind energy solar energy |
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