Further information:

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 

Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection


Renewable Energy Policy Network


International Renewable Energy Agency

Legal Sources in Renewable Energy

 


Word Future Council


International Feed-In Cooperation

Politics: targets and promotion of renewable energy

Protection of the climate and a secure energy supply are among mankind's most important challenges. Renewable energy, energy savings and the use of more efficient technologies are central strategies for overcoming these challenges.

Worldwide, 66 states have set their own targets for the development of renewable energy. Just as many countries use political measures to increase the renewable energy's share of the energy supply. The member states of the European Union have undertaken to increase the share of renewable energy to 20 percent by 2020 and at the same time aim to achieve 20 percent less greenhouse gas emissions. In Germany, a wide range of political instruments for promoting renewable energy are available at Federal, Federal State and local authority level.

Background information

Background Information

Five Studies, One Result: 100% Renewables

Five Scenarios for 100 % Renewable Electricity

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News

News

EU wind power makes step to a 30% EU emissions cut possible

Brussels, November 9th 2011. European Wind Energy Association.

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Studies

Study

Study on the Current Debate about Costs and Benefits of Expanding the Use...

Critics of the support of renewable energies and specifically of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) argue that the costs associated...

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