Germany’s green energy policy

As of 2010 Germany has invested has invested 26 billion euros in its renewable energy sector. The share of elecricity produced from renewable energy in Germany has increased from 6.3 percent of the national total in 2000 to about 25 percent in the first half of 2012. According to Germanys offical figures, 370,000 people in the coutry were employed in the renewable energy sector in 2010, so the engery sector in germany is not only benefiting the enviroment but also creating jobs.

Renwable electric power produced in Germany in 2009 by Energy source.

Germany has sevreal sectors of reneable energy including wind power, solar power,biomass and biowaste, hydropower, and photovoltaic.

Solar power provided Germany 18  TW.h (billion kilowatt-hours) in 2011 which is 3% of the total electrcit demand for the country. Some market analyst expect the solar electricty share could reach 25% by the year 2050. As Solar power installations rise quickly, 5.3%  of the coutry’s total electricity demand was covred by solar power. On May 25, 2012 solor power reach a new high in Germany  feeding  22 GW , 20 nuclear power stations into the Germen grid, which made 50% of the nations electricty demand.

Also Germany has also commited to belending 6.25% biofules in petroleum by 2014 with Biofuls Quota.

Many say/argue that Germany has lost its lead in the transition to greener sources of energy, many say that Germnay must first show particular that public consensus about the urgency of combating climate change is just the first in delivering a renewable-enery system.

NO country has pushed for renweable energy harder than Germany has! Much of that effords come from one develpment, Disenchantment with nuclear energy, which supplies about a quarter of the country’s electrical needs.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/policy/germanys-green-energy-gap

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/problems-prompt-germany-to-rethink-

energy-revolution-a-852815.html