German Plan to Abandon Its Nuclear Energy Lags

German Plan to Abandon Its Nuclear Energy Lags

by Lee Gliddon

By MELISSA EDDY - Published: May 30, 2012

BERLIN — More than a year after pledging to drop nuclear power, Chancellor Angela Merkel has acknowledged that her ambition for a Germany that runs on renewable energy is falling behind schedule and faces a range of obstacles, not least the revamping of the energy grid at a cost of billions of euros.

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