Germany Not Doing Enough To Replace Nuclear, Warns Think Tank :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

Germany Not Doing Enough To Replace Nuclear, Warns Think Tank :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: A slowdown in the installation of wind turbines and solar panels in Germany this year could put the country’s carbon reduction targets at risk, environmental think tank Agora Energiewende said.



Agora Energiewende warned in its annual report on the country’s Energiewende, or energy transition, that last year new onshore wind power capacity in Germany reached 700 MW, the lowest level in two decades, while in 2020 only another 1 GW might be built.



This would lag behind the 4.2 GW of capacity added every year between 2013 and 2017. It is also lower than the 2.5 GW of new capacity that the government expects to be added annually up to 2030 when renewable power production is due to make up 65% of the country’s electricity mix.