Germany is leading the way in sustainable energy with its Energiewende initiative, aiming to replace fossil fuels and nuclear power with renewable sources by 2050. On April 30, 2017, sustainable energy sources delivered a record 85% of the country’s total energy needs, causing electricity prices to fall into the negative range. Germany plans to shut down all nuclear power plants by 2022 and have at least 80% of energy come from renewable sources by 2050. The UK set a clean energy record in 2016 by being coal-free for 24 hours.
Many countries are talking about abandoning fossil fuels and switching to more sustainable forms of energy. But Germany is actually doing something about it. Germany has invested heavily in renewable energy sources under the Energiewende initiative, designed to replace fossil fuels and nuclear power with low-carbon and environmentally friendly alternatives by 2050. In fact, on April 30 In 2017, Germany’s coal-fired plants were down and electricity prices fell into the negative range, all thanks to sustainable energy from wind, solar, biomass and hydroelectric power sources, which delivered a record 85% of the country’s total energy needs on that windy and sunny day.
A shift towards sustainability:
Germany announced in May 2011 that it would shut down all of its nuclear power plants by 2022, as well as nearly phase out energy from fossil fuels.
The country’s ambitious energy transition aims to have at least 80% of all energy come from renewable sources by 2050.
The UK set a clean energy record in 2016, when it was coal-free for the first time since the Industrial Revolution for a period of 24 hours without interruption.
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