Germany’s energy reform. Troubled turn

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Series Details No.8822, 09.02.13
Publication Date 09/02/2013
ISSN 0013-0613
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Germany’s national energy project is becoming a cause for disunion.

Energiewende describes the country's politically supervised shift in direction from nuclear and fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. This idea of a changing power path helps explain the literal translation: 'energy turn'. The German government says this transition will reduce security hazards and ensure Germany creates a greater share of its own power in future.
Source Link http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21571440-germanys-national-energy-project-becoming-cause-disunion-troubled-turn
Related Links
ESO: Background information: Germany feels fallout amid nuclear shutdown http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-feels-fallout-amid-nuclear-shutdown/
Wikipedia: Energy Transition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_transition
Deutsche Welle, 22.01.13: What exactly is Germany's 'Energiewende'? http://www.dw.de/what-exactly-is-germanys-energiewende/a-16540762
Süddeutsche Zeitung / Der Spiegel, 02.09.13: Germans pay dearly for ‘energy transformation’ (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/4106491-germans-pay-dearly-energy-transformation
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