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The European Commission has opened an investigation into two questionable provisions of the German Renewable Energy Act. Matthias Lang summarizes the reasons for the inquiry and how it might affect the German Energiewende. Commissioner Joaqu&iacute...

This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org. In the shadows of what was for many another disappointing international climate negotiation at COP 18 in Doha, the German energy transformation or “Energiewende” has all the signs...

The answer is the most forceful possible no. Solar power itself is a good thing, but Germany's pro-renewables policy has been a disaster. It has the absurd distinction of completing the trifecta of bad energy policy: Bad for consumers Bad for producers...

by Kate Meis Germany is well recognized as an international leader in renewable energy today, but that wasn’t always the case. Its transition from coal and nuclear power started two decades before the first major renewable energy policy initiatives...

In this blog post, Vivek Chandar, pursuing M.A. in business law from NUJS, Kolkata, talks about various laws from around the world to encourage use of alternative energy. Any change is resisted, may it be person, company or even a nation. This is very...