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A Reporter’s Guide
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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
Sven Egenter Kerstine Appunn Sören Amelang Julian Wettengel Benjamin Wehrmann Carel Carlowitz Mohn Eva Freundorfer
Editor in Chief Correspondent Correspondent Correspondent Correspondent Dir. Media Programmes Programme Officer
The repercussions of the country’s En- commitment to work towards a cli-
A Note from CLEW ergiewende (energy transition) are felt mate-neutral economy in order to limit
across society and the business sector, the impact of man-made climate change.
The global energy transition to win the offering journalists a wealth of exciting
race against harmful man-made climate and important stories. But researching CLEW’s “A Reporter’s Guide to the
change is slowly gaining momentum. As this massive event from outside the Energy Transition”, now in its sixth edi-
part of this, Germany is trying to step country is no easy task, even for the tion, offers journalists a useful starting
up its climate action activities, and its most seasoned reporter. The huge com- point by outlining the main story lines of
decades-long effort to fundamentally plexity of the technology and econom- the energy transition, providing contact
shift its energy supply provides valuable ics behind energy policy make things details for experts, as well as links to key
lessons on weaning a major economy off harder. Yet strong fact-based and critical literature and articles.
fossil fuels. journalism is essential to inform the
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Contents
Martha Otwinowski Hedwig Gradmann Yannick Haas
What is the Energiewende? And where Energiewende legislation – the Renew
Journalism Network Manager Assistant Research Assistant did it come from? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 able Energy Act and beyond . . . . . . . . . 28
#Energiewende – Targets . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Nuclear phase-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
#Energiewende – Key Figures . . . . . . . . 8 Industry and Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
working on energy transition stories, to
#Energiewende – Dates 2019 / 2020 . . 11 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
collaborate on cross-border stories, ex-
#Energiewende – Contacts & Hotspots . 12 Electricity market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
change tips and views or collect back-
ground information from other coun- #Energiewende – Reading in English . . 13 Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
tries. We invite all reporters and editors Climate, CO2 emissions and fossil fuels . 14 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
with an interest in the energy transition A planned coal exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Citizens’ Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
and climate policy to join. Energiewende history – the first four Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
decades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Technology and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
We also organise workshops for journal- Power grid expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Natural gas as a bridging
ists, offering a first-hand account of the Transforming the transport sector . . . . 22 technology? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Energiewende. But, most importantly, The car industry and the energy Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
we provide assistance, answer your transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Digitalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
questions, and put you in touch with Renewables (wind, solar, biogas) . . . . . 26 Geo-politics and the European Union . . 54
experts and fellow journalists across the
globe – so don’t hesitate to ask CLEW. Energiewende in Germany: Timeline
Sven Egenter and
1973-1975 1979/1980
the Clean Energy Wire team “Nuclear power? Enter the Greens
No thanks!” Birth of Germany’s Green
Germany’s anti-nuclear Party is founded, with
movement as protests an exit from nuclear
force plans for a nuclear energy and a renew-
power plant in Wyhl to able future as key
be aborted demands
Activists first use the
term “Energiewende” 3
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What is the Energiewende?
And where did it come from?
T he energy transition, known in Ger-
many as the Energiewende, is the
country’s planned transformation to a
The process has these key elements: in the 1990s, the project has been
radically reshaping the energy system
as a whole. As the traditional model
the phase-out of nuclear power
low-carbon, nuclear free economy. (by 2022) and fossil fuels of centralised power generation is being
the development of renewable energy replaced by diverse sources of energy
sources and low-carbon technologies that fluctuate with the weather, the
increased energy efficiency project’s influence goes beyond the grid
and the power market. While for now
mainly focused on electricity, the Ener-
However, since the introduction of giewende is also expected to transform
feed-in tariffs for renewable energies other sectors like industry, housing,
… Energiewende in Germany: Timeline
1986 1991 1997/2005 2000 2007 2010 2011
Chernobyl disaster Kick-starting renew- Kyoto Protocol Renewable Energy Act EU targets Extending nuclear Nuclear phase-out #2
solidifies Germans’ ables Germany, the world’s Renewables granted EU sets 2020 climate The nuclear consensus is Merkel government
resistance to nuclear New legislation intro- sixth largest emitter feed-in tariffs and grid targets: 20% renew reversed by a conserva- formulates new nuclear
energy duces feed-in tariffs at the time, has to priority ables share, 20% GHG tive government phase-out by 2022 with
for renewable power reduce CO2 emissions reduction, 20% more large parliamentary
Climate change under the agreement Nuclear phase-out #1 efficiency Energy concept majority after Fukushi-
enters the discourse – SPD-Green government Govt. sets out renewa- ma disaster
a magazine story leads and utilities agree bles and climate targets
parliament to establish to phase out nuclear for 2020 and 2050
4 an advisory council by 2022
Energiewende
construction, heating, and transport as was the first to benefit from the nuclear
all stakeholders are looking for ways to phase-out, but its future is now uncertain
shape Germany’s “all-electric” future. as the government has taken the first
For Germany’s specific energy transition steps to a coal exit path by 2038 in order
targets, see pages 6- 7. to step up efforts to cut greenhouse gas
emissions. Meanwhile, entirely new busi-
There are already winners and losers. The nesses have sprung up.
big utilities’ traditional business models
have been hit hard, while consumers and
some businesses are concerned about
higher electricity costs. The coal industry
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
New EEG & climate Slow progress Spin-off Renewables New government Coal exit pathway
action The Energiewende Utilities E.ON and RWE Reform Wants to focus on grid Multi-stakeholder
Govt. lowers feed-in monitoring report split to separate renew Auctions determine expansion and sector commission proposes
tariffs, starts PV auctions shows climate targets ables from fossil plants renewables payments coupling gradual coal phase-out
and introduces plan to are “in serious danger” by 2038
achieve 2020 climate Climate Action Plan G20 & COP23 Utilities shakeup
targets Govt. adopts ambitious Germany tries to main- RWE and E.ON split up Climate Action Law
2030 emission targets tain climate utility innogy, separating Government plans to
for individual economic leadership, but emis- grids from generation enshrine 2030 climate
sectors sions stagnate targets into law 5
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#Energiewende – Targets
T he overall objective of the Energie country’s gross power consump- Sector targets for greenhouse gas reductions
wende is to reduce Germany’s tion (36 percent in 2017). Sector 2018 status* 2030 target
cut from 1990 levels cut from 1990 levels
greenhouse gas emissions and phase
Energy 33 % 61-62 %
out nuclear power, making the economy In November 2016, Germany’s govern-
Buildings 44 % 66-67 %
more environmentally sustainable. ment agreed on a basic framework - the
Transport 0.6 % 40-42 %
Climate Action Plan 2050 - for largely
Industry 31 % 49-51 %
On a national level, Germany's official decarbonising the country’s economy Agriculture 22 % 31-34 %
goals are to cut greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of this century. In accord- Other 74 % 87 %
by 40 percent by 2020, by 55 percent by ance with the Paris Climate Agreement, Total 31 % 55-56 %
2030, and by up to 95 percent by 2050. the plan fine-tunes Germany’s climate *2018 data preliminary. Source: Climate Action Plan 2050, UBA (2019).
The share of renewables in final ener- goals. It includes target corridors for re-
gy consumption is to rise to 60 percent ducing greenhouse gas emissions in the credibility. The economy ministry’s 2014
(from 15.9 percent in 2017) by 2050. individual economic sectors as interim Climate Action Programme detailing ad-
By the middle of the century, renewables goals for the year 2030. The energy sec- ditional measures and identifying CO₂2
are to cover at least 80 percent of the tor will have to cut its emissions roughly saving potential, is likely to be less effec-
by half compared to 2014 levels. tive than predicted. The Energiewende
monitoring expert commission in 2018
As for the progress made on these tar- warned that there were considerable de-
gets: In autumn 2017, the environment ficiencies in improving energy efficiency,
ministry warned that Germany was set and that developments in the transport
to widely miss its 2020 emission targets, sector were going in the wrong direction
thereby threatening the entire project’s (i. e. higher instead of lower emissions).
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Energy transition targets
Quantitative targets of the energy transition
1990 2005 2008 2017 2020 2030 2040 2050
Reduce -40 %
greenhouse gas -55 %
emissions -70 %
72.5 %
100 %
-80 - 95 %
45 %
60 %
30 %
5-20 %
Reduce Increase share
electricity of renewables in
consumption
50 -65 %* 65 %
80 %
gross electricity
96.7 %
consumption
100 %
90 %
75 %
36 % 35 %
-20 % Increase share
Reduce
of renewables in
primary energy -50 %
gross final energy
consumption
93.5 %
consumption
100 %
50 %
80 %
45 % 60 %
30 %
15.9 % 18 %
Reduce primary
(2016)
energy demand
in buildings
81.7 %
100 %
20 %
Reduce
final energy * New conditional target
consumption according to coalition
103.6 %
treaty 2018.
in transport
100 %
90 %
60 %
Sources: AG Energiebilan-
zen (2018), BMWi (2018),
1990 2005 2008 2017 2020 2030 2040 2050 UBA (2018), BMU (2018).
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#Energiewende – Key Figures
3.6 % Renewables’ share
in gross German power
generation in 1990
47.1 m Passenger cars 83,175 Pure electric cars 1st rank for Germany 17th rank 34.9 % Renewables’
registered in Germany registered = 0.17 % in energy efficiency policy for Germany in the overall share in gross power
(01/2019) (01/2019) and performance score- “Energy Transition Index” generation in 2018
card (ACEEE, 2018) (WEF, 2019)
15.1 minutes:
Average power outage
in Germany 2017
93 % of Germans € 24.6 bn Renewable 338,500 People 20,766 People USA: 4 hours (2016)
believe use and roll-out of surcharge paid by power employed in the employed in the lignite GB: 47 mins (2016)
renewables is very impor- consumers in 2018 renewables sector (2016) industry France: 53 mins (2016)
tant or important (2018) (01/2019) Poland: 192 mins (2016)
23.7 30.22 ct/kWh 8.7 % Drop in energy € 17 bn the government 14 % Renewables’ share 37.8 % Renewables’
Average household power demand for heating houses pays to energy efficiency in primary energy con- share in gross power con-
price 2010 and 2019 – 2008 – 2017 measures in housing sumption in 2018 sumption in 2018
thereof 6.4 ct/kWh renew (by 2020) (up from 1.3 % in 1990) (up from 3.1 % in 1991)
able surcharge in 2019
5.1 4.4 ct/kWh
Average electricity spot 92 % of natural gas 97 % of crude oil 53.4 % rise in GDP 13 % fall in primary en-
market price in 2010 used in Germany is imported (2017) since 1990 (2018) ergy consumption since
and 2018 is imported (2017) 1990 (2018)
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Energy transition data
30.8 % green house gas reduction
Emission trends for Germany by sector 1990-2018
since 19 90
1,252
1,200
79
1,045
71
993 1,001 974 976
1,000
CO2 equivalents in million tonnes
69
68
68
132
67
68
943 920 925 942 Environment
67
134
68
908 903 907 911 907
68
ministry projections:*
65
68
125
68
66
65
136
866
130
144
114 63
130
64
~ -32%
89 63
140
65
97
133
62 101 66
107 64
132
123
119
65
121
122
114
91 65
93
2020 target:
62 83 67
67
66
800
68
66 100 64
112
93
108
65 82 64
100
95
-40%
99
97
95
97
83
63 89
65 93
61 88
77
78
75
75
73
79
77
76
76
164
74
62
63
63
167
173
2030 target:
178
600
174
178
178
154
170
169
181
179
-55%
178
176
183
157
161
154
187
159
155
154
156
160
166
163
168
153
163
187
165
155
~ 850
128
144
142
119
118
136
120
146
115
122
127
123
751
118
136
141
118
130
125
123
400
134
118
109
127
130
136
132
563
427
413
200
388
387
391
381
384
380
379
375
371
373
368
367
377
358
356
364
368
356
354
354
345
348
344
336
333
313
299
0
90
91
92
93
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00
01
02
03
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30
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20
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20
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20
Energy industries Manufacturing industries and construction Transport Fugitive emissions from fuels Industry Households
Agriculture Waste Other Total emissions without LULUCF
Without emissions from land use, *According to federal environment ministry calculations from October 2017, Germany is set to widely miss its goal
land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020. Source: UBA, 2019.
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equal share of renewables& coa l
Development of gross power production in Germany 1990-2018
Mineral oil Others
27.3 26.8 27.0
Other 26.2 27.0 27.3 0.8% 4.3%
600
Renewables 189.8
188.6 216.3 Natural gas
Mineral oil 162.5 225.7
152.5 12.9% Wind onshore 14.3%
500 Natural gas
terawatt-hours (TWh)
67.5 Hard coal
400 61.1
% shares in 2018
Hard coal 62.0 81.3 5.2
12.9%
127.3
86.7
83.4 Renewables
300 118.6 34.9% Wind offshore 3.0%
117.7
112.2
93.6 83.2 Hydro power 2.6%
Lignite
Biomass 7.0%
200 160.9
155.8
154.5
149.5 Lignite
148.4 145.5 Solar 7.2%
100 22.5%
Nuclear power
97.3 97.1 91.8 Nuclear
84.6 76.3 76.0
11.8% Waste 1.0%
0
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Source: AG Energiebilanzen (2018).
Share of energy sources
Germany’s power export balance 1990-2018 in primary energy consumption 2018
675 60
Power export balance Mineral oil
Net export
650 Gross power generation 50 34.3% Others Waste 0.9%
Gross power consumption 0.3% Hydro power 0.5%
Wind power 3.1%
625 40
terawatt-hours (TWh)
600 30 Solar 1.5%
Renewables Biomass 7.5%
575 20 Natural gas 14.0%
23.7%
550 10
Nuclear
Net import 6.4%
525 0
Hard coal Lignite
10.0% 11.3% Geothermal 0.5%
500 -10
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
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17
18
19
19
19
19
19
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19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Source: BMWi (2019). Source: AG Energiebilanzen (2018).
10 Germany remains net electricity exporterCalendar
#Energiewende – Dates 2019/2020
2019
8 - 9 April: Future Mobility Summit, 1 September: State elections in Branden- 25 - 26 November: dena Congress,
BERLIN. burg and Saxony. by German Energy Agency (dena),
BERLIN.
9 - 10 April: Berlin Energy Transition 10 - 11 September: 14th German Energy
Dialogue, BERLIN. Congress, SV Veranstaltungen, 2 – 13 December: COP25, CHILE.
MUNICH.
12 - 14 May: 10th Petersberg Climate 2020
Dialogue, BERLIN. 12 - 22 September: 68th International
Motor Show (IAA), FRANKFURT/MAIN. 20 – 22 January: Handelsblatt Energy
15 - 17 May: Intersolar Europe, trade fair, Conference 2020, BERLIN.
MUNICH. 23 September: UN 2019 Climate Summit,
NEW YORK. 11 – 13 February: E-World energy & water
20 - 22 May: Berliner Energietage 2019 trade fair, ESSEN.
“Energiewende in Germany”, BERLIN. 27 October: State elections
in Thuringia.
22 - 23 May: International Conference on
Climate Action – ICCA2019, HEIDELBERG.
26 May: European elections in Germany.
Ca lendar
26 May: State elections in Bremen.
4 - 6 June: BDEW Congress, energy con-
ference by German Association of Energy
and Water Industries (BDEW), BERLIN.
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#Energiewende – Contacts & Hotspots
… for official statements Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) … for industry comment
Sustainable development consultancy and research
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs institute. +49 30 405085 334, m.schossig@oeko.de, German Association of Energy and Water Indus-
and Energy (BMWi), +49 30 18 615 6121, www.oeko.de/en tries (BDEW), Germany’s largest energy industry as-
pressestelle@bmwi.bund.de, www.bmwi.de/en sociation. +49 30 300 199-1160, presse@bdew.de,
Agora Energiewende, Think tank focusing on www.bdew.de
Federal Ministry for the Environment, dialogue with energy policymakers in the pow-
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), er sector. +49 30 700 1435-110, German Association of Local Utilities (VKU)
+49 30 18 305 2010, presse@bmu.bund.de, christoph.podewils@agora-energiewende.de, Representing the many local and regional utilities
www.bmu.bund.de/en www.agora-energiewende.de (Stadtwerke) in Germany. +49 30 58580-226,
luig@vku.de, www.vku.de
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
Infrastructure (BMVI), +49 30 18300-7200, Federation of German Industries (BDI)
DIW’s energy, transportation and environment,
presse@bmvi-bund.de, www.bmvi.de/en +49 30 2028-1565, j.wiskow@bdi.eu, www.bdi.eu
and climate policy departments study the eco
Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Com- nomics and politics of climate change and energy. German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE)
munity, +49 30 18681 11022, presse@bmi.bund.de Mathilde Richter, +49 30 89789-152, +49 30 275 81 70-16, presse@bee-ev.de,
the experts
mrichter@diw.de, www.diw.de www.bee-ev.de
… for latest data and research Fraunhofer ISE, Solar energy research institute and
publisher of electricity production data. Also see
Agora Verkehrswende, Think tank focusing on the their data and graphs at www.energy-charts.de,
energy transition in the transport sector. +49 761 4588-5147, www.ise.fraunhofer.de
+49 30 700 1435-305, fritz.vorholz@agora-
verkehrswende.de, www.agora-verkehrswende.de German Renewable Energies Agency (AEE)
+49 30 200 535 52, a.schwalbe@unendlich-
AG Energiebilanzen, Energy market research group.
viel-energie.de, www.unendlich-viel-energie.de
+49 30 8913987, hziesing@t-online.de,
www. clean energy wire.org /experts
tut ions with insights
www.ag-energiebilanzen.de … for a list of over 250 experts and insti
into the Energiewende see:
the CLEW Research Map
or find energy transition hotspots on
12Contacts & Sources
#Energiewende – Reading in English
cleanenergywire.org Our website provides in-depth Federal Foreign Office Who is Who of the Energie- Federation of German
analyses (dossiers), factsheets, news articles, a daily wende in Germany. Brochure of Contact Partners Industries (BDI) (2018)
press digest, an expert database, and more. in Politics, Industry and Society (2015) & Online Climate Paths for Ger
database (2019). many – Executive Summary
Agora Energiewende (2019) The European Power
Sector in 2018; (2013) 12 Insights on Germany’s Federal Environment Agency (UBA) (2017) Data on National Geographic (2015) Germany Could Be a
Energiewende. the Environment. Model for How We’ll Get Power in the Future.
Agora Verkehrswende (2017) Transforming Trans- Hager, Carol and Christoph H. Stefes (eds.) (2016) PwC (2015) Energiewende Outlook: Transportation
port to Ensure Tomorrow’s Mobility. Germany’s Energy Transition. A Comparative Per- sector; Energiewende Outlook: Electricity sector;
spective. Energiewende Outlook: Heating sector.
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and
Energy (BMWi) website offers a wide range of Ecologic Institute (2016) Understanding the Energy Centre on Regulation in Europe (2015) The energy
publications in English, including the newsletter Transition in Germany. transition in Europe: initial lessons from Germany,
’Energiewende direkt‘. the UK and France.
Energy Research and Social Science (2016) Putting
Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) an energy system transformation into practice: The World Economic Forum (2019) Fostering Effective
(2018) Climate Action in Figures. Facts, Trends and case of the German Energiewende. Energy Transition
Incentives for German Climate Policy; (2016) Climate
German Institute for Economic Research (2015)
Action Plan 2050.
Deep Decarbonisation in Germany. A Macro-Analy-
energytransition.org A website/blog, funded by the sis of the Economic and Political Challenges of the
Heinrich Böll Foundation, explaining what the ener- ‘Energiewende’.
gy transition is, how it works, and what challenges
International Association for Energy Economics (2014)
lie ahead.
The German “Energiewende”— An Introduction.
Federal Foreign Office (2018) The German Ener
AG Energiebilanzen (2018) Evaluation Tables of the
giewende.
Energy Balance for Germany 1990 to 2017.
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#Climate
xxx and CO2 #Fossil Fuels
xxx
Green pioneer Germany struggles
to make climate protection a reality
A s the home country of the Energie
wende, Germany is considered a
pioneer in the fight against man-made
It is set to miss its 2020 climate targets.
Germany is now aiming at 2030 targets
with its Climate Action Plan 2050, a road
climate change. But despite a spectacular map to a climate neutral economy by mid-
rise in power generation from renewables, century. The government has pledged to
the country’s track record on cutting enshrine these targets and how sectors
greenhouse gas emissions is mixed: are responsible to reach them into law in
©[hansenn] Fotolia.
14#Climate and CO2 #Fossil Fuels
Contacts Climate Alliance Germany Germanwatch / Climate Action Network (2018)
+49 30 780 899 514, presse@klima-allianz.de The Climate Change Performance Index 2019
Fraunhofer ISE
+49 761 4588-5147, Stiftung 2°
karin.schneider@ise.fraunhofer.de +49 30 204 537 34, laura.toerkel@2grad.org On cleanenergywire.org
IKEM – Institute for Climate Protection and Patrick Graichen, Agora Energiewende Dossier:
Mobility +49 30 700 1435-110,
The energy transition and climate change
+49 30 4081870-17, dominik.dicken@ikem.de christoph.podewils@agora-energiewende.de
Political uncertainty weighs heavily on energy policy
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Claudia Kemfert, German Institute for Economic crunch time year for Germany
Research (PIK) Research (DIW)
+49 331 288 25 07, press@pik-potsdam.de +49 30 89789-663, ckemfert@diw.de Article:
Germany's government coalition divided over draft
Camilla Bausch, Ecologic Institute Climate Action Law
+49 30 86880-0, berlin@ecologic.eu Reading
Factsheets:
Corinna Seide, WWF Germany Agora Energiewende (2017) The Energiewende
Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions and
+49 30 311777-422, corinna.seide@wwf.de in a nutshell
climate targets
Germanwatch Agora Energiewende (2019) European Energy Germany’s Climate Action Plan 2050
+49 228 60492-23, presse@germanwatch.org Transition 2030: The Big Picture
Germany's Climate Action Law begins to take shape
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons Agora Energiewende (2014) The German Energie- Putting a price on emissions: What are the pros-
and Climate Change (MCC) wende and its Climate Paradox pects for carbon pricing in Germany?
+49 30 3385537-201, lampe@mcc-berlin.net
Fraunhofer ISE (2019) Energy Charts
Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) (2016)
2019. But the protracted battle over the Climate Action Plan 2050
for heating or
details of the law and the accompanying
measures revealed it will be a bumpy ride
os al is th at w e m ake fos sil fuels used
to turn climate ambition into practice,
“My prop m ake electric ity cheaper.”
as the country needs to kick its habit of
burning coal for power production – and
transport more ex pe ns ive an d, in ret ur n,
PD)
Environ ment M inister Svenja Sc hulze (S
say goodbye to petrol and diesel cars.
15Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Coal
Europe's largest economy aims
to exit coal to reach climate goals
G ermany has officially set in motion
the gradual withdrawal from coal,
joining other major economies in the
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition
government set up a multi-stakeholder
expert coal exit commission to come up
global farewell to the climate-damag- with a plan. The task force recommended
ing fossil fuel. Faced with stagnating shutting the last coal-fired power plant
greenhouse gas emissions despite a by 2038 at the latest. It is now up to the
rapid expansion of renewable power, government to move on the propos-
© Pixabay.
16#Coal
Contacts Reading On cleanenergywire.org
BDEW-German Association of Energy and Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Dossiers:
Water Industries Employment (2019) Final report (in German) Germany’s coal phase-out
+49 30 300 199 1160, presse@bdew.de
Ecologic et al. (2019) Phasing out coal in the Ger- The next German government and the energy
DEBRIV – Federal German Association for man energy sector transition
Brown Coal
Agora Energiewende (2018) A Future for Lusatia Articles:
+49 2234 1864-0, uwe.maassen@braunkohle.de
Agora Energiewende (2017) Renewables versus fos- German government stands ready to move on
Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) coal exit proposal
sil fuels – comparing the costs of electricity systems
+49 30 405085-334, m.schossig@oeko.de
Relief about German coal exit deal fades as focus
Climate Analytics (2018) Coal Phase Out Germany turns to implementation challenges
BMWi - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
and Energy Agora Energiewende (2016) Eleven Principles for
+49 30 18 615 6121 and -6131, Factsheets:
Reaching a Consensus on Coal
pressestelle@bmwi.bund.de Implementing Germany’s coal exit proposal –
the road ahead
Barbara Praetorius, co-chair of coal exit
German commission proposes coal exit by 2038
commission
+49 30 5019-2532, Coal in Germany
Barbara.Praetorius@HTW-Berlin.de Germany's three lignite mining regions
Climate, energy and transport in Germany’s
coalition treaty
al and mould it into legislative drafts
before parliamentarians get the final
say. Electricity generation from coal has
long served German industry, supplied
“The [coa l commission] deal shows responsibility for
whole regions with jobs and wealth and,
to date, remains a pillar of the country’s
society as a whole and we want to live up to it.”
energy supply.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
17Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Energiewende #History
Energiewende – the first four decades
F or many observers, the energy
transition in Germany began with
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision
government reinstated plans to exit nu-
clear power. A long process deeply rooted
in German history and society led to
to phase out nuclear power, following policies that triggered a strong increase in
the accident at the Fukushima nuclear renewable energy sources and are now at
plant in Japan. But the societal pro- the heart of a move to a low-carbon econ-
ject started decades before the Merkel omy. The Energiewende – a full-scale
©[nullplus] iStock.
18#Energiewende #History
Contacts On cleanenergywire.org
Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) Dossier:
+49 30 405085-334, m.schossig@oeko.de The history of the Energiewende
“ The renewable energy act Heinrich Böll Foundation
+49 30 285 34 217, lorenz@boell.de
Factsheets:
Milestones of the German Energiewende
sparked a real grassroots Green Party
+49 30 284 42 130, presse@gruene.de
The history behind Germany’s nuclear phase-out
citizens’ movement. Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)
+49 30 27586 425, sigrid.wolff@bund.net
Germans turned the Greenpeace Germany
+49 40 306 18 340, presse@greenpeace.de
Energiewende into their Nina Scheer, Social Democrats MP
+49 30 227 76539, nina.scheer@bundestag.de
own project.” Reading
Nina Scheer, Social Democrats MP energytransition.de Timeline Energiewende
Paul Hockenos (2008) Joschka Fischer and the Mak-
ing of the Berlin Republic: An Alternative History of
Postwar Germany
transformation of society and the Carbon Brief (2016) The history History of the
economy – arose out of enduring grass- Energiewende
roots movements, evidence-based
discourse, concern about climate change,
and key technological advances, as well
as hands-on experience garnered along
the way in Germany and elsewhere.
19Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Grid
Success of Energiewende hinges
on unblocking the power grid
G ermany must update its electricity
network to handle the fluctuat-
ing supply of power from decentral-
But too much power can be as big a prob-
lem for the stability of the grid as too
little would be. Furthermore, not every-
ised sources, while pursuing the shift to one is in favour of building new power
an integrated renewable energy system. lines to carry electricity to the country’s
The rapid expansion of wind power industrial south. The debate revolves
capacity in the north means a bounti- around the Energiewende’s public ac-
ful supply of low-cost electricity there. ceptance, and it also centres on how the
©[Gina Sanders] Fotolia.
20#Grid
Contacts TransnetBW (grid operator) On cleanenergywire.org
+49 711 21858-3155, r.koenig@transnetbw.de
Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) Dossier:
+49 228 14 9921, pressestelle@bnetza.de Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) The energy transition and Germany’s power grid
+49 30 20308-1607, renner.thomas@dihk.de
Andreas Jahn, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) Article:
+49 30 700 1435 421, ajahn@raponline.org New “Power Grid Action Plan” to accelerate net-
Reading work development
Oliver Brückl, OTH Regensburg
+49 941 943-9881, oliver.brueckl@oth-regensburg.de Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) Factsheets:
(2017) Annual Report 2017: Networks for the future
Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Set-up and challenges of Germany’s power grid
Cologne (EWI) Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Interconnectors & blockages – German grid at odds
+49 221 277 29-108, (BMWi) (2017) Grids and Grid Expansion with EU power market
claudia.pichonnier@ewi.uni-koeln.de
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Setting the power price: the merit order effect
50Hertz Transmission (grid operator) (2015) Electricity grids and climate targets: Re-dispatch costs in the German power grid
+49 30 5150-3417, volker.kamm@50hertz.com New approaches to grid planning
Loop flows: Why is wind power from northern Ger-
TenneT (grid operator) Pentalateral Energy Forum (2018) Second regional many putting east European grids under pressure?
+49 921 50740 4045, Ulrike.Hoerchens@tennet.eu generation adequacy assessment report Germany’s electricity grid stable amid energy
Amprion (grid operator) transition
German TSOs Grid development plans
+49 231 5849-13785, andreas.preuss@amprion.net Power grid fees – Unfair and opaque?
How can Germany keep the lights on in a renewable
energy future?
central government should work with Volatile but predictable: Forecasting renewable
the states to make this project a suc- power generation
cess. In 2019 the government wants to Germany’s renewable generation peaks remain
shrouded in data fog
“Germany’s grid expansion is a marathon – and we
introduce a power grid acceleration law
to make sure that enough of the large
don ’t just want to complete it but also finish in a
north-south lines are completed by the
time the last nuclear power stations in
good time.” Energy Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU)
the south are shut down in 2022.
21Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Transport
Car giant Germany struggles to spark
Energiewende in transport
W hen it comes to the automobile,
Germany has unique gravitas. But
so far, the country has made little head-
port will be crucial in the country’s quest
for a low-carbon economy, emissions
from the transport sector continue to
way in creating a strong link between its rise. The high level of NOx pollution in
transport system and the transition to cities, which has been linked to the
renewable energy. While it is clear that Dieselgate affair, has led to the first
extending the Energiewende to trans- diesel driving bans, and the uptake of
© Pixabay.
22#Transport
“Decarbonisation isn’t Contacts Agency for Renewable Energies (2015) Renewables
in the transport sector: Which routes are open?
happening anyw here in Urs Maier, Agora Verkehrswende
+49 30 700 1435-302, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastruc-
the sector. Measures are
urs.maier@agora-verkehrswende.de ture (BMVI) Electric mobility
Andreas Knie, Innovation Center for Mobility and German Institute for Economic Research (2015)
expensive and interfere Social Change (Innoz) Power System Impacts of Electric Vehicles in Germa-
+49 30 23 88 84-101, andreas.knie@innoz.de ny: Charging with Coal or Renewables?
with our daily life. Peter Kasten, Institute for Applied Ecology
(Öko-Institut)
Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) (2016)
Assessing the status of electrification of the road
Thus, it just hasn’t been
+49 30 405085 349, p.kasten@oeko.de transport passenger vehicles and potential future
Oliver Lah, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, implications for the environment and European
energy system
pushed by either
Environment and Energy
+49 30 2887458-16, oliver.lah@wupperinst.org McKinsey (2016) Urban Mobility 2030: Berlin
politicians or industry.” Werner Reh, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)
+49 176 45719292, rehwerner2@gmail.com
On cleanenergywire.org
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastruc-
Peter Kasten, ture (BMVI) Dossiers:
Institute for Applied Ecology +49 30 183 00-7200, presse@bmvi-bund.de
Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH)
The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector
How Germany is greening its growing freight sector
+49 30 2400867-20, presse@duh.de to meet climate targets
Factsheets:
electric vehicles has remained slow. Reading The task force in charge of steering Germany to
But the government has started to clean mobility
Agora Verkehrswende (2017) Transforming Trans-
tackle the thorny issue. It has set up a port to Ensure Tomorrow’s Mobility – 12 Insights Rail cargo emissions in Germany
commission to ensure the sector meets "Dieselgate" – a timeline of Germany's car emissions
Agora Verkehrswende (2018) Towards Decarbonis-
fraud scandal
highly ambitious 2030 climate targets, ing Transport
a move that has triggered a lively public Diesel driving bans in Germany – The Q&A
PricewaterhouseCoopers (2015) Energiewende
debate on how to achieve them. Outlook: Transportation sector
23Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Cars
BMW, Daimler, and VW vow to fight
in green transport revolution
I n Germany, the birthplace of the
automobile, three iconic carmakers
- BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen - are
Tarnished by the Dieselgate scandal
and facing new and powerful competi-
tors in Google, Tesla, Apple, and Uber,
facing the greatest challenge in their the future of Germany’s horsepower-
history: the mobility revolution that proud carmakers is less certain than
is turning the transport system green. ever, especially in this age of decarboni
©[mirpic] Fotolia.
24#Cars
Contacts Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) Alix Partners (2018) Global Automotive Outlook
+49 461 316-1293, pressestelle@kba.de
Kerstin Meyer, Agora Verkehrswende McKinsey&Company (2016) Automotive revolu-
+49 30 700 1435-303, German Association of the Automotive tion – perspective towards 2030
kerstin.meyer@agora-verkehrswende.de Industry (VDA)
+49 30 897842-124, courant@vda.de Roland Berger (2016) Global Automotive
Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, Center Automotive Supplier Study
Henning Kagermann, National Platform for
Research, University of Duisburg-Essen
Electric Mobility
+49 203 379-1111,
+49 89 520309-43, schultz@acatech.de On cleanenergywire.org
ferdinand.dudenhoeffer@uni-due.de
BMW Group Dossier:
Stefan Bratzel, Center of Automotive
+49 89 382-72652, wieland.bruch@bmwgroup.com
Management, University of Applied Sciences BMW, Daimler and VW vow to fight in green trans-
Bergisch Gladbach Daimler port revolution
+49 22 02 2 85 77-0, stefan.bratzel@auto-institut.de +49 711 17-76409,
madeleine.herdlitschka@daimler.com Factsheets:
Peter Mock, The International Council on Clean Reluctant Daimler plans “radical” push into new
Transportation (ICCT) Volkswagen
mobility world
+49 30 847 129-102, peter@theicct.org +49 5361 9-77639, tim.fronzek@volkswagen.de
Early e-car starter BMW plans new mobility sprint
Nicolai Müller, McKinsey&Company Diesel driving bans in Germany – The Q&A
Reading
+49 211 136-4516,
Dieselgate forces VW to embrace green mobility
Martin_Hattrup-Silberberg@mckinsey.com Transport & Environment (2018) Roadmap to decar-
bonising European cars "Dieselgate" – a timeline of Germany's car emissions
Wolfgang Bernhart, Roland Berger fraud scandal
+49 711 3275-7421, Institute for Applied Ecology (2018) Electro
The debate over an end to combustion engines in
Wolfgang.Bernhart@rolandberger.com mobility – Fact check
Germany
The task force in charge of steering Germany to
sation, self-driving vehicles, and ogies. But all three firms have now clean mobility
carsharing. The carmakers have lobbied launched ambitious plans to switch to
hard – and with some success – against e-mobility, and experts say it is far
stricter emissions limits, and they risk too early to write off these automotive
falling behind in the global compe- powerhouses in the global race to the
tition in the field of battery technol- future of mobility.
25Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Renewables #Wind #Solar #Bioenergy
Renewables are now Germany’s No. 1
power source – but key challenges remain
S ince their launch on a large scale
in the year 2000, renewables have
become a cornerstone of Germany's
feed-in tariffs. But their perfor-
mance in recent years has been mixed.
Once a global technology leader,
power mix. Wind, solar and biogas Germany's solar sector suffered from
plant manufacturers made up the heart increased competition abroad and
of the growing German renewables declining expansion rates at home.
industry, supported by generous Wind turbine manufacturers have
© E.ON.
26#Renewables #Wind #Solar #Bioenergy
Contacts Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy Frankfurt School of Finance / UN Environment
System Technology (IWES) +49 471 14290-205, Programme (2018) Global Trends in Renewable
German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) antje.wagenknecht@iwes.fraunhofer.de Energy Investment 2018
+49 30 275 8170 16, presse@bee-ev.de
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and
German Wind Energy Association (BWE) Innovation Research (ISI) +49 721 6809-100, On cleanenergywire.org
+49 30 212341-210, anne-catherine.jung@isi.fraunhofer.de Dossiers:
presse@wind-energie.de
Citizens’ Energy Alliance (BBEn) Bioenergy in Germany
Federal Association for Bioenergy +49 30 30 88 17 89, Onshore wind power in Germany
+49 228 81 002 58, info@bioenergie.de presse@buendnis-buergerenergie.de
Offshore wind power in Germany
German Solar Industry Association (BSW) Solar power in Germany
+49 30 29 777 88-30, hallerberg@bsw-solar.de Reading
Factsheets:
Volker Quaschning, University of Applied Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
(BMWi) (2018) Renewable Energy Sources in Fig- Solar power in Germany – output, business
Sciences Berlin and perspectives
+49 30 5019-3656, ures: National and International Development, 2017
Bioenergy in Germany – facts and figures on devel-
Volker.Quaschning@HTW-Berlin.de International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) opment, support and investment
(2018) Renewable Energy Prospects for the EU
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and German onshore wind power – output, business
Energy (BMWi) Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and perspectives
+49 30 18615 6133, philipp.jornitz@bmwi.bund.de (2018) Recent Facts about Photovoltaics in Germany German offshore wind power – output, business
Renewable Energy Research Association German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and perspectives
+49 30 288 7565-72, fvee@helmholtz-berlin.de Year Book Wind Power 2018 Environmental concerns accompany German
offshore wind expansion
Tenant electricity – feeble start for Germany’s
enjoyed a long expansion period, idation phase and is also looking for ‘Energiewende at home’
“Renewables are no longer just the
but a change in political conditions, business abroad. But achieving the
intensified competition and rejec- government's 2030 goal – 65 percent
tion by parts of the population have of power consumption supplied by
better choice from an ecologic
perspective, but also from an economic
led them to seek more independ- renewables – could give the domes-
ence from their home market. The tic market new momentum in years
point of view.” EconomymaandierEne(CDrgyU)Minister
biogas industry underwent a consol- to come.
Peter Alt 27Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#EEG/Law
Renewables weather new auction
schemes but face uncertainty in 2020 s
T he German Renewable Energy Act
(EEG), which established feed-in tar-
iffs, is the mechanism that has made the
on investment, which in turn helped to
bring down the costs of installing renew-
able generation capacity. In 2016, law-
energy transition possible. It guaranteed makers deemed the sector to be mature
renewable energy producers high returns enough to take the training wheels off
©[Giso Bammel] Fotolia.
28#EEG/ Law
Contacts Reading On cleanenergywire.org
Lars Holstenkamp, Energion, Leuphana University Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy Dossier:
+49 4131 677-1931, holstenkamp@uni.leuphana.de (BMWi) (2017) Renewable Energy Sources Act 2017 The reform of the Renewable Energy Act
Clearingstelle EEG|KWKG BMWi (2015) Revision amending the Renewable Factsheets:
+49 30 2061416-0, Energy Sources Act – Key points
From ideas to laws – how Energiewende policy
presseanfragen@clearingstelle-eeg-kwkg.de
BMWi (2017) For a future of green energy is shaped
Enervis – energy sector consulting High hopes and concerns over onshore wind
Craig Morris and Arne Jungjohann (2016) Energy
+49 30 695175-34, nicolai.herrmann@enervis.de power auctions
Democracy: Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables
Fraunhofer IEE Germany ponders how to finance renewable
German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) (2015) expansion in the future
+49 561 7294-319, Uwe Krengel
Factsheet: Renewables from Germany
Rhineland-Westphalia Institute for Economic EEG reform 2016 – switching to auctions for
Deutsche Windguard Statistics on wind energy renewables
Research
development Defining features of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG)
+49 201 8149-213, sabine.weiler@rwi-essen.de
Agora Energiewende (2016) Energiewende:
Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)
+49 30 27586 425, sigrid.wolff@bund.net What do the new laws mean?
other countries
“Economic logic and all experiences from an advantage.”
Matthias Lang, Bird & Bird lawyers
+49 211 2005 6293, matthias.lang@twobirds.com
ve
show : In tenders, the largest bidders ha
Volker Quaschning, University of Applied Sciences
+49 30 5019-3656, volker.quaschning@htw-berlin.de
Lars Holstenka mp, Leuph ana University
and expose it to market forces: they in- challenge for renewable operators is
troduced tenders to determine payments already looming – how to deal with true
to new renewable installations. These market exposure after the first installa-
auctions have indeed lowered payments tions cease to receive feed-in payments
to large new installations. But the next altogether in the early 2020s?
29Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Nuclear phase-out
Managing the nuclear legacy –
a project into the next century
T he question is no longer whether
Germany’s future will be
nuclear-free – or even when, since the
primary sources of power are proving
an immense challenge. Legal hurdles,
decommissioning technicalities, and
government is committed to complet- above all, the question of where to store
ing the phase-out by 2022. But the the radioactive waste, are the main
logistics of pulling the plug on what issues at hand. In 2016, an agreement
was until recently one of the country’s between plant operators and the state
©[Thomas Lehmann] iStock.
30#Nuclear phase-out
Contacts Reading Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and
Energy (2007) Comparison of Different Decommis-
Wolfgang Irrek, Ruhr West University of Ap- German Institute for Economic Research (2015) sioning Fund Methodologies for Nuclear Installations
plied Sciences German Nuclear Phase-out Enters the Next Stage:
+49 208 88254-838, wolfgang.irrek@hs-ruhrwest.de Electricity Supply Remains Secure
Energiewerke Nord GmbH (EWN) On cleanenergywire.org
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
+49 38354 4-8030, marlies.philipp@ewn-gmbh.de (2015) Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear Dossier:
Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) power is fundamentally sensible from an economic The challenges of Germany’s nuclear phase-out
+49 30 18 333-11 30, presse@bfs.de perspective
Articles:
Becker Bückner Held energy law firm (BBH) Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) Online
German utilities buy out of nuclear waste liability
+49 30 611 28 40-179, ines.zenke@bbh-online.de information on nuclear safety and nuclear waste
for 23.6 bln euros
management
Green Budget Germany (FÖS) Germany’s constitutional court backs speedy
+49 30 7623991-41, andrea.woerle@foes.de Brunnengräber et. al. (2015) Nuclear Waste Govern- nuclear exit
ance – An International Comparison
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Factsheets:
Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) BBH (2014) Financial provisions in the nuclear sec-
+49 30 18 305-2010, presse@bmu.bund.de The history behind Germany’s nuclear phase-out
tor – Possible risks of the status quo and options for
reform (in German) What to do with the nuclear waste – the storage
Forschungszentrum Jülich
question
+49 2461 61-2388, a.stettien@fz-juelich.de BMWi / Warth & Klein Grant Thornton (2015) Evalu-
Nuclear clean-up costs
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) ation of nuclear clean-up provisions (in German)
+49 30 89789-152, mrichter@diw.de Securing utility payments for the nuclear clean-up
Legal disputes over the nuclear phase-out
at least established financial clarity: In “In 2050, when the final repository is ready,
addition to paying for the decommis-
sioning of their plants, operators will I will be 98 years old . So I am not sure
fund the disposal of nuclear waste with
up to 23.6 billion euros. The rest of I will live to see it happen, but I certainly feel
the yet unknown bill will be footed
by taxpayers.
that it is my responsibility to organise this now.”
Barbara Hendricks, Former Environ ment Minister (SPD)
31Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Industry #Jobs #Cost & Prices
German industry embraces
transformation challenge
A fter balking at the Energiewende
for many years, German industry
is now fervently embracing the energy
world’s fourth largest economy – both
among companies and regions. But
businesses increasingly see profits
transition. There is no doubt that the in the move to a low-carbon future,
efforts to curb climate change through and they also believe that the process
a far-reaching shift to clean energy benefits the economy as a whole. Many
will produce winners and losers in the say that now is the time for Germany
© Siemens AG, München/Berlin.
32#Industry #Jobs #Cost & Prices
Contacts German Industry Initiative for Energy The Greens / European Free Alliance (2017)
Efficiency (DENEFF) The current electricity costs of energy-intensive
Ulrike Lehr, Institute of Economic Structures +49 30 364 097 02, christian.noll@deneff.org industries in Germany
Research (GWS)
Kirsten Best, McKinsey & Company Destatis (2018) Data on energy price trends
+49 541 40933-280, lehr@gws-os.com
+49 211 136-4688, kirsten_best@mckinsey.com
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Centre for European Economic Research (2015)
Frank Peter, Agora Energiewende Social Implications of Green Growth Policy from the
+49 30 89789-152, mrichter@diw.de
+49 30 700 1435-123, Perspective of Energy Sector Reform and its Impact
Sebastian Bolay, Chambers of Commerce and frank.peter@agora-energiewende.de on Households
Industry (DIHK)
Achim Wambach, President of the Mannheim Cen- United Nations Environment Programme (2017)
+49 30 20308-2202, bolay.sebastian@dihk.de
tre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017
Federation of German Industries (BDI) +49 621 1235-100, achim.wambach@zew.de
+49 30 2028 1565, J.Wiskow@bdi.eu
On cleanenergywire.org
Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA) Reading
+49 228 3894 223, fallak@iza.org Dossiers:
Federation of German Industries BDI (2018)
Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Climate paths for Germany The energy transition’s effect on the economy
+49 911 179-1946, wolfgang.braun@iab.de Energiewende effects on power prices, costs
German Energy Agency (2018) Integrated
Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) and industry
Energy Transition
+49 89 9224-1218, schultz@ifo.de The energy transition’s effect on jobs and business
Energy Systems of the Future (2018) Coupling the
Institute for Futures Studies and Technology As- different energy sectors – options for the next phase Factsheets:
sessment (IZT) +49 30 80 30 88-45, b.debus@izt.de of the energy transition
What business thinks of the energy transition
BMWi (2018) The Energy of the Future – Sixth Germany’s Siemens: a case study in Energiewende
“Energy Transition” Monitoring Report industry upheaval
to ensure that it remains a global BMWi (2019) Macroeconomic effects and distribu- Where the Energiewende creates jobs
tional issues of the energy transition
economic powerhouse – not by Industrial power prices and the Energiewende
shunning the Energiewende, but by Studies by the BMWi on the energy transition and
What German households pay for power
its impact on investment, growth and jobs
harnessing its innovative momentum. How much does Germany’s energy transition cost?
This includes industries barely in- Ecofys / Fraunhofer ISI (2015) Electricity Costs of Ener-
gy Intensive Industries – An International Comparison
“The Energiewende will turn the GerEuromapeann eco nomy inside out.”
volved in the transformation (yet),
such as steelmaking and cement.
Achim Wambach, President of the Centre for Economic Research (ZEW)
33Clean Energy Wire | CLEW 2019
#Utilities
Battered utilities take on start-ups
in innovation race
A s more and more countries around
the globe embark on the transi-
tion to a low-carbon economy, there
the energy transition, the utilities are
scrambling to find new business models.
While digital technologies disrupt the
are many lessons that can be learned power market, the incumbents hope the
from the fate of Germany’s embattled pending electrification of transport and
power companies. Shaken to the core by heating will offer new growth opportu-
©[Bengt Lange] Moorburg Power Plant 11, Vattenfall.
34#Utilities
“Traditional power companies RWE AG Deloitte (2018) Power Market Study 2030 – A new
have become obsolete.”
+49 201 12-22088, stephanie.schunck@rwe.com outlook for the energy industry
E.ON McKinsey (2018) How utilities can keep the lights on
+49 201 184-4224, alexander.ihl@eon.com
Philipp Sc hröder, CEO Sonnen
Agora Energiewende (2019) European Energy Tran-
Vattenfall sition 2030 – The Big Picture
+49 30 8182-2320, stefan.mueller@vattenfall.de
EY (2017) Digital Utilities: From Behind the Curve to
EnBW Innovation
+49 721 6314320, je.schreiber@enbw.com
Contacts
innogy On cleanenergywire.org
Thorsten Lenck, Agora Energiewende
+49 201 12 15250, alexander.stechert-mayer-
+49 30 700 1435-134, Dossiers:
hoefer@innogy.com
thorsten.lenck@agora-energiewende.de
Utilities and the energy transition
Uniper
Helmuth Groscurth, Arrhenius Institute for Energy Digitalisation ignites new phase in energy transition
+49 211 4579-3570, leif.erichsen@uniper.energy
and Climate Policy
+49 40 3708 4420, info@arrhenius.de Philipp Schröder, CEO Sonnen Factsheets:
+49 8304 92933426, m.bloch@sonnen.de Germany’s largest utilities at a glance
Simon Skillings, Trilemma UK
+44 1926 842 016, simon@trilemma-uk.co.uk Gerard Reid, Alexa Capital RWE and E.ON overhaul power sector – Reactions
+44 20 3931 7652, info@alexa-capital.com to innogy deal
German Association of Energy and Water Indus-
Small, but powerful: Germany’s municipal utilities
tries (BDEW)
+49 30 300 199-1160, presse@bdew.de Securing utility payments for the nuclear clean-up
Reading
IEEFA (2017) – Global Electricity Utilities in
Transition
nities in the Energiewende’s next phase.
Federation of German Industries BDI (2018)
In the innovation race against agile new
Climate paths for Germany
players, the overhaul of the former mo-
nopolies is far from over – as evidenced RWE/E.ON (2018) Two European energy companies
focus their activities
by the landmark asset swap of former
market leaders RWE and E.ON.
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#Electricity market
Power market between competition,
flexibility, supply security
H ow will Germany organise the
market around the ever-in-
creasing share of renewable energy?
and to market design. In its most
recent power market overhaul, the
German government opted to stick
What happens to energy security when with the generation cost-oriented
the sun doesn’t shine and the wind ‘energy-only’ market, and avoided a
doesn’t blow? Fluctuating electricity full-on capacity market. With a coal
production with near zero operation- exit in the making and rising prices
al costs poses a challenge to the grid for European carbon emission allow-
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