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The German solar energy industry has been propped up by massive subsidies, including the kind of disguised subsidies known in the U.S. as “renewable energy portfolio standards.”[read more]

It seems to have a lot going on for for a country that is pulling the plug on nuclear energy German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit the big red "stop" button earlier this year calling for the closure of all 17 nuclear reactors that provide about one-quarter of the nation's electricity.  Eight reactors have been shut so far with the...[read more]

In a sharp reversal of policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced the country will move to phase out all nuclear power by 2022. The decision comes after the Ethics Commission for Security Energy, which Merkel set up to review nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, recommended all 17 of Germany's reactors...[read more]

Last week, a commission appointed by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel recommended that the country shut down all of its nuclear plants by 2021 and instead rely on other forms of power for its electricity, including renewable energy. This analysis finds that phasing out nuclear power would be 4.5 times harder than meeting Germany's...[read more]

The move comes with steep taxes on the reactors and a delusional energy policy Germany’s government saved its 17 nuclear reactors this week with a package of new energy policies. Chancellor Angela Merkel extended (right) the run time of the plants past 2022, but imposed a 50% tax on the profits that will be earned by the life extension...[read more]

German coalition agrees on future for Germany’s 17 nuclear plants Angela Merkel’s coalition government has finally agreed, after a two-year struggle, to a two-tier extension of the life spans of German nuclear power plants. The government plan now lays the groundwork for the country’s future energy policy set to be released as a policy...[read more]

It now seems that we don’t have to rely on reports from people who were in the room at Copenhagen — we have recordings. Leaked tapes show EU leaders’ frustration at climate summit: Angela Merkel expressed her frustration at India’s representative who refused to commit to precise overall CO2 emission reduction figures. “Then you don’t...[read more]

Angela Merkel’s CDU (with their Bavarian sidekicks, the CSU) and the free-market FDP - the main winner of Germany’s federal elections - will form the next governing coalition. This is almost certainly bad news for German climate change policy - both domestically and on the international stage - but the policy setbacks in this area will...[read more]

On September 13, 2009 current German Chancellor Angela Merkel debated with her Social Democratic Party challenger (and current coalition partner) Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Though most of the debate indicated broad areas of relative agreement on issues and some amount of pride from both on the country's accomplishments in many areas, they...[read more]

It's showdown time for the Conservatives and Social Democrats over nuclear energy Baseball and German electoral politics aren't a combination you would ordinarily think of, despite the popularity of brats at most stadiums, but this week German Chancellor Angela Merkel might just as well have been standing at home plate in Yankee...[read more]