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Germany's renewable energy use rises - but only just
Renewable energy sources produced a record share of power used in Germany in the first half of 2017. But the country is still not on target to reach its climate goals.
Germany?s renewable energy use rises - but only just | News | DW | 02.07.2017
And after all that money spent. Maybe it does not make sense to drive further in this direction till/unless battery tech gets much better. It also further puts into doubt the extent to which reality backs the Paris deal.
Renewable energy sources produced a record share of power used in Germany in the first half of 2017. But the country is still not on target to reach its climate goals.
The German BEE renewable energy association reported on Sunday that the share of wind, hydro and solar power consumed in the electricity, heating and transport sectors climbed from 14.8 percent in the first half of last year to 15.2 percent in the same period in 2017.
The biggest increase was seen in the electricity sector, where the share of end energy consumption generated by renewables rose by 2.4 percent to 35.1 percent. This was offset by a drop of 0.4 percent in the transport sector, in which renewables provided just 5.1 percent of energy consumed.
In the case of heating, 13.6 percent of energy used came from renewables, a rise of just 0.3 percent compared with the same period in 2016.
Germany?s renewable energy use rises - but only just | News | DW | 02.07.2017
And after all that money spent. Maybe it does not make sense to drive further in this direction till/unless battery tech gets much better. It also further puts into doubt the extent to which reality backs the Paris deal.