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Germany's Energiewende: Halfway There
Germany generates 55% of its electricity from renewables — but simultaneously shut down all its nuclear plants. The result: coal still fills the gap.
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Germany's Energiewende — the planned transition to renewables — is one of the most ambitious energy experiments in history. About 60% of German electricity now comes from renewables in peak hours, but the grid is still dependent on gas and coal for baseline. In a crowd of 2,000 Germans, roughly 700 are powered by clean energy on any given day — but that number swings wildly with wind and sun.