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Germany aiming for 100% renewable energy

Germany targets switch to 100% renewables for its electricity by 2050  July 18, 2010 The Energy Collective, Germany could derive all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050 and become the world’s first major industrial nation to kick the fossil-fuel habit, the country’s Federal Environment Agency said today.The country already gets 16% of its electricity from wind, solar and other renewable sources – three times’ higher than the level it had achieved 15 years ago.”A complete conversion to renewable energy by 2050 is possible from a technical and ecological point of view,” said Jochen Flasbarth, president of the Federal Environment Agency……

Germany targets switch to 100% renewables for its electricity by 2050 | The Energy Collective

July 19, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, renewable energy, renewables, solar, wind