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Germany鈥檚 federal court of auditors (Bundesrechnungshof) criticised the government鈥檚 handling of the energy transition as inefficient, and warned that citizens could lose trust without a change of tack. Germany is falling short of most of its Energiewende targets, including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, despite the 鈥渆normous鈥� costs for businesses and consumers, the court said in a special report, which largely reiterated criticism voiced in 2017. The court is in charge of examining the federal government鈥檚 financial management.

鈥淚t鈥檚 sad that Germany has lost its leadership role,鈥� the president of the court, Kay Scheller, said in a statement. 鈥淕ermany started strong and now looks relatively weak internationally.鈥� The situation was 鈥渦nsatisfactory鈥� in particular because the Energiewende had been launched to counter climate change, which was a key driver for migration, poverty and extreme weather events, Scheller said. The government needed better indicators to monitor cost and supply security, better coordination and more incentives such a carbon price instead of the existing plethora of complex regulations and subsidies, he said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 government has said that the country is on course to miss its 2020 goal to reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent compared to 1990. In particular, economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier has come under increased criticism from environmental groups, business lobbies as well as the energy sector for a failure to drive forward important legislation and projects such as the extension of power grids, seen as key to keeping the Energiewende 鈥� the dual shift out of nuclear and fossil fuels to renewable energies 鈥� on track. [Also read the 威力彩玩法 factsheet How much does Germany鈥檚 energy transition cost?]

The聽German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) voiced support for the auditors' call for a carbon price. Such a price was an effictive tool to reduce CO2 emissions, giving renewable power sources an edge over fossil fuels in the power and heating sector, the head of the BEE, Simone Peter, .

The court of auditors said the economy and energy ministry, in charge of the energy transition, lacked the indicators and processes to define and to monitor the stated goals of affordability and supply security. The government could not provide a transparent cost overview, the court said. It estimated the overall cost amounted to at least 160 billion euros over the past five years alone. The court also said the ministry鈥檚 coordination of actors, measures and programmes was insufficient, and the steering, controlling and ability to react and to correct course was too sluggish.

The court鈥檚 report said the economy and energy ministry had rejected the criticism. The court, whose reports have largely advisory character, had drawn attention to a lack of cost transparency, inefficiencies and missing coordination on several occasions in the past. The government has put an expert commission in charge of monitoring the progress of the Energiewende. In its latest report, published in June 2018, the monitoring group had also concluded that Germany was about to miss most of its energy transition goals and urged the government to give the project higher priority.