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For a long time, Germany's insistence on the energy transition聽raised eyebrows, Nils-Viktor Sorge writes in an opinion piece for manager magazine Online. Six years on from the Fukushima disaster, it's聽the USA聽that increasingly looks like the odd man out,聽Sorge argues, as Donald Trump embarks on an emotionally driven "energy policy killing spree". If Trump 鈥済ets away with it,鈥� the biggest loser - besides the climate - will be the US itself, Sorge writes. Trump鈥檚 鈥渁bstruse pro-coal campaign slogans鈥� will聽impede innovative US companies听补苍诲 help their counterparts in聽China, which is actively pushing to modernise its energy system.

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Solarworld still is Germany鈥檚 largest producer of PV and other solar installations, but its outlook is becoming more and more grim, Hannes Koch writes in Hamburger Abendblatt. Last week, the company announced a loss 鈥渆qualling half of our capital stock.鈥� Solarworld CEO Frank Asbeck said 鈥渄umping鈥� by Chinese PV exporters was responsible for the company鈥檚 woes, but curtailing of Germany鈥檚 renewables support had also been a heavy blow for Solarworld, Koch adds. The company has already made drastic job cuts, reorganised production, and got a haircut on its debt to stay in business. But a 700-million euro compensation claim from the US for failing to comply with a supply contract looms large, Koch says.

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Six years after Germany resumed plans for a quick nuclear exit, there is a still question over whether funds put aside by nuclear plant operators for a final nuclear waste repository will be sufficient, Bernd Freytag writes in an opinion piece for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Freytag describes the uncertainty as demonstrating 鈥渢he whole madness of [German] energy policy.鈥� How the utilities will fare under the liability is clear from a glance at EnBW鈥檚 balance sheet, however. With聽1.8 billion euros in losses, the state and municipalities who own the company will have to waive their dividend, employees part of their salary and EnBW part of its capital stock, Freytag writes.聽

For background, see the 威力彩玩法 dossier Utilities and the energy transition.

Frank Appel, director of Germany鈥檚 postal service Deutsche Post AG, says the country is unlikely to achieve its aim of shifting a considerable share of its freight transports from road to railroad聽to reduce emissions, Alfons Frese writes for Der Tagesspiegel. Germany鈥檚 railway system is 鈥渘ot flexible enough鈥� for distances below 500 kilometres, while for longer distances there were 鈥渘ot enough lines,鈥� Frese writes. Expanding the railway network is unlikely to be an option since citizens would resist it, Appel added. According to Deutsche Post's director, the CO2聽problem will nevertheless 鈥渂e solved in the coming decades,鈥� but mainly through the use of e-cars and diesel cars with tighter emissions controls, Frese writes.

See the 威力彩玩法 dossier The energy transition and Germany鈥檚 transport sector for background.