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Dow Jones Newswires

鈥淩enewable development leads to uncertainty for municipal utilities鈥�

Dow Jones reports on a study by the University of Leipzig for Commerzbank and the municipal utility Stadtwerke Leipzig, looking at the challenges posed by the energy transition for public sector utilities. The article quotes the study鈥檚 author as saying that municipal utilities are 鈥渦nder pressure鈥� from factors including the investment needed in grid infrastructure, and market conditions that make it difficult for more efficient power plants, such as gas-fired facilities, to cover their costs.

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Hamburger Abendblatt

鈥淒o wind turbines at sea put off Tourists?鈥�

Joachim Mangler and Olaf Preu脽 report on the opposition that new wind parks face in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a structurally weak state on the German Baltic coast. While the state鈥檚 energy minister calles wind power development a 鈥渏ob generator鈥� and 鈥済rowth motor鈥� the members of citizen protest group 鈥淔ree Horizon鈥� say that windparks built six kilometres offshore would harm tourism and that constantly moving wind mills 鈥渕ake people ill鈥�, the authors write. An official from the wind energy network Mecklenburg Vorpommern said the concerns were ill-founded and no tourist had ever left because of existing wind parks on the Baltic coast.

See the article in German.

See the 威力彩玩法's report on tourism and the Energiewende here.

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Renewables International

鈥淭he underreported change in German law鈥�

Writing for Renewables International, Craig Morris looks at the implications of a change in the wording of renewable energy legislation, which now specifies that targets for the growth of renewables are linked to Germany鈥檚 power consumption 鈥� previously the law had referred more generally to 鈥減ower supply.鈥� Morris says this is significant given that German power exports are on the rise.

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Neue Z眉rcher Zeitung (NZZ)

鈥淕erman energy transition is stuck in a dead end鈥�

In an opinion piece for the NZZ, Dietrich B枚cker and Dietrich Welte say that Germany鈥檚 energy transition suffers from high power prices and a focus on the power sector. While the country鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions have fallen since 1990, China鈥檚 emissions have risen massively. Instead of turning its power system into a planned economy, Germany should invest in energy-saving and efficiency measures and put more emphasis on the transport sector, the authors suggest. CO2 emission reductions should be tackled only on an international level, through trading schemes, B枚cker and Welte write. They also question whether anthropogenic CO2 emissions are really the main cause of global warming.

See the op-ed in German .