German utilities urge government to speed up Energiewende policy making
Germany鈥檚 government has fallen behind in the transformation of the energy industry triggered by the energy transition, and must now speed up its policy making processes to support the sector in reaching emissions reduction goals, the managing director of the utility association BDEW, Stefan Kapferer, told the group鈥檚 annual conference in Berlin. 鈥淲e are at a standstill, and we cannot afford this,鈥 Kapferer said about Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 new government.
By now, industry, rather than the government, has become the main driver of the energy transition, including the exit from coal-fired power generation, Kapferer added. 鈥淭he industry has already entered the path towards reducing its coal use; this process is well underway.鈥 BDEW鈥檚 new president, Marie-Luise Wolff, that the coal exit must not come too late for the country to reach its 2030 climate goals.
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