GERMANY HITS 2020 NEW ENERGY GOAL WITH BIG WIND

Record German Wind Power Lifts Renewable Share Over ’20 Goal

Rachel Morison, December 5, 2013 (Bloomberg News)

"Record output from wind farms lifted Germany’s share of renewable electricity production above its 2020 target of 35 percent [on December 5]…as a storm from Scandinavia battered the nation’s northern coast…Electricity produced by sun and wind supplied 27.2 gigawatts, or 36 percent, of Germany’s power at 1 p.m. Berlin time…Germany is already Europe’s biggest producer of electricity from wind and sun and its newly formed coalition government agreed last month to get as much as 45 percent of electricity from renewables by 2025. The share of power from wind and solar rose to 49 percent on Nov. 9…The average share of renewables in Germany across the whole of last year was 22 percent…” click here for more

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