The United Nations’ Climate Secretariat in Bonn monitors the Framework Convention on Climate Change
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2011
2014
The Renewable Energy Sources
Act (EEG) comes into force.
Among other things, it lays the
legal basis for prioritising
renewable sources when feeding
electricity into the national grid.
After the nuclear reactor disaster
in Fukushima the German Federal
cabinet adopts parameters for energy policy: the exit from nuclear
power is to be achieved step by
step by 2022 and energy supplies
placed on an eco-friendly footing.
With the reform of the EEG, the
focus turns to cost efficiency and
planned feasibility in expanding
renewable energy sources; the
proportion of eco-electricity in
the power mix is set at 40-45 percent by 2025.