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The Sustainable Star - Germany

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June 2006Germany has already gone further than anyone else in encouraging renewable energy. By 2050, 50% of its energy could come from renewable sources. But what's the real cost of its energy revolution?Germany's landmark EEG law forces power stations to buy electricity at above markets rates from anyone using renewable energy to generate it. "It's the beginning of an energy revolution", raves politician Herman Scheer. In the village of Juhnde, residents now produce their own electricity from manure. "We are independent of international oil prices", raves one local. The scheme has been so successful that 30 other villages plan to copy them. But power companies blame the EEG law for Germany's expensive electricity bills and claim it makes some German industries uncompetitive.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: August 17, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 28:38
Rating: 5.00
Views: 1489

Tags: energy  Germany  New  Power  Sustainable  

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depronlover (July 2, 2008 at 8:47 pm)
Käse, ist noch älter, wie fast aller Öko-Gesetzgebung: Schwarz-Gelb. Helmut Kohl lässt grüssen. Siehe "Stromeinspeisungsgesetz" von 1991.
adramatictheme (May 7, 2008 at 7:35 pm)
This is amazing.
Timothy7392 (March 5, 2008 at 1:57 am)
Wunderbar!
keijuhl (December 16, 2007 at 5:41 am)
Props to germany for the work on green energy, if everyone would also begin to take their part *a-hem USA* then maybe things will start to make some great green progress.
adramatictheme (December 16, 2007 at 5:37 am)
These sort of self-sustainable communities should be implemented throughout the world.Now that is progress.
intp666 (November 25, 2007 at 11:00 am)
The EEG was made by the old government (socialdemocrats and greens)... the new one (Merkel) is crap and won't do anything to prevent climate change.

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