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Germany likely to pass 50% mark for renewable power this year - minister (www.reuters.com)

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BERLIN, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Germany is likely to generate more than 50% of its power from renewable energy this year but needs to ramp up the speed of its transition towards the end of the decade, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday.

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[–] Chup@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

And first ramping up gas to then switch to renewables after is what got Germany in this mess.

It's the other way around, first it was going after renewables and now due to the coal exit ahead, gas capacities will be ramped up by a targeted 25GW over the next years.