Germany is a long-established industrial power. Responding to climate change and reducing carbon emissions have always been its focus.
Germany is one of the major countries that first proposed improving energy efficiency and promoting energy transformation. It has now formulated clear energy transformation goals and paths to basically achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Among them, vigorously developing green technology and new energy is one of the main contents of Germany's energy transformation.
Promoting the continued increase in the proportion of wind power generation and photovoltaic power generation in energy is a sign of the phased success of Germany's new energy transformation. According to data from the Renewable Energy Statistics Working Group of the German Federal Environment Agency, in 2023, the share of renewable energy in Germany's total electricity consumption exceeded 50% for the first time, reaching 51.8%, 5.6 percentage points higher than in 2022; the total installed capacity of renewable energy power generation increased by 17 gigawatts, an increase of 12% over 2022. At the same time, Germany's total coal-fired power generation in 2023 will be nearly 1/3 less than in 2022, accounting for 26% of total power generation, the lowest value in more than 50 years. Recently, Germany will continue to develop green hydrogen technology, further expand renewable energy, accelerate the transformation of energy structure to new energy, and strive to complete the creation of a carbon-neutral and resilient energy system by 2045.
To this end, Germany has continuously made some innovations and promotions in policies.
In 2000, the Renewable Energy Law was promulgated for the first time, and on this basis, it was revised eight times, covering the adjustment of new energy on-grid electricity prices, subsidy sharing and grid connection technology management requirements, and how to participate in electricity market competition.
In June 2020, the National Hydrogen Energy Strategy and the corresponding action plan were formulated.
In December 2021, the government has a more resolute attitude towards green transformation and launched a series of measures to support green transformation.
In July 2022, a package of Energy Transition Law Package amendments was passed, including the Renewable Energy Law, Onshore Wind Power Law, Alternative Power Plant Law, Federal Nature Conservation Law, etc., which effectively promoted the development of new energy and provided incentives and legal guarantees for the development of wind power and photovoltaic power generation.
July 2023: Adjust and update the National Hydrogen Strategy. Diversify energy imports as soon as possible; promote sustainable employment and new value creation potential through hydrogen technology; play a global pioneering role in technologies such as fuel cells and green hydrogen production electrolysis.
