{"id":264017,"date":"2023-06-26T20:31:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=264017"},"modified":"2023-06-26T20:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:31:57","slug":"germanys-wind-solar-obsessed-energy-policy-is-national-economic-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=264017","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Wind & Solar Obsessed Energy \u2018Policy\u2019 Is National Economic\u00a0Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wind turbines operate on an onshore green field site in this aerial photograph taken near Hamburg, Germany, on Tuesday, June 17, 2015. German investor confidence fell for a third month in a sign that risks from a Greek debt default to bond-market turbulence are stoking uncertainty in Europe’s largest economy. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi\/Bloomberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Germany\u2019s energy \u2018policy\u2019 reads like a national suicide pact, one that\u2019s delivered a perfectly predictable power pricing and supply catastrophe. For the crippling prices and routine rationing that\u2019s followed, Germans can thank their purported leaders and their unhinged obsession with chaotically intermittent wind and solar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already suffering Europe\u2019s highest power prices, German households and businesses have much worse to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German industry was once the envy of its European neighbours. Now, there simply isn\u2019t the electricity available to power it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those businesses that have the option, have shuttered their German operations and set up in places like Singapore<\/a> and the USA where power is always available and at prices<\/a> that are a fraction of those suffered at home. Others will simply disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Rachel Bunyan reports, the grand wind and solar \u2018transition\u2019 is turning out to be not so grand, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany faces electricity shortages and can expect to see industries leave the country due to green energy policy \u2018disaster\u2019 that saw nuclear power plants ditched for renewables, business chiefs warn<\/strong>
Daily Mail
Rachel Bunyan
7 June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany faces electricity shortages that will see critical industries ditch the country after the government decided to shut down the last remaining nuclear power plants in favour of renewable energy sources, business chiefs have warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The head of energy firm RWE said he fears that Germany will face a shortage of electricity that will see prices in the already struggling country soar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Markus Krebber, 50, warned that this will endanger Germany\u2019s \u2018competitiveness\u2019 as an industrial hub, meaning companies will be driven out of the country, taking much needed jobs with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Germany\u2019s prosperity is based on strong industry,\u2019 Krebber told BILD. \u2018A scarce energy supply leads to high prices \u2013 this endangers the competitiveness of Germany as an industrial location. We are seeing the first signs of de-industrialisation.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His stark warning follows the shock news that Germany has fallen into recession \u2013 unlike Brexit Britain\u2019s economy which is expected to grow by 0.4 per cent in 2023 and is set to avoid a similar downturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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German energy chiefs have blamed the country\u2019s poor outlook on the government\u2019s green energy \u2018disaster\u2019 that has seen the last remaining nuclear power plants shut down. Instead, the focus is now on renewable energy supplies from solar and wind sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the intermittent nature of these green energy sources, which leaves them susceptible to sudden drops during cloudy or windless periods, means Germany\u2019s electricity system remains vulnerable to electricity shortages and price volatility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krebber warned that this could have a devastating impact on Germany\u2019s industries that are trying in vain to prop up the country\u2019s flailing economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018As an industrial location, Germany has a serious problem: We don\u2019t have as much energy available as we need,\u2019 Krebber told Focus. \u2018This gap leads to high prices and thus to justified concerns about competitiveness.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is all playing into the hands of Germany\u2019s far-right parties, with the Alternative for Germany (AfD)\u2019s popularity surging in the polls over its criticism of what it calls a costly green agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AfD, which disputes that human activity is a cause of climate change, has tapped into concerns among some voters about the cost of the transition away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AfD leader Tino Chrupalla said more voters appreciated that the policies of the Greens, Scholz\u2019s junior coalition partner which wants a swifter shift away from hydrocarbons, brought \u2018economic war, inflation and de-industrialisation.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We are the only party that would not form a coalition with these dangerous Greens,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian Kullmann, CEO of the chemical group Evonik, joined Krebber in criticising what he called the government\u2019s \u2018energy policy disaster\u2019 and warned of its impact on Germany\u2019s industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018In Germany we pay the world\u2019s highest prices for electricity and energy, and every industry, every economy lives and depends on a reasonable, inexpensive, available energy supply,\u2019 Kullmann, 54, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kullman warned that Germany, which has historically been a hub for engineering, will see bulk goods no longer being manufactured in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We will probably say goodbye to these industries here in the near future \u2013 and it won\u2019t be too long at all,\u2019 Kullman said in a stark warning. \u2018Germany is under pressure as a business location.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roland Farnung, 82, the former CEO of RWE, added: \u2018The energy policy now adopted by the federal government is practically an operation on the open heart of society with considerable risks for German companies and the jobs located here.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to combat Germany\u2019s vulnerability to electricity shortages, Krebber says there must be a \u2018massive investment\u2019 in green energies. But even with this investment, Germany\u2019s power producers must continue to retool the country\u2019s entire power system at a record pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krebber said: \u2018The will and money are there for [investments in green energies]. In order for investments to actually be made, a reliable framework is needed in the long term that creates incentives instead of setting hurdles.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And some experts say Germany will have to go back to nuclear eventually if it wants to phase out fossil fuels and reach its goal of becoming greenhouse gas-neutral across all sectors by 2045 as wind and solar energy will not fully cover demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018By phasing out nuclear power, Germany is committing itself to coal and gas because there is not always enough wind blowing or sun shining,\u2019 said Rainer Klute, head of pro-nuclear non-profit association Nuklearia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German government has dismissed such concerns, arguing that thanks to Europe\u2019s integrated electricity network, Germany can import energy when needed while remaining a net exporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the German business chiefs still warn that Germany could face a shortage of electricity that will see businesses flee \u2013 and such a move will be detrimental to Germany\u2019s struggling economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, last month it was revealed that Germany was in a recession after the country suffered an unexpected dip in the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3 per cent in the period from January to March, data released by the Federal Statistical Office showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figures come as a major blow to Germany\u2019s government, which had boldly doubled its growth forecast for this year after a feared winter energy crunch failed to materialise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government predicted that GDP will grow by 0.4 per cent \u2013 up from a 0.2 per cent expansion predicted in late January \u2013 a forecast that will now likely need to be revised downwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German newspaper Bild reported that the country\u2019s economy had already \u2018collapsed\u2019 by 0.5 per cent in the winter quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes as the International Monetary Fund was forced to admit it had miscalculated its prognosis of the post-Brexit British economy, which is now set to avoid recession, despite doom and gloom from Remainers who portrayed EU membership as an economic necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundation now expects the UK\u2019s economy to grow by 0.4 per cent in 2023, despite declaring just last month it would contract by 0.3 per cent.
Daily Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germany\u2019s energy \u2018policy\u2019 reads like a national suicide pact, one that\u2019s delivered a perfectly predictable power pricing and supply catastrophe. For the crippling prices and routine rationing that\u2019s followed, Germans can thank their purported leaders and their unhinged obsession with chaotically intermittent wind and solar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":264024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818204,691818051,691820514,691820513,691819997],"class_list":{"0":"post-264017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-economic-recession","9":"tag-germany","10":"tag-high-prices","11":"tag-national-economic-suicide","12":"tag-wind-solar","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-1x-1-1.jpg?fit=2200%2C1467&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-16Gl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":219847,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=219847","url_meta":{"origin":264017,"position":0},"title":"Vladimir Putin Not Responsible for Germany\u2019s Self-Inflicted Wind & Solar Calamity","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"21\/09\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Vlad Putin is being accused by pundits as the only reason why Europe\u2019s power prices are spiralling out of control.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/00vladimir_putin.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/00vladimir_putin.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/00vladimir_putin.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/00vladimir_putin.jpg?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":270000,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270000","url_meta":{"origin":264017,"position":1},"title":"Coal-Fired Power Rescues Germany From Failed Wind & Solar \u2018Transition\u2019","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"28\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Since the 19th century, the phrase \u201cMade in Germany\u201d has denoted quality and reliability in manufacturing. 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