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This chapter examines how Germany has adapted to EU energy policy and contributed to setting the energy agenda in the EU between 2007 and 2017. It examines German policies in three areas: power, natural gas and external energy policies. Germany’s energy policy is based on the idea of Energiewende and a market approach. It promotes an integrated approach to energy and climate policy in the EU as well as globally but lacks a ‘strategic energy culture’ which makes Germany different from many other member states. Germany is an important policy agenda-setter at EU level but must deal with constraints in the complex web of horizontal and vertical interdependencies within the EU to be able to achieve its goals.
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For more details on Energiewende goals, see www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/EN/Artikel/Energy/target-architecture.html.
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As noted in Chap. 1 of this volume.
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The package features a 20 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emission from 1990 levels, a 20 per cent target of EU energy from renewables and a 20 per cent improvement in energy efficiency.
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Westphal, K. (2019). Germany’s Energiewende: Climate Change in Focus—Competitiveness and Energy Security Sidelined?. In: Godzimirski, J.M. (eds) New Political Economy of Energy in Europe. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93360-3_7
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