The conflict situation in Ukraine in 2022 shows painfully how far Germany is from a successful energy transition. Independence from gas, oil and coal is not only a climate protection goal, but above all a geostrategic necessity.
The European community has set itself ambitious goals. As part of the Green Deal, it is agreed that all energy should come from renewable sources by 2055. In addition, as part of its G7 presidency, Germany successfully campaigned for the G7 countries to strive for a largely climate-neutral electricity sector by 2035.
The European Green Deal is a key enabler for the macroeconomic transformation to climate neutrality. In the future, climate-neutral world renewable electricity is at the beginning of almost every energy supply chain and thus also enables greenhouse gas savings in other sectors.
In this video a model is presented that describes the way to such a renewable energy system in the year 2055. It answers the question of how the decarbonization of the German energy system can succeed and what the consequences will be for the expansion of photovoltaics, wind power, deep geothermal energy and electrical storage technology. The results presented end with an economic cost comparison of the current energy model based on 80% use of fossil fuels compared to the future CO2-free model of the complete energy transition.
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