Need to focus on long-term goals – energy transition expert
Germany’s politicians should focus less on the 2020 greenhouse gas reductions target and more on the long-term goals, especially in the heating and transport sectors, economist Andreas Löschel, who heads the advisory board authoring the German government’s energy transition monitoring report, told Energie & Management in an interview. During the ongoing talks to form a new government coalition after Germany’s election, political parties had discussed for weeks whether three, five or seven gigawatt coal capacity had to be taken off-line, but this too much short-term thinking. “We wouldn’t really need to be right on target for the 2020 goal, if there were signals that we’re on the right path for the long-term goals,” said Löschel.
Find the full interview in German .
Find information on the last monitoring report in Âé¶ąÎŢÂë°ć’s 2016 article Experts call for CO2 price to retain Energiewende’s credibility.