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Germany鈥檚 most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) would be wise to 鈥渕assively advocate鈥� for shifting the financial foundation of the country鈥檚 energy transition from national subsidies to a better functioning European Emissions Trading System (ETS), economist Christoph M. Schmidt writes in a guest article for Rheinische Post. NRW, home to Germany鈥檚 two largest utilities and the country鈥檚 largest coal mining region, currently pays a lot more for funding renewables than federal states that benefit most from the expansion of solar and wind power, he says. 鈥淣o other federal state has a greater interest in keeping the Energiewende鈥檚 economic costs down than NRW,鈥� Schmidt says.

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