麻豆无码版 consumption not decoupled from economic growth - opinion
For the third year in a row, rising primary energy consumption shows that Germany has not succeeded in decoupling economic growth from its energy use, writes Klaus Stratmann in an opinion piece in the Handelsblatt. 鈥淭he development proves that the billion euro efforts to increase energy efficiency remain without the desired effect," writes Stratmann. Recent data published by AG Energiebilanzen also showed that the share of renewables in primary energy consumption rose only slowly, and that it was a 鈥渉allucination鈥� to see the rising renewables share in electricity production as 鈥減roof of Germany鈥檚 role model path into a climate-friendly future鈥�, writes Stratmann.
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