Germany ramps up clean energy targets
New coalition government targets huge expansion of renewables and green hydrogen as it chases emissions reduction goals
Germany’s new coalition government has set out a strategy to accelerate the country’s deployment of renewable power and green hydrogen as part of a plan to triple its emissions reduction rate between now and 2030. Germany faces an “enormous climate policy challenge” and needs to achieve annual emissions reductions of 36-41mn t over the period to 2030 compared with an average of 15mn t over the last decade, the government says. Emissions rose in 2021, and Germany is expected to miss current reduction targets for this year and 2023. 120-150pc – Targeted expansion of renewables capacity by 2030 "We are starting with a drastic deficit," says minister for economic affairs and climate acti

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